Opera Software's Skyfire unit today announced a strategic partnership with Huawei in which Skyfire’s Rocket Optimizer platform will be made available to mobile operators in Huawei’s Cloud Edge Virtual Multi-Service Engine (vMSE) as a Virtual Network Function (VNF) in a Network Function Virtualization environment.
Opera's Rocket Optimizer, a mobile video optimization and experience assurance solution, is the first of such solution to become part of Huawei’s vMSE platform and is a natural first step for operators looking to enter the network functions virtualization (NFV) landscape, said Opera Software.
Huawei unveiled Cloud Edge early this year as part of its broader SoftCOM initiative aiming to deliver carrier-grade advances in cloud, software-defined networking (SDN) and NFV into the global telecommunications market. Huawei has built the vMSE platform for specific network applications and is building an ecosystem of best-of-breed application providers for a “Network Application Store” concept, where network operators can pick and choose the individual virtualized solutions that make the most sense for them.
According to Opera, by virtualizing these network functions through Skyfire’s Rocket Optimizer, operators can expand capacity instantly to deliver a positive and cost-effective quality of experience for their subscribers.
Nitin Bhandari, CEO of Skyfire and SVP of Operator Products at Opera
Both Huawei and Skyfire are established, cutting-edge leaders in NFV – Huawei with over 20 NFV proof-of-concept projects, and Skyfire, who pioneered cloud-based solutions well ahead of any industry competitors. We look forward to collaborating with Huawei to help mobile operators embrace NFV in a simple way that also delivers the greatest return on investment
Jason Dai, President of Huawei CloudEdge
Skyfire’s Rocket Optimizer solution is a great fit for our Cloud Edge platform, as it accounts for the two largest growing segments of mobile data consumption: audio and video. While the transition to NFV for mobile operators can be fraught with challenges and obstacles in the absence of a step-by-step guided approach, Huawei’s Cloud Edge vMSE platform has emerged as the go-to solution for facilitating a deliberate, phased embrace of virtualized systems.
