AT&T has selected Metaswitch’s Network Function Virtualization (NFV)-based Perimeta Session Border Controller (SBC) to power a portion of the carrier’s software-centric network. AT&T will leverage the virtual SBC to connect its 4G LTE networks with other carriers.The second largest operator in the US plans to virtualize 75 percent of its network by 2020.
According to Metaswitch, SBCs have historically been hardware-based, rigid and expensive. But the Perimeta SBC will enable AT&T to connect its LTE network traffic with other carriers’ networks via SBCs deployed as virtualized network functions (VNFs).
John Lazar, CEO of Metaswitch
By embracing VNFs like the Perimeta SBC, AT&T can offer its customers a wide variety of differentiated services on a cost-effective, flexible and programmable network. Metaswitch is committed to collaborating with AT&T to deliver agile and high-quality software for AT&T’s software-centric network vision.
