NEC and its subsidiary Netcracker Technology, Monday unveiled their Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) offering focused on helping service providers generate new revenue in both B2B and residential markets.
The new NaaS solution is powered by its Agile Virtualization Platform and Practice (AVP) and leverages software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) technologies.
It is designed to provide an end-to-end environment to rapidly create, deploy and monetize value-added services by bringing together virtualized network infrastructure and services, cloud applications, orchestration and commercialization tools through an open ecosystem of pre-integrated partners. It also supports the definition, provisioning, orchestration and lifecycle management of complex services.
According to NEC/Netcracker, the cloud marketplace in NEC/Netcracker NaaS is unique in bringing together basic network services (such as enterprise vCPE, residential CPE and SD-WAN), value-added network services (such as firewalls, bandwidth-on-demand, web filtering and WAN optimization) and cloud-based business productivity applications.
Shigeru Okuya, General Manager of the SDN/NFV Division at NEC Corporation
The NEC/Netcracker NaaS solution takes full advantage of the network and enables the provisioning of new services, such as security and enterprise applications. Moreover, the NaaS solution contributes to fast and flexible service engagement for B2B services in which service providers face increasing competition in the market.
Fran Heeran, Vice President and General Manager of SDN/NFV at Netcracker
Service providers are increasingly looking beyond their traditional core offerings as they face continued competition and price erosion. The need to rapidly onboard and launch new services, including enhanced network facilities as well as third-party offerings, is critical as they broaden their revenue mix.
