NSN concludes EPC Project with SK Telecom

Nokia Solutions and Networks has announced completion of its Evolved Packet Core (EPC) virtualization project with SK Telecom. This Networks functions Virtualization (NFV) project showed results for capacity scaling for both throughput and signalling traffic in connection with smartphone usage patterns.
 
Reino Tammela, Vice-President, Packet Core, NSN, said, I’m proud of our work with SK Telecom in this exciting demonstration of our telco cloud capabilities for virtualized EPC. This successful project shows the full benefit of our Liquid Core portfolio. We have now completed proof-of-concept projects for voice as well as packet core network functions virtualization. We proved that handling both control and user plane traffic in the cloud is feasible and a viable option to meet the performance requirements of data traffic growth.
 
It has been satisfying to work with our long-standing partner, NSN, in yet another successful proof-of-concept project. We have now verified the feasibility of telco cloud technology and can now make plans for our future commercial cloud solutions for enhanced flexibility and operational efficiency, said Choi Jin-sung, Executive Vice-President & Head of ICT R&D Division, SK Telecom.
 
This EPC virtualized proof-of-concept between both the companies demonstrated benefits of telco cloud ahead of commercial deployment.