{"id":3481,"date":"2018-03-01T06:24:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T06:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=3481"},"modified":"2018-03-01T06:24:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T06:24:35","slug":"du-selects-affirmed-networks-virtualized-nb-iot-mobile-core-to-support-smart-city-iot-use-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/du-selects-affirmed-networks-virtualized-nb-iot-mobile-core-to-support-smart-city-iot-use-case\/","title":{"rendered":"du Selects Affirmed Networks Virtualized NB-IoT Mobile Core To Support Smart City IoT Use Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Affirmed Networks,\u00a0the leader in virtualized mobile networks, \u00a0announced that UAE-based telecommunications service provider\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.du.ae\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>du<\/b><\/a>, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has selectedAffirmed&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.genband.com\/solutions\/service-providers\/network-functions-virtualization-nfv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Network Functions Virtualization<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b>(NFV)<b>\u00a0<\/b>Narrow Band IoT\u00a0(NB-IoT)mobile core to provide an industry-leading 3GPP core network for IoT use cases, enabling a wide range of smart city use cases.<\/p>\n<p>Affirmed Networks&#8217; NB-IoT solution is deployed on du&#8217;s fully virtualized native cloud open-stack environment as one of the first in the Middle East. du will also be using Affirmed&#8217;s Virtualized Mobile Core, which includes a virtualized WiFi Gateway, to deliver VoWiFi and Fixed Wireless services.\u00a0 This state of the art deployment is 5G-ready with network slicing capability to support du&#8217;s vision of a fully virtualized and software defined native cloud core network. The announcement was made to coincide with Mobile World Congress 2018, being held during 26 February and 1 March this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3482 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/du-and-Affirmed-Networks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/du-and-Affirmed-Networks.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/du-and-Affirmed-Networks-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/du-and-Affirmed-Networks-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/du-and-Affirmed-Networks-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Affirmed Networks,\u00a0the leader in virtualized mobile networks, \u00a0announced that UAE-based telecommunications service provider\u00a0du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has selectedAffirmed&#8217;s\u00a0Network Functions Virtualization\u00a0(NFV)\u00a0Narrow Band IoT\u00a0(NB-IoT)mobile core to provide an industry-leading 3GPP core network for IoT use cases, enabling a wide range of smart city use cases. 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