Jan, 2017 : Over 33% of AT&T’s Network is Virtualized

📅 January 12, 2017 - More than one-third of the customer-facing network from AT&T is virtualized. This means the company doesn't have to install hardware appliances for customers to use the network. Instead, it can be used by simply downloading them from the app store.

John Donovan, the chief strategy office and group president of AT&T made the announcement recently. The goal for the project is to virtualize about 75% of the network by the end of 2017.

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