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ConteXtream to Speak on NFV at Mobile World Congress 2015
[February 26, 2015]

ConteXtream to Speak on NFV at Mobile World Congress 2015


ConteXtream, a leading provider of carrier-grade network virtualization solutions, today announced Tim Dyer, the company's vice president of sales and business development, will be speaking at Mobile World Congress (News - Alert) 2015 at the HP NFV Forum. This interactive session will discuss the latest innovations and developments in facilitating the industry's shift towards virtualized functions as next generation software networks continue to gain traction in the industry.

"With the rapid expansion of traffic on their networks, service providers are looking for opportunities to monetize their networks and offer their customers new services more quickly," said Tim Dyer, VP sales and business development, ConteXtream. "Network virtualization based on open standards allows operators to deliver their customers specialized services more rapidly and at a lower infrastructure costs."

The HP NFV Forum will explore several areas relating to virtualized functions and the relationship between operators and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) including the role they play within operator's next-generation service plans, strategies for developing on multi-platform open source hardware and future pay-per-use models. During the forum, ConteXtream will discuss the importance of open standards-based solutions in faclitating broad adoption and simplifying deployment for global carriers. The company will also provide insight into lessons learned from its production deployments at Tier-1 carriers that have served over 100 million subscribers globally.



The presentation will take place at the HP Showcase in Hall 3 of the Fira Gran Via, Barcelona on both Monday, March 2nd from 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. and again on Tuesday, March 3rd from 12:00 - 12:45 p.m.

Space is limited, and those interested in attending can register here: http://h71056.www7.hp.com/mwc/global/workshops-forums-form


ConteXtream's carrier-SDN fabric, ContexNet will be part of vCPE demo at HP Showcase in Hall 3, Stand 3A20. ConteXtream will also be demonstrating NFV use case of Virtual Gi-LAN at HP's NFV partner showcase in Hall 2, Stand 2D50. In addition, ConteXtream will be hosting meetings in Hall 2, 2EMR.A12 along with a demonstration of ContexNet, in SDN-enabled virtual Evolved Packet Core (EPC) use case. To request a meeting, please reach out to [email protected].

About ConteXtream

ConteXtream is a privately held software-defined-networking (SDN) company that enables carriers to deliver network capacity and functions in the same way cloud providers deliver applications effectively utilizing standard compute and storage. ConteXtream's SDN offering, based on standards is carrier-grade and enables Network Function Virtualization (NFV) for various solutions deployed on carrier networks. Deployed by Tier-1 operators, ConteXtream's Carrier-SDN dynamically and elastically connects subscribers to services and enables carriers to leverage standard, low-cost server hardware and hypervisors to virtualize functions and services, while replacing costly purpose-built proprietary systems. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., ConteXtream is backed by Benhamou Global Ventures, Gemini Israel Funds, Norwest Venture Partners and Sofinnova Ventures as well as Comcast Ventures and Verizon (News - Alert) Ventures. For additional information, visit www.contextream.com.


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