Chinese and South Korea telcos in the Network Function Virtualization market

Steadily, it is clear that, there is no single approach to Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and the latest market developments demonstrate just that.

In effect, in July 2017, SK Telecom launched T-MANO, its own network function virtualization management and orchestration (MANO) platform.

One can observe that, this move is contrary to major Chinese telcos, who opt to collaborate with large number of vendors and other telcos in ONAP to develop a common MANO platform.

In fact, Telcos in China aim to become the catalyst for the government “Made in China 2025” strategy.

According to ABI Research, through their NFV initiatives, Chinese telcos can empower local industrial players with new capabilities, such as multi-access edge computing, massive machine type communications, dynamic cloud services and vehicle-to-everything communications.