Tokyo, June 17, 2016 - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) and Netcracker Technology today announced their participation in the OPNFV Summit 2016 in Berlin, Germany, June 20-23, at the InterContinental Berlin.

NEC is a platinum member of the Open Platform for Network Functions Virtualization (OPNFV) and a Gold Sponsor for this year's OPNFV Summit, where the company will be involved in numerous sessions and panels as well as exhibit SDN/NFV solutions, including Management and Network Orchestration (MANO) and NEC Cloud Solutions at stand B04.

NEC's contributions to OPNFV include an active role as a Project Lead of the OPNFV's 'Doctor' project, where fast and dynamic fault management in OpenStack will be presented at the OPNFV Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Zone*. The Doctor PoC, hosted by NTT DOCOMO, is a completely community-driven activity to demonstrate OPNFV's achievement in upstream development, pure Open Source Software (OSS) integration and validation of enhanced fault management solutions in NFV-based platforms.

'NEC has been active in the OPNFV from its launch in 2014. The OPNFV Summit 2016 enables NEC to showcase its open collaboration activities with the community and the promise of NFV adaptation by operators as part of ensuring greater simplicity and flexibility in telecom networks,' said Atsuo Kawamura, Senior Vice President at NEC Corporation. 'NEC and Netcracker are ready to deliver SDN/NFV solutions which enable operator specific use cases, fulfilling missing requirements in NFV platforms and MANO, and respecting de facto standards embraced in OPNFV.'

Sponsor Presentation
MANO for Cloud Infrastructure
Time and Date: 12:40-13:00, June 22
Presenter from NEC: Yasunori Shimamoto (Common Carrier Solutions Division)


Sessions
  1. Failure Inspection by 'Doctor' utilizing Vitrage and Congress
    Time and Date: 16:00-16:30, June 22
    Speaker from NEC: Ryota Mibu (Carrier Services Division)

  3. Automated Platform for Testing VNF Performance and Interoperability with Variable Flavors
    Time and Date: 16:40-17:10, June 22
    Speaker from NEC: Takashi Torii (Cloud Platform Division)

  5. 'Doctor' and SFQM Frameworks Unite: Intelligently Monitoring NFV Infrastructure
    Time and Date: 16:40-17:10, June 22
    Speaker from NEC: Carlos Goncalves (NEC Laboratories Europe)

  7. Project Theater: 'Doctor' Tech Deep Dive
    Time and Date: 11:50-12:20, June 23
    Speaker from NEC: Ryota Mibu (Carrier Services Division)

  9. Service Assurance @ FD.io and DPDK.org Mini Summit
    Time and Date: 13:30-14:30, June 21
    Speaker from NEC: Carlos Goncalves (NEC Laboratories Europe)
Panels: Next Steps for OPNFV Time and Date: 12:00-12:30, June 22 Moderator: Dirk Kutscher (NEC Laboratories Europe)

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About Netcracker Technology

Netcracker Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, is a forward-looking software company, offering mission-critical solutions to service providers around the globe. Our comprehensive portfolio of software solutions and professional services enables large-scale digital transformations, unlocking the opportunities of the cloud, virtualization and the changing mobile ecosystem. With an unbroken service delivery track record of more than 20 years, our unique combination of technology, people and expertise helps companies transform their networks and enable better experiences for their customers.

For more information, visit www.netcracker.com.

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