PUBLISHER: IDC | PRODUCT CODE: 1148903
PUBLISHER: IDC | PRODUCT CODE: 1148903
This IDC study presents the worldwide market forecast for telecom network functions virtualization software (VNF and NFVI) for the 2021-2026 period."Adoption of cloud-native network functions (CNFs) are slowing gaining momentum and are deployed alongside virtual network functions (VNFs) across communications SPs' cloud-based digital infrastructure for service agility, lower cost of ownership, and elastic scaling of the network. However, they face a range of dauting challenges, including lack of in-house expertise in cloud-native orchestration and infrastructure, difficulty defining and implementing comprehensive security, and operational complexity of managing on-premises, cloud, and multicloud networks." - Ajeet Das, research director, Carrier Network Infrastructure research at IDC