Over 10 years ago, the telecommunications industry was beginning an introspective transformational analysis of its systems and business models. At the same time, cloud computing was coming into its own and challenged dominant conventional virtualization technologies (CAPEX-based) by introducing demand-based consumption systems (OPEX-based) that resulted in the popularization and adoption of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). A handful of telecommunications companies and ETSI published the ETSI NFV white paper, kicking off a decade of transformation.
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