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Windstream (WIN) to Promote SDN-Enabled Multi-Vendor Service

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Windstream Holdings Inc. WIN, a leading local exchange carrier, is participating in the MEF17 Proof of Concept (“PoC”) Showcase from November 13-16, in Orlando, FL. The company will be promoting its SDN-enabled multi-vendor services at the event. MEF17 is focused on advancing Third-Network connectivity and cloud services for the digital economy & the hyper-connected world.

The other companies partnering with Windstream in the event are Ciena Corporation CIEN, Infinera Corporation INFN and Coriant.

The collaborative venture will build on Windstream’s in-production Software Defined Network Orchestrated Waves solution – SDNow – to illustrate intent based, on-demand automation of wavelength services in a multi-vendor, multi-platform, multi-domain environment. Windstream’s alliance with these industry pioneers highlights the benefits of multi-vendor network ecosystem.

The PoC will demonstrate end-to-end activation of Windstream’s high-speed, high capacity SDNowa transport solutions of 10G bandwidths on-demand. The showcase will include the leveraging of multi-domain service orchestration, the promotion of SDN controller software provided by the company’s vendor partners and live connectivity to Windstream’s 150,000 mile, fiber-optic network.

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Windstream is one of the many wireless carriers leading the market by leveraging SDN to automate and accelerate the deployment of commercially available Layer 1 wavelength services. The multi-vendor collaboration that enables Windstream POC demonstration at MEF17, perfectly complements the carrier’s SDN suite as SDNow is generating revenue and satisfying customers with its Layer 1 services.

Windstream uses its optical network as a programmable resource to accelerate the delivery of optical wavelength services. The company’s agile, DevOps-style approach to automation development enables the company to abstract the complexity of service delivery and offers a simplified view of the multi-vendor optical layer. Currently, Windstream’s SDN services are available in five major third-party carrier neutral data centers in Chicago, Dallas, Ashburn, Miami and Atlanta.

Windstream further plans to introduce additional services and locations in 2017 and 2018. The company plans to integrate additional third-party SDN controllers and enabling true intent-based service orchestration across multiple layers of its network.

Recently, Comcast Business, a subsidiary of leading cable multi service operator and media giant, Comcast Corp. CMCSA, stepped closer toward its SDN virtualization plans, with the launch of Comcast Business ActiveCore SDN platform. The platform is claimed to be the first cable-delivered, gigabit-ready platform in the country with Software Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) as its first business product. Comcast Business is pairing its new SD-WAN offering with Comcast’s high-performance, DOCSIS 3.1-based gigabit broadband service.

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