The reality of the telco cloud

Network functions virtualisation (NFV) has been a term and a concept that has influenced network operator strategies for more than seven years, but what has it meant for service providers as they step into the 5G era? Andrea Donà, Head of Networks at Vodafone UK talks about the impact of NFV, what it has enabled at the operator, and why the impact that virtualisation and cloudification is having has only really just begun.