Event SponsorsSeminar Series Sponsor

Ben RobertsCEO

Liquid Telecom Kenya

MEF Strategy and Market Trends

25 min

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Topics

• MEF Overview & Africa Members

• MEF Strategic Work At A Glance

• Market Trends & Opportunities

• MEF’s Industry-Wide Initiatives

• Upcoming Activities & Latest News

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MEF Profile

• Leading the evolution toward on-demand, agile/dynamic, orchestrated Third Network network services

• Building upon the $80 billion Carrier Ethernet market

• Powered by LSO, SDN and NFV

• Certifying Services, Equipment and Professionals

• Emphasis on addressing the increasing demands of enterprise-cloud connectivity

210+ Member Companies

NA EMEA APAC CALA

SPs Vendors Others

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MEF Africa Members

107

Updated

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MEF Strategic Work

• Dynamic Third Network Services– Carrier Ethernet 2.0 is the Foundation

– Layer 3 IP & Higher Layer 4-7 Service Definitions

– Evolve to Cloud Services

– Powered By LSO + SDN + NFV

• Lifecycle Service Orchestration– Enables Automated, Virtualized and Interconnected Networks

– Overcomes OSS/BSS Challenges for SDN, NFV & Traditional Networks

– LSO Reference Architecture and Interface Definitions

– Common Information Models

• Industry Collaboration & Open Initiatives– Collaborating with upstream Open Source initiatives

– Enable closed source implementation for LSO

– LSO Hackathon

• Expanded Certification Program

Market Trends & Opportunities

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CE 2.0 Is Foundation For Third Network Services

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• 97% of surveyed service provider professionals said CE 2.0 is critical or important foundation for dynamic services

• CE 2.0 connectivity fabric expanding– Many more intend to offer CE 2.0 certified or compliant

services by mid-2017

– Ethernet Interconnect Points (EIP) Project, etc.

Sources: Dynamic Third Network Services Enabled By LSO, SDN & NFV Joint Survey, MEF & Vertical Systems (Nov 2015); CE Services Market Trends Report, MEF and Frost & Sullivan (Sep 2015)

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What Is A “Third Network” Service?

• Provides an on-demand, orchestrated, assured, and secured experience with user-directed control over network resources and cloud connectivity.

• Optimized for real-time traffic & integration of value-added network functions-as-a-services.

• Delivered over more automated, virtualized & interconnected networks powered by CE 2.0, LSO, SDN & NFV.

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Dynamic Services Expectations Are Increasing

Source: Dynamic Third Network Services Enabled By LSO, SDN & NFV Joint Survey, MEF & Vertical Systems (Nov 2015)

Sell by 201860%

No plans or unsure

40%

Service Provider Plans To Offer Dynamic Ethernet Services

• 97% said CE 2.0 services are essential or important as a foundation for dynamic services

• 74% said LSO is essential or important to support dynamic services

• Input from 50 service provider business units, 64 professionals worldwide

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What Can Customers Expect, 2016 – 2018?

Schedule Bandwidth Increase / Decrease On Existing Service Port

Manually Initiate On-Demand Bandwidth Increase / Decrease On Existing Service Port

Dynamic Ethernet Capabilities – Customer Direct Control Via Web Portal or API

Automatically Initiate On-Demand Bandwidth Increase / Decrease On Existing Service Port

Sources: Dynamic Third Network Services Enabled By LSO, SDN & NFV Joint Survey, MEF & Vertical Systems (Nov 2015)

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What Can Customers Expect, 2016 – 2018?

Schedule Bandwidth Increase / Decrease On Existing Service Port

Manually Initiate On-Demand Bandwidth Increase / Decrease On Existing Service Port

Dynamic Ethernet Capabilities – Customer Direct Control Via Web Portal or API

Automatically Initiate On-Demand Bandwidth Increase / Decrease On Existing Service Port

Increase / Decrease Bandwidth On Existing Connection To Private Or Public Cloud

Active / Deactivate Ethernet Virtual Connection

Add Virtual Network Service To Ethernet Service –e.g. NFV-Enabled Virtual Firewall, Virtual Security

Activate A New Service Port

Change VLANs Mapped To EVC

Change Class of Service On Connection

Sources: Dynamic Third Network Services Enabled By LSO, SDN & NFV Joint Survey, MEF & Vertical Systems (Nov 2015)

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Third Network Pillars: LSO / SDN / NFV

MEF LSOONF SDN ETSI NFV MANO

ServicePortal

NetworkInfrastructure

SDN Applications

SDN Controller

Man

age

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ion

Network Infrastructure

Element Control and Management

OSS/BSS

NFVO

EMVNFM VIM

Network Controller

VNF

NetworkInfrastructure

NFVInfrastructure

OSS/BSS

Infrastructure Control and Management

Strategic MEF Industry-Wide Activities

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MEF UNITE Program

Launched in late 2014 to coordinate internal & external engagement with Standards Development Organizations, Associations & Open Source Projects, to lead the industry migration to agile, assured and orchestrated services.

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ITU & MEF Sign MOU Oct 2015

WHEREAS, ITU and MEF now desire to express theirmutual intent to cooperate for the purpose of drivingstandards-development and related program work toenable Carrier Ethernet and the next generation ofagile, assured and orchestrated connectivity services,and to enhance related knowledge infrastructurecapabilities globally with a special focus ondeveloping countries.

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MEF & ON.Lab Sign MOU March 2016

Memorandum of Understanding centered on ON.Lab’sE-CORD and the MEF’s new OpenCS (Open ConnectivityServices) and OpenLSO (Open Lifecycle ServiceOrchestration) Projects.

ON.Lab E-CORD Demonstrates Programmable, On-Demand CE 2.0 E-Line Service As First MEF OpenCSReference Build

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MEF 54: Ethernet Interconnect Points (EIP) Project

• Launched in November 2014, EIPs will be used to interconnect CE Networks at ENNI, Service Lifecycle, and Service Orchestration levels

• EIP Implementation Agreement use (existing and future) MEF specifications and certifications from the ENNI to the LSO

• Unique Rapid Prototyping concept

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MEF Services Interconnect Program

Designed to bring small wholesale operators into the community of companies that can deliver standardized, certified E-Access and E-Transit services

This MEF program enables the operator to:

• Cost-effectively become MEF E-Access and/or E-Transit certified

• Participate in wholesale-oriented program education and marketing activities

MEF Membership is Not Required For Small Operators

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MEF Certification Programs

PROFESSIONALS

62% 2 Year AAGR

SERVICES

91% 2 Year AAGR

EQUIPMENT

58% 2 Year AAGR

167SERVICES

63PROVIDERS

303DEVICES

43VENDORS

4205PROFESSIONALS

421COMPANIES

209+SPs

77COUNTRIES

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Migration from Traditional to Virtualized, Software Defined TechnologiesInfrastructure

SDN NFV

Third Network Layers for Innovation

Robust, Flexible, Globally Standardized & Certified MEF Services

End-End, Automated, Across Multi-provider NetworksService

Orchestration

Service Innovation

Event SponsorsSeminar Series Sponsor

Ben RobertsCEO

Liquid Telecom Kenya

MEF Strategy and Market Trends

25 min