Ooredoo, Cisco set NFV deployment roadmap

Qatar-based multinational telecoms group Ooredoo has agreed to form a relationship with US-based IT giant Cisco to set Ooredoo’s roadmap for Network Function Virtualization (NFV) deployments and to deliver Virtual Managed Services (VMS) to the Qatari market. Ooredoo aims to use Cisco Virtual Managed Services to offer its customers automated cloud-based services, enabling the outsourcing of network management functions and IT services to a trusted technology partner. Ooredoo plans to trial the Cisco Cloud VPN, part of the Cisco Virtual Managed Service portfolio, which offers ‘highly secure business connectivity and routing for site-to-site, remote access, and internet gateway applications’ and ‘delivers automation and simplification for managed services’.