EXFO announced it is collaborating with Red Hat to enable telecommunication service providers and enterprise customers to better capitalize on the opportunities of 5G. The EXFO Nova Active µ-Verifier service assurance solution is now available as a Red Hat certified container for deployment on Red Hat OpenShift in hybrid cloud environments offering customers a cloud-native testing platform that provides visibility of mobile networks—from edge to core and cloud—which is critical for ensuring performance for revenue-generating 5G networks. According to joint research findings from Heavy Reading and EXFO, 88% of mobile network operators (MNOs) are planning to deploy 5G standalone (SA) within the next two years.

Integral to 5G, mobile edge computing (MEC) and cloud computing are essential for delivering ultra-reliable, lower latency performance—which is critical for IoT and Industry 4.0 applications. Yet, nearly two-thirds of network issues now originate from virtualized cloud infrastructure, making its assurance a key component in rapid root cause analysis and fault resolution. As such, service providers now require complete visibility of network performance across virtual and cloud-native network functions.

EXFO's Nova Active µ-Verifier solution helps close the visibility gap between service and network layers in hybrid 5G networks and cloud infrastructure. MNOs are able to detect, diagnose and resolve issues by relying on cloud-native container-based testing. The solution has been certified by Red Hat as a container that can be deployed on Red Hat OpenShift and its value has been demonstrated through partnership with a Tier-1 North American operator.