Equinix REIT : Network, PoP and Infrastructure as a Service

Network service providers (NSPs), which include telecommunications/mobile operators, are going through a renaissance as the acceptance of software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) infrastructures have finally come into their own. Pretty much all of the major global NSPs and telecom operators, such as AT&T, British Telecom, Cisco, Nokia, and Verizon have SDN and/or NFV offerings. This opens the way for modern network-as-a-service (NaaS) solutions that are required for today's business and personal users, where a more agile and cost-effective access and consumption model is needed.

NaaS is based on an on-demand software licensing and delivery model rather than a technology. It also provides SDN and NFV offerings that open up new markets for NSPs, where they can deliver a 'mix and match' set of services, such as programmable access to 5G networks, SD-WANs and virtual private networks (VPNs) when connecting to users and cloud service providers (CSPs) at the edge. With so many networking and telecommunications solutions available on demand, NSPs require a trusted, global digital infrastructure platform partner that will help them to efficiently and cost-effectively deliver these services with software speed and scalability wherever their customers are.