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Now that CenturyLink has officially completed its acquisition of Level 3, the service provider sees the combined company’s expertise in SDN and NFV furthering the network service automation trend.
Aamir Hussain, CTO of CenturyLink, told FierceTelecom that the two companies will now have a much larger network to address customers.
“The benefits we see is network control automation and virtualization will help expand our ability to help our customers in their digital journey,” Hussain said. “SDN, NFV and SD-WAN will be key drivers for our automation over the long haul and both companies are committed to it.”
Prior to completing the acquisition, CenturyLink and Level 3 had already separately developed SDN-based programs, including new services such as SD-WAN. CenturyLink can now combine the SDN and NFV efforts into a broader initiative to satisfy a larger collection of national and international customers.
In June 2016, CenturyLink launched its SD-WAN service, while Level 3 debuted its service earlier this year.
“CenturyLink had a standalone SD-WAN program,...