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Prayson Pate talks uCPE mass deployment with MEF19 panel

Debate will explore technology addressing performance, cost and complexity challenges

  • Panel: Prayson Pate, CTO,  Edge Cloud, ADVA; Charlie Reed, partner, ATLANTIC-ACM (moderator); John Isch, director, connectivity solutions, Orange Business Services; Eitan Schwartz, VP, service provider line of business, North America, RAD
  • Topics: Tackling the challenges of uCPE mass deployment
  • When:Tuesday, November 19, 4:50 p.m.
  • Where: MEF19, Track 2 – Driving MEF 3.0 Adoption, JW Marriott LA LIVE, Los Angeles, California, USA

Universal customer premises equipment (uCPE) offers huge value in terms of automation, software optimization, service function chains, and the freedom to deploy independent hardware. But some service providers are still uncertain of the business case when compared to traditional appliances and routers. 

In this session, Prayson Pate and a panel of industry leaders will discuss the challenges of uCPE mass deployment, including performance, hardware costs, complexity, and management integration, and will review the latest technology solutions that alleviate them.