How Will AT&T’s White Box Routers Support Its 5G Plan?

(Source: Market Realist) AT&T is confident that a virtualized, open-source, white box approach is the best way to evolve to 5G. AT&T already virtualized 55% of its network in 2017 and expects to virtualize and software-control 65% of it by the end of 2018. The telecom company has a goal of 75% network virtualization by 2020. Verizon (VZ) plans to …