NEC Corporation and Netcracker Technology announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has awarded NEC/Netcracker?s Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solution with a 2018 INTERNET TELEPHONY NFV Innovation Award.

NEC/Netcracker’s NaaS provides an innovative approach for creating, deploying and monetizing digital services in B2B and consumer markets. Based on a full-stack solution, from VNFs to orchestration and a comprehensive digital marketplace, new cloud-based services such as SD-WAN, value-added services and IT/cloud apps can be launched quickly with an exceptional customer experience. The widely deployed solution helps service providers reduce time-to-market by as much as 70 percent, increase ARPU growth up to 25 percent and reduce churn up to 30 percent.

The INTERNET TELEPHONY NFV Pioneer Award honors products that have demonstrated innovation, unique features and noteworthy developments toward improving network functions virtualization.