Here are the top stories SDxCentral wrangled this week related to SDN, NFV, cloud, and virtualization infrastructure:

VMware Is Getting Serious About Telcos & NFV — Contributions to OSM could be on the horizon.

AT&T Exec: 5G Network Sharing Is a Terrible Idea — Network sharing got some buzz at CTIA, but Tom Keathley tried it before. Didn't like it.

Former Google Engineer Launches HappyGears.net — New topology mapping software could let companies monitor thousands of devices.

Here are the week’s strays and stragglers we roped for you:

RAD added a new option to its flexible ETX-2i vCPE product line.

Nokia plans to launch a set of 5G Acceleration Services for carriers.

Lanner, a Taiwanese hardware manufacturer, announced that its FW-7551 network appliance has been certified to be compatible with the NTT Lagopus open source software switch.

Console, formerly known as IIX, named Jef Graham chairman and CEO, succeeding founder and former CEO Al Burgio.

Netrounds’ active test and service assurance platform has achieved VMware Ready status.

Brocade launched a Strategic Collaboration Program to formalize and increase its level of engagement with alliance partners.

Tata Elxsi has collaborated with Avaya for the development of an SDN architecture.

VeloCloud’s software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) has achieved Cisco compatibility certification with the Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISR).

Dialogic expanded its software-based signaling, media, and call control solutions portfolio with the Dialogic ControlSwitch System and Dialogic DSI G5V Signaling Controller.

Verizon announced it will integrate ThingSpace, a platform as-a-service (PaaS) for the Internet of Things (IoT), into Qualcomm’s MDM9206 LTE modem.

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