Verizon is working with the TM Forum Catalyst program to drive three Catalyst projects centered on virtualization, including an NFV Ecosystem Enabler that allows service providers to make their virtual network services available to the broader industry.

For this project, Verizon joined together with other TM Forum members including AT&T, Orange, China Mobile, IBM and Huawei to develop the building blocks required for realizing new NFV applications and services. 

The NFV Ecosystem Enabler is a set of recommendations the TM Forum created with layers of abstraction and the appropriate templates, metadata and tools to form an interoperable tool chain for zero-touch onboarding experiences between service providers and suppliers.

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