Universal CPE (uCPE) is a solution that, after more than four years of development, is set to take off in global markets beyond the early adopters. uCPE brings the benefits of network virtualization into the enterprise, using standard server technology with solutions developed for software defined networks (SDN) and network functions virtualisation (NFV). In this blog, the first of a new series on uCPE, I take a look at why communications services providers and enterprises should invest in uCPE-based services and the business opportunities these are already bringing to the early adopters.