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IHS Markit: Ciena tops the list of optical equipment vendors + Cignal AI’s OFC Preview
By Heidi Adams, executive director, network infrastructure, IHS Markit Each year IHS Markit surveys service providers, in order to find out which companies they view as the leaders of the optical equipment market. The survey also explores their perceptions of vendors in key decision metrics, like pricing, total cost of ownership, technology innovation, research-and-development (R&D)… Read more
Viavi: 55 Global 5G Deployments by Year-End; Deloitte on the Shift to 5G
Viavi’s 5G Forecast: Fifty-five commercial 5G networks will be live by the end of the year, according to new 5G deployments research from Viavi Solutions. The eclectic firm (see About Viavi below) said that 13 fixed wireless and mobile 5G network were launched in 2018 and 42 more will be added this year. “The State… Read more
China Mobile & Huawei deploy indoor 5G at Shanghai rail station
China Mobile – Shanghai and Huawei announced the launch of the first 5G digital indoor system at a railway station. The deployment at Shanghai’s Hongqiao station will provide deep indoor 5G coverage to the whole station by the end of the year. During the launch on February 18, 2019, China Mobile Shanghai and Huawei demonstrated a peak indoor data rate of 1.2… Read more
China Mobile & Huawei deploy indoor 5G at Shanghai rail station
China Mobile – Shanghai and Huawei announced the launch of the first 5G digital indoor system at a railway station. The deployment at Shanghai’s Hongqiao station will provide deep indoor 5G coverage to the whole station by the end of the year. During the launch on February 18, 2019, China Mobile Shanghai and Huawei demonstrated a peak indoor data rate of 1.2… Read more
VSG’s U.S. Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD: CenturyLink #1, AT&T #2; U.S. CE port base grew >12%
Vertical Systems Group (VSG) announced that six companies achieved a position on its 2018 U.S. Carrier Ethernet (CE) LEADERBOARD (in rank order based on year-end 2018 retail port share): CenturyLink, AT&T, Verizon, Spectrum Enterprise, Comcast and Windstream. CenturyLink powered its way to the top spot in the year-end 2017 leaderboard after its acquisition of Level 3 Communications. AT&T led the U.S. Carrier Ethernet… Read more
VSG’s U.S. Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD: CenturyLink #1, AT&T #2; U.S. CE port base grew >12%
Vertical Systems Group (VSG) announced that six companies achieved a position on its 2018 U.S. Carrier Ethernet (CE) LEADERBOARD (in rank order based on year-end 2018 retail port share): CenturyLink, AT&T, Verizon, Spectrum Enterprise, Comcast and Windstream. CenturyLink powered its way to the top spot in the year-end 2017 leaderboard after its acquisition of Level 3 Communications. AT&T led the U.S. Carrier Ethernet… Read more
IHS Markit: Cloud and Mobility Driving Enterprise Edge Connectivity in North America
IHS Markit Survey: Cloud and mobility driving new requirements for enterprise edge connectivity in North America By Matthias Machowinski, senior research director, IHS Markit, and Joshua Bancroft, senior analyst, IHS Markit Highlights By 2019, 51 percent of network professionals surveyed by IHS Markit will use hybrid cloud and 37 percent will adopt multi-cloud for application delivery…. Read more
Communications Minister Manoj Sinha: India will not miss 5G opportunity; New Spectrum Bands Coming?
The economic impact of 5G is estimated to be over one trillion dollars for India, which is aggressively positioning itself to be at the forefront of the new age technologies, Communications Minister Manoj Sinha said on Tuesday. Vowing that India will “not miss the 5G bus”, the minister outlined the country’s strides in telecom over the… Read more
Overview of Recent FCC and North America Forum Activity related to 5G
FCC adopts innovative incentive auction for 5G high-band spectrum: On 12 December 2018 the FCC took a significant step toward holding a major 5G spectrum auction in 2019 by adopting new rules that will promote the availability of high-band millimeter wave spectrum for the next generation of wireless connectivity. The airwaves in the combined Upper… Read more
CoBank: Secular Tailwinds Support Current Fiber Optic Company Valuations
Fiber network consolidation has driven up the value of fiber optic networks for strategic buyers and infrastructure funds, says rural communications infrastructure financing company CoBank in a new report. As CoBank notes, the number of fiber networks available for acquisition has declined, causing the report authors to speculate that investors will turn their attention next… Read more