Search Results for: Open RAN
IHS Markit: VMware acquires top SD-WAN vendor VeloCloud; 3Q17 SD-WAN revenue reaches $116M
Highlights: SD-WAN (appliance + control and management software) revenue reached $116M in 3Q17, up 18% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) and up 2.8x year-over-year (YoY). VeloCloud led the SD-WAN market with 22% share of 3Q17 revenue, Aryaka was in second place with 18%. Silver Peak rounded out the top 3 with 12%, according to the DC Network Equipment market tracker… Read more
IoT Tech Expo Highlights + Wirepas’ Distributed Intelligence Mesh Network
IoT Tech Expo Takeaways: This was one of the most chaotic, disorganized, frustrating trade shows I’ve attended in many decades. [Please contact me if you’re interested in why that was the case]. However, there were several interesting booths I visited on the show floor, a few enlightening panel sessions and one novel presentation proposing a… Read more
Cignal AI & Del’Oro: Optical Network Equipment Market Decline Continues
Executive Summary & Overview: Does anyone remember the fiber optic build out boom of the late 1990’s to early 2001? And the subsequent bust, which the industry still has not recovered from! Fast forward to today, where we hear more and more about huge fiber demand from mega cloud service providers/Internet companies for intra and… Read more
New ITU-T Standards for IMT 2020 (5G) + 3GPP Core Network Systems Architecture
New ITU-T standards related to “5G”: ITU-T has reached first-stage approval (‘consent’ level) of three new international standards defining the requirements for IMT-2020 (“5G”) network systems as they relate to network operation, softwarization and fixed-mobile convergence. The standards were developed by ITU-T’s standardization expert group for future networks, ITU-T Study Group 13. Note: The first-stage approvals… Read more
LoRaWAN gains momentum: NEC LoRaWAN server + New Zealand nationwide network
1. NEC has launched a new network server that complies with LoRaWAN (MAC and PHY specifications from the LoRa Alliance) to help telecoms carriers accelerate the creation of new IoT services. The new server implements device identification, data rate control and channel allocation for sensor devices complying with LoRaWAN through the LoRaWAN gateway. It also mediates data… Read more
AT&T Deploys LTE Licensed Assisted Access (LTE-LAA) Technology; Plans 5G Evolution
AT&T has introduced a high speed “4G” service in the form of LTE-Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) in Indianapolis, IN. LTE-LAA uses unlicensed spectrum. According to AT&T it will provide theoretical gigabit speeds to some areas of the city. LTE-LAA has reached a peak of 979 Mbps in a San Francisco, CA trial. “Demand continues to… Read more
Gartner Group: SD-WAN Survey Yields Surprises
by Danellie Young | Ted Corbett | Lisa Pierce Introduction: A Gartner-conducted software-defined (SD)-WAN survey has identified the key drivers for SD-WAN adoption and preferences for managed services from non-carrier providers. Despite its relative immaturity, the perceived benefits create incentives for IT leaders responsible for networking to leap into SD-WAN pilots now. Editor’s Notes: Please refer to our report on… Read more
Highlights of IDTechEx: IoT Connectivity Sessions and Exhibits: November 15-16, 2017
Introduction: The Internet of Things (IoT) will connect existing systems and then augment those by connecting more things, thanks to wireless sensor networks and other technologies. Things on the ‘edge’ form mesh networks and can make their own automated decisions. This article reviews key messages from conference technical sessions on IoT connectivity and describes a… Read more
IHS-Markit: 15% Drop in Global Optical Network Equipment Sales; Cisco and VMware are SD-WAN market leaders
Optical Network Equipment Market: IHS-Markit reports that the optical network equipment market slumped 3% in the third quarter from the same period last year. Huawei was #1 in optical network sales, followed by Ciena, which ranked first in North America where Huawei isn’t permitted to sell its gear. Highlights: In the third quarter of 2017… Read more
TC3 Update on CORD (Central Office Re-architected as a Data center)
Introduction: Timon Sloane of the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) provided an update on project CORD on November 1st at the Telecom Council’s Carrier Connections (TC3) summit in Mt View, CA. The session was titled: Spotlight on CORD: Transforming Operator Networks and Business Models After the presentation, Sandhya Narayan of Verizon and Tom Tofigh of AT&T came… Read more