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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
Fog Computing Definition, Architecture, Market and Use Cases
Introduction to Fog Computing, Architecture and Networks: Fog computing is an extension of cloud computing which deploys data storage, computing and communications resources, control and management data analytics closer to the endpoints. It is especially important for the Internet of Things (IoT) continuum, where low latency and low cost are needed. Fog computing architecture is… Read more
2017 Telecom Council’s TC3 Summit: SPIFFY Award Winners + Start-up Success Stories
2017 SPIFFY Awards: Seven pioneering start-up companies were recognized by the Service Provider Innovation Forum (SPIF) at the 10th Annual SPIFFY Awards held Wednesday evening November 1st at TC3 Summit. Since 2001, the Telecom Council has worked to identify and recognize companies who represent a broad range of cutting-edge telecom products and services. From there, dozens… Read more