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IHS Markit: 25/100GE switch port growth surges; 200/400GE in 2019 + Optical Tranceiver Market Overview
IHS Markit: 25/100GE switch port growth surges; 200/400GE in 2019 Overview: IHS Markit recently released its Data Center Network Equipment market tracker, which showed that worldwide data center Ethernet switch revenue grew 12% YoY in 3Q17, reaching $2.9B. Key segments driving demand were purpose-built switches which grew 13% YoY and bare metal switches which grew 47% YoY… Read more
Rural Americans would greatly benefit from Open Internet rules and more investment
NOTE: This article complements others we’ve recently posted on U.S. carriers move to broadband fixed wireless access for rural and under-served geographical areas. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… In many rural communities, where available broadband speed and capacity barely surpass old-fashioned dial-up connections, residents sacrifice not only their online pastimes but also chances at a better living. Counties without modern… Read more
Wireless Telcos to Spend $9B on C-RAN in 2017; or $1.13B in 2022?
Mobile operators are expected to invest nearly $9 billion in C-RAN (cloud or centralized radio access network) infrastructure roll-outs by the end of 2017, according to a report by SNS Research. Benefits of C–RAN include improved performance due to the ability to coordinate between cells, and also cost reductions as a result of pooling resources. The C-RAN market… Read more
Verizon trial validates NG-PON2 interoperability via its OpenOMCI specification; 5G backhaul spending
Verizon reported a successful trial of next-generation passive optical networking NG-PON2 technology using the carrier’s OpenOMCI specification. The OpenOMCI specification is aligned with ITU-T Recommendation G.989.3, but there are different versions from several carriers. It’s important to note that this is Verizon’s own version of the OpenOMCI spec. Verizon, along with ADTRAN, Broadcom, Cortina Access, Ericsson/Calix… Read more
Windstream Joins ONAP & Open Source Telco Movement Led by AT&T/ China
Windstream Communications has become a corporate member of the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) Linux Foundation project, joining an open-source technology initiative for the first time. ONAP was formed through the merger of open source ECOMP (contributed by AT&T) and Open Orchestrator Project (OPEN-O), two of the largest open source networking initiatives. It was the… Read more
NFV Open Source (OPNFV) Reaches Critical Juncture at Beijing Summit
The OPNFV Summit – June 12-15th in Beijing, China – marks a critical moment in the development and acceptance of the open-source network functions virtualization technology by telecoms and others, said Heather Kirksey, Director of the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) project within the Linux Foundation. Ms. Kirksey told Light Reading that network operators “are engaging… Read more
Apple to test “5G” in Cupertino & Milpitas, CA, but which RAN/Modulation Scheme?
Apple has applied for an experimental license from the FCC to test next-gen “5G” wireless technologies, according to a report from Business Insider and an article in USA Today which wrote: It’s hardly a surprise that Apple would be pursuing a path to 5G. The promise of this next generation of wireless is that smartphone makers might eventually… Read more
Arthur D Little- Telco Europe CEOs: 1% CAGR for Next 5 Years + Telco Transformation Issues
Source: Karam Targa, Managing Partner & Global Practice Leader at Arthur D Little-Austria. On May 15th, Arthur D Little held its flagship Telco CEO & Private Equity Event in its office in Vienna, Austria. The event covered the key trends in the telecom industry, in which 60+ Telco CEOs, Managing Directors, Private Equity firms, Telco… Read more
2017 Open Networking Summit Best of Show Awards
We covered the 2017 ONS noting that ONAP “stole the show.” Indeed, it was voted “most buzzed about project” as per press release below. 2017 was the first time ONS included Best of Show awards. Finalists for each award were selected by a panel of industry experts and analysts, and conference attendees then voted by… Read more
Open Network Summit: ONAP Steals the Show with Broad Support
During a Tuesday morning “disruptive collaboration” keynote at the Open Network Summit (ONS), John Donovan, Chief Strategy Officer at AT&T, revealed that the company had “software defined” 34% of its network by the end of 2016, which exceeded its goal of 30%. This year’s goal of 55% network virtualization (via an overlay network*) will be a… Read more