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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
Combined FTTH and DSL spending set to slow until 10 Gbps PON and G.fast deployments
By Jeff Heynen of SNL Kagan After a record year in which total estimated revenue for combined digital subscriber line, or DSL, and fiber-to-the-home, or FTTH, network infrastructure reached $9.77 billion worldwide, 2017-2019 should produce a slowdown in spending. Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, is forecasting a trough being driven by… Read more
Residential Broadband: Fiber Access Now #1; Deep Fiber Penetration; Wireless Substitution & Forecasts
Fiber Tops DSL for Fixed Broadband Access: Fiber has surpassed DSL as the most common fixed broadband access type, accounting for 43.2% of the global market, market research firm SNL Kagan wrote in a recently released market research report (subscription required). Kagan is a unit of S&P Global Intelligence. Growth in fiber network deployment rose a… 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
IHS on Mobile Infrastructure Market: 2016 revenue -10% despite strong Q4
By Stéphane Téral, senior research director and advisor, mobile infrastructure and carrier economics, IHS Markit Highlights A solid Q4 2016 was not enough to save the year for the mobile infrastructure market LTE (Long Term Evolution) was down by double digits in Q4 and is expected to see further declines in 2017 Ericsson, Huawei and… Read more
IHS Markit: 90% of Mobile Operators Surveyed Have Deployed Small Cells
By Stéphane Téral, senior research director, mobile infrastructure and carrier economics, IHS Markit Bottom Line The vast majority of mobile operators participating in the IHS Markit small cells survey have already deployed small cells, mostly in outdoor metro areas and in homes as residential femtocells Security is the number-one small cell product feature, rising from… Read more
Highlights of Ericsson Mobility Report
The latest Ericsson Mobility Report covers the period to 2021. Ericsson has forecast significant growth in a wide range of factors. Some of the highlight figures include: Mobile broadband subscriptions: CAGR of 15% LTE subscriptions: CAGR of 25% Data traffic per smartphone: CAGR of 35% Total mobile data traffic: CAGR of 45% Video to dominate mobile… Read more
IoT World Summary Part III: Too Many Wireless WAN (LPWAN) "Standards" & Specs
Introduction: This is the third and final article reviewing the super charged and ultra hyped IoT World Conference which this author attended on May 10-11, 2016 in Santa Clara, CA. It is by far the most important for any outdoor IoT market segment (e.g. Industrial IoT in the field), because some form of wireless WAN… Read more
Challenges & Opportunities for the "New Nokia"; Focus on SD-WAN
Introduction: On December 2nd, Nokia shareholders overwhelmingly approved the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent . The only remaining full service telecom equipment company in either North America or Europe is being sold to Nokia in a 15.6 billion Euro (€) deal which could make the “new Nokia” a market leader in network equipment and cloud services for… Read more
IHS-Infonetics: Mobile Infrastructure Market= $11.4 Billion in Q2; Maturing Market ROI; Ericsson Outlook
Overview: Driven by strong 3G W-CDMA capacity projects in EMEA and unabated LTE activity in China, the global macrocell mobile infrastructure market was up 2 percent in the 2nd quarter of 2015 (2Q15) from the prior quarter, and up 2 percent year-over-year, according to the IHS Infonetics Mobile Infrastructure Equipment report from IHS (NYSE: IHS). “This time around, W-CDMA… Read more