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AT&T acquires AlienVault; says its customers demanded NB-IoT
1. AT&T buys AlienVault: AT&T has announced plans to acquire cybersecurity company AlienVault. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2007, AlienVault offers a number of tools for detecting and responding to security threats through its Unified Security Management (USM) platform, while its Open Threat Exchange (OTX) platform serves as an online community where security professionals and… Read more
IHS Markit: On-premises Enterprise Data Center (DC) is alive and flourishing!
by Cliff Grossner, PhD, IHS Markit Editor’s Note: Cliff and his IHS Markit team interviewed IT decision-makers in 151 North American organizations that operate data centers (DCs) and have at least 101 employees. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Summary: While enterprise have been adopting cloud services for a number of years now, they are also continuing to make significant investments in… Read more
Busting a Myth: 3GPP Roadmap to true 5G (IMT 2020) vs AT&T “standards-based 5G” in Austin, TX
TRUTH about 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and the path to 5G Standards: 3GPP is a very honest, focused and effective engineering organization that develops technical specifications – not standards. Not once has 3GPP contributed to the hype and spin embedded in “5G” propaganda and fake news. It is the 3GPP member companies, service providers, and… Read more
4G Speeds Increase in the U.S. and Asia: Seoul, Korea and Singapore fastest 4G cities
4G (LTE and LTE Advanced) speeds have increased all over the world in the last year. In the U.S., PC Mag wrote: Peak speeds have jumped from the 200Mbps range to the 300Mbps range, average download speeds have bumped up by 10Mbps or more, and latency has dropped by 10ms. That’s an impressive change in… Read more
IMT 2020 Status after ITU-R WP 5D meeting: 13-20 June 2018 Cancun, Mexico
The following table provides the schedule of when approval of the planned major IMT 2020 deliverables will be achieved following the procedures of ITU-R WP 5D: July 2019 [Geneva] WP 5D #32 • Finalize Doc. IMT-2020/YYY Input Submissions Summary • Finalize revision of Recommendation M.2012 • Finalize draft new Report M.[IMT.AAS] • Finalize Addendum… Read more
GSMA calls for 5G policy incentives in China + 2018 MWC Shanghai a big success!
China must develop a more supportive policy environment to capitalize on the full potential of 5G, according to a new report by the GSMA and the Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTI). The report advocates for a policy environment that empowers mobile operators to work with other sectors to innovate and launch new 5G services faster. China is expected to… Read more
IHS-Markit: Data Center Ethernet switch revenue reached $2.8B in 1Q2018
by Devon Adams and Cliff Grosner, PhD, IHS Markit DC Ethernet switch revenue reached $2.8B in 1Q18; Programmable switch silicon gets key validation In 1Q18, Data Center *DC” Ethernet switch revenue reached $2.8B, up 12% over 1Q17; bare metal and purpose-built switch revenues grew 35% and 15% YoY, respectively. Bare metal switches are now widely available from… Read more
IHS Markit: Ethernet switching market +12% YoY; data center and campus upgrades
By Matthias Machowinski, senior research director, enterprise networks and video, IHS Markit Highlights: Worldwide Ethernet switch revenue totaled $6.1 billion in the first quarter of 2018 (Q1 2018), growing 12 percent on a year-over-year basis 100GE continued to ramp, increasing more than twofold year over year and reaching 1.7 million ports in the quarter; 40GE ports were… Read more
Verizon/Nokia Test 3GPP NR Spec using Multi-Carrier Aggregation
Verizon and Nokia reported testing “5G” New Radio (3GPP release 15) technology in the outdoors using multi-carrier aggregation to boost the transmitted signals. Verizon deployed its 28 GHz millimeter-wave spectrum in the trial, saying it cut latency to 1.5 milliseconds while transferring data at 1.8 gigabits per second. “By continuing to push the technological envelope… Read more
Analysis & Huge Implications of AT&T – Time Warner Merger
Disclaimer: The author has been an AT&T customer for over 50 consecutive years (Ma Bell, Pac Bell with AT&T long distance, SBC, AT&T Broadband (now Comcast), and the current AT&T). He currently subscribes to AT&T: U-verse “high speed” Internet , U-verse pay TV, POTS and wireless voice/data services. Summary: Judge Richard Leon of the the US District… Read more