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Telstra on 5G: “Where Promise Meets Reality” + 3GPP Release 16 status
Fears that 5G use cases do not justify the extensive investments required to roll out the technology are unfounded, and the technology is going to change the world, according to Telstra CEO Andy Penn’s blog post, published to coincide with the 3GPP meeting this week,. More than 600 delegates from the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project)… Read more
IHS Markit: Microwave Network Equipment Market -1%; YoY; 5G to Boost Growth
By Richard Webb, associate director of research and analysis, service provider technology, IHS Markit Highlights: The total worldwide microwave network equipment market declined by 5 percent quarter over quarter – and by 1 percent year over year – in the second quarter of 2018 (Q2 2018), falling to $1.03 billion. Revenue in the second quarter… Read more
IHS Markit: SD-WAN revenue was $221M in 2Q-2018; P&S Intelligence: CAGR of 54.1% during 2018-2023
IHS-Markit Analysis, by Cliff Grossner, PhD, IHS Markit Sr Research Director SD-WAN (appliance + control and management software) revenue reached $221M in 2Q18, up 25% QoQ and 2x over 2Q17. VMware led the SD-WAN market with 18% share of 2Q18 revenue, Aryaka was in second place with 15% revenue share, and Cisco enters the top… Read more
Reliance Jio Blankets India with Inexpensive 4G Service; Where are the Profits?
India has the second largest number of Internet users in the world- second only to China. But only in the last two years has India moved to true broadband wireless service. Mukesh Ambani, head of Reliance Industries, one of India’s largest conglomerates, has shelled out $35 billion of the company’s money to blanket the South Asian… Read more
Juniper Research: Japan & South Korea lead in 5G; NTT Docomo most promising 5G operator
Mobile carriers in Japan and South Korea are way ahead of wireless telcos in US and China in near future “5G deployments, according a new study from Juniper Research. In its new report, 5G Market Strategies: Consumer & Enterprise Opportunities & Forecasts 2018-2025, the research firm ranked NTT Docomo, SK Telecom, LG U+, KTand SoftBank as the… Read more
IoT for Smart Cities: LoRa with Semtech Silicon as a leading LPWAN
Various wireless LANs and WANs are necessary to linking all the Internet of Things (IoT) devices that will give rise to smart cities. Some of those wireless networks include: Bluetooth Low Energy, ZigBee, Wi‑Fi and cellular technologies are all established, but low power wide area (LPWA) networking technologies, such as Sigfox, LoRa, LTE-M and NB-IoT are… Read more
IHS Markit & Cignal AI: Global Optical Equipment Market Down but EMEA Up
By Heidi Adams, senior research director, transport networks, IHS Markit Highlights In the second quarter of 2018 (Q2 2018), global optical network hardware revenue totaled $3.5 billion, decreasing 7 percent on a year-over-year basis. The global Q2 2018 optical equipment market net of China was down 3 percent year over year. China itself declined 17 percent… Read more
AT&T Fiber Now Reaches 2 Million Business Customer Locations; $120M invested in Iowa networks
AT&T Increases Lead as the Largest U.S.-Based Provider of Fiber for Business Services: AT&T continues to invest in aggressively expanding our national fiber footprint. There are more than 450,000 U.S. business buildings lit with AT&T fiber, and we’re adding thousands more each month. Within those buildings, AT&T now enables high-speed fiber connections to more than… Read more
Century Link tops Mid-Year 2018 U.S. Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD
CenturyLink maintains the top spot in Vertical Systems Group’s (VSG) mid-year 2018 U.S. Carrier Ethernet Services Leaderboard. AT&T, #1 in 2017, claimed the #2 spot, followed by Verizon, Spectrum Enterprise, Comcast, Windstream and Cox. All of the companies maintained their year-end positions. The leaderboard ranks incumbent telcos in order based on U.S. retail Ethernet port share. VSG calls this… Read more
5G Patent Licensing Wars Begin: Nokia undercuts Ericsson and Qualcomm on royalties for 5G smartphones
On August 21st Nokia announced its patent-licensing rate for 5G smartphones at €3 (~$3.47) per smartphone. That rate appears to be less than what Qualcomm and Ericsson are charging for their own 5G patents. “Nokia innovation combined with our commitment to open standardization has helped build the networks of today and lay the foundations for 5G/NR,”… Read more