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Highlights of OCP Summit: Mar 8-9, 2017, Santa Clara CA
Key Takeaways: Microsoft was everywhere- presenting at the Wednesday morning keynotes, announcing partnerships and new initiatives during Thursday engineering workshops. Progress on the SONIC protocol stack (announced last year) and the new Project Olympus were described in detail. Facebook revealed details of it’s “server refresh” and 100GE fiber optic switch-to-switch Data Center network (see section… Read more
Schedule for Development of IMT-2020 “5G” Radio Interface Recommendations
Editor’s Note: While Verizon [1] and many other wireless network operators plan to roll out their “5G” services between 2018 and 2020, that will be in ADVANCE OF THE ITU-R IMT 2020 “5G” standard. We believe these “5G” roll-outs are extremely negative for the REAL market for standardized “5G,” which won’t begin till 2021 at… Read more
Would SoftBank give up Sprint for a T-Mobile deal? FBR Analysis
SoftBank could be interested in relinquishing control of Sprint and retaining a minority stake if that’s what it takes to merge the US carrier with T-Mobile US, Reuters reports, adding that the parties might enter talks after the spectrum auction ends. Deutsche Telekom has said it wants to keep its stake in T-Mobile. SoftBank has… Read more
AT&T Expands Cellular Network for IoT in US & Mexico
By Benny Evangelista, San Francisco Chronicle Pushing beyond mobile phones, AT&T is expanding its cellular network to connect commercial smart devices, from water meters that detect excess toilet flushes to soda dispensers that learn what people prefer to drink. The company has tested the technology in San Ramon, CA and this week it announced plans… Read more
Weightless SIG Hopes to Drive LPWA Standard in ETSI; Ubiik as IoT Game Changer?
The Weightless Special Interest Group (SIG) is expanding its effort to drive open standards in low-power, wide-area (LPWA) networks for the Internet of Things (IoT). That area is one of many where there are a plethora of competing standards which results in IoT wide area connectivity market fragmentation. Three different Weightless specifications are available… Read more
Verizon Trial of NG-PON2 Demonstrates Multi-Vendor Interoperability
Verizon Communications says it has reached a breakthrough in lab trials of NG-PON2 technology that will allow various vendors to supply NG-PON2 components to service providers. NG-PON2 can support 40 gigabits per second of network capacity. Verizon called the interop test a “breakthrough,” because it represents a significant step in creating a platform that will… Read more
IHS Markit: Mobile Infrastructure & CAPEX Stuck in a Funk; Project CORD Gains Traction
by Stéphane Téral, Senior Research Director, Mobile Infrastructure and Carrier Economics The mobile infrastructure market outlook remains cloudy as 2017 brings us 2 years past the LTE peak, with fewer and fewer potential 2G/3G mobile networks that need to be upgraded to LTE. In the Q4 edition of our Mobile Infrastructure Market Tracker – Regional, released 1 December… Read more
Year End Review: Cloud Computing’s HUGE Impact on Networking Industry
Overview: We strongly believe that cloud computing has and will continue to have more impact than any other IT trend. Conversely, we think there’s a tremendous gap between the hype surrounding many new technologies/movements and their profit making potential. The hyped technologies include, but are not limited to “5G”, Internet of Things (IoT), Open Networking/SDN/SD-WAN/NFV,… Read more
Cincinnati Bell’s Fiber Expansion will enable SD-WAN as a virtual network service
Cincinnati Bell’s bold three-year plan to expand its fiber networks will open the door for more opportunities to explore virtual network infrastructure, said Leigh Fox, COO of Cincinnati Bell, on December 6th during the UBS 44th Annual Global Media and Communications Conference. “This project we just kicked off to look at this will be a… Read more
Race to 5G: It’s all about the Internet Of Things (IoT)
by Reinhardt Krause, Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Note: The content manager and moderator of this website strongly disagrees with the theme of this article. We don’t think IoT is a valid use case for 5G because most IoT devices are low bandwidth and low duty cycle. Also, the 5G standards won’t be finalized till late 2020… Read more