IDC forecasts semiconductor growth of 7.7%, reaching $450B in 2018
IDC is predicting that worldwide semiconductor revenue will grow for the third consecutive year in 2018 to $450 billion, up 7.7% over 2017, down from 24% in 2017. IDC's new...
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Dell’Oro: Microwave transmission market revenue grew 9% in Q1
The microwave transmission market grew 9% in 1Q 2018 compared to the previous year period, according to new research from Dell'Oro Group. NEC outperformed other manufacturers in the quarter and...
IDC sees global telecom and pay TV spending on the rise
Worldwide spending on telecommunications services and pay TV services reached $1,662 billion in 2017, an increase of 1.4% year over year (in constant dollar terms), according to the International Data...
GSMA: Central America falls behind in mobile development
Mobile broadband development in Central America is lagging behind the rest of Latin America, putting the region’s future economic development at risk, according to the new report ‘Assessing the impact...
Semiconductor sales top $111 billion in Q1, up 20%
Worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $111.1 billion during the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 20 percent compared to the first quarter of 2017, but 2.5 percent less than...
Vertical Systems Group: 2017 U.S. Fiber Lit Buildings LEADERBOARD
Vertical Systems Group published the following 2017 U.S. Fiber Lit Buildings LEADERBOARD (in rank order by number of fiber lit buildings): AT&T, Verizon, Spectrum Enterprise, CenturyLink, Comcast, Cox, Crown Castle...
ACG: Network automation investments on the rise
Network automation investments are expected to grow by approximately 30 percent between now and 2021, according to an independent research report by ACG Research and sponsored by Ciena. The study,...
Vertical Systems Group: U.S. Business Fiber Availability Reaches 54.8%
The availability of optical fiber connectivity to large and medium size commercial buildings in the U.S. jumped to 54.8% in 2017, based on latest research from Vertical Systems Group. As...
IDC: Infrastructure sales for cloud data centers rises 27% in Q4 2017
Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew 27.3% year over year in the fourth quarter of...
Orange leads 2017 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD
Orange retains the top position on Vertical Systems Group’s 2017 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD, while AT&T moves up to second, displacing Colt. The results are as follows (in rank order...
Gartner: Worldwide IoT security spending to reach $1.5 billion in 2018
Worldwide spending on IoT security will reach $1.5 billion in 2018, a 28 percent increase from 2017 spending of $1.2 billion, according to Gartner. Gartner predicts that through 2020, the...
Crehan: 400GbE to drive majority of data center Ethernet switch bandwidth
400 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switches will see initial shipments this year and will grow exponentially, driving the majority of data center Ethernet switch bandwidth by 2022, according to a newly...
Dell’Oro: WDM metro revenue surpassed $7 billion in 2017
WDM Metro equipment revenue surpassed $7 billion in 2017, according to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group. Huawei, ZTE, and Ciena led the market for 2017. Additional highlights from...
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