The tower companies will let us know when 5G rollouts get real
Network densification is a key premise of 5G architecture. Once the rollouts of 5G networks begin in earnest, we should expect to see many more cell sites in urban areas across...
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IDC: Modest growth for Ethernet switch and router market
The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded $6.9 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2017 (4Q17), an increase of 3.2% year over year, according to IDC's newly...
Dell’Oro: Chinese cloud giant to overtake U.S. providers in server growth by 2022
The top three Chinese Cloud service providers – Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu – are forecast to outpace the top four U.S. Cloud providers – Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook –...
Dell’Oro: Fast growth predicted for CBRS
The nascent Citizen Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) market opportunities are expected to grow 10-fold between 2018 and 2022 with total RAN investments approaching $1 billion, according to a new report...
CenturyLink vaults to top of U.S. Ethernet LEADERBOARD
CenturyLink has captured the #1 spot on Vertical Systems Group's latest LEADERBOARD of U.S. Ethernet market leaders. It is the first time a provider other than AT&T has led the...
Profile of the Telecoms market in Kenya – part 3
Preamble: After nearly a week of blocking broadcasts of Kenya's leading television stations, Kenyan authorities have relented and allowed most of the broadcasters to resume operations. In this series of...
The worldwide smartphone market stagnates
Smartphone sales figures from Q4 2017 are now mostly in and the reports confirm what many analysts suspected. The worldwide market for smartphones has stagnated and even begun to decline,...
Crehan: 400GbE to drive most data center Ethernet switch bandwidth by 2022
Expect to see initial shipments of 400 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switches this year and look for exponential growth ahead. The 400 GbE technology will drive the majority of data center...
Renewed growth in servers and Ethernet switching
There are renewed signs of strength in several key industry segments, including servers and switches. You might think that all of the action is concentrated in public clouds and that...
MEF 3.0 – Looking to Expand the Community
Will MEF 3.0 help to expand the community beyond the Tier 1 Service Providers who have been the biggest backers of MEF to date? Erin Dunne, Director of Research Service,...
Ericsson’s Mobility Report finds 65% year-over-year growth in mobile data traffic
There are two must-read, vendor-led research market reports. The first is Cisco’s Visual Network Index series, including its mobility edition. The second is the Ericsson Mobility Report, the latest edition...
MEF17: The SD-WAN market is opening up
SD-WAN is no longer a conversation just for network operators - the market is opening to a range of new customer experiences, says Mary Stanhope or iMarket2. There are new...
MEF 3.0 – A Start for Carrier Interfaces
The MEF 3.0 is a great step in the right directions, says Mike Sapien, Chief Analyst, Ovum, but remember that it is just a first step for intercarrier interfaces. See...
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