Research

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is calling for a restoration of FCC oversight of broadband services, similar to its authority over voice communication.  Specifically, in the interest of national security and...

Cisco tops Vertical Systems Group’ first U.S. SD-WAN Technology LEADERBOARD, which ranks Technology Suppliers based on share of total Carrier Managed SD-WAN sites in the U.S. powered by their SD-WAN...

The worldwide Ethernet switch market grew revenues 38.4% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2023 (2Q23) to $11.8 billion, according to a newly published report from IDC. Meanwhile, the total...

Total global revenue for the Broadband Access equipment market decreased to $4.7 B in 2Q23, down 3 percent year-over-year (Y/Y), according to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group,. Outside of North America,...

There are several waves of technology innovation ready to hit the fiber broadband market. Jeff Heynen, Vice President from Dell'Oro Group, provides insightful analysis: - The rapid innovation and deployment...

Metro WDM equipment spending will soon be disrupted by a transition to pluggable optics used in routers, according to the recent Impact of IPoDWDM report from Cignal AI. IPoDWDM is...

Shipments of E-band Microwave Transmission equipment grew 77 percent year-over-year in 2Q 2023, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. The top two vendors, Huawei and Ericsson, held the...

Vertical Systems Group announces that the following six companies achieved a position on the mid-year 2023 U.S. Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD (in rank order based on retail port share as of...

Optical Transport equipment revenue grew 5 percent year-over-year in 2Q 2023, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. This was the third consecutive quarter that the optical market growth...

The Mobile Core Network (MCN) market returned to growth in 2Q 2023, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. The China region returned to growth and Europe, the Middle...

Fiber broadband is considered the best internet service delivery method in terms of speed and reliability among 63% of all U.S. consumers, including 54% of cable users, according to an...

Preliminary findings show that the expansion phase of the Radio Access Network (RAN) has now faded, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. Following the intense ramp-up from 2017...

Worldwide spending on optical transport hardware declined by 2% YoY during 2Q23, according to the most recent preliminary Transport Hardware Report from research firm Cignal AI.  “The optical market is...