Dell’Oro: Mobile Core Network market approaches $8 billion
The Mobile Core Network (MCN) market expanded for the second consecutive year and approached $8 billion in 2019, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. Ericsson, Huawei, and Nokia...
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Dell’Oro: CBRS RAN investments to surpass $1.5B
The overall CBRS market – LTE plus 5G NR – is expected to grow at a rapid pace between 2019 and 2024 with cumulative RAN investments projected to surpass $1.5...
Cisco: 1.4 billion 5G connections in 3 years
Cisco is predicting 1.4 billion 5G connections by 2023. Thomas Barnett introduces some key findings of the Cisco Annual Internet Report. One interesting finding - average data rates for 5G...
Spirent on 5G: What to expect in 2020
There is a rush to move past 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) to Standalone (SA) rollouts because it is a quicker path to revenue and profitability for carriers, according to a new...
IDC: 5G could boost 2020 IT spending
Worldwide IT spending is set to increase by 5% in constant currency this year as software and services investment remains stable while smartphone sales recover on the back of a...
Dell’Oro: Service Provider router market to grow at modest pace
Worldwide sales of Service Provider Routers is projected to exceed $75 billion over the five years from 2020 to 2024, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. The delivery...
Dell’Oro: Broadband access equipment sales may have peaked
Sales of cable broadband access equipment will decrease with a 2 percent CAGR from 2019 to 2024, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. The virtualization of network infrastructure,...
Dell’Oro: Demand for 400G switch expected to grow this year
Ethernet Switch Data Center port shipments are forecast to surpass 60 million by 2024, with more than 50 percent of the port shipments will operate at 100 Gbps, 400 Gbps...
Dell’Oro: 5G backhaul transport equipment sales to hit $3B by 2024
5G mobile backhaul transport equipment revenue will reach $3 billion by 2024. Demand for 5G backhaul is expected to drive multiple years of growth for the total mobile backhaul transport...
IDC: Vendor revenue for cloud infrastructure dipped in 3Q19
Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, declined 1.8% year over year in the third...
Gartner: Worldwide semiconductor revenue drops 11.9% in ’19
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $418.3 billion in 2019, down 11.9% from 2018, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. The report cites the drop in the memory market as the...
GSMA examines consumer 5G upgrade plans
The arrival of 5G will not guarantee a surge in device upgrades, according to new GSMA Intelligence research. The newly-released Future of Devices report found that smartphone ownership among adults...
IDC: Ethernet switch market rose 0.1% in 3Q 2019
The Worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded $7.32 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19), an increase of 0.1% year over year, according to IDC's Worldwide...
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