Infonetics: Sales of Global Carrier WiFi Equipment to Soar
The global carrier WiFi equipment market (carrier WiFi access points and WiFi hotspot controllers) totaled $527 million in 2013, a gain of 9% from the previous year, driven in part...
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Infonetics: 100G Transceiver Shipments on the Rise
Globally, 10G, 40G, and 100G transceiver revenue totaled $1.9 billion in 2013, up 18% from 2012, owing almost entirely to increased shipments of 100G WDM and 40G QSFP+, according to...
Infonetics: Optical Hardware Sales Dipped 5% in Q3 2014
The global optical network hardware market (SONET/SDH, WDM) totaled $3 billion in 3Q14, down 10% sequentially, and down 5% year-over-year, according to a new report released by Infonetics Research. Some...
Crehan: A Surge in 40 Gigabit Data Center Networking Adoption
The adoption of 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) in data centers is significantly accelerating, according to recent and upcoming reports from Crehan Research. Crehan’s latest server-class adapter and LAN-on-motherboard report shows...
Infonetics: Carrier SDN and NFV to reach $11 billion by 2018
The global carrier SDN and NFV hardware and software is forecast to grow from less than $500 million in 2013 to over $11 billion in 2018, according to a new...
Cisco Forecasts 2018 Global Data Center Traffic Trends
By 2018, global data center traffic will reach 8.6 zettabytes per year with 76% of all data center traffic originating in the cloud, according to the newly published Cisco Global...
Equinix: Study Finds Widespread Deployment of Multi-Clouds in 2015
The vast majority of IT decision makers plan to implement multi-cloud architectures in the coming year, according to a survey conducted by Dimensional Research and sponsored by +Equinix. The survey looked...
Infonetics: Carrier Spending on OTN Switching and P-OTS Jump 35% YoY
The global optical transport network (OTN) market totaled $4.3 billion in the first half of 2014 (1H14), an increase of 9% from the first half of 2013 (1H13), however sales...
Dell’Oro: Worldwide Carrier CAPEX to Decline $6B in 2015
Worldwide telecom carrier CAPEX is forecast to decline by $6 billion in 2015, according to a newly published Carrier Economics report by Dell'Oro Group. The expected decline follows growth rate...
Dell’Oro: Network Security Appliance Market Grows 4% Q/Q
The Network Security Appliance market grew four percent quarter-over-quarter, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. Gains were recorded in both Physical and Virtual Appliances as new threats, the...
Vertical Systems Group: 1 Million Carrier Ethernet Ports in U.S. by ’18
Customer installations of Carrier Ethernet services in the U.S. will reach one million ports in 2018, according to new @Ethernet research from Vertical Systems Group. The projected figure includes all...
Dell’Oro: VDSL and GPON Drive Strong Q2 Access Market
Total second quarter Access revenue, including PON, DSL, and Cable, surged 12% over the year-ago period, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. This growth was driven by a...
Infonetics: Data Center and Enterprise SDN Market Soars 192%
In-use for SDN Ethernet switch revenue, including branded Ethernet switches, virtual switches, and bare metal switches, grew more than 10-fold in 2013 from the prior year, driven by significant increases...
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