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  • Infonetics Optimism on Service Provider Router/Switch Market contrasts with Cisco’s Cautious Outlook

    Infonetics Optimism on Service Provider Router/Switch Market contrasts with Cisco’s Cautious Outlook

    Introduction: Market research firm Infonetics Research recently released vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its 4th quarter 2012 (4Q12) and year-end Service Provider Routers and Switches report. (Full report will be published February 25th.  Infonetics is quite upbeat about this market segment for 2013, despite the cautious outlook from market leader Cisco Systems. Service Provider…

  • Technologies to Monetize Data

    Technologies to Monetize Data

    [Editor’s Note: This is part 3 of a 3-part article. Click here to read Part 2 of this three-part article.] So far, we have learnt the basic definitions of Big Data from a Broadband Service Provider’s perspective and have understood what kinds of actionable insights may be obtained from such data. However, before we do that,…

  • Viodi View – 02/15/13

    Viodi View – 02/15/13

    Disruption in the Smart Home It is just getting started, but there already many alternatives for the consumer to create a smart home experience. Tom Kerber of Parks Associates points out that many of the smart home developments shown at International CES are from upstart companies that have devices and don’t necessarily rely on service…

  • Viodi View – 02/01/13

    Viodi View – 02/01/13

    A Look Back and Forward – Our Interviews with John Rose Thanks to the fall in the cost of communications, the death of distance was pronounced years ago. Still, and maybe this is a generational thing, there is something to be said for meeting face-to-face. We will miss our friends who are meeting at next…

  • Have You Been Served?

    Have You Been Served?

    In the beginning of January, reports suggested that a patent licensing firm, Brandywine Communications Technologies, sued over 39 ISPs for certain echo cancellation and pre-distortion technology integrated into DSL equipment. NTCA reported that, as of January 7th, its members had received letters, but no lawsuits. Based on a report to Viodi, it sounds like the letters continue to be sent to…

  • Multi-Screen Video Presents Challenges & Opportunities for Global Service Providers

    Multi-Screen Video Presents Challenges & Opportunities for Global Service Providers

    Introduction Multi-screen video content and capabilities are becoming ever more important to pay TV operators, such as AT&T U-Verse.  Multi-screen video content is usually transmitted over IP networks (often referred to as Over The Top or OTT video).  The video content is received by multiple devices, such as notebooks, tablets, and smart phones.  Ken Pyle has…