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  • Infonetics Microwave Survey: NEC still leads but Ericsson gets high marks by network operators!

    Infonetics Microwave Survey: NEC still leads but Ericsson gets high marks by network operators!

    In its new Microwave Strategies and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, Infonetics Research explores operators’ deployment plans and perceptions of microwave equipment suppliers.   In market share, NEC held the lead in equipment revenue for the first quarter of 2012 with 20%, just ahead of Ericsson; Huawei was 3rd (see pie chart). “As the microwave equipment…

  • Will 2011 Be the Year of Fiber to the Building?

    Background: Stimulated by predictions of exponential Internet traffic growth and advances in DWDM/ fiber optic technology, the dot com and telecom bubble years of 1998-2001 were marked by waves of optical network start-up companies that were very well funded by VCs and Angel Investors. Many of those companies were focused on Metro Optical network access,…

  • Viodi View – 11/24/10

    Viodi View – 11/24/10

    IPTV Takes Off at Internet Speed To date, the “I” in Internet Protocol Television has been about the protocol. If the 2010 TelcoTV Conference is an indication, IPTV may have caught up with the rapid pace of change associated with the Internet. Based on the demonstrations on the TelcoTV tradeshow floor, 2010 may be the…

  • FCC’s Multiple Front Offensive to Solve Wireless Backhaul Demands

    FCC’s Multiple Front Offensive to Solve Wireless Backhaul Demands

    [Editor's Note:  Bob Primosch is a Partner with the Washington, D.C.-based, communications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP]  According to a recent report published by Cisco, online video now accounts for more than 25% of all broadband traffic. In all likelihood that number will only go up, straining the capacity of existing backhaul alternatives. The FCC thus…

  • Viodi View – 10/27/2010

    The October 27th issue of the Viodi View includes articles on LTE standards, mobile backhaul via Ethernet, hybrid fiber/wireless solutions for serving the unserved in Vermont and discussion of today being the honeymoon period for brands that use Facebook; but they have to use it correctly, before it loses its luster among consumers.

  • Ethernet Mobile Backhaul Equipment Predicted to Spike in 2010 and Continue Growing (Infonetics and ABI Research)

     Introduction: Mobile backhaul refers to the link(s) between the base station and the network carrier point of presence (POP).  This can include a variety of Radio Access Networks (RANs), microwave, fiber or even bonded copper subnetworks.  With bandwidth increasing exponentially to support many more mobile users and mobile broadband apps, the need for carriers to…