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Mobile Data Growth: Smart Phone Penetration Will Exceed Electricity by 2020
Seven of every 10 people living on the planet – some 5.5 billion – will make use of mobile devices by 2020, according to Cisco’s 10th annual Visual Networking Index (VNI), which includes forecasts of…
Indoor Mobile Forecast: Six-Fold Increase by 2020
ABI Research expects in-building mobile data traffic will increase over 600 percent, reaching 53 exabytes (1 billion billion) per month worldwide in 2020. Rapid growth in 4G adoption and Wi-Fi offload will be the main…
Separate Core LTE Network Part of Verizon IoT Strategy, $495 M Revenues So Far This Year
After being shut out of some segments of the machine-to-machine market during the time its network was based primarily on CDMA technology, Verizon is making major inroads in the m2m and Internet of Things (IoT)…
Finding Your Place in the Cloud
2014 was a pivotal year for the cloud. For the first time ever, more work was processed in the cloud than in traditional IT storage spaces. This shift in technology usage represents not only a…
OTT Creating Flood of Video Traffic That Must be Addressed
The growing amount of video traffic generated by OTT services is well documented. Broadband service providers are carefully monitoring networks and responding with faster speeds to the home and with network upgrades. But will these…
STB Consolidation Continues with Cisco/ Technicolor $600 Million Deal
As the set-top box market undergoes major technology changes, it also is undergoing major ownership changes, with two important deals occurring this week. Just two days after England-based Amino said it would acquire STB manufacturer…
Cisco IP Traffic Forecast Calls For Tripling By 2019
Greater mobile access and growing demand for online video are among the principal factors that will fuel a tripling in IP traffic from 2014-2019, according to the 10th annual Cisco Visual Networking Index Forecast. By…
High-Tech Lobbying Expenditures: Report Finds Big Jump from Google
Political lobbying aimed at influencing what’s written into new and revised federal legislation and regulations is a core activity for the world’s multinational information and communications technology (ICT) companies. Google, for instance, spent a record…
Alaska Communications Launches HD Voice
ANCHORAGE, Alaska– April 09, 2015 –Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK), Alaska’s leading broadband and IT managed service provider, has enhanced Voice over Internet service for Alaska businesses with its new high definition (HD) voice capability. The new…
Report: Ethernet Switch Revenues Climb to $21.7 Billion
Ethernet switch sales rose 5 percent year-over-year (YoY) to reach a record-high $21.7 billion in 2014, driven by the need “to accommodate the increasing demands applications place on network infrastructure,” IHS-Infonetics highlights in a new…
Cisco, Bosch, ABB Create Mozaiq Smart Home Joint Venture
Multinational giants in their respective fields, ABB, Robert Bosch GmbH and Cisco Systems are teaming up to establish an international joint venture (JV) that aims to develop “an open protocol smart home software platform for…
Exec Shares Verizon 100G Metro Plans
Verizon expects eventually to offer 100G wavelength and Carrier Ethernet services based on the 100G metro optical equipment the company today said it plans to deploy. “Both wave and Ethernet services are supported” by the…