Comviva Enhances PCRF with Shared Devices and Users Data Plans

Mahindra Comviva has introduced its "latest version of the Smart Policy Controller Ver.5.0 .. the new version is capable of handling over 100 million subscribers on single server and support Convergent Data Plans – Single subscriber identification, shall allow subscriber to have one data plan that can be used across multiple networks of the operators such as 3G, LTE, Wi-Fi, fixed broadband,

Sandvine Wins 3 PCRF Deals

 
Sandvine announced that in the "second fiscal quarter of 2015, three mobile operators selected Sandvine’s universal Policy Charging and Rules Function (PCRF) to enable a diverse set of use cases for their networks [see "Sandvine Will Compete on PCRF Projects" - here]
Two of the orders received came from regional North American mobile operators:

one of which plans to use Sandvine’s PCRF as an

Is there a Problem in the DPI Market?

Note the similarity. Both Allot Communications and Sandvine issued 2 press releases each, just after their 2nd quarter has ended. A bad one and an $8M optimistic one (see below). Also, for the first time since it became a public company, Allot provided revenue guidance, expecting "revenues to range between $100-$105 million for full year 2015", compared to $117M in 2014, a decline of close to 9%

iiNet [Australia]: Popularity Of Zero-rated Netflix Costs us too Much

Few months ago the title was "iiNet [Australia] Offers Zero Rated Netflix" [here]. Was that a good idea?

David Ramli reports to The Sydney Morning Herald that "iiNet chief executive David Buckingham [pictured] says the massive popularity of internet services like Netflix means current broadband plans will not be sustainable under the national broadband network unless the company building it

India Planned Net Neutrality Laws

 
Following the US and EU (here), India is also about to get its version of Net Neutrality. 

Mohul Ghosh [pictured] reports to Trak.in that "The 6 member standing committee, which was formed by the Government to look into the raging Net Neutrality issue may finally announce their consensus soon. As per reports, they have received recommendations from Department of Telecom, and they are in the

ipoque Launches an Application/Subscriber Classification Probe

Amdocs Integrates RAN Management and Optimization Solutions

Vasona Networks Fights Packet Loss

Oracle Adds Virtual PCRF

ACS Uses Saguna to Bring MEC to Enterprise's Small Cells

TM/Security Deployments [358]: VMedia [Canada] Uses Sandvine

    
Sandvine announced that "VMedia Inc. is using Sandvine’s Traffic Management and Network Security products to ensure a high quality of experience for their subscribers.

VMedia, a Sandvine customer since March 2015, provides innovative TV, high-speed internet and home phone services to subscribers in Ontario, Canada. VMedia is well known in its market for a unique IPTV platform that delivers

Qwilt Raised $25M; Has 50 Customers

Inbal Orpaz reports to TheMarker that "Qwilt raised additional $25M in its 4th round, bringing the total investments to date in the caching company to $67M [see Aug '13 "Qwilt has 40 Customers and 10 Trials; Raised $16M" - here] ... Qwilt has 100 employees and plans now to add 30 to its Israeli R&D center". 

Estimates are that the company valuation is $200M, the revenues in 2014 were several 

Redknee Acquires Orga for €38M; Gets 45 Customers, 500 Employees

Yet another acquisition in the OSS/BSS market - and it's Redknee again acquiring a German competitor (previous one - Dec. '12   "OSS/BSS Consolidation: Redknee to Buy NSN BSS" - here).



Redknee announced it has ".. reached a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Orga Systems for a total cash consideration of €38M. Orga’s technology and expertise will enhance Redknee’s real-time

Ipanema Adds a Virtual, 1Gbps, Traffic Management Engine

Ipanema Technologies (part of InfoVista) announced the "..release of its new virtual engines portfolio, the vip|e. The solution embeds the whole set of features of Ipanema’s leading application performance physical devices offering (also known as ip|engines) – including application visibility and control (AVC), WAN optimization, dynamic WAN selection and network rightsizing – on a single,

Sprint's Congestion Management "relies on the radio scheduling software provided by Sprint’s hardware vendors"

Back in April '14, Sprint said that "To more fairly allocate network resources in times of congestion, customers falling within the top 5% of data users may be prioritized below other customers" (see "Sprint's Reasonable Network Management Practices - Fairness, Limit top 5%, Video Optimization" - here). 



It turns out that now, with the FCC' New Net Neutrality rules becoming effective, this

[Survey]: OTT Partnerships Drive SDP Deployments; Oracle, Ericsson, Huawei Lead

A new survey of "21 convergent, mobile and cable operators" by Shira Levine, research director for service enablement and subscriber intelligence, IHS (Infonetics Research) finds that "nearly half of respondents identified supporting partnerships with over-the-top (OTT) providers and better monetization of subscriber data as very important drivers behind their service delivery platform (SDP)

EE to Pilot Mobile Edge Computing; Needs Multi-Vendor Support

Michelle Donegan reports to LightReading that "UK operator EE plans to run a number of pilots this summer to demonstrate potential use cases for mobile edge computing (MEC), in a move that shows industry momentum continues to build for the radio access network concept".

Mansoor Hanif [pictured], Director of Radio Access Networks, EE said . "I'm really passionate about MEC … because you're

Corsa Adds QoS and Metering to its SDN Solution

Corsa Technology announced ".. new SDN metering and QoS (Quality of Service) capability for its line of performance SDN hardware. Corsa’s SDN implementation of this classic traffic engineering function allows network architects to better manage bandwidth across their network with dynamic, policy-aware metering and QoS. Framed around OpenFlow 1.3 QoS, Corsa performance SDN hardware lets network

ISP Sends Bandwidth Hogs to Seek a New Provider

  
Juha Saarinen reports to itnews (Australia) that "Internet service provider Exetel has given 400 of its broadband customers notice that their contracts will be terminated for heavy usage. 

Exetel chief marketing officer Ben Colman [pictured] confirmed the contract terminations to iTnews after affected users took to the Whirlpool user forum in anger .. many also claimed to have been

AT&T CEO: It is Hard to Explain the SDN Concept; 10X Traffic Growth to 2020

Earlier this month I covered the intention of AT&T to use SDN ("AT&T Will Manage Data Demand w/Software-centric Approach" - here) - and it turns out it is the "most exciting thing happening now" for AT&T's CEO,  Randall Stephenson [pictured].

And it is all about Streaming Video, And Apple, And Netflix.

In an interview by Jonathan Vanian, to Fortune, Mr. Randel says:


"You’re going to find

Singtel Uses Viptela for SD-WAN Services

Singtel announced a "..partnership with Viptela Inc. to launch SingTel ConnectPlus Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) service. This cloud-based solution helps enterprises in Asia Pacific, Australia, Europe and the US simplify the management of their networks. .. 


The Singtel ConnectPlus SD-WAN solution enables enterprises to simplify and centralise their network provisioning and

Comverse Acquires Acision for $210M

After selling a major portion of its activity, Comverse is now buying.



The company announced that it has "entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Acision, a privately-held leader in secure mobile messaging and engagement services, based in Reading, United Kingdom. Comverse will acquire Acision for a purchase price consisting of approximately $135 million in cash, 3.13 million shares

ZTE to Use Radisys' Virtual MediaEngine to Accelerate HD Media Service Deployment

Radisys announced a "strategic partnership that will standardize Radisys’ MediaEngine™ virtualized Media Resource Function (vMRF) as the media processing solution for ZTE’s Value-added Services (VAS) and core network offerings in VoLTE, VoWiFi, video and IMS. By leveraging Radisys’ common media processing platform for all of its cloud-based offerings, ZTE is helping its customers accelerate the

[Analysys Mason]: $2.3B Analytics Market in '14; SAS, IBM and Oracle Lead

A new report by Justin van der Lande, Principal Analyst, and Atul Arora, Analyst, Analysys Mason finds that "The analytics systems market generated USD2.3 billion in revenue worldwide during 2014"

Previous report (Sep. '14)showed revenues of $2.1B revenues for 2013, with expected CAGR of 12.9% (here).

Back to the current report:



Vendors of general-purpose analytics tools have increased

Qosmos Goes for Open-Source NFV w/OPNFV's Arno

Qosmos announced that it "..fully endorses OPNFV Arno as the first industry-standard, open source platform facilitating adoption of NFV. 

Qosmos’ vision is that future networks will be built on components and leverage open source frameworks. For components from different suppliers to work, they will need to be interlinked with standardized interfaces defined by organizations such as ETSI,

[Technavio]: 33% CAGR for Transparent Caching Market 2015-2019

A new report by Yechnavio finds that the "global transparent caching market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 33% from 2015-2019.

.. over the last five years, global consumer Internet traffic has increased by more than five times. OTT content such as videos, file sharing, web surfing, and online gaming have grown significantly. Web surfing includes accessing web content, emails, and

[Infonetics]: Huawei and Cisco ($89M) are the PCC Market Leaders

  Maywun Wong announced in Cisco's Service Provider blog that "Last week, we were thrilled to receive the news that Infonetics scored Cisco Policy Suite as a Leader in the Policy Management Scorecard. 


Cisco was one of only two leaders recognized by Infonetics in this space and was recognized for building “… up its position in the market rapidly after its acquisition of BroadHop [Dec '12; here]

PCC / DPI Opportunity - RFI by Ethio Telecom

Ethio Telecom issued a "Request for Information (RFI) for the procurement policy and charging control (pcc) and deep packet inspection solution (dpi), RFI No. 3209012. The RFI remains floating from June 5, 2015 up to June 30, 2015".

This is the 2nd time we see a procurement  process for DPI - the first time was 4 years ago (here). In May 2012, it was published that Ethio was using DPI for

Procera Enables MNOs to Measure Applications' QoE

Last month Procera Networks published the results of a survey, showing that although mobile users have QoE issues on a daily basis (here) they do not complain. To solve this user's laziness, Procera now unveiled a way for MNOs to measure users' QoE - their "biggest announcement of 2015", I am told. 

".. ScoreCard, a new solution enabling improved visibility and measurement of the quality of

Anritsu Adds IneoQuest's Behavioral Video Analytics

 
IneoQuest Technologies announced that it has "..partnered with Anritsu Corporation to integrate its behavioral video analytics (Audience Measurement Platform – AMP) with Anritsu’s eoSightTM and eoLiveTM suite of products for advanced Customer Experience Analytics.IneoQuest’s real-time video analytics capabilities add further business value to Anritsu’s growing customer base. By providing

Teclo Helps 3 MVNOs Reduce Hosting Costs by Halving Images Traffic

Teclo Networks announced that its "SSeries solution has recently been deployed by three European Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) to compress images and website resources as they are downloaded to a mobile handset. 




Since its installation, each MVNO has seen the traffic volume devoted to image transfers halved, with a corresponding decline in payments to host networks. As the

Vodafone: Video Portion Jumped from 37 to 48%; Does 4G Increase ARPU?

Vittorio Colao, 

CEO, 

Vodafone Group


Vodafone published its annual report for 2015 (here). The "CEO Strategic Review" has some interesting facts on Vodafone's activity:

We have witnessed exceptional demand for data this year, whether 4G in Europe or 3G in emerging markets, with data growth totalling 80% for the full year, and accelerating every quarter in Europe. As video and music

Procera Networks' Acquisition Completed Successfully

Procera Networks is now a private company. The tender that was announced in April (here) has been completed. Do I am left with the other two players as far as revenues and other public reports are concerned. 

Francisco Partners Management announced the ".. results of its tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Procera Networks // for $11.50 per share .. as of

[ABI] Encryption Drives Mobile Optimization to a $40B Over 5 Year Market

While many think that the legacy DPI, optimization and traffic management functions lose their role in network management due to customers' demand for QoE, OTT services and growing video traffic, ABI research thinks differently - and the reason is the use of encrypted traffic.

A new report by Joe Hoffman [pictured], Practice Director, Mobile Networks, ABI Research sees the "worldwide market for

Ericsson's 2020 Predictions: 14GB/Month, Smartphoneד, Video ...

Some highlights from Ericsson's new Mobility Report, forecasting how mobile data will look like in 2020:

Advanced mobile technology will be commonplace around the globe: smartphone subscriptions will more than double, reaching 6.1 billion, 70% of the world's population will be using smartphones, and 90 percent will be covered by mobile broadband networks.


Smartphone data is predicted to

AT&T Will Manage Data Demand w/Software-centric Approach

Sean Buckley reports to FierceTelecom on Andre Fuetsch [pictured], senior VP of architecture and design for AT&T presentation at the TIA 2015 Network of the Future event, about how the carrier deals with the demand for data, and growth of video streaming traffic:

When we were predominantly a voice service provider, the capacity engineer only worried about one day out of the year, which was

[ABI]: Wi-Fi Offload Traffic Volume will Exceed All Cellular Traffic

Just after Opera Software added features to handle Wi-Fi congestion (here) ABI Research finds that Wi-Fi offloading is growing at a "double-digit rate".

A new report by Nick Marshall [pictured], Research Director, ABI  Research forecasts that "..rapidly increasing offload of cellular traffic to Wi-Fi will reach over 17 exabytes per month by 2018 – greater than all of 2G, 3G, and 4G cellular

Opera Fights Wi-Fi Congestion

Opera Software announced that its "New Opera Max version includes a Wi-Fi data-savings option. The data-compression app will allow users to control their mobile data and Wi-Fi data independently. With 80% of all data usage on Wi-Fi networks, Wi-Fi savings has been the number-one requested feature by Opera Max users.

Users experiencing Wi-Fi network congestion will enjoy a faster connection

Sandvine: NA Internet is Concentrated Around 3 Content Providers

Mobile Vs. Fixed: While Ericsson that sees "Facebook and 4 Other Apps" (here) in mobile networks, Sandvine sees (in North America's Fixed networks) much higher usage stats for Netflix, and claims that the internet is used to serve Netflix, Google and Facebook.



In its "latest Global Internet Phenomena Report focusing on North America and Latin America. The report is based on data from a

Radware Accelerates Web Images Delivery w/50% Compression

Radware released the "..newest version of its powerful automated web performance optimization and acceleration solution, FastView® 6 .. includes PerfectImage, proven by research to be the preferred image compression method for both higher user satisfaction and faster web page delivery" 

PerfectImage is an algorithm developed to optimize images - significantly reducing image file size while

Nokia's Traffic Steering Solution Increases Capacity by 10%

Nokia Networks announced it has "solved the complexities of coordinating the dozens of load balancing and traffic steering features available in multi-technology, multi-layered and multi-vendor mobile broadband networks. The purpose of these features is to avoid network congestion by distributing the traffic across different radio network layers. 




The Nokia Traffic Steering Manager is the

[Infonetics Survey]: CSPs Expect to "significantly increase" Wi-Fi Access Point Deployment

A recent survey by Richard Webb [pictured], research director for mobile backhaul and small cells, Infonetics Research, finds that "service providers across the globe that operate carrier WiFi networks or will do so soon .. expect to significantly increase their access point deployments by the end of 2016 .. a quarter of the respondents expect that by 2016, 26 percent of their access points

Security VAS Deployments [357]: Vodafone [Germany, Portugal, Italy and Romania] Uses Allot

Allot Communications announced that "Allot WebSafe Personal is powering Vodafone Germany’s newly launched Secure Net offering, a network-based Security-as-a-Service (SECaaS) solution for mobile users. Through full integration with the Allot Service Gateway, Allot WebSafe Personal enables Vodafone Germany to rapidly roll out value-added web security services including anti-malware and parental

HP Acquires ConteXtream for [Estimated] Tens of Millions $

A post by Saar Gillai [pictured], SVP and General Manager, Communications Solutions Business, HP announces that "HP has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ConteXtream, a provider of OpenDaylight-based, carrier-grade SDN fabrics for NFV, and a current HP OpenNFV partner.

Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, ConteXtream offers solutions that allow service providers to create a more flexible

Vodafone India: "We are Pro-Net Neutrality"; Waiting for the Rules

 
Pankaj Doval, reports to The Times of India that "Vodafone, India's second-biggest mobile operator [see chart below for March 2015 data], has refused to follow Bharti Airtel in launching a zero-rating platform [see "Airtel: The Internet, with Our Airtel Zero, is Neutral" - here] , the decision coming at a time when telecom regulator Trai and the Department of Telecom (DoT) are looking into the

Vodafone Spain Tested LTE Broadcast at Valencia FC Game

Thomson Video Networks announced that its "ViBE® VS7000 multi-screen and HEVC encoder was chosen by Vodafone Spain and Valencia Football Club for Spain’s first live trial of an LTE Broadcast network on May 17. Vodafone Spain and Valencia CF used the ViBE VS7000 to distribute five simultaneous channels of live HD content to fans’ mobile devices in Mestalla Stadium during Valencia CF’s last

Wi-Fi Deployments [356]: INWI [Morocco] Selected Aptilo and Smartcom

  
Aptilo Networks announced that "INWI, the third largest telecommunications operator in Morocco, has selected Aptilo Networks and Smartcom for a major upgrade to “Wifi7dak,” INWI’s public Wi-Fi service. The upgrade will increase bandwidth, support network expansion and add new payment functionalities.

INWI has deployed the Aptilo Service Management Platform™ (SMP) .. Mobile users can logon to

Survey: Mobile Users Have Daily Video QoE Issues, but They don't Complain

Thomas Vasen

Procera's Sr. Director

 of Subscriber Experience 

Marketing


A recent survey by Procera Networks (responded by 540 consumers - 30% from the U.S., 35% from Europe and 35% from the rest of the world) finds that 60%  feel they "don’t have continuous high-speed coverage".

Other findings:

75% stream video on mobile devices several times per week with 80% expecting this to

Openet Attracts the NTT Group with NFV-Based PCRF

Openet announced that "Japanese systems integrator NTT Advanced Technology Corp. (NTT-AT) is its latest reseller partner. The deal will extend Openet’s reach into the NTT Group and significantly enhance its commercial footprint across Asia. 

NTT-AT, which represents the technological core of the NTT Group, will re-sell Openet products and solutions to all subsidiary operators within the NTT

Amdocs Adds Communications-Specific Analytics Applications

Amdocs announced "new communications-specific applications that allow service providers to aggregate data from multiple marketing, network and customer care sources and generate business and customer insights with actionable recommendations..

Amdocs' new big data actionable analytics applications:


Amdocs High Definition Marketing Analytics accesses the large volumes of usage data, web surfing

Warren Buffett Leads $22M Investment to Convert Network Intelligence into Power Saving

eVolution Networks announced that "Berkshire Hathaway Energy subsidiary IES Holding, and GE Ventures have invested $22.5 million in eVolution Networks.

eVolution Networks' Smart Energy Solution is a software-based solution that analyzes the mobile network's traffic needs and adjusts the use of the network's resources based on real-time demand from subscribers. This adaptive and unique

AT&T: Net Neutrality Rules "are subject to modification"

So, the FCC's "Separating Fact from Fiction" statement saying that "The Order doesn't reduce broadband investment"  (see FCC's Net Neutrality: No Price Regulation; Won’t Reduce Investments - here) was correct, at least for AT&T - but probably because of other reasons.

Matthew J. Belvedere reports to CNBC that "AT&T chief Randall Stephenson [pictured] said Monday the new FCC net-neutrality rules

ZTE Demonstrated SDN Based OAM

ZTE announced that it has "successfully demonstrated a new OAM (operations, administration and management) solution based on SDN architecture today at the Broadband & TV Connect Asia conference in Singapore, showcasing industry-leading capabilities to help operators manage their mission-critical networks.

The new Elastic SDN IPRAN OAM solution, powered by ZTE’s Elastic SDN technology, enables

Active Broadband Adds Support for PPPoE (SDN for G.Fast)

Active Broadband Networks announced the availability of "PPPoE support for its Software-Defined Broadband Network Gateway (SD-BNG), providing a cost-effective alternative to xDSL providers deploying G.fast.

DSL remains the predominant broadband service delivery mechanism, with more than 60% of the world’s broadband service delivered using this technology. During 2015, many DSL operators will

KDDI: Wi-Fi Offload to Reach 65%; LTE Capex Dropped by 50%

Joseph Waring reports to Mobile World Live that "Japanese operator KDDI’s push over the past year to boost WiFi offload has resulted in a sharp increase in the amount of data moved off macro sites as well as huge savings in wireless capex".

KDDI started with its offloading project more than 4 years ago, announcing its plan to deploy Ruckus' 120,000 Wi-Fi access points (here). They now have

Verizon: Should a "Standard SDN" be Also Open?

A recent article by Carol Wilson, Editor-at-Large, Light Reading, quotes Chris Emmons [pictured]. Director, Network Planning, Corporate Network & Technology, Verizon from a presentation made at Light Reading Carrier SDN Networks - about "Having a standard version of SDN is "a prerequisite" to deployment because Verizon needs to be sure that whatever it deploys can interoperate not only with

[Infonetics]: SDM Market Grew by 29%, to $1.4B in 2014

A recent research by Shira Levine [pictured], research director for service enablement and subscriber intelligence, Infonetics Research finds that the "worldwide subscriber data management (SDM) market grew 29 percent in 2014 over 2013, to $1.4 billion, fueled by operator demand for voice over LTE (VoLTE) and subscriber analytics .. momentum around big data and analytics has the potential to

Orange Teams w/ConteXtream to Introduce NFV-Based Subscriber-Aware Services

ConteXtream announced that "Orange Silicon Valley (OSV), a subsidiary of Orange has teamed up with ConteXtream in using and testing Contextream’s ContexNet carrier-grade SDN fabric. 

ContexNet is part of OSV’s NFV/SDN testbed for creating a solution that virtualizes Gi-LAN services and provides network interconnectivity and visibility with subscriber-level granularity".

Christos Kolias [

Savvius Adds Application Classification with Procera's DPI

Procera Networks announced that its "Network Application Visibility Library (NAVL) has been selected by Savvius .. to deliver real-time, application-aware network capture and analysis for the latest versions of its Omnipliance hardware and OmniPeek software solutions. 
Visualizing, analyzing and troubleshooting performance bottlenecks – Savvius embeds Procera’s NAVL software engine into all of

Allot CEO: We Compete Against Security Vendors

Quotes from Allot's Q1 2015 earnings call (see also "Before Procera Disappears from the Public Eye" - here), made by the president and CEO, Andrei Elefant [pictured]:

Answering Catharine Trebnick, VP, Senior Research Analyst, Dougherty & Company question on the competitive landscape for security value-added services:

"So first of all, the security additional enhancements that we have on our

Google (regretfully) Shuts Down PageSpeed and Recommends 10+ Alternatives

In 2011, Google announced PageSpeed, a new optimization service, bringing CDN-like benefits to small web sites owners developers (see "Google Optimizes Web sites and Brings CDN Service to the Masses" - here),

Apparently, this was not a huge success, and Google annouced recently that "After 4.5 years of service, the PageSpeed Service team regretfully decided that the time had come to re-focus

Linkem: The Bigger Picture

Following my yesterday's post on Amdocs' PCC deployment at Linkem (here), a friend sent me a presentation delivered by the Italian MNO' CTO, Rino Buccio [pictured], at the Policy Control 2015 event, that took place in Berlin last month.

Here are some of the slides, showing the challenges of providing "Residential Broadband Internet Wireless Access For Consumer and SOHO" in a "Copper Free Zone

PCC Deployments [355]: Linkem [Italy] Selected Amdocs' Virtual Solution

  
Amdocs announced that "Linkem, an Italian provider of wireless broadband services, has selected an Amdocs virtualized network control solution to support the company's transition from WiMAX to LTE, and provide subscribers with a superior data experience based on differentiated service quality for high-bandwidth content.

The pre-integrated, virtualized solution combines Amdocs Policy

Before Procera Disappears from the Public Eye

With the public tender for Procera Networks stock (see "Procera to be Acquired for $11.50/Share (Current Price $9.51)" - here and here), Q1 is probably the last quarter in which we get the financial results of the 3 leading pure-play DPI vendors.

So, let's enjoy it while we can ..





Q1 2015 market share is very similar to full 2014. Sandvine leads, and Allot Communications shows a small

NI Deployments [354]: Telecom Italia Uses Sandvine for Customer Experience Management

Sandvine announced that Telecom Italia is a customer since 2012. TI was one of the first incumbent fixed carriers to use DPI for traffic shaping, initially with Cisco gear (see "Telecom Italia DPI Policies - Limiting only P2P Traffic" - here), This is the first time that Sandvine publicly names TI as a customer. 
 

The company declined to comment whether they had displaced Cisco 3 years ago for

Arris, Aptilo, Ruckus and Benu Introduce a SP Wi-Fi Solution

Arris announced a new new "Service Provider Wi-Fi solution", build with components from Aptilo Networks, Benu [see "Benu Promises to Increase QoE, Optimize RAN and Reduce Costs for MNOs" - here], and Ruckus Wireless.

The solution extends "residential Wi-Fi services outside the home and addressing paying verticals including SMB, MDU and campus type environments. The carrier-class solution will

UK Experts: Need to Control Internet Demand, Due to Power & Fiber Shortage

    
Adam Withnall report to The Independent that "Britain could be forced to introduce internet rationing, after an expert warned it could consume the country’s entire power supply within 20 years. 

Experts said we were close to “filling up” the nation’s network of optical fibres for the first time ever, with the demands of popular video-streaming websites like YouTube and Netflix putting an

Sandvine: Netflix Brings us to the Encrypted Age

Sandvine released a new paper on encrypted Internet traffic. Based on data collected for a live, representative network in North America, the research findings and projections are:



Netflix’s recent decision to encrypt their traffic will result in over two-thirds of North American Internet traffic being encrypted in 2016
 
YouTube is the largest source of encrypted traffic in North America,

[Infonetics]: Gradual Transition to NFV-Based DPI; Allot and Sandvine Lead the Market

A new report by Shira Levine, research director for service enablement and subscriber intelligence, Infonetics Research, forecasts that the "..market for deep packet inspection (DPI) solutions deployed as a virtual network function (VNF) will grow at a 66 percent compound annual growth rate from 2014 to 2019




.. we are seeing trial activity and limited commercial deployments. Operators are

Verizon Transfers its Network to SDN Control

While we saw mixed feelings on SDN so far (see "[LightReading]: SDN/NFV Still Doesn’t Show Capex Savings for US MNOs" - here and ["Strategy Analytics]: "Operators are beginning to see the huge potential for SDN""- here), Verizon made a very strong statement with its "key technology partners" - Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper Networks and Nokia Networks.

Verizon announced it is "

SVA Published Open Cache Guiding Principles

    
The Streaming Video Alliance (SVA) published "..guiding principles and system attributes from its Open Caching Working Group. The SVA was established to create an open architecture, standards and best practices to support the future of online video"




SVA member list includes vendors such as Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco and Qwilt [see "Qwilt: "Open Transparent Caching" vs. Content Providers' "

Renesas Electronics Demos 200 Gbps Packet Processing and Classification Engine

  Renesas Electronics Corporation announced it is "demonstrating its Deterministic Deep Database Search Engine interoperating with Xilinx's FPGA-based packet processor

 .. Developed in close collaboration with Xilinx, this solution supports up to 200 Gbps of packet processing and includes advanced classification capabilities with over one million rules for application identification and access

PCC Deployments [353]: Djibouti Telecom Manages Bandwidth with Alepo

Alepo announced that its "longstanding client Djibouti Telecom has decided to upgrade to the latest version of Alepo’s Service Enabler in order to deliver more advanced and flexible data offers to its rapidly growing subscriber base while achieving a significant reduction in OPEX. 

   

.. With Alepo SE, Djibouti Telecom gains real-time capabilities, such as the ability to enforce bandwidth

Sandvine Rates North-American OTT Services

HBO Now and  colleagues  on Apple TV

A recent post by Dan Deeth Sandvine's blog shows how the recent HBO recent OTT service, HBO NOW, did compared to the other popular services. "HBO NOW .. is distinct from HBO’s other streaming platform HBO GO in the sense that you can purchase an HBO NOW subscription without the aforementioned television package"

But first we need some DPI: ".. Even

CENTRI: Trials in LAT Show 35% Mobile Bandwidth Savings

CENTRI announced they have "..completed successful trials in Latin America proving that its BitSmart™ solution can help operators with an average of 35% savings on mobile bandwidth costs.

The trials included CENTRI’s BitSmart image and video optimization solution, which is the most advanced, and adaptable media optimization, delivery and policy enforcement solution in the industry. It provides

Citrix Virtual WAN Reduces WAN Costs by 80%

Citrix announced the "CloudBridge™ Virtual WAN Edition, which reduces the cost of delivering applications, documents and IT services to branch offices by up to 80 percent, while ensuring nearly 100 percent application availability. The new CloudBridge Virtual WAN solution provides businesses with the flexibility to employ multiple cost-effective WAN technologies, offering the ability to scale

CDN Deployments [352]: Wind [Italy] Selected ALU's Velocix (Joins Telus, Oi and TWC)

Alcatel-Lucent announced it is to "..provide Italy’s Wind Telecomunicazioni with content delivery network technology to support the launch of new video and TV services for its fixed and mobile subscribers. The provision of Alcatel-Lucent’s Velocix Content Delivery Network platform will enable Wind’s customers to manage video traffic on its network, providing an optimized experience for

EZchip - New 20 Gbps SSL Proxy Solution for Traffic Visibility and Monitoring

EZchip Semiconductor unveiled its "Transparent SSL Proxy solution designed to enable traffic visibility for network monitoring and network security equipment. Targeted for integration by Network Monitoring and Security Appliance OEMs, the application delivers performance levels of 20Gbps of SSL Proxy throughput and over 30,000 new connection setups per second .. a Transparent SSL Proxy inspector

Procera to be Acquired for $11.50/Share (Current Price $9.51)

 
Procera Networks announced that it has "signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by private funds managed by Francisco Partners Management, L.P., a leading global technology-focused private equity firm, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $240 million.

Under the terms of the definitive agreement, Francisco Partners will commence a tender offer no later than May 5, 2015 to

[Analysys Mason]: Will OTT VoIP Replicate the Success of OTT Messaging?

A new report by Patrick Rusby, analyst and Stephen Sale [pictured], Principal Analyst, Analysys Mason finds that "VoIP apps will probably not replicate the success of OTT messaging apps because the use case for OTT voice services is less clear"


Other findings:


Kik App

"Penetration of OTT messaging (IP or social messaging), voice and video calling services varies significantly by country

When Every Milisec Counts, You Need an Extranet

Colt announced the "launch of its financial services extranet Colt PrizmNet, which will connect providers of financial content – including market data, research and other services – to Capital Markets firms. A dedicated private network with deterministic low latency will guarantee reliable, consistent, and transparent content delivery. Providers already signed up to distribute content via

Allot: 4 Contracts for Web Security Offering

Allot Communications announced that it has "won four contracts in the first quarter of 2015 to supply its Allot WebSafe Personal product, a carrier-class Web Security service that enables service providers and enterprises to deliver a safer and more protected Internet environment to their users.

The first two orders came from existing Tier-1 mobile operator customers in EMEA. These operators

BroadForward's DSC Gets Traction: Selected by 7 Tier1s

BroadForward announced that "over the course of last months, its flagship product BFX Interface Gateway has been selected by seven tier-1 service providers" [see - Polkomtel]. 


"BFX is used for various use cases including Diameter routing, multi-protocol interworking and mediation, LTE roaming, VoLTE, 2G/3G network interworking, M2M communications and network function virtualization (NFV). The

BSS Deployments [351]: T-Mobile [Austria] Selected Openet's Virtualized Solution

Openet announced that "T-Mobile Austria has selected its extensive solution set to support a fully converged and virtualized charging solution. Openet’s Evolved Charging Solution (ECS) will provide T-Mobile Austria with next generation rating and charging capability to manage their existing services, as well as ensure new services are well supported and effectively monetized .. Openet provides a

Procera Doubles NAVL Performance to 10Gbps/Core

Procera Networks announced "Network Application Visibility Library (NAVL) 4.3, the latest next-generation Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) software engine that provides real-time, Layer-7 classification of network traffic. NAVL 4.3 provides cutting-edge application identification and classification for today’s demanding consumer and enterprise Internet services, and offers a two-fold increase in

SMART [Philippines] Deploys Sandvine's New "SmartService", Self-care App

Sandvine announced "SmartService App, a smartphone application designed to enable Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Mobile Virtual Network Operator’s (MVNOs) to offer subscribers the ability to instantly select, personalize and monitor their service plan directly on their device.

Sandvine’s SmartService App provides an on device storefront that radically enhances an operator's service

[Analysys Mason]: Smartphone Traffic Uses Wi-Fi (81%) and Generated at Homes (90%)

A new report by Martin Scott [pictured], Practice Head, and Aris Xylouris, Research Analyst, Analysys Mason analyses the smartphone usage of consumers in France, Germany, the UK and the USA.

The finds that "19% of all smartphone traffic observed in the panel was carried over the cellular network. LTE will make cellular networks more attractive relative to Wi-Fi, but we still expect the

To be Connected: 1B Homes, 342M Cars

While an Infonetics report forecasts 1B fixed broadband connection (by 2019, here), a new report by James Hodgson [pictured], Research Analyst, ABI Research finds that "Connected Automotive Infotainment Systems will exhibit a CAGR of 33.8% over the next 5 years, with a rapid expansion in connected navigation and in-car Wi-Fi driving growth. Developed regions, which accounted for over 60% of

[Infonetics]: 1B Fixed Broadband Subscribers by 2019 (5% CAGR)

A new report by Jeff Heynen [pictured], principal analyst for broadband access and pay TV, Infonetics Research finds that "global fixed broadband subscribers, including DSL, cable broadband, FTTH, and FTTB+LAN subscribers. (Infonetics tracks mobile broadband subscribers in its Mobile Services and Subscribers report.) grew 8 percent in 2014, reaching 733 million as service providers around the

Airtel: The Internet, with Our Airtel Zero, is Neutral

Last week Bharti Airtel announced the "launch of ‘Airtel Zero’ – an open marketing platform that will allow customers to access mobile applications at zero data charges. Akin to the established concept of toll-free voice calling, ‘Airtel Zero’ will allow everyone from big marketers to small-time application developers to make parts or their entire mobile app free for customers – thus reviving

Tektronix Adds Virtual Probe to Access Subscriber Usage Data in Real-Time

Tektronix Communications announced the ",,addition of two new solutions, GeoSoft ™ and GeoBlade ™, to its GeoProbe® family:


GeoSoft is a revolutionary software-only or ‘virtual’ probe that has been developed in response to a number of carrier needs, including the move towards virtualized network environments. It supports both physical and virtual networks providing real-time and historic

Sandvine Sold its Holding in Xerocole to Akamai

Sandvine released yesterday its Q1 results (revenues of $32.4M - here). The release also states that "Net income for the quarter includes $2.8 million of other income related to a gain on the disposition of an investment in a private company".



Sandvine's financial report explains that "On February 27, 2015, the Company sold its preferred share investment in a private company for

Saisei Helps SPs Conform to Net Neutrality

DPI vendors are offering fairness-based traffic shaping solutions for more than 15 years now (such as Fair Use Management by Allot, Fair Use Policy by Sandvine and "Procera Networks and Openet Partnership Delivers Advanced Fair Usage to APAC" - here).

These solution support throughput of  hundreds of Gbps in an appliance or using a virtual s/w deployment (Sandvine, Procera, Allot), but one

Oracle's Diameter Signaling Calculator

Oracle has a tool for service providers, enabling them to "understand how to dimension their networks based on the number of subscribers they have to support, and the applications and services to be supported. This unique tool is built from years of modeling in live networks, and from signaling experts that understand the traffic flows introduced in Diameter networks when new services are

Juniper (W/Maxeler Technologies) Unveiled an Application & Packet Flow Accelerator

MaxelerLow Latency Platforms


Juniper Networks unveiled the "..QFX5100-AA, a new application acceleration switch, and the QFX-PFA, a new packet flow accelerator module, together providing a ground-breaking data center switch that consolidates compute resources and customizable logic into the network. 




Building on Juniper’s proven QFX product family, the QFX5100-AA and QFX-PFA in

[Guest post] Virtualizing Subscriber Intelligence through Data Federation

By Indranil Chaterjee*, VP Product Management, Marketing & Strategy,  Openwave Mobility



Of course Subscriber Data Management is not new, but what is new is the fact that the Internet of Things is changing the very definition of what we call “a subscriber”. As we approach 2020 and the 50 billion connected devices that Ericsson and Cisco forecast, the range and sheer volume of subscriber data”

[Analysys Mason]: Fixed Broadband Consumers Buy on Price; VAS Increases ARPU

A new report by Aris Xylouris, Research Analyst, and Martin Scott [pictured], Practice Head, Consumer Services Research, Analysys Mason analyzes the ".. approaches that fixed operators are taking to promote superfast broadband in their respective markets".

According to the report "Consumers are reluctant to pay a premium for faster speeds [see chart below]. This, combined with the lack of clear

UK: LTE Performs Better than 3G!

Finally, a prove that the huge investment in LTE pays off!

   

A new research by the British regulator, Ofcom, finds that "Overall, 4G networks performed much better than 3G networks in five sample towns and cities tested - Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Newcastle and Poole/Bournemouth - where both 4G and 3G networks have been rolled out. In these areas, 4G networks delivered an average download

Monday's Guest Post: What Monetization Strategies should Operators Adopt to Make the Best Use of Subscriber Data?

A new guest post will be published on Monday - "Virtualizing Subscriber Intelligence through Data Federation" by my 36th guest, Indranil Chaterjee.

"The Internet of Things is changing the very definition of what we call “a subscriber”.  By 2020 some pundits estimate that there could be as much as 50 billion connected devices. The range and sheer volume of subscriber data will soar and it may

Sandvine Adds Web Browsing QoE Measurements

Sandvine announced the "..introduction of new web browsing quality of experience (QoE) measurements ..  included with all Sandvine deployments, and allows CSPs to measure, in detail, the web browsing experience of their subscribers in both fixed and mobile networks, broken down by location, CDN, peering-link, device-type, user-plan, and other factors.

The feature dynamically builds a

BSS Deployments [350]: VIPNET [Ivory Coast] Selected Alepo

Alepo announced a ".. new agreement with VIPNET, a major internet service provider in Ivory Coast, to support its launch of a new 4G LTE network. As part of the deployment, VIPNET will leverage Alepo’s Service Enabler 9 (SE)– a complete BSS/OSS framework that spans CRM, charging and billing, and customer experience management.

VIPNET cited the need for advanced mobile broadband speeds to

Spirent Launches a Diameter Signaling Testing Tool

Spirent Communications introduced "..Spirent Landslide Diameter, a comprehensive solution that tests signaling protocols at scale so carriers can ensure efficient and optimized Diameter services.




.. Landslide Diameter lets carriers and their vendors emulate specific Diameter applications to test specific nodes or test the network from end-to-end to ensure that the management and monetization

Sandvine States 155 Gbps NFV Performance (Beats Procera by 5 Gbps)

A post to Sandvine's blog by Don Bowman [pictured], the company's CTO, provides the results of a performance test to the vitrulaized version of its Policy Traffic Switch (see "Sandvine: 'leading edge CSPs around the world are currently working with Sandvine on virtualization pilot projects'"- here).

"Our Policy Traffic Switch (PTS) Virtual Series represents a particularly significant investment

[ABI]: Citrix, Openwave and Ericsson Lead the $400M Optimization Space

ABI Research announced it has evaluated the "..leading vendors for Video, Audio, Web and Data Optimization the Gi-LAN space, and finds Citrix ByteMobile with the most compelling total value proposition, followed by Openwave Mobility and Ericsson. ABI Research finds web and video optimization performance as mainly determined by the x86 architecture, and the vendors differentiate along the lines

Avvasi - Oracle's PCRF Partnership Offers Monetized Video Services

Avvasi announced its "partnership with Oracle and its industry-leading Communications Policy Controller (PCRF). 

The Avvasi Oracle joint solution enables service providers to deliver monetized video services.


Avvasi’s real-time Xperium™ QoE management solution, Q-SRV, will be orchestrated by Oracle’s Communications Policy Controller. The integrated solution will help service providers

Allot: Two 10% Customers in 2014

Allot Communications filled its annual report to the SEC (here). The report states that "In 2014, we derived 44% of our total revenues from two Tier 1 mobile and fixed operators, and the revenues derived from each of these operators were higher than 10% of our total revenues".



[Potentially related post: "Allot Receives a $15M Expansion Order, W/Analytics and DDoS Protection" - here and "

Oracle and Intel Demo Carrier-grade Performance in a Virtualized Environment

Oracle Communications announced it has "delivered the industry’s first successful demonstration of carrier-grade network performance in a virtualized environment. The project, led by Oracle and using the Intel® Open Network Platform (ONP), demonstrates that CSPs can realize more of the promise of NFV. Specifically, the initiative proves that by intelligently directing network activity to the

Qosmos CEO: "We own 70% of the market and Deployed in 6 out of 10 Tier1s"

Steve Saunders, LightReading, CEO and Founder, interviews Thibaut Bechetoille [pictured], CEO, Qosmos on DPI (which Qosmos calls now "Network Intelligence", a better name, as Steve comments).

Some quotes:

Thibaut sees 3 use-cases for DPI - security, traffic management and analytics with its monetization potential. 


Service chaining (here) is an important shift in the industry, where telcos

CEM Deployments [349]: Etisalat [UAE] to Use Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent announced that it and Etisalat have "signed an agreement to deploy Alcatel-Lucent’s Motive Customer Experience Management (CEM) portfolio for Etisalat’s mobile and fixed-line customers in the UAE.

Etisalat will use Motive CEM solutions to automatically detect, diagnose and resolve device issues to substantially reduce call resolution times
 
Etisalat will be able to offer

ISPs Sue FCC Against New Net Neutrality

Brendan Sasso [pictured] reports to the NationalJournal that "Telecom companies filed a pair of lawsuits Monday in an attempt to reverse the Federal Communications Commission's new net neutrality rules. The suits are expected to be the opening shots in a long legal war against the controversial regulations .. The suits claim the rules are outside the FCC's authority, violate administrative law,

PCC Deployments [348]: Zipnet [Ghana] & West African CSPs Selected Alepo

Alepo announced a "new partnership with Zipnet – a leading internet service provider in Ghana – to evolve ICT services across the country with advanced policy and charging control solutions for IP-based services and 4G mobile broadband. 




Zipnet recently selected Alepo to provide its policy and charging control solutions as well as its BSS/OSS framework, Service Enabler 9, in order to

PCC Deployments [347]: Afghan Wireless Deploys RedKnee

Redknee Solutions announced that it is "supporting Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC), the leading telecom operator in Afghanistan to differentiate its services and provide an advanced customer experience for its subscribers. 

Utilizing the Redknee Unified charging and policy solution, AWCC is leveraging convergent services, to monetize their next generation data strategy and support

Gartner's WAN Optimization Report

Gartner has updated its "Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization" (see chart below, courtesy of SilverPeak).

SilverPeak announced that "Gartner has named Silver Peak a Magic Quadrant Leader. Be among the first to see the latest report by completing the form on the right. According to Gartner, as WAN optimization appliances increasingly include WAN path control and local link load balancing

Telefónica UK Deploys Vasona - 700 Cell Sites in Central London

Vasona Networks announced a "pilot deployment with Telefónica UK. This follows trials during which the international mobile operator has achieved real-time visibility of network traffic, and active session management across individual cells when congestion occurs. 







The pilot covers O2’s customers in London with deployments of the Vasona SmartAIR™1000 [see "Vasona's Cell Traffic

NI Deployments [346]: Softbank Selected JDSU’s ariesoGEO

JDSU [see "JDSU Acquires Arieso for $85M to Increase Visibility to the RAN" - here] announced that "SoftBank Mobile (SBM) has chosen to implement JDSU’s ariesoGEO™ platform and GEOperformance application across its 3G and LTE networks in downtown Tokyo. 

SoftBank will use ariesoGEO to help improve customer satisfaction by using location intelligence data from its network. JDSU’s ariesoGEO

Cisco Launches Application Engineered Routing

Cisco announced "three significant enhancements to the Cisco® Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) portfolio, an open, elastic, and application-centric network infrastructure framework that enables service providers to accelerate time to revenue while reducing the costs of deploying new services. The new technologies include:



Source: Cisco 

Application Engineered Routing (here)



Cisco

Cyan Enables CenturyLink NFV Services to Enterprises

Cyan (See "Cyan Adds Service Management and UBB" - here) and CenturyLink announced that "CenturyLink will leverage Cyan’s Blue Planet NFV Orchestrator to deliver NFV-enhanced services to enterprise and small and midsized business (SMB) customers. Cyan will provide CenturyLink orchestration for their Programmable Services Backbone (PSB). 


..Specifically, CenturyLink will use Cyan’s Blue Planet

TEOCO CEM Combines Service Assurance, Geo-location, Analytics

TEOCO released recently "CEM, its latest version of the Customer Experience Management solution for end-to-end analytics of subscribers’ activity and improved Quality of Service (QoS) .. CEM uses multi-dimensional diagnoses, including data from network elements, probes, and performance metrics to power advanced insights onto the experience of subscribers.

The solution brings together TEOCO’s

GSA: 497M LTE Subscriptions Worldwide

GSA announced that "Referring to newly-released data provided by Ovum Ltd, GSA calculated that LTE subscription net additions outpaced 3G/WCDMA-HSPA by 21% during the last 6 months of 2014, with LTE leading in both Q3 and Q4 .. There were 497 million LTE subscriptions worldwide by 31 December 2014. A total of 290 million LTE subscriptions were gained in the year, equivalent to 140% annual growth

NI Deployments [345]: Orange [Slovakia] to Use Astellia to Ensure E2E QoE

Astellia confirmed the "..signature of a 4G network contract with Orange Slovensko, the largest mobile operator in Slovakia .. Astellia’s Nova solution provides Orange Slovensko with the ability to proactively monitor, analyze and manage in real-time the subscriber experience of every user, hereby ensuring true end-to-end QoE. The solution allows for instance the identification of subscribers

FCC's Net Neutrality: No Price Regulation; Won’t Reduce Investments

The FCC has released the full text of the new Net Neutrality order, a 400 pages document (here) - and a press release that is "Separating Fact from Fiction".

"The Order uses every tool in the Commission’s toolbox to make sure the Internet stays fair, fast and open for all Americans, while ensuring investment and innovation can flourish. We encourage the public to read the Order, which reflects

[MarketsandMarkets]: Network Analytics Market Growth CAGR - 25.6%

A recent report finds that "The network analytics market is expected to grow from $589.6 million in 2014 to $1,842.2 million by 2019, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 25.6%. 

Although the mature markets (such as the U.S. and the U.K.) hold larger shares in the network analytics market, the Asia-Pacific region is expected to grow at the highest CAGR of 32% during the forecast period.

Huawei Launches a Congestion-Aware, High Throughput Router

Huawei announced recently the "release of the industry's first high throughput router (HTR) aimed at providing users with an unprecedented ultra-HD video experience. The HTR could sense congestion status in real-time, intelligently predict available bandwidth, automatically adjust network throughput, and provide differentiated service acceleration. HTR significantly improves effective E2E

Samsung Partners with IBM and Guavus for QoE-Based OSS

Samsung announced recently "key partnerships with IBM and Guavus to provide comprehensive Operational Support Systems (OSS) offerings to mobile network operators. Samsung’s newly launched portfolio of operational support systems, CognitiV OSS [see "Samsung Electronics Targets High Quality Data Services with CognitiV Analytics" - here]  will help mobile service providers to manage and optimize

[Resource]: PCRF-Policy Charging System-Functional Analysis

A presentation by Biju M R, Sr Manager Presales & Solutions at Wipro (here)

MYCOM OSI Launches Network Analytics Solution

MYCOM OSI announced the "launch of its ProInsight™ Network Analytics solution.With ProInsight™, MYCOM OSI delivers an innovative approach to telecom analytics by leveraging its established telecom-specific expertise in management of large-scale heterogeneous multi-vendor and multi-domain network data, and dynamically linking it to business and customer Big Data via a dynamic bridging technology.

NI Deployments [344]: Zain [Saudi Arabia] to Use Astellia for Subscriber Intelligence

Astellia announced that "Zain KSA announced [here] the signing of a three years agreement with Astellia .. As part of the agreement, Astellia will support Zain launch a network based customer experience analysis program, aiming to strengthen customers’ satisfaction. The agreement comes as a new step in the transformation plan Zain KSA is undergoing since early 2014.

It’s worth mentioning that

DSC Deployments [343]: Telekom Austria/Vip Uses Diametriq NFV Solution

Yet another component of vEPC pioneer, Vip Mobile [Serbia], NFV-based deployment (see "Telekom Austria Implements Connetem NFV-Based EPC w/Procera's DPI" - here). This time it's the Diameter routing technology.

Diametriq announced that its "Diameter Solution Suite™ is being used to power Connectem’s virtual EPC now being deployed by Telekom Austria Group to deliver a complete set of virtualized

How does DigiCel Use Sandvine?

Sandvine announced that "Digicel Group .. a long time Sandvine customer that is using Sandvine’s Network Policy Control solutions to offer their subscribers innovative service plans. 




Last year, Digicel expanded their deployment [see "Sandvine Receives $5M Expansion Order (CALA)" - here] of Sandvine’s Network Analytics, Usage Management, and OutReach products to over 30 mobile networks in

Saguna Adds 3rd Party App Support (Based on Intel's DPDK)

Saguna Networks announced a "new release of the Saguna Open-RAN creating an open platform running 3rd party applications into the mobile Radio Access Network (RAN). This release extends the company’s award-winning CDN-Extend solution, which enables CDNs to operate inside the mobile base station .. Operating from the Radio Edge, in close proximity to mobile users, the Saguna Open-RAN enables

iiNet [Australia] Offers Zero Rated Netflix

While Net Neutrality is reborn in the US, and Zero-rated service plans gain traction in developing countries, iiNet has news to his customers in Australia: "Get Netflix quota-free on an iiNet Fixed Line Broadband or NBN Fibre plan" (here).
"Following confirmation from Netflix that it will launch locally on 24 March, iiNet’s broadband, Naked DSL, NBN and iiNet TV with Fetch customers (excludes

Openwave Mobility: Federated SDM; Encrypted Traffic Optimization

    

Openwave Mobility recent announcements: 


"launched the industry’s first carrier grade subscriber data federation solution. Smart Data Federator (SDF) is a flexible interface between data silos that reads and writes data to existing systems, allowing for a consolidated view of all subscriber data. SDF uses proven technology installed in the largest deployment of a UDR in the world, with

Alepo Launches a Packaged Solution for MNOs

Alepo announced its "new Mobile Broadband Accelerator – a packaged solution that enables wireless network operators to readily introduce more advanced and differentiated mobile data offerings .. from bandwidth on demand to data rollover plans to prepaid data models and well beyond. The solution also provides tools to enhance the customer experience, to gain business insights and analytics, and

ManageEngine Enhances NetFlow Analyzer w/Traffic Shaping

ManageEngine announced the "latest versions of NetFlow Analyzer, its real-time bandwidth and security analysis software, and Network Configuration Manager, its network change and configuration management (NCCM) solution. Available immediately, NetFlow Analyzer pricing starts at $3,750 USD for 50 interfaces. Network Configuration Manager version 11 starts at $1,195 USD for 25 devices":


NetFlow

M&As - Mitel Acquires Mavenir; Brocade Acquires Connectem

Two acquisitions in our space:

Few week after Mavenir acquired the DSC vendor Ulticom (see "Mavenir Turns Ulticom OEM to Acquisition" - here), it has been acquired by Mitel:

"Mitel announced that that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement in which Mitel will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Mavenir common stock in a cash and stock deal valued at approximately $560

Flash & Nokia Expand Partnership

A 2nd agreement for Flash Networks with Nokia Networks. 4 months after announcing that "Nokia will Include Flash Network Gateway in its Offering" (here), the two companies signed an MOU for Flash's other business line - monetizationFlash announced that it has "signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nokia Networks to provide Flash Networks’ Layer8 monetization solution to mobile carriers

Ericsson: 4 Video Channels O/LTE Use 10% Capacity; Deployed by Telstra

Ericsson announced that "Ericsson and Telstra continue to lead mobile operators in the adoption of LTE Broadcast .. Following a series of successful trials in 2014, Telstra will deploy Ericsson's LTE Broadcast end-to-end solution on their Australian 4GX network. 




[Related post - "GSA: 16 MNOs Deploying or Trialing LTE Broadcast" - here]

The LTE Broadcast trials (here and here) run by

Nokia's Optimization: Video Speed Increases by 50%; Akamai Detects Congestion

Nokia Networks announced their location-based solution, with which "Operators will be able to offer efficient content delivery to mobile users, as well as tailored services related to nearby points of interest based on insights gained from their subscription packages and device type as well as network data on traffic patterns, building types and other location information"

Related posts:

DSC Deployments [342]:Polkomtel [Poland] Uses BroadForward

Polkomtel announced it has launched the ".. BFX Interface Gateway from BroadForward [see "Diameter Router List Updated" - here], delivered and implemented by leading network solutions provider Infradata. 

With the implementation of BFX, Polkomtel becomes the first Polish operator to launch a Next Generation Diameter Signaling Controller, keeping up its tradition of being a pioneer in

Optimization Deployments [341]: Telekom Austria/Vip Mobile [Serbia] Selected Flash Networks

Flash Networks announced that the "Serbian operator Vip mobile [See "Telekom Austria Implements Connetem NFV-Based EPC w/Procera's DPI" - here], a member of the Telekom Austria Group, has selected Flash Networks’ Harmony 7.5 to provide their subscribers faster mobile browsing and smoother video viewing. Enabling operators to boost network speeds, Harmony 7.5 includes the ability to self-detect

Kontron Partners with Sandvine

Kontron SYMKLOUD

Kontron announced that it is "collaborating with industry leaders Red Hat and Sandvine to give communication service providers (CSPs) an economically and operationally optimized open solution to deploy cloud business services using Network Function Virtualization (NFV) infrastructure.

The solution combines Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform, Sandvine’s network

Qosmos: OEM w/Anritsu; Demos Intelligent Service Chaining w/Cavium; Joins WindRiver Ecosystem

Intense activity at Qosmos! The embedded DPI s/w vendor announced following:

".. it has joined the Wind River Titanium Cloud ecosystem, a program dedicated to accelerating the deployment of solutions for Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). The Qosmos Classifier [see "Qosmos Launches a Standards-based Service Classifier (2300+ Protocols and Metadata)" - here] has been pre-integrated and

13.7% Growth for the DPI Market in 2014

With the release of Procera Networks' financial results  for Q4, all 3 public DPI companies have published their full year 2014 reports, totaling to $315.9M compared to $277.8M in 2013 (+13.7%), with Sandvine leading the market.




Allot Communications

Procera
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Opera Enables Zero-Rated App Access; Piloted by Telenor Asia

Opera software announced that "Mobile operators can now offer their subscribers free-of-charge access to selected apps for a set period of time, with sponsored and paid passes to apps coming shortly. This has been made possible by App Pass, an innovative new feature for Opera Max, the mobile data-savings and management app from Opera Software.
 
For operators, App Pass is a way to present offers

Ericsson: It's Always Facebook and 4 Other Apps

A new report from Ericsson finds:


Two-thirds of app data traffic over mobile networks comes from top five apps in each country studied, with video streaming and social networking dominating .. each nation displays its own unique preferences - for example, in December 2014, the US top three included Netflix and YouTube, while South Korea was notable for peer-to-peer TV app AfreecaTV and

[MarketsandMarkets] NI Market to Reach $1.8B by 2019

A new report by MarketsandMarkets finds that ".. the network analytics market to grow from $589.6 million in 2014 to $1,842.2 million by 2019, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 25.6%.

North America (NA) is expected to be the largest network analytics market in terms of revenues generated, but Asia-Pacific (APAC) is expected to emerge as a high-growth market."



The previous forecast

DSC Deployments [340]: Max [Bulgaria] Migrates WiMAX to LTE w/Diametriq

Diametriq announced that "Bulgarian mobile operator Max has selected Diametriq’s Diameter Solution Suite™for deployment in their LTE network .. Max pioneered WiMAX mobile networks in Europe in 2007 and is currently in the process of transitioning to LTE after launching the first commercial 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in Bulgaria in May of 2014. Max has since extended the footprint of

Telus [Canada] Explains Why UBB will Start on March 30

  
A year after Telus started experimenting usage charges (see "Telus to Start Charging for Usage ("it is fair")"- here) the change becomes a national policy for the Canadian operator's fixed ISP services, on March 30.

The surcharge will be automatic, but notifications to customers getting closer to the limit will start on an undefined date in the future.

Telus' "Usage-Based Internet Charges"

Allot Acquires Its Web Security Partner, Optenet

Allot Communications announced that it has "..signed a definitive agreement to acquire the operations of Optenet, a global IT security company providing high-performance Security-as-a-Service (SECaaS) solutions to service providers and large enterprises worldwide .. The acquisition is based on an existing successful partnership that has already resulted in ten service provider customer wins,

Allot Launches Monetization Through Engagement Solution

Allot Communications announced the ".. launch of Allot SmartEngage, a solution designed to help mobile service providers to enhance and better monetize their engagement with their subscribers. 




The first moment a subscriber gets a new smartphone or tablet up and running and browses the Internet is a critical moment for service providers to offer new services and secure registrations. The

Active Broadband Launches All-Software Forwarding Engine

Active Broadband Networks announced a "new virtual, all-software forwarding engine that moves broadband edge processing functions off edge routers into software, eliminating the need for complex, expensive and inflexible edge routers and enabling broadband operators to directly connect customers to their cloud .. Active Broadband’s APG-VNF expands the flexibility of the SD-BNG, and is available

ipoque Launches an "all-in-one" Traffic & Subscriber Analysis Solution

ipoque ".. introduced Net Reporter Compact (NRC), its first all-in-one traffic and subscriber analysis solution combining a network probe with advanced IP classification and a powerful analysis and storage tool in one integrated package. The combination of probe and IP analytics functionality in one solution makes visibility of traffic on the network more accessible than ever before. This

NI Deployments [339]: BASE [Belgium] Selected MyCOM OSI for Performance Management

MYCOM OSI announced that its "NIMS-PrOptima™ service and network performance management platform has been selected by BASE Company to manage the end-to-end performance of its network BASE Company is a major mobile operator in Belgium that focuses on offering the best voice quality and fastest 3G network to its subscribers. 




When it decided to standardize on a single network performance

Telekom Austria Implements Connetem NFV-Based EPC w/Procera's DPI

Source: Vis's World premiere 

of VoLTE Service  (here)


Back in June Procera Networks announced that "Connetem Enhances its Virtual EPC w/Procera's DPI" (here). The product is now deployed by the "first operator worldwide to implement virtualization of the entire core network production". 




The two vendors, in conjunction with Telekom Austria Group’s Serbian subsidiary Vip mobile

Flash Networks' Monetization Selected by 7 Operators; Defines "With the Top" Model

Flash Networks announced that its "Layer8 clientless monetization solution was selected by seven operators in the last six months and is planned to be used by over 200 million subscribers worldwide. The latest customers include operators in Asia and Europe and one large operator group which plans to deploy at several properties.






Layer8 is a clientless monetization solution that reinvents

Vasona Adds Support for Encrypted Traffic

Vasona Networks [see "[Vendor Review]: Vasona's Cell Traffic Management" - here] announced the "latest feature set for its SmartAIR™1000 edge application controller and SmartVISION™ analysis suite:


Mobile operators gain a much-needed solution for managing the rising share of encrypted applications and content, which already accounts for nearly 25 percent of traffic on networks.

SmartAIR now

[EMI]: DPI Market to Reach $1.6B by 2019

A new report by Jonathon Gordon [pictured], Directing Analyst, Expert Market Insight (EMI) finds that the "global Telecoms Deep Packet Inspection market is set to grow to US$1.6B by 2019"

Jonathon adds that "Growth will be sustained by the uptake of dynamic monetization use cases driven by the need for operators to innovate and grow revenues, Although the market is set for steady growth,

ALU's DPI Device to Get a 400GE Interface

Alcatel-Lucent's DPI product, the 7750 Service Router [See "Alcatel Lucent 7750 DPI Technology" - here], which was among the first to offer a 100 GE interface (here), will get a 400 GE interface later this year. 

ALU announced it is launching a ".. 1-port 400G IP line card for IP networks that will allow data transmission between existing Alcatel-Lucent IP Routers at speeds of 400

PeerApp Integrates Saguna's Mobile Edge Solution

PeerApp announced an "..evolution of its current mobile core offerings to bring Internet content acceleration to the edge of mobile networks with the Saguna Open-RAN leading Mobile Edge Computing platform. The PeerApp Mobile Edge Computing solution will complement the existing PeerApp mobile core solution by bringing optimization functionality such as content caching, DNS (domain name server)

Procera Pushes NFV: Boingo, Quadruple Performance, Alliance Program

3(!) press releases on NFV related news from Procera Networks:

Boingo Wireless has chosen Procera’s PacketLogic/V™ solution to manage the consumer experience at its wireless hotspot locations. Boingo has installed a virtual CPE solution from Procera to shape network traffic and apply granular profiles that deliver multiple classes of service as part of its S.M.A.R.T Network offering.

See "

Nokia and Coriant Extend SON to Mobile Backhaul

Nokia Networks and Coriant announced that they are "first to extend intelligent self-organizing networks (SON) to mobile backhaul .. The SON for mobile backhaul Proof of Concept shows how advanced analytics and software defined networking (SDN) work together to create programmable, self-aware networks that assure an optimal service experience end-to-end. The same level of experience can be

Optimization Deployments [338]: WIND [Greece] Uses Citrix Bytemobile

Citrix announced that "WIND Hellas, a leading telecommunications operator in Greece (4.5M subscribers), has successfully deployed its ByteMobile Adaptive Traffic Management platform as well as its carrier-grade NetScaler application delivery controller (ADC) within the mobile core of the WIND Hellas network. The deployment enables WIND to increase the uptake of mobile data services while

Qosmos Launches a Standards-based Service Classifier (2300+ Protocols and Metadata)

Qosmos announced the "Qosmos Classifier, the market’s first standards-based, dedicated service classifier. It is based on award-winning Qosmos technology which identifies and extracts traffic information in real time, identifying protocols, types of application, and extracting additional information in the form of metadata. 


The Qosmos Classifier is especially well-suited to enable intelligent

Alepo Enhances BSS w/Data Plan Advisory & Self Provisioning

Alepo announced the "latest release of its signature BSS / OSS framework, Service Enabler 9.2, which boasts new and advanced capabilities for the creation, monetization, and delivery of innovative data plans and promotions. 

SE 9.2 is already in live production at a major fixed mobile operator in West Africa with numerous deployments underway.

In SE 9.2, Alepo introduced:


Package Advisor –

Astellia Enhances RAN Optimizer w/Geo-location & SON Capabilities

Astellia launched "Nova RAN Optimizer to maximize access network performance, while increasing optimization teams’ efficiency through automation. As a result of the integration of Ingenia Telecom’s radio expertise [see "Astellia Expands Offering with the Acquisition of Ingenia Telecom" - here] with Astellia’s 15 years of RAN optimization, the Nova RAN Optimizer solution now empowers radio

Vodafone: "4G adoption stimulating data demand"

One slide from Vodafone's recent quarterly report (here):

DSC Deployments [337]: Telecom Personal [Paraguay] Uses Diametriq DRE

Diametriq announced that "Leading Paraguayan mobile operator Personal has deployed telecom solutions supplier Diametriq’s Diameter Routing Engine™ to integrate its online billing system with their voice and enhanced packet core network.

Diametriq’s Diameter Routing Engine™ (DRE), part of the Diameter Solution Suite™ (DSS) of Diameter Signaling Control functions, is equipped to provide this

Oracle introduces Network Service Orchestration Solution

Oracle introduced the "new Oracle Communications Network Service Orchestration Solution, which is designed to enable communications service providers (CSPs) to more quickly create new network services to respond to market demand. The solution can also help CSPs reduce service development and management costs as they introduce virtualized network capabilities—the beginning of a transformation

Sandvine Enhances PCRF w/VoLTE and VoWiFi Support

Sandvine released an ".. enhanced Service Delivery Engine (SDE), which adds Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Voice over WiFi (VoWiFi) support to the industry’s only universal Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) .. As a standalone PCRF, the latest SDE enhancements enable a number of specific VoLTE and VoWiFi use cases, including guaranteed quality of service (QoS). 






Sandvine's VoIP QoE

[Cisco, Brocade]: Overview of Service Functions Deployment Issues

An IETF document by Paul Quinn, Cisco Systems and Thomas Nadeau [pictured], Brocade "provides an overview of the issues associated with the deployment of service functions (such as firewalls, load balancers, etc.) in large-scale environments"

Introduction 


The delivery of end-to-end services often require various service functions including traditional network service functions (for

[Infonetics]: DSC Market to Reach $1.3B by '18; Led by Huawei, F5 and Oracle

A new report by Diane Myers, Principal Analyst, Infonetics Research finds that ".. the Diameter signaling control market will grow threefold between 2014 and 2018, to $1.3 billion .. Globally, the Diameter signaling control market totaled $381 million in 2014, an increase of 81 percent over 2013.



Developed as the next-generation signaling protocol, Diameter has begun to permeate networks,

Viettel [Vietnam] Partners with Opera for Affordable Data Plan

Opera Software announced that "Over 50 million Viettel customers can now subscribe to the most affordable mobile data plan in Vietnam. Viettel, the largest local mobile operator, is offering one-day, web-browsing data packages for VND 2,000 (USD 0.09) through the Opera Mini browser. Subscribers to this plan will be able to browse the web via Opera Mini as much as they want for a day. The data

Sky Italy Uses Akamai's Managed CDN for VoD

Akamai Technologies announced that "Sky Italia has selected Akamai's Aura Managed Content Delivery Network (MCDN) solution to achieve maximum control and the highest quality of service of its online content including live and on-demand video. With the Aura MCDN, which provides Sky with dedicated CDN capabilities that are maintained by Akamai, Sky can flexibly scale to support its capacity

PCC Deployments [336]: ETB [Colombia] Uses Alepo's PCRF-Lite

Alepo, announced the "successful delivery of a major network upgrade to ETB’s fixed broadband network across Colombia .. As part of a major, three-year transformation process, Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá (ETB) has successfully launched new communications services, including a Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network, interactive digital television, and 4G mobile services. To bring its

Radisys Introduces Service-Aware Load Balancer

Radisys Corporation introduced its "FlowEngine TDE-1000 Intelligent Load Balancer, the first member in a family of traffic distribution platforms targeted squarely at enabling scalable software defined networks (SDN). 

The FlowEngine TDE-1000 is designed to accelerate new service introduction in a scalable SDN-enabled network, while significantly reducing network complexity and required

[GSA]: 20 Operators Deployed 300 Mbps LTE-A

GSA confirmed that:


20 operators have commercially launched 300 Mbps Category 6 LTE-Advanced service in 15 countries: Australia, Austria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and the UK .. 3GPP defines a Category 6 system within its Release 10 specifications as having a theoretical peak downlink speed capability

Qwilt Goes to School: Saves 65% of Video Bandwidth and 96% of iOS Updates

Qwilt announced several deployments in college campuses that - ".. provides behind-the-scenes technology which fuels the new college lifestyle that now includes consuming copious amounts of online video such as educational streaming content, binge-able shows on Netflix and streaming Twitch tournaments. 

.. Jason Sebastiani, Principal Network Engineer at Grand Canyon University said: “.. After

Allot Launches Application/Office 365 Aware Cloud Access Optimization

Allot Communications announced "Allot Cloud Access Optimization, including Allot Cloud Access Optimization for Office 365 support. Allot Cloud Access Optimization is a solution designed for enterprises and cloud managed service providers to ensure high user quality of experience (QoE) and productivity by visualizing, controlling and securing applications .. The Allot Cloud Access Optimization

Verizon: Customers May Opt-out from Header Insertion

Back in October,  Jonathan Mayer,  a computer scientist and lawyer at Stanford, found how Verizon Wireless'  HTTP header insertion works (here, chart below), which naturally raised concerns about customers'  privacy.

In conjunction (?) with the Data Privacy Day (here), Brian X. Chen and Natasha Singer post to the New York Times blog states that "Verizon Wireless, which has been under fire by

Ericsson SSR 8000 Contracts Follow-up, Q4 2014

In its Q4 report, Ericsson provides their standard update on the number of VoLTE and SSR 8000 deployments:

"The Ericsson solution for VoLTE continued to gain momentum across regions. Two customers in Japan launched commercial VoLTE services in the quarter 

To date 146 contracts for the multi-application IP router, SSR 8000, has been signed, since the launch in December 2011. During the quarter

Canada: Operators Directed to Stop Zero-Rate Video

While zero-rated data gains popularity in some markets (Colombia, Pakistan, Zambia), the Canadian regulator, CRTC, directed two MNOs, Bell Mobility and Videotron to eliminate this "unlawful practice", which they categorize as "application-specific economic Internet Traffic Management Practice (ITMP)".

CRTC announced that "As Canadians turn more and more to the Internet for viewing content,

Verizon Adds Parental Controls to the Home Gateway

Verizon announced recently that "Our customers who have the FiOS Quantum Gateway router will now have access to a number of new parental controls and guest Wi-Fi capabilities. With this latest router update, parents can easily grant or restrict Internet access to any device on their home FiOS network. Additionally, parents are now able to set daily time limits on network-connected devices for

NI Deployments [335]: Telenor[Sweden] Selected MyCOM OSI for Performance Management

  

MYCOM OSI announced that the "NIMS-PrOptima™ Service and Network Performance Management platform has been selected by Telenor Sweden to manage the performance of its mobile and fixed networks.

Telenor Sweden’s strategy requires a new performance management solution to gather and use data from various network domains including RAN, CS Core, PS Core, VAS, IP and Probes. Telenor Sweden

Flash Networks Accelerates Encrypted Traffic; Increases D/W Speed by 50%

Flash Networks announces the "..release of Harmony 7.5, its Mobile Internet Services Gateway. A key differentiator of this new version is the ability to accelerate and optimize encrypted data without violating user privacy. Based on operator trials, Flash Networks has successfully demonstrated the ability to self-detect congestion in real-time and increase download speeds by 50% for all types of

[Infonetics]: "significant changes in the policy management vendor landscape"

 
A new survey by Shira Levine, directing analyst for service enablement and subscriber intelligence, Infonetics Research, on the Policy management marker finds that:

"The next generation of policy management solutions has evolved to address the challenges associated with increased broadband consumption and a wider range of end-user devices. This shift has translated into significant changes in

Allot: 3 Traffic Optimization Orders

Allot Communications announced that it "received orders from three new mobile operator customers in the fourth quarter of 2014 for Allot VideoClass, an application-aware and network-aware video optimization system that fully integrates with Allot Service Gateway to dramatically improve the quality and efficiency of video delivery:



Allot's VideoClass 


One of EMEA’s leading Tier-1 mobile

ZTE Demoed 3X Higher Throughput with Pre5G Base Stations

ZTE Corporation announced it is the "world’s first company to complete pre-commercial field testing of multi-user and multi-stream transmission on a Massive MIMO (multiple input multiple output) base station, setting new records in single-carrier transmission capacity and spectral efficiency.

Dr. Xiang Jiying [pictured], Chief Scientist, ZTE said: “ZTE successfully overcame the challenge of

[Update 73: Aradial <-> Procera, Sandvine] PCRF - DPI Compatibility Matrix

Aradial Technologies updated me that their customer, africonnect [Zambia] asked them to integrate with Procera. They used their RADIUS interface ("proxying service label").



Aradial also did the same with Sandvine, to other customer.










The PCRF <-> DPI matrix [here] was updated.

[TheDeal]: Procera for Sale; Sandvine is a "Better Buyer than Allot"

Procera trade on Friday - volume 4.2X average

TheDeal (see video below) reports that "Procera Networks  under attack from activist shareholders, has tapped Stifel Financial Corp. to shop the business, according to three sources familiar with the situation. 

For the Fremont, Calif.-based network equipment maker, the move comes after investor Ronald Chez in October urged the board to evaluate

Ipanema-as-a-Service: Cloud-based Management System

Ipanema Technologies announces the launch of "IpanemaCloud Central Management, Ipanema’s first ever cloud-based service. This new cloud-based service allows VARs, MSPs and telcos to reduce time to market by months, offering them easy access to Ipanema’s platform to quickly deliver Ipanema-based managed services to their customers. 


Since it requires no upfront investment in infrastructure or

Telstra Deployed MATRIXX for Bill Shock Prevention

MATRIXX Software announces that "Telstra,  has deployed MATRIXX and its Convergent Charging solution to deliver real-time mobile data usage alerts to millions of Telstra customers. MATRIXX Convergent Charging enables service providers to deploy a single real-time platform for rating, balance management and charging across all access networks, services, devices and payment methods.

Scott

Procera: Multi-$M Orders From two Tier 1 MNOs

 
Procera Networks continue to release multi-million $ deals (See previous announcements from December, August).



The DPI vendor announced it received "two orders that total several million dollars from two Tier 1 mobile operators. The operators will use PacketLogic™ products solely for the mobile network and for the subscriber analytics that are visualized via its multiple mobile-centric

[UK]:"Unlike some countries", All ISPs Voluntary Signed for the Net Neutrality Code

The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) announced that "all of the UK’s leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have now signed up to a voluntary Code of  Practice in support of the Open Internet.

The Open Internet Code [here] was launched in 2012, building on previous work on the transparency of traffic management. EE, Virgin Media and Vodafone have recently signed up to the Open Internet

ABI: Net Neutrality - a Risk for Telecom Vendors - Mainly in Fixed Networks

A recent report by Eric Abbruzzese, Research Analyst and Sam Rosen [pictured], Director, ABI Research, finds that "..Regulations on net neutrality have been at the center of attention recently throughout the world.Balancing the interests of businesses, governments, and consumers has been a challenge for all involved. In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), with

Facebook Enables Free Data to Tigo Colombia Subscribers

Facebook's Internet.org continue to expand (see Airtel, Zambia), this time to Tigo subscribers in Colombia.

Related post - "[Allot]: tigo Internet Use Case: Application Based Charging" - here.



"At an event in Bogotá, Colombia, Mark Zuckerberg and President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón announced the availability of Facebook‘s Internet.org app for Tigo customers in Colombia. Through the

APPanalyz Launched a Cloud-Based, Application Aware, Visibility Solution

APPanalyz launched a "SaaS Platform specifically for the purpose of Measuring, Monitoring and Analyzing Application Delivery ..  can be used on servers both on-premises and in the Cloud. There is no software to install, and no packet capturing required, leaving the memory and resources of the server for other purposes. It is all about providing complete visibility into how business-critical

Ruckus Adds App-Aware Traffic Management Technology to Improve Performance

Ruckus Wireless announced  that "..several Ruckus ZoneFlex™ access points (APs) ..  have all been qualified under the Microsoft Lync Server Wi-Fi qualification program.

.. Unlike competitive alternatives, Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi access points integrate patented SmartCast™ technology. SmartCast combines sophisticated scheduling and queuing mechanisms with advanced heuristic algorithms that

PCC Deployments [334]: Emcali [Colombia] Uses Alepo

Alepo announced that "Colombian telecommunications service provider, Emcali, has selected Alepo to modernize its AAA infrastructure across its multiple fixed and mobile broadband networks:

With Alepo’s carrier-grade AAA Infrastructure, Emcali will be able to bring new triple-play services and revenue opportunities to market faster without adding network complexity. The platform offers

Mavenir Turns Ulticom OEM to Acquisition

Two years of OEM relations (see "Ulticom DSC Deployed Through Mavenir OEM" - here) turned into an acquisition. Mavenir announced that it has "signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ulticom, Inc., an industry leader in telecom signaling solutions. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions"

Ulticom has other OEM relations - see "Major OEM Deal to Ulticom's DSC in China" - here.

M-GO Uses Beamr to Reduce 4K Video Bit Rate by up to 50%

Beamr announced that "M-GO is using Beamr Video [see "Beamr Launches Beamr Video 2.0 For Improved User Experience and Efficiency in Video Optimization" - here] to provide a best-in-class user experience for the company’s premium streaming service. Based on a patent-pending perceptual quality measure, Beamr Video automatically reduces the bitrate of any H.264 or HEVC HD and 4K video stream by up

Broadband Minimal Speed is ...

Since my early days in data communications, when we were thrilled to migrate to a 64 kbps IBM 3274 terminal controller, things have changed. for Example - defining what is "high Speed" (or Broadband) is now a complicated task, involving also political and business aspects, not just new technologies and changes frequently:

Josh Taylor reports to ZDNet that "The United States Federal

AT&T: The FCC is to Decide if our Network Management Program is “unfair”

Last November I reported that the "FTC Sues AT&T for Shaping Unlimited Subscribers" (here).

Jon Brodkin reports to ARS Techica on AT&T's response: "The Federal Trade Commission cannot prevent AT&T from throttling unlimited data customers because of AT&T’s status as a common carrier, the company claimed in a motion to dismiss [see below] an FTC lawsuit this week"



In addition, AT&T says that

GSA: 360 LTE Networks Launched; 96 in 2014

A new report by GSA finds that:




360 operators have commercially launched LTE networks and service in 124 countries (vs. 572 HSPA networks in 213 countries)
 
96 LTE networks were launched in 2014
 
611 operators are investing in LTE across 174 countries. This comprises 566 operator network deployment commitments in 166 countries (of which 360 networks have launched), and 45 pre-commitments

Openet's Wi-Fi Offload Solution Deployed for 1.9M Subscribers

  Openet announced that its "Network Selection Intelligence solution has been deployed by a leading Southern European wireless, wireline, broadband and cable TV operator. The operator selected Openet’s end-to-end solution, based on the ANDSF standard [see "Openet Acquires Routing Policy Technology" - here], to provide intelligent Wi-Fi management and offload capabilities to optimize the mobile

FCC: "No blocking, no throttling, no paid prioritization"

It seems now that next month's Net Neutrality FCC rules will not allow any traffic management intervention (except, most probably the traditional "reasonable network management" for congestion control).

Alina Selyukh and Malathi Nayak report to Reuters that "Comments by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas appeared to show he

EliteCore Offers PCRF as Cloud Service

Elitecore Technologies follows the trend of offering cloud-based policy management and analytics systems, in a service business model (see Tango Telecom, Openwave Mobility and Sandvine)



The company announced the ".. availability of Virtualized NetVertex PCRF on Cloud as SPI model for CSP on a Pay as you go. The Pretested and Preconfigured NetVertex Policy Control Solution comes bundled with

Secured Video Streaming is Bad for Your In-flight Internet

Gogo, the in-flight internet services provider, released a statement about its traffic shaping and blocking practice, made by Anand Chari [pictured], EVP and CTO:

“Gogo takes our customer’s privacy very seriously and we are committed to bringing the best internet experience to the sky. Right now, Gogo is working on many ways to bring more bandwidth to an aircraft. Until then, we have stated

Netflix to Geo-block VPN Users

 
ERNESTO reports to TorrentFreak that "Netflix is starting to block subscribers who access its service using VPN services and other tools that bypass geolocation restrictions. The changes, which may also affect legitimate users, have been requested by the movie studios who want full control over what people can see in their respective countries 

.. Over the past weeks Netflix has started to

[Survey]: Offload to Gain Most Traction in Mobile Traffic Management for 2015

Chetan Sharma [pictured] published his annual survey for 2015 - "a way to engage our knowledgeable community on the trends we are likely to see the next year. We put some of the pressing questions to our colleagues and industry leaders from all corners of the world .. Executives, developers, and insiders (n=175) from leading mobile companies and startups from across the value chain and from

Attn: DPI Vendors - US Net Neutrality Vote on February

Follow-up on my recent post "FCC Expected to Adopt Net Neutrality this Quarter; Google Supports Neutrality" (here):



Brian Fung [pictured] reports to the Washington Post that "Federal regulators looking to place restrictions on Internet providers will introduce and vote on new proposed net neutrality rules in February, Federal Communications Commission officials said Friday .. It's still

FCC Expected to Adopt Net Neutrality this Quarter; Google Supports Neutrality

Grant Gross [pictured] reports to NetworkWorld that "The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will adopt net neutrality rules in early 2015, maybe as soon as February, several observers believe, but few people want to predict what those rules will look like .. It appears that the FCC will move forward with net neutrality rules in the first quarter of 2015.


.. There's no consensus about the

2014 Top Posts

Wishing all my readers and sponsors a happy 2015! 



In case you missed some of the most popular 2014 posts - here are the top 10 (no doubt - market leaders info and rumors are good for business ..):

[Rumors]: Flash Networks to buy Mobixell  
[Gartner] Riverbed & Silver Peak are the WAN Optimization Leaders  
Flash Networks (40%) and Citrix (30%) Lead the Mobile Optimization Market 
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