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.




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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