Broadband Traffic Management

[ABI]: Shared Data Plan Available to 5% of Global Subscribers; Unlimited to 15%

2013-05-24T09:30:00.001-04:00

A recent report by Jake Saunders [pictured], VP Forecasting, ABI Research finds that "Although much talked about, Multi-device Shared Plans are relatively novel with approximately only 5% of mobile subscribers having the option to subscribe to Multi-device Shared Plans. Of the addressable market, 15% can choose from All You Can Eat Data plans, but 66% only have recourse to the traditional

Openwave Offers Analytics as a Cloud Service and Dashboards (Screenshots Inside)

2013-05-24T03:30:00.000-04:00

Openwave Mobility announced the "..latest version of Mobile Analytics. This solution combines mission critical mobile data analysis functionality, greater ease-of-use and the option of hosting it in the cloud (Cloud Edition) or in-network (Business Edition). The solution can also be deployed in a virtualized environment with dynamic scaling that closely aligns with the industry initiative for

US MVNO Offers Self-Provisioned Data Plans and Parental Control

2013-05-23T09:30:00.001-04:00

A US MVNO, Zact (operated over Sprint), offers a "new service that will give you a whole new level of freedom, control and flexibility. With Zact, you get a whole lot more than just voice, text and data. Zact lets you quickly adjust your plan right from your device. You never have to worry about overpaying because you get a Never Overpay Guarantee. All of your voice, text and data is truly

NSN and Ericsson Offer Smarter Wi-Fi (Traffic Steering)

2013-05-23T03:30:00.001-04:00

Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Network announced the following on the same day: Nokia Siemens Networks is enhancing ".. its Smart Wi-Fi solution to provide the industry’s most comprehensive traffic steering capabilities between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. The company is also launching a new 3G Femtocell Access Point for seamless connectivity in residential areas. By enhancing cellular networks

PeerApp, EdgeCast and Limelight Create Open Framework for Content Delivery

2013-05-22T09:30:00.000-04:00

PeerApp announced the formation of the "Content Service Extension (CSE) initiative in cooperation with global CDN service providers EdgeCast Networks and Limelight Networks .. Market trials for CSE-based products and services are scheduled to take place in the second half of 2013""The Content Service Extension initiative offers a service framework that will allow third party CDNs and Internet

Joint CDN/Caching Solution by Limelight and Qwilt

2013-05-22T03:30:00.001-04:00

Qwilt announced that "..Limelight Networks and Qwilt have partnered to develop solutions that will address the dramatic growth of online or “Over-the-top” (OTT) video content .. Limelight’s content delivery network (CDN) optimizes the long haul by delivering video content directly to the operator network. Qwilt’s next generation transparent caching platform, in turn, optimizes the short haul by

PCC Deployments [252]: Telefonica [UK] Selected Tekelec for LTE

2013-05-21T09:30:00.001-04:00

Tekelec announced that its Policy Server has been "..selected by Telefónica UK to provide the Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) in the 3G and LTE core networks. The Policy Server will combine with Tekelec’s Subscriber Profile Repository to enable Telefónica UK to offer advanced digital lifestyle services for smartphones, tablets and other mobile data devices, while lowering network

NSN Video Optimization Reduces load by 25%

2013-05-21T03:30:00.000-04:00

While the video optimization shows some weakness (Bytemobile, Allot), Nokia Siemens Networks launched " a combined video optimization solution that delivers a high quality video experience while simultaneously reducing radio network loading by up to 25%. By combining the capabilities of Flexi Content Optimizer, policy management and new real-time congestion awareness, which is unique to Nokia

NI Deployments [251]: MTN [Uganda] Selected JDSU/Arieso

2013-05-20T09:30:00.000-04:00

JDSU announced that "MTN Uganda has selected its ariesoGEO platform and GEOperformance application to improve network quality and customer experience. MTN Uganda operates the country’s largest multi-vendor, multi-technology network" [JDSU acquired Arieso in March 2013 for $85 million in cash]. "JDSU’s customer-centric ariesoGEO solution will support MTN Uganda’s GSM and UMTS networks, and is

[Plusnet]: "We’re big fans of traffic management and truly unlimited broadband"

2013-05-20T03:30:00.000-04:00

Kelly Dorset, Head of Products and Digital Care, Plusnet [UK] explains in a post to lovemoney that ".. traffic management is often seen in a negative light with many in the industry, technology media and broadband users viewing it as an unnecessary slow down on services to stop users downloading lots of bandwidth. Here at Plusnet [here], that couldn’t be further from the truth. We’re big fans

Julius Jenachowski: Net Neutrality will be "an ongoing issue for the F.C.C. and for Congress"

2013-05-19T09:30:00.000-04:00

Nicholas Thompson, interviewed Julius Jenachowski (pictured), former FCC chairman to The New Yorker, with a number of references to net neutrality: "But virtually every consumer has three alternative cable providers and two satellite providers. Many have access to a telephone provider like FiOS or A.T. & T. U-verse. It’s one of the reasons that we pushed so hard on net neutrality and keeping

NI Deployments [250]: TIM [Brazil] Uses Commprove to Control LTE Performance

2013-05-19T03:30:00.000-04:00

CommProve announced an ".. LTE network monitoring expansion contract in South America with TIM Brasil worth $1.2million .. TIM Brasil is deploying CommProve’s performance management platform, CommProve GSP, in its network. GSP captures statistical counters from across the monitored network and will then provide TIM with the aggregated information in a powerful data set for network management

TM Deployments [249]: Mobily [Saudi Arabia] Uses Ericsson SSR 8000

2013-05-18T09:30:00.000-04:00

According to Mobily annual report (here), in 2012 "Data traffic on wireless broadband network services grow from 163 to 750 terabyte per day". Probably in order to accommodate this demand to traffic, Mobily has upgraded its core wireless netwrok. Telecom Lead reports that "Mobily has selected Ericsson to provide Evolved Packet Core networks in the western region of the Kingdom. The Ericsson

AT&T 1-800 Maybe Based on Advertising Revenue Sharing

2013-05-18T03:30:00.000-04:00

Since February 2012, we have seen a number of statements from AT&T about 1-800 mobile data service: AT&T Considers "1-800" Model for Mobile Data ; AT&T CEO: 1-800 Data will "Catch Fire in the Next 12 Months" and AT&T Asks Subscribers about 1-800 Data Service). Whether the December survey showed support or not, Sue Marek reports to FierceWireless that "AT&T Chairman and CEO, Randall

U.S. Department of State RFI for DPI

2013-05-17T09:30:00.001-04:00

The U.S. Department of State (DoS) is in ".. search of potential sources for Deep Packet Capture and Inspection (DPCI). The scope of the envisioned Deep Packet Capture and Inspection (DPCI) solution is to provide the following high-level functionality: Capture 100 % of all network packets traversing the borders of the DoS’ Points of Presence (POPs). Perform rapid classification and analysis of

[ABI]: 10B Wireless Devices today, 30B in 2020

2013-05-17T03:30:00.000-04:00

7B people, 10B wireless devices, 30B in 2020. Not all cellular, but still plenty to manage and control. Peter Cooney, practice director, ABI Research recent research finds that "Internet of Everything (IoE) shows that there are more than 10 billion wirelessly connected devices in the market today; with over 30 billion devices expected by 2020". See "More Than 30 Billion Devices Will

Sandvine: UBB Reduces FileSharing Consumption

2013-05-16T09:30:00.000-04:00

Sandvine has just published its “Global Internet Phenomena Report 1H2013”. Dave Caputo, CEO, Sandvine said: "We predict from this data that 2013 will be the year long-form video will make its move onto mobile networks, The “home roaming” phenomenon, the concept of subscribers voluntarily offloading mobile traffic onto Wi-Fi networks, has continued. This combined with increased consumption of

CDN Deployments [248]: TeliaSonera Partners with EdgeCast

2013-05-16T03:30:00.000-04:00

EdgeCast Networks and TeliaSonera announced a ".. managed CDN agreement that will bring new site acceleration and CDN solutions to TeliaSonera’s customer base while expanding the reach and capacity of the EdgeCast network .. TeliaSonera will offer solutions to achieve great web performance and scalability for websites and applications to the Nordic enterprise market. For media and

[Infonetics]: SDM Market Looks for Strong Analytics; to Reach $1.8B by 2017;

2013-05-15T09:30:00.000-04:00

Shira Levine (pictured), directing analyst for service enablement and subscriber intelligence, Infonetics Research, updated its Subscriber Data Management Software and Services market size and forecast report concluding that "the global subscriber data management market, including software and services for mobile and fixed-line networks, grew 45% in 2012 to $792 million .. will reach $1.8B

Tekelec Enhances PCRF with VoLTE, Wi-Fi and more

2013-05-15T03:30:00.001-04:00

Tekelec launched a new version of its PCRF product. Among the new features: "Create and quickly introduce flexible offers using dynamic quotas .. Introduce and scale Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services .. Enhance support for Wi-Fi services .. Improve customer service with unprecedented analytics and Prioritize communications for first responders during emergencies". See "Tekelec Policy Server

Amdocs Announces Virtualized PCRF

2013-05-14T09:30:00.000-04:00

Amdocs announced the "industry's first complete, virtualized network control offering. The new virtualized deployment options for Amdocs' suite of network control products enable service providers to accelerate the introduction of new services while taking full advantage of standard off-the-shelf hardware to reduce costs. The virtualization solution will be supported on key Amdocs network

Ericsson, NSN and Huawei Form the OSS interoperability initiative

2013-05-14T03:30:00.001-04:00

A new partnership, OSSii – Operations Support Systems interoperability initiative, was "founded in May 2013 to promote OSS interoperability between different OSS vendor’s equipment. Operations Support Systems integrate to a variety of telecom network technologies from several equipment vendors as well as the telecom operator business systems, making the integration of OSS a complex and costly.

ESPN Prepares for 1-800 Mobile Data Service with US MNO

2013-05-13T09:30:00.000-04:00

I've already covered some use cases of "1-800" data services (Facebook, Wikipedia) - but this time it seems to be on a much larger scale, that might cause the FCC to look again at the Net Neutrality rules for wireless services. Phil Goldstein reports to FierceWireless (based on WSJ story) that "Sports media giant ESPN has talked with at least one large U.S. carrier about subsidizing

Survey: "mobile broadband quality is a key deciding factor in their choice of operator"

2013-05-13T03:30:00.000-04:00

A recent survey by Nokia Siemens Networks finds that the "The number of people likely to switch mobile operators is now 39% globally and has jumped by more than 20% in one year .. the study underscores the importance of both Internet quality, which has become a deciding factor in the choice of operators in mature markets, and voice quality, which is key in other markets". NSN surveys "8,700

BT Discusses Traffic

2013-05-12T09:30:00.000-04:00

Several slides from BT's earning call: