Chris DePuy

Technology Analyst and co-founder of 650 Group

Satellites and Enterprise Focus at MWC23

At this year’s Mobile World Congress show, two major themes emerged as significant to us: satellites, Managed Service Providers and a pivot to Enterprise markets. First, Samsung, Qualcomm, and MediaTek introduced satellite phone capabilities, following last year’s announcements by Apple and Starlink/T-Mobile USA’s entry to the satellite markets. Yes, there… Read More »Satellites and Enterprise Focus at MWC23

Zscaler Expands Services With Plans to Acquire Canonic

Zscaler just beefed up its offering by announcing plans to acquire Canonic, a security company that enhances the acquirer’s CASB and SSPM offerings. With the Canonic offering, Zscaler will be able to address an emerging security threat that companies experience – third-party applications and browser extensions that connect to corporate… Read More »Zscaler Expands Services With Plans to Acquire Canonic

Huawei UBBF Conference Emphasizes F5.5G and 50G PON

We virtually attended several keynote presentations from the Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF) in Bangkok, Thailand.  This year, as has been the case for every year since the first one in 2014, Huawei is the most prominent vendor in attendance; others making presentations included government officials, leaders of standards bodies, and service… Read More »Huawei UBBF Conference Emphasizes F5.5G and 50G PON

5G Americas Conference Highlights on Open RAN, Enterprise Cellular and Telco Cloud

At the 5G Americas conference, attendees have an opportunity to meet with operators in the North and South American geographies, as well as standards, regulatory and vendor representatives. The four main topics we concentrated on from the conference were US FCC comments, Open RAN, Enterprise Cellular and Cloud. FCC. US… Read More »5G Americas Conference Highlights on Open RAN, Enterprise Cellular and Telco Cloud

2Q’22 Telecom Core Market and Long-Term Forecast Results

In 2Q22, revenues of the Telecom Core market were 3% greater than the year-ago quarter, according to our recently published report.  The market has been inconsistent in performance over the past four quarters, oscillating between Y/Y growth and Y/Y declines.   Our report also includes an updated long-term forecast.  We… Read More »2Q’22 Telecom Core Market and Long-Term Forecast Results

SpaceX and T-Mobile US Announce Roaming Partnership Setting Stage for 6G

T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert and SpaceX Founder Elon Musk shared the stage at SpaceX in Texas to announce plans for a 2023 beta service to allow T-Mobile customers to roam to Starlink satellite service using existing phones. Without saying it explicitly, it appears that SpaceX has a US-territory exclusive… Read More »SpaceX and T-Mobile US Announce Roaming Partnership Setting Stage for 6G

Deep Observability Market Forecast to Grow At Over a 60% CAGR and Exceed $2B by 2026; According to 650 group

Gigamon is the Market Leader in 1H’22 as Customers Look to Gain Valuable Insights From Their Networks Incline Village, Nev. –Aug. 1, 2022– An upcoming research report by 650 Group, a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center, and cloud markets, provides unique insight into the Deep Observability… Read More »Deep Observability Market Forecast to Grow At Over a 60% CAGR and Exceed $2B by 2026; According to 650 group

650 Group Launches Series of New Research Reports Focused on the Observability Market

Observability Market Expected to Nearly Double to $15B by 2026 Incline Village, Nevada – July 27, 2022 – An upcoming set of research reports by 650 Group, a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center, and cloud markets, provides unique insight into the Observability, Deep Observability, and Observability… Read More »650 Group Launches Series of New Research Reports Focused on the Observability Market

Wisper and Tarana Interview captures Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Industry Status

One of the more interesting markets we research is the Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) market.  On June 27, 2022, Wisper Internet CEO and Founder, Nathan Stooke, interviewed Tarana Wireless President, Dirk Gates.  We found the interview reveals some interesting trends underway in the Wireless ISP (WISP) market and the FWA… Read More »Wisper and Tarana Interview captures Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Industry Status