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TIP OpenWiFi:  Will Open Source Wi-Fi Upset the Enterprise Wi-Fi industry?

The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) announced the launch of OpenWiFi Release 1.0, which is a community-developed project that encompasses Access Point hardware, an open-source AP operating system, and an SDK to build cloud-native Wi-Fi Controller software for Service Providers (SPs) and Enterprises.  TIP is also starting lab and field trials. … Read More »TIP OpenWiFi:  Will Open Source Wi-Fi Upset the Enterprise Wi-Fi industry?

650 Group Interview about 60 Ghz Wireless Market and a Follow-Up about Throughput and Range

Yesterday, analyst Chris DePuy joined Water Tower Research analyst John Roy in a discussion about the 60 GHz wireless market.  If you want to learn more about this emerging market, please listen in to this 30 minute interview about 60 GHz. During the interview, John asked Chris about how fast… Read More »650 Group Interview about 60 Ghz Wireless Market and a Follow-Up about Throughput and Range

Facebook – Robust Search and Social Revenue Growth Counter trend to  Overall Market

Facebook revenue grew robustly in 2Q20, and its CAPEX guidance remained consistent for 2020 compared to previous revisions in the last two quarterly results. Facebook’s results were counter trend to our expectations that many advertisers would pull back spending do to COVID-19 based on lack of supply (no need to… Read More »Facebook – Robust Search and Social Revenue Growth Counter trend to  Overall Market

WiFiNOW London conference themes were WiFi-6, 6 GHz and 802.11ah

Big themes at the show were WiFi-6, 6 GHz, and 802.11ah. We share some comments about the following organizations: WiFi Alliance, Commscope, Newracomm, Celeno, Cambium, Juniper Networks, On Semiconductor, Extreme Networks, Webb Search, Facebook, UK’s Ofcom, Huawei, and 650 Group. The WiFi Alliance and a handful of other speakers commented… Read More »WiFiNOW London conference themes were WiFi-6, 6 GHz and 802.11ah

$52B US Top 4 Cloud Market Grows 37% in 2Q18, Highlighted by 46% Y/Y Growth in DC Equipment CAPEX, According to Cloud Report Unveiled by 650 Group

— Cloud market revenue expected to exceed $700B in 2022 as 650 Group First To Provide Comprehensive Analysis of Cloud Infrastructure + Services PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif.  August 20, 2018 —  According to a newly released report issued by founding analysts of 650 Group, Cloud market revenue grew 36% Y/Y in… Read More »$52B US Top 4 Cloud Market Grows 37% in 2Q18, Highlighted by 46% Y/Y Growth in DC Equipment CAPEX, According to Cloud Report Unveiled by 650 Group

Mavenir Analyst Briefing – UCaaS, RCS Monetization, xRAN & 5G markets

Mavenir held a ‘virtual’ analyst meeting – essentially a webinar – that conveyed the company’s efforts on several new initiatives: (a) SMB UCaaS – small business unified communications, (b) Messaging as a Platform (MaaP), (c) Monetization of messaging, (d) Security Solutions (relating to toll fraud, for instance), and (d) xRAN/Open… Read More »Mavenir Analyst Briefing – UCaaS, RCS Monetization, xRAN & 5G markets

OCP Summit 2018 – Disaggregation Theme Dominates

The OCP Summit 2018 hit record attendance and we can can summarize the theme as that of continued disaggregation of network/server functions.  Examples of demonstrations, presentations and proposals associated with disaggregation are as follows: Flash/SSD.  Project Denali was presented by Microsoft.  The idea is it separates SSD controller functions from… Read More »OCP Summit 2018 – Disaggregation Theme Dominates