The demand for controllers to help manage the growth of Diameter signaling continues to expand as traffic on next-gen networks, especially LTE networks, skyrockets. The Diameter signaling protocol enables AAA, policy control, and charging for mobile broadband and IMS.
One of the leading use cases for carrier network virtualization is the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) core. Service providers, particularly mobile operators planning for voice over LTE (VoLTE), are looking toward network functions virtualization (NFV) to scale services up and down quickly and to better align costs with network usage.
The demand for controllers to help manage the growth of Diameter signaling continues to expand as traffic on next-gen networks, especially LTE networks, skyrockets. The Diameter signaling protocol enables AAA, policy control, and charging for mobile broadband and IMS.
With LTE infrastructure upgrades in full swing, mobile network operators around the globe are getting ready to migrate their voice infrastructures away from circuit-switched networks to all-packet VoLTE GSMA standards with rich communications services such as presence and IM.
Market research firm Infonetics Research expects global femtocell revenue nearly to double this year while unit shipments grow at nearly 140% compared to 2011.
Revenue from mobile broadband cards (standard PC cards and embedded cards) grew 6% in 1Q10 over 4Q09 to $1.55 billion worldwide, according to Infonetics Research Report.
WiMAX equipment and device revenue saw a moderate decline worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, down 2% to $303 million, according to Infonetics Research report.
Chris Gilbert, CEO Ubiquisys, comments on femtocell market numbers from Infonetics Research, and how the advent of free femto offers will affect future forecasts.
April 23, 2010 - Market research firm Infonetics Research has released the first edition of its biannual 2010 FMC and Femtocell Equipment, Phones, and Subscribers report, which provides market size