Research Center

It’s hard to avoid seeing animated superheroes these days – it seems as if every channel guide and movie theater is telling stories of a seemingly ordinary person with extraordinary abilities. Both the ordinary person and their extraordinary alter-ego exist within the same person, and usually, there is a struggle to maintain the balance.... More Info

As 2015 draws to a close, some corners of the communications market are getting less crowded as mergers and acquisitions see competitors become subsidiaries. It has been a big year for market consolidation.... More Info

Virtualized network functions are now seeing real deployments, delivering real services and thus graduating into the world of network operators’ mission critical systems. Experience is showing that – even for these initial use-cases – NFV must not only coexist with the current infrastructure, services and operational activity, but also collaborate with them in some ways, for the fulfillment and assurance of services.... More Info

The room is tight and dark. She has time to catch her breath and determine what to do - now that it has all fallen apart.... More Info

Introduction In 2014, I suggested that 2015 would be an inflection point due to the start of cloud based deployments and the start of serious 5G activity, which together had the potential to fundamentally change the telecom industry. So what really happened and what’s up for 2016?... More Info