Research Center

Networks and connectivity have been the bedrock of the modern internet era, and new network technologies such as 4G LTE will bring broadband access to people previously outside the reach of the internet—not just in developing regions such as central Africa and many parts of Asia, where the number of new users will exceed one billion, but also in rural areas of developed countries, where previously the delivery of fiber or even fast DSL wasn’t economically or technically feasible.... More Info

With each passing day, figuring out how to provision enough bandwidth for resource-intensive applications that connect to data centers and cloud computing becomes a more pressing, complex and costly question. The long-term solution lies in a more dynamic and programmable network infrastructure.... More Info

Times are tough just about everywhere. Infrastructure buildout is taking a back seat to just keeping the lights on in many communications service providers’ organizations.... More Info

Perhaps the two greatest challenges that today’s mobile network operators (MNOs) face are the drastic increase in over-the-top (OTT) service usage and the constant changes in subscribers’ behaviors. We also live in a hyperconnected world in which mobile applications and services are expected to be constantly available and perform seamlessly, making it critical for MNOs to optimize network resources and streamline the buildout of additional capacity.... More Info

According to the latest data from the GSMA, 206 commercial LTE networks in 79 countries have now been deployed. In December 2011 there were only 50.... More Info