IDC: Worldwide Ethernet Switch and Router markets decline in Q1

The Worldwide Ethernet switch market recorded $6.16 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20), a decrease of 8.9% year over year, according to a new report from IDC, while the worldwide total enterprise and service provider (SP) router market revenues fell 16.4% year over year in 1Q20 to $2.99 billion. "Weakness in the Ethernet switch and routing markets at the end of 2019 continued into the first quarter of 2020, which was exacerbated...

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Dell’Oro: Data Center Switch market dropped 9% in Q1

The worldwide Data Center Switch market recorded its first decline in nine years, dropping 9 percent year-over-year in the first quarter, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. 1Q 2020 revenue level was also the lowest in three years. The softness was broad-based across all major branded vendors, except Juniper Networks and white box vendors. Revenue from white box vendors was propelled mainly by strong demand from Google and Amazon. “The...

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CoreSite completes SV8 data center campus in Santa Clara, CA

CoreSite Realty completed construction on the final phase of its new ground-up data center development on its Santa Clara campus in California. SV8 is part of CoreSite’s Santa Clara and broader Silicon Valley connected campus. It is a 162,000 square foot, 18 megawatt capacity, purpose-built, ground-up development. Phase 3 is comprised of 54,000 square feet and six megawatts of now available capacity. The Company previously leased and placed into...

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Dell’Oro: Mobile Core Network market grew 10% in Q1

The Mobile Core Network market grew 10 percent year-over-year to nearly $8 Billion for the trailing four quarters ending in 1Q20, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. Growth is expected to accelerate over the next four quarters due to 5G Core deployments. “There are other factors influencing the uptake. The COVID-19 pandemic is now seen mostly as a positive for the wireless infrastructure sector with more demand for voice and data. Plus...

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Dell’Oro: SD-WAN Market decelerated in Q1

The worldwide SD-WAN market continued to expand in the first quarter of 2020, but the 24 percent year over year growth rate was well below the 64 percent annual growth for 2019, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. The top five vendors, Cisco, VMware, Silver Peak, Versa, and Fortinet saw their combined revenue share climb above 60 percent in 1Q 2020. “Demand for SD-WAN held up well in the first quarter, but supply chain disruptions induced...

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Rakuten Mobile employs Sprirent for 4G/5G testing

Rakuten Mobile is working with Sprirent Communications in support of the operator’s current LTE services, planned 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) and Standalone (SA) rollout in Japan. Specifically, Rakuten Mobile required testing capabilities to assure the performance of new services and selected Spirent Landslide for core network testing. With LTE services now live and deployment of its 5G NSA network planned for later in the year, Spirent will work with...

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Mavenir signs OpenRAN distribution partners

Mavenir signed two distribution partners for delivering OpenRAN solutions: General Datatech (GDT), a leading global provider of enterprise networking infrastructure and data center solutions Goodman Networks, a leader in unique offerings of Field Services, Supply Chain, Distribution, Integration Services, and network services Mavenir has been a pioneer of OpenRAN, including founding member of OpenRAN Policy Coalition and elected board member,...

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Huawei launches advertising campaign in UK

Huawei launched a major advertising campaign in the UK to respond to the rising calls by British politicians to ban it from a meaningful role in the nation's 5G and gigabit fiber projects. Huawei Vice President Victor Zhang said: “Huawei grew up in the UK.  We’ve been here for 20 years and were integral in building the 3G and 4G networks we all use every day. Today’s letter underlines Huawei’s ongoing commitment to improving connectivity for...

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AT&T rolls with Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

AT&T confirmed that Dynamic Spectrum Sharing is now live in portions of its network. AT&T, which was among the first to present and champion DSS, said the technology will now play an essential role in widespread 5G adoptio...

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