The demand for wireless solutions continues to grow, creating new and exciting opportunities for competitive vendors operating in this space. The increased use of routers to support wireless backhaul is a key driver for growth in the service provider edge router market.
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release, a recent Dell’ (
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wireless backhaul and the rapid growth of Internet traffic.
"Routers are the best technology for aggregating, transporting, and parsing large volumes of traffic, and we expect network operators to increasingly upgrade backhaul networks with routers to support super-fast mobile services based on LTE (
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hot market for mobile backhaul over the past 18 months, but we expect the trend to expand globally over the next five years.”
Wireless backhaul, or the transportation of mobile traffic to switching centers from cell sites, was a key focus within this Dell’Oro Group report. This latest report is a complete overview of the routers industry, focusing on service provider and enterprise router markets to gather historical and future time period data.
The firm also offers an in-depth report in its Mobile Backhaul 5-Year Forecast Report, providing complete coverage of technologies such as optical transport, microwave transmission, and routers and switches.
Growing demand throughout the world for faster Internet and wireless connectivity has created a need for solutions to address network congestion. InterDigital (
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announced a strategic collaboration with Ittiam Systems Private Limited. This partnership has resulted in the creation of a new system designed to extend Wi-Fi technology into TV White Space (TVWS) as well as other under-utilized frequency bands.
For companies expanding on their wireless backhaul efforts, much activity has been in the news as of late. TMC (
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reported last week that Vitroconnect, an FTTx service provider located in Germany, plans to leverage the Tellalbs 7100 Optical Transport System to build its network backbone. With the growing demand for high-bandwidth services in Germany and mounting pressure on current networks, this news couldn’t have come at a better time.
Susan J. Campbell is a contributing editor for TMCnet and has also written for eastbiz.com. To read more of Susan’s articles, please visit her columnist page.Edited by
Stefanie Mosca
