Operators are facing a dilemma – How to remain profitable while cost-effectively meeting rapidly escalating network capacity demands. Nearly 80 percent of user data that transmits an operator’s network is an encrypted video that only benefits OTTs. It is in each operator’s best interest to architect the network to off-load this traffic at the nearest…
We may not feel it yet, but something pretty significant just happened – and in a few years, we’ll be looking back at this moment as a paradigm shift for our industry. The xRAN Forum recently announced the availability of the xRAN Fronthaul Specification version 1.0, which defines open interfaces and simplifies interoperability between suppliers…but…
Nobody else provides a vEPC with the scalability and flexibility of Mavenir’s. Not even close. With 3G and 4G networks, the ability to scale up was an important capability for an EPC. But Mavenir recognizes that scaling a vEPC down to just 4 or 6 cores, along with a vBBU, opens the door to all…
We have taken it for granted. When we use our smartphone, it is just another icon on the screen but, believe it or not, SMS is more than 35 years old. It was first proposed for the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) in 1982, although its most popular time was the late 90s and…
One of the leading enterprise opportunities for MNOs lies in the communications and collaboration space. There are two distinct options to deliver those services: on-premises software or software as a service. These options provide a similar, if not identical, user experience but represent different deployment models and cost structures. UCC ON-PREMISES SOFTWARE UCC encompasses applications and solutions…
Back from MWC 2018, a huge week for Mavenir at the industry’s biggest event. The buzz was on Cloud RAN and Private/Enterprise LTE solutions as well as services like Mobile-Native Unified Communications. It was a busy whirlwind with a lot of momentum including major announcements of collaboration with industry leaders such as Cisco, BT, and ADVA….
Not so long ago (October 2017) Bloomberg reported how new start-up SMSChain would enable consumers to sell unused capacity from their SMS allowance to enterprises that wanted to use SMS as a communication channel: $75 each month for 500 messages per day (approx. 0.5c per message), according to SMSChain. On one hand, it makes sense: SMS can…
Operators are beginning to grasp the scale and potential of A2P (Application to Person) messaging revenues, and how advances in messaging technology will enable them to overcome the dominance of OTT messaging apps. Juniper research forecasts that A2P messaging revenues will hit $50B globally by 2022. With the right strategies in place, operators can dominate…
Mobile Network Operators (MNO) are under pressure on the consumer market, traditionally their largest, with flat growth, an intensive war on voice and data plans, and fierce competition from over-the-top (OTT) applications and services. The enterprise market offers a better growth outlook—15.2% CAGR[1] between 2016 and 2021 for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS)—with relative protection…
You know the saying, “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is”? Google, seizing the opportunity to capture B2C messaging revenue, is offering operators free RCS P2P (Person to Person) messaging. RCS stands for Rich Communication Services — a far richer messaging experience than SMS/MMS (more on this below). On the surface, it sounds…
