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Report: EPC Market Rebounds in Q2![]() Service providers are ramping up their virtualization efforts in preparation for 5G deployments, which helped spur an upward quarter-over-quarter tick for the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) market. According to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group , the EPC market rebounded nearly 30% from the first quarter of this year to the second quarter. Overall, the EPC market was flat year-over-year in the second quarter of this year, in contrast to the drop in the first quarter of 2017. "The upward rebound for the EPC market in 2Q17 was significant as service providers embrace the advantages of virtualization that has been promoted by the industry," said Dave Bolan, senior analyst at Dell’Oro Group, in a prepared statement. "Virtual EPC (vEPC) is the beginning of a replacement cycle for Evolved Packet Core as the industry begins the migration to 5G. We forecast positive year-over-year growth going forward."
In the report, Dell’Oro Group said more service providers were upgrading their networks to LTE Advanced Pro, Gigabit LTE and LTE Internet of Things. With the upgraded networks paired with vEPC, service providers can provide network slicing and lower latency that can lead to new revenue-producing services related to 5G. Virtualization gives carriers the ability to cost-effectively reconfigure their networks as well as add new services at a faster rate by using software. Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO), Ericsson AB (Nasdaq: ERIC), Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. , Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and ZTE Corp. (Shenzhen: 000063; Hong Kong: 0763) -- the top five vendors, in alphabetical order -- benefited from the upturn in the EPC market in Q2 by accounting for nearly 90% of the market. — Mike Robuck, Editor, Telco Transformation |
![]() The winners from the holiday edition of Telco Transformation's caption contest are announced.
It's the final cartoon caption contest of the year for Telco Transformation.
Comcast and AT&T are among the first companies to pass out bonuses to employees after tax reform legislation passes.
Disney is upping its streaming video game with its deal with 21st Century Fox.
CenturyLink's survey also asked IT professionals about SD-WAN, Ethernet and MPLS.
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Orange has been one of the leading proponents of SDN and NFV. In this Telco Transformation radio show, Orange's John Isch provides some perspective on his company's NFV/SDN journey.
![]() Huawei Network Transformation Seminar The adoption of virtualization technology and cloud architectures by telecom network operators is now well underway but there is still a long way to go before the transition to an era of Network Functions Cloudification (NFC) is complete. |
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