The following sections of this report explain why current vulnerabilities are so intractable, and the extent to which evolving applications of Big Data and analytics (BDA) will be able to help.

This paper explores the current capabilities of the 4G network infrastructure in the United States, looks at future developments, and explores the desirability of continuing to build telecommunication public policy on the proposition that there is a divide between the Internet haves and have-nots that needs to be bridged though governmental action....

This report will be useful to providers of infrastructure services, platforms, and equipment, which are interested in tracking how their customers use their infrastructure products. It will also be useful to software providers that are interested in tracking the evolution of software consumption models.

Although IoT is still coming into focus for many, it already connects more than nine billion devices worldwide; over the next five years, that number is expected to grow to between 20 billion and 50 billion devices. In 2025, IoT is expected to create between $4 trillion to $11 trillion in economic benefits globally. IoT is a logistical and economic...

This report examines some of the key changes to the assurance market, including: --The blending of test and operations environments --Analytics as a staple of service assurance solutions --Organization-wide access to customer and network intelligence --The recombination of user-plane and control-plane data for customer experience visibility -...

North Americas video market ended the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15) with an estimated 112.4 million subscribers; a decrease of 1.4 million subscribers when compared to the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14). More than half of those subscribers (54.0%) come from cable providers, while the other half come from IPTV (14.0%) and satellite (32.0%) providers.

North Americas primary line voice market ended third quarter of 2015 (3Q15) with an estimated 84.5 million access line and VoIP (Voice over IP) subscribers. VoIP services are generating the only growth, as providers continue to shift consumers away from access line services.

This report reveals the high level findings from Stratecast | Frost & Sullivans 2015 Big Data & Analytics Market Survey. It offers insight and encouragement to enterprises that have yet to embark on their BDA journey, and to the vendors of BDA solutions who continue to enhance their products and services in order to facilitate successful deploymen...

North America’s wireless market ended the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15) with an estimated 368.7 million subscribers, an increase of 14.6 million subscribers from 3Q2014, for a 4.1% Year-over-Year (YoY) increase. Revenue for the market increased by $2.5 billion YoY, to end the quarter with $66.0 billion.