LTE subscribers will grow from 200M in 2013 to 1B in 2o18

Diameter Signaling market predicted to grow from $200M in 2013 to $1-2B

in 2o18

In 2014 Asia will be the largest market by revenue, overtaking North America, while Europe continues its slow climb

Diameter was designed as a protocol for point-to-point element connections

Volume of diameter signaling traffic being generated in LTE networks has exposed a

serious weakness

And of course no one was held responsible

Diameter signaling is dark and full of terrors. The Lord of Light must consume all standards engineers.

Oracle: Aicent, BICS, MetroPCS, Syniverse, Telefonica, Telenor, Telstra, TMO, Verizon Huawei: AVEA, China Mobile, Telefonica, Telenor Ericsson: Swisscom, Telstra F5: M1

“Policy and QoS are inherent to LTE, you can’t monetize premium services without them.”

Come-on, QoS over LTE is like a one legged man in an arse kicking contest, because its not

end-to-end its near useless.

BUT

Zero-rating of data for telcos’ / partners’ services (does it always need to be done at the network level?)

Enterprises run their business on Telcos’ networks.

QoS can have a role, but it needs an end-to-end solution and application level awareness.

Efficient network operations, but its getting wrapped

up in the NFV/SDN BS.

“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”