[Survey]: Mobile SDN on the Fast Track - 50% to Implement in 2 Years

A new survey [130 completed responses received from mobile, converged and fixed operators] by Informa Telecoms & Media (sponsored by Juniper Networks)  finds that ".. momentum is building rapidly for mobile software-defined-network (SDN) technology among operators worldwide .. operators consider mobile SDN to be a critical technology for the future of networks: Ninety-three percent of operator respondents expect SDN to be implemented in mobile within five years, and half expect it to be implemented in the next one to two years.

The survey also found that LTE and LTE-Advanced deployments are expected to be the biggest drivers of mobile SDN adoption, and adoption is expected to be led by developed markets in North America (primarily the US) and Asia Pacific (South Korea and Japan). Sixty-five percent of the mobile operator respondents expect infrastructure vendors to have the greatest ability to influence take-up of mobile SDN".

See "Half of mobile operators globally expect mobile SDN implementation by 2015, and 93% expect it within five years" - here.