Monday, February 3, 2014

AT&T Simplifies Shared Data Plans


AT&T, happy with the success of its shared data plans (see "AT&T: 13M Subscribers on Shared Data Plans; Demand for Bigger Buckets " - here) makes those plans easier, cheaper and smarter - as everybody uses smartphones now. Just count the number of devices (regardless of type) and get a monthly shared quota of 10GB and free calls and text.

"..these best-ever prices on AT&T’s best-in-class network are available beginning tomorrow to any AT&T customer, including small businesses with up to 10 lines, and customers of Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and other wireless carriers who switch to AT&T .. Current AT&T customers can save big with these new plans, too, when they choose a 10GB or larger bucket of data. For example, a family or small business with four smartphones could move to this new plan and save between $40 and $100 per month, depending on their current plan".

# of Smartphones
Monthly Service Cost
What You Get
2
$130
Family-Size 10GB of Data
+
Unlimited Talk & Text
3
$145
4
$160
5
$175
Need more than 5 lines?
Easy. It’s $15 more per line.


Previously, subscribers had to go through the following flow:

First, choose your monthly data amount.
Per Month
Mobile Share with Unlimited Talk & Text
1 GB
$40
+
$45
4 GB
$70
+
$40
6 GB
$90
+
$35
10 GB
$120
+
$30
15 GB
$160
+
$30
20 GB
$200
+
$30
Each Smartphone

Additional data: $15 per GB

Next, add more devices to your plan.
Basic and quick messaging phones
Laptops, LaptopConnect cards, and netbooks
Tablets and gaming devices
$30 each per month
$20 each per month
$10 each per month





See "AT&T Launches Best-Ever Prices for Families on its Best-in-Class Network" - here.

Sunday, February 2, 2014

[Infonetics]: Oracle, F5 and Huawei Lead the DSC Market (54% CAGR to 2018)


A new report by Diane Myers [pictured], principal analyst, Infonetics Research on the Diameter Signaling Controllers (DSC) market forecasts that the ".. global Diameter signaling controller revenue to grow at a 54% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2018 .. Expected strong growth in the Diameter signaling controller (DSC) market is attracting vendors from varying backgrounds, from telecom hardware and software vendors such as Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, and Oracle, to traditional signaling vendors (Ulticom), pure play vendors (Diametriq), IP experts (F5), and vendors in the policy and control space (Amdocs, Comptel, Openet)".  (see vendor list below and here)

See last year's report: "[Infonetics]: Diameter Router Market: +900% in 2012, +100% in 2013; Tekelec, F5 and Acme Lead" - here.


The Diameter signaling control market is still relatively new, but in 2013 it matured through the success of a broader range of vendors and strong growth worldwide, with revenue more than doubling over the previous year .. The vendor landscape continues to shift with acquisitions and new entrants. Oracle, via its acquisition of Tekelec and Acme Packet, is the Diameter signaling control market leader in 2013, followed very closely by F5 and Huawei

DSC vendor list:

Vendor
Product
Blog Post
Alcatel-Lucent
Alepo
X
Amdocs
X
Dialogic
X
Diametriq
X
DigitalRoute
X
Elitecore Technologies
Ericsson
F5
X
Jinny Software
X
Marben
X
Openet
X
Oracle
Acme Packet
Tekelec


X
X
Radware
X
Sonus [Performance Technologies]
X
Tango Telecom
Tieto
X
Ulticom
X

See "Exploding mobile device traffic, acquisitions heat up Diameter signaling controller market" - here.