[GSMA] Top Global MNOs - Q1, 2013

GSMA Intelligence published its latest ‘Scoreboard’ operator ranking.

"China Mobile remained the world’s largest mobile operator based on connections and annual mobile revenue – strengthening its lead over second-placed Vodafone - while domestic rivals China Unicom and China Telecom both increased their ranking score from a year ago. China Unicom climbed two places to #5, surpassing Verizon Wireless (#6) and VimpelCom Group (#7), while China Telecom also increased two places to #11, jumping ahead of Deutsche Telekom (#12) and MTN Group (#13)".

See "The top 20 global mobile operator groups by connections and revenue, Q1 2013" - here.

How much Shaw Communications Spent on DPI?

Procera Networks filled its 2012 annual report to the SEC (here).

According to the report, "For the year ended December 31, 2012, revenues from one customer, Shaw Communications, Inc., represented 16% of net revenues, with no other single customer accounting for more than 10% of net revenues. For the year ended December 31, 2011, revenues from two customers, Shaw Communications, Inc. and Jet Infosystems, represented 27% and 12% of net revenues, respectively, with no other single customer accounting for more than 10% of net revenues. For the year ended December 31, 2010, revenue from one customer, Cox Communications, Inc., represented 11% of net revenues, with no other single customer accounting for more than 10% of net revenues".

This translates into $21.5M revenues from Shaw in two years. At the end of 2012, Shaw had 1.9M Internet subscribers.

Jet Infosystem ($5.3M) seems to be related to the Vimpelcom deployment (see "Vimpelcom [Russia] Deployed Procera to Manage P2P Traffic" - here)

VimpelCom - Free Access to Wikipedia

Here is another use for Procera's DPI equipment at VimpelCom (here), which could (or should) be using the recently announced Content Intelligence solution (here) for deeper DPI on HTTP (here).

The group and the Wikimedia Foundation announced a "partnership to deliver free Wikipedia access to VimpelCom customers. Through Wikipedia Zero, VimpelCom’s mobile customers will have free access to the mobile version of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, along with a light-weight, text-only fast version of the site. Locally-relevant articles in local language versions of Wikipedia will be available along with the English version ..Wikipedia Zero will be rolled out in VimpelCom operations across the globe starting this year, with focus on emerging markets in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa".

VimpelCom uses Procera's DPI equipment (here).

Mikhail Gerchuk (pictired), VimpelCom’s Group Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer, said: "The world’s sixth largest telecommunications company and fifth largest website globally are coming together to offer our customers a better mobile experience and greater access to free knowledge, particularly in emerging markets. This is a win-win partnership that helps us to promote the mobile internet to our customers while contributing to Wikipedia’s mission to bring free access to the entire world's knowledge”.

See "VimpelCom partners with Wikimedia Foundation to offer free mobile Wikipedia access through Wikipedia Zero" - here.

Optimization Deployments [196]: Vimpelcom [Laos] Saves International Bandwidth with DiViNetworks

DiViNetworks announced that "Vimpelcom Lao, a major 3G and 4G mobile operator and Internet service provider and member of the VimpleCom group, expands its international IP capacity using the DiViCloud virtual network .. Vimpelcom Lao receives physical capacity from LANIC and True IP providers. The virtual capacity added by DiViCloud is delivered from the points-of-presence (PoPs) in Hong Kong. The virtual capacity is added on top of the web caching mechanism employed already by Vimpelcom Lao".

At the end of Q2, 2012 Vimpelcom Laos had 378,000 subscribers (30% decrease compared to Q2, 2011).

See "Vimpelcom Lao selects DiViNetworks for International Capacity" -here.

DPI Deployments [195]: Mapping of Russian ISPs

A story by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan (both pictured) to Wired covers, among other things, DPI deployments by the leading Russian ISPs:

“We got our first client in 2004, it was Transtelecom. But it was its security department, so DPI was intended for its internal network,” said Roman Ferster, CEO of RGRCom company, the main distributor of Allot DPI technologies in Russia .. They helped install Allot devices in the Tatarstan region, in the Far East, in VimpelCom’s ISP network in Moscow, in the Ural regional operator’s network, and so on .. Ferster’s company also offers Russia technology that can solve the technical problem of blocking a single video clip instead of YouTube as a whole".

".. DPI did not really arrive in Russia until the end of the 2000s, and now many of the biggest DPI technology vendors have a presence in Russia: Canada’s Sandvine, Israel’s Allot, America’s Cisco and Procera, and China’s Huawei".

"By the summer of 2012, all three national mobile operators in Russia already had DPI at their disposal: Procera was installed in VimpelCom [here], while Huawei’s DPI solutions are in use in Megafon [here], and MTS bought CISCO DPI technology".

"The ISPs turned out to be more hesitant in adopting DPI technologies. All the engineers we have interviewed, who deal with DPI in Russia, told us that most ISPs do not understand why they need to install this technology"

See "The Kremlin’s New Internet Surveillance Plan Goes Live Today" - here.

DPI Deployments [176]: Vimpelcom [Russia] Deployed Procera to Manage P2P Traffic

   

While this is a 2011 project, one can still appropriate the willingness of the customer to be quoted by name after implementing a bandwidth management solution, used to "optimize" P2P file sharing traffic.

Procera Networks announced that VimpelCom "..  has deployed Procera’s PacketLogic platforms in nearly 43 cities throughout Russia. Last year, VimpelCom purchased Procera’s Intelligent Policy Enforcement (IPE) solutions to provide network visibility, analytics, optimization and bandwidth management. Most of the corresponding revenue was recognized by Procera last year"

Vimpelcom - Russia

"..[Vimpelcom] implemented a number of Procera’s IPE platforms and PacketLogic Intelligence Center (PIC) solutions including several PL10000 series platforms, PL 8000s, and PICs plus bypass switches for additional network resilience and availability".

"VimpelCom, in conjunction with technology system integrator Jet Infosystems, performed operational and laboratory testing using Procera’s PacketLogic Intelligence Center (PIC) solutions to gain “live” traffic analytics for their extensive network, and found that over 50% of broadband resources were being consumed by peer-to-peer file sharing. The two companies used the results of this research to design a solution that specifically meets VimpelCom’s unique requirements".

   

Related posts - "VimpelCom [Russia] Deployed Symantec's Web Filtering" - here and "Vimpelcom [Russia] Selected Vantrix for Video Services" - here. 

See "Procera Announces the Network-wide Deployment of PacketLogicTM Intelligent Policy Enforcement Solutions by VimpelCom in Russia and CIS Countries" - here.

VAS/Security Deployments [135]: VimpelCom [Russia] Deployed Symantec's Web Filtering

 
VimpelCom and Symantec Corporation recently announced ".. the offering of new Child Safety service, an integrated network-based online security service, which combines internet filtering, internet surfing reports, and network-use time control .. this service is already available via VimpelCom’s network in Russia under the Beeline brand (total of 4.6M broadband subscribers, see chart below)".

Vimplecom, Russia  - Q4, 2011

".. The Child Safety service blocks the malicious and inappropriate online content from the users that are configured to not receive such content. This service enables parents to define and execute policy-based controls for children of various age groups, such as under 7, 7-12 and over 13 years of age. The solution also automatically categorizes new frequently visited web sites and adds those to the existing category database. Access to search engines and encyclopedias can be left open to all age groups, however, search results can be filtered-out for restricted and inappropriate content"
   

"The solution uses a website categorization database, provided by RuleSpace (since October 2010 a subsidiary of Symantec), a recognized global leader in parental control services; URL filtering, safe search, context advertising, and content audit" 

   

See "Symantec and VimpelCom Enable Safe Access to the Internet for Children" - here.

Optimization Deployments (58): Vimpelcom [Russia] Selected Vantrix for Video Services

     

Vantrix announced that "VimpelCom (NASDAQ: VIP), Russia’s leading telecom group which provides voice and data services through a wide range of wireless, fixed and broadband technologies, has selected Vantrix Multi-screen Video (see video below) solution for a nationwide deployment of its new Mobile TV and Video on Demand (VOD) services on their Beeline network".

See "Vimpelcom selects Vantrix for mobile and web video" - here.

Vimpelcom operates in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam and Cambodia (and was recently combined with Wind Telecom - here) and has 92M mobile subscribers (September 30, 2010) operators.

Victor Markelov (picture), Products Director at Vimpelcom, said: “Vantrix’s solution features the unique Dynamic Bit Rate Adaptation, which allows real time adaptation to network conditions and guarantees the best user experience of video services. Quality of experience is a crucial element of our service offering"