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DPI Deployments [327]: SpeedConnect [US] Uses Sandvine's Virtual DPI



Sandvine announced that "SpeedConnect, a Michigan-based operator of fixed and mobile wireless Internet access services has purchased solutions from Sandvine’s Virtual Series .. SpeedConnect purchased multiple instances of Sandvine’s Policy Traffic Switch (PTS) Virtual Series, which will be used to manage traffic for an improved subscriber quality of experience"

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Sandvine: IBM is a 10% Reseller with an "active pipeline of opportunities"


Sandvine published its Q3 results (see "Sandvine Reports Q3 2014 Results" - here). Revenues were $27.9M, within the range estimated by the company at the beginning of Q4 (see "Sandvine Receives $5M Expansion Order (CALA)" - here).







During the earning call, Sandvine's CEO, Dave Caputo, explained that "When we provided our Q3 revenue estimate, we had explained that a couple of significant

Sandvine: 2 NA MSO Orders, $7M, 1 Competitor Displaced


Sandvine announced that it has "..received approximately $7 million in orders from two tier-1 cable operators in North America – one existing customer and one new customer, through a competitive displacement.

One of the orders, which was originally expected to close in Sandvine’s third quarter, relates to an operator who has been a Sandvine customer since 2007. The order represents an initial

Sandvine Enables CSPs to Interact Directly w/Subscribers; How does it Work?



Sandvine announced the "latest version of Sandvine OutReach, a subscriber communications and interaction product. Communications service providers (CSPs) have long sought ways to communicate directly with subscribers without negatively impacting their online experience. 

Sandvine OutReach provides operators with a powerful set of subscriber-friendly, device-agnostic tools to interact with

Sandvine Receives $5M Expansion Order (CALA)



After Allot's overwhelming $15M order (here) there were good and bad news from Sandvine.


The company announced that it "expects revenue for its third quarter to be between $27.5 and $28.0 million ... Our results this quarter highlight the challenges related to the timing of closing larger opportunities. There were a couple opportunities that we expected to close in the quarter that did not

PeerApp and Sandvine Demo NFV-based Content Caching (w/Sandvine Steering)


PeerApp announced it will "demonstrate the industry's first virtualized content caching solution in cooperation with intelligent broadband solutions provider Sandvine and Dell at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) .. PeerApp and Sandvine's solutions are already integrated at dozens of operators globally using traditional deployment models [see "Sandvine: 40 Joint Deployments with PeerApp, Mobixell

[TechNavio]: The DPI Market will Grow at 36% CAGR


A new report by TechNavio forecasts that ".. the Global DPI market will grow at a CAGR of 36.45 percent over the period 2013-2018 .. Although at present the EMEA region is a major contributor to the market, the APAC region is expected to emerge as a strong contributor to this market. ISPs and government organizations are the biggest adopters of DPI technology in the market .. with the increase

Sandvine to the FCC: Internet Fast Lanes are not Needed


Rick Wadsworth [pictured], Director Corporate Communications, Sandvine summarizes on the vendor's blog Sandvine's submission (here) to the FCC's latest Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Open Internet (See  "FCC: New Net Neutrality? Just be 'Commercially Reasonable'" - here and "People Care about Net Neutrality" - here).



"Sandvine has over 250 customers around the world. Despite the

Sandvine: $5M Orders from EMEA



Sandvine announced that it has ".. received more than $5 million of follow-on orders from two tier 1 service providers in its European Middle East and Africa sales region. Sandvine received the orders in its third quarter of 2014.The $5 million in expansion orders represents growth to the operators’ deployments of Traffic Management and Network Analytics.

One of the operators belongs to a

Sandvine's Q2 - Existing Customers Generated 90% of Revenues; $Bs in Sponsored Data


Some quotes from Sandvine's earning call for Q2 2014 (revenues of $29.7M - here):

Our 10% plus customers in the quarter contributed less than 30% of revenue, which is lower than any recent period
 
I am pretty pleased with our ability in Q2, to sell more to our existing customers. Generally, that ratio is .. 80% existing, 20% new. I'd say that number was closer to 90/10 in Q2, and without any

Success for Application-Based Service Plans in Zimbabwe


According to Dan Deeth, Sandvine, post to the vendor's blog, Econet Wireless' offering of WhatsApp and Facebook bundles [see "Econet Wireless [Zimbabwe] Uses Sandvine for Application-based Charging" - here] is "continuing to out-maneuver and out-innovate competitors. These unlimited bundles allow subscribers to purchase unlimited usage of their favorite service for a day, week, or monthly for a

TM Deployments [312]: Smart [Philippines] Uses Sandvine for Application-Aware Service Plans


Sandvine announced that "Smart Communications is using Sandvine’s Network Policy Control solutions to support PowerApp – the world’s first mobile Internet store – which allows users to purchase “bite-sized”, application-specific, mobile service plans to fit their particular preferences and needs. 

[see the plan's FAQ - here]

PowerApp, developed by Smart Communications’ technology partner,

[Sandvine] NA Cord-Cutters Stream 3 Hours of Video a Day


Sandvine's recent “Global Internet Phenomena Report 1H2014” (based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 250-plus communications service provider (CSP) customers spanning North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Caribbean and Latin America and Asia-Pacific) finds that:

Just over two years after its launch, Netflix has become the second largest driver of traffic on fixed access networks

Sandvine Adds Location-Aware Capacity Planning Tool


Sandvine announced the ".. launch of the Capacity Planning Dashboard. Included as part of Sandvine Network Analytics, the new Capacity Planning Dashboard provides Communications Service Providers (CSPs) with interactive and actionable insight into network resource performance trends on fixed, mobile and converged networks ..  The analysis allows operators to easily identify and manage congested

DPI Deployments [305]: Econet Wireless [Zimbabwe] Uses Sandvine for Application-based Charging


A recent Sandvine case study presents their deployment at Econet Wireless Zimbabwe - "Econet Wireless Zimbabwe is using Sandvine’s Usage Management product with plug-and-play capabilities that will enable them to roll out new revenue-generating services for their pre-paid and post-paid subscribers. 

Sandvine was selected based on our ability to fulfill the technical requirements of usage-based

[Infonetics]: "net neutrality is now less of an issue in the U.S" for the DPI Market


According to information released by Infonetics Research from its Service Provider Deep Packet Inspection Products report "Operator spending on deep packet inspection (DPI) solutions grew 23% to $728 million in 2013, and is forecast by Infonetics to top $2 billion in 2018 .. Sandvine leads 2013 DPI market share, buoyed by a surge of new customers and a number of follow-on orders; Allot, Cisco,

Sandvine Q1: $10M Revenues from Juniper; 78% Margin


Sandvine published its 2014 Q1 (Feb '14) results (here). Some highlights from the earning call and MD&A filing (here):

Revenues by reseller Juniper Networks were $10M, for a "significant customer in the North America region" announced in November 2012 (here)
 
Gross margin was high, at 78%, but the company does not expect to maintain this level and assume a 70% margin for the future 

"Very

[Update 71: Sandvine <-> RooX] PCRF - DPI Compatibility Matrix


Sandvine marketing informed me that they have completed an IOT with RooX' PCRF.

My DPI-PCRF matrix has been updated.


PeerApp, Limelight and Sandvine Show Policy-Managed Delivery of 4K Video over CDN and Operator Cache


PeerApp announced that it has "successfully demonstrated its implementation of the Content Service Extension (see "PeerApp, EdgeCast and Limelight Create Open Framework for Content Delivery" - here) architecture in cooperation with Sandvine and  Limelight Networks


The demonstration features managed delivery of 4K video content from Limelight’s global CDN footprint into the home, triggering

Sandvine CEO Bullish on IBM Relations; SDN and NFV will Take Time


Sandvine published its 2013 annual report. In the Letter to the Shareholder, Dave Caputo [pictured], Sandvine CEO, says: "In late 2012, we partnered with IBM [here and here] as a new reseller of our solutions; I am pleased that Sandvine’s products are now fully productized within the IBM partner ecosystem. This joint relationship is encouraging and we expect to announce further wins in 2014".