Author: Ron Westfall

Built in a PCIe Card Form Factor, the OCTEON Fusion vRAN Accelerator is Supported by Multiple RAN and Server Segment OEMs
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R. Weiss assess Marvell Technology’s position in the RAN marketplace and how its Marvell OCTEON Fusion vRAN Accelerator delivers high performance with broad flexibility to 5G mobile operators.
Cisco Achieved Milestones with Record Performance in Both the Full Year and Q4, Powered by Solid Customer Demand and Portfolio-Wide Innovation
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Daniel Newman examine Cisco’s Q4 and FY 2023 results and why delivering double-digit growth in revenue and EPS shows execution of its business model transformation and readiness to drive AI, cloud, and security innovation.
A Look into Recent vRAN Developments and How Key Players such as Marvell, Intel, Ericsson, Samsung, and Nokia Have Juiced vRAN Innovation
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd Weiss assess the major developments across vRAN technology including Intel’s vRAN Boost innovation, Samsung committing to vRAN Boost, Ericsson using Intel 18A, and Marvell/Nokia moves.
Velaspan Unveils New Managed Private Cellular Offering and Celona Alliance Aimed at Enterprise Use Cases Driven by Mobility, Coverage, and Reliability
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall examines why the Velaspan Celona alliance can accelerate enterprise adoption of MPC due to Velaspan’s managed services that streamline integration of private wireless technology within existing IT workflows.
We identify Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, and Telefonica are excelling in Fulfilling ESG Reporting Requirements and Advancing the 5G Sustainability Cause
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens explain why they believe that they find that Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, and Telefonica are excelling at advancing the global 5G sustainability cause.
Sustainability Takes Center Stage in Major CSP Decision Making Including Actively Managing ESG Matters and Broadening Cloud Adoption
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens examine why CSPs prioritizing responsible business practices that promote accountability, transparency, and ethics plus broader adoption of cloud and digital capabilities is key to sustainability success.
By Upholding ESG Reporting Requirements, CSPs Boost Their Sustainability Credentials as Shown by Vodafone’s Support of UN Sustainability Development Goals
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens examine why CSPs prioritizing responsible business practices that promote accountability, transparency, and ethics plus broader adoption of cloud and digital capabilities is key to sustainability success.
DISH Reunites with EchoStar to Boost Its Financial Strength and Portfolio Diversity plus Intensify its 5G Challenge to the Big 3 US Mobile Operators
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall assesses why the reunification of DISH and EchoStar provides the financial flexibility and portfolio resources key to meeting an expanding array of consumer, enterprise, and government connectivity and 5G demands.
A delve into the 5G ecosystem-wide top priority of sustainability and how the carriers are advancing sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals.
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens examine how the major 5G carriers are advancing their 5G sustainability and ESG goals with Vodafone, T-Mobile, Orange, and Telefonica shining.
New Oracle Offering Delivers the Sharp Price Differentiation and Capabilities Key To Changing the Cloud Services On-Premises Game
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall assesses why the latest Compute Cloud@Customer offering clearly bucks the trend of on-premises cloud offerings by delivering the same compute, storage, networking, APIs, control plane, and a growing list of services that are also available in OCI.
Oracle Is Disrupting the Public Cloud On-Premises Market With a True, Purpose-Built Extension of the Cloud to the Customer’s Premises
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens share their insights on the Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer launch, propelling OCI as a formidable contender in the distributed cloud domain, and mounting an enduring challenge to AWS, GCP, and Azure.
The impact of key CSP CapEx spending expectations in the U.S. plus China and Europe
The Futurum Group analysts Ron Westfall and Todd R. Weiss share a Communications Service Provider CapEx snapshot by looking at AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon CapEx trends for the rest of 2023 and implications for the 5G U.S. market as well as the CapEx trend for key CSPs in China and Europe.

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