My opening remarks at the LTEAsia Signalling Focus Day, held at the Marina Bay Sands Convention center on Tuesday 23rd September. Setting out the status of LTE and diameter signalling in Asia, and the opportunities and challenges facing in industry in

1. LTE subscribers will grow from 200M
in 2013 to 1B in 2o18
Diameter Signaling market predicted
to grow from $200M in 2013 to $1-2B
in 2o18
In 2014 Asia will be the largest market
by revenue, overtaking North America,
while Europe continues its slow climb

3. Diameter was designed as a protocol for point-to-
point element connections
Volume of diameter signaling traffic being
generated in LTE networks has exposed a
serious weakness
And of course no one was held responsible

4. Diameter signaling
is dark and full of
terrors.
The Lord of Light
must consume all
standards
engineers.

5. Oracle: Aicent, BICS, MetroPCS, Syniverse, Telefonica, Telenor,
Telstra, TMO, Verizon
Huawei: AVEA, China Mobile, Telefonica, Telenor
Ericsson: Swisscom, Telstra
F5: M1

7. “Policy and QoS are inherent to LTE, you can’t
monetize premium services without them.”
Come-on, QoS over LTE is like a one legged
man in an arse kicking contest, because its not
end-to-end its near useless.

8. BUT
Zero-rating of data for telcos’ / partners’ services
(does it always need to be done at the network level?)
Enterprises run their business on Telcos’ networks.
QoS can have a role, but it needs an end-to-end
solution and application level awareness.
Efficient network operations, but its getting wrapped
up in the NFV/SDN BS.

9. “Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”