RE: Doldrums18 Mar 2021 16:00
So just a quick round up on known events that we are waiting on.
UPF field trials in China with the 3 largest Telecom. Fully integrated within 5G ecosystem.
Trials and sales from South East Asian Telecom of their UPF software with ACEnic-100. Ethernity exceeded Tier one competitors in Lab trials.
Contracts with 3 Major Server manufacturers developing complete solutions for DU.
Ethernity with a partner (TietoEVRY or Fiberhome) delivering customised UPF to a Major Chinese Telecom for field trials. This product is aimed a Private networks which is likely to be the first UPF deployments with acceleration.
Sales from a Chinese OEM developing a solution using their SmartNIC and Ethernity code. This will be a huge router-on-FPGA opportunity.
Sales in 4G and 5G in India from the Indian OEM developing solutions using ACEnic-100 for the current ready Indian market and for export.
Direct sales through Techtronics, Integrators and OEMs producing multiple opportunities.
Wildcard something we don't know about yet. Ethernity has reported a substantial number of engagements. It is clear that when we talk Telecom Ethernity has the only mature test product with a rich data set. Certainly the only with on board router and the versatility to be delivered in the short term without an intelligence partner.
Engagements through partnership with massive industry players committed to OpenRAN. TietoEVRY and FiberHome have huge global presence. They will be targeting huge markets.
I have said many times that there will be many winners. However Ethernity need just one winner to get moving.
The Server DU deals will be huge, the UPF deals will be huge, the card sales through Integrators starting now will be huge. Ethernity are tiny, I hope that I don't have to spell it out further.