India’s First Summit on SDN & NFVTechnology hosted by Konnect Worldwide

India has seen an upsurge of adaptability to mobile connections and data use like no other country in the world, with still a mammoth’s size of an opportunity awaiting the mobile and ICT industry to explore. After the successful rollout of 4G networks and quick adaptability in the Indian consumer space, the demand still remains unfulfilled as more than 1 billion subscribers and growing stay hungry for even faster and better connectivity. The need for smarter networks has thus gained importance where advanced data analytics can optimise resources to better meet the ever increasing demand. There will be a further improvement in the demand of data and inter-connectivity of devices through the incremental consumption of video content and as our devices get increasingly integrated through Internet of Things (IoT) deployments across platforms.

According to the latest industry reports 26 billion connected devices would be active on the networks by 2020 of which 15 billion will be mobiles and computers. Also, 63% of large enterprises in India plan to deploy SDN as part of their network architecture as soon as 2017. Moreover, the worldwide SDN market for the enterprise and cloud service provider segments will grow from $960 million in 2014 to over $8 billion by 2018, representing a robust CAGR of 89.4%.