For the second straight year, AT&T, Hughes and Verizon, respectively, held down the top three spots on Vertical Systems Group’s Leaderboard. Following those three, in order were, CenturyLink, Windstream, Aryaka and Comcast. Those top-seven service providers each accounted for 2% or more of the installed and billable carrier managed SD-WAN customer sites across the U.S. at the end of last year.
Overall, billable U.S. installations of carrier managed SD-WAN service increased by 89% last year as organizations moved on from their early do-it-yourself (DIY) installs of SD-WAN. In particular, Vertical Systems Group said that large businesses and enterprises are relying more on service providers to configure and manage their SD-WAN deployments.
