Canadian network equipment vendor Vecima celebrated its long-awaited breakout year for the 12 months ended June 2021 – evidence of the widespread migration to distributed access architecture (DAA) happening at tier 1, 2 and 3 operators the world over. Even after revenues soared 31% to a record high of $124.2 million, Vecima believes this performance is just the tip of the iceberg, as it projects an “extraordinary growth trajectory” ahead for DAA. It comes only two years after Vecima complained to Faultline that the DAA market wasn’t growing nearly as fast as expected, bemoaning the complexities of multi-vendor environments inherent in DAA for stalling uptake. A year later, in mid-2020, Vecima acquired Nokia’s Gainspeed technology portfolio – and everything changed…