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By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 1/29/2015
Google may not be a mobile operator just yet but its wireless ambitions already extend to the as-yet-unwritten 5G standard.
By Iain Morris, News Editor, 1/28/2015
Ending speculation about the likelihood of a deal, CommScope has agreed to pay $3 billion for most of TE Connectivity's networks business with the aim of boosting its ...
By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 1/28/2015
Like many cable operators and satellite TV providers before it, AT&T U-verse has started applying the brakes to its growth pace because of concerns about low ...
By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/28/2015
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Apple revenues 20% up in Europe; Norwegian government cuts stake in Telenor; retailer goes OTT in France.
By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 1/28/2015
At a time when monthly cable bills have climbed well north of $100, Dish is ushering in a new era of cheaper, skinnier TV bundles.
By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, 1/28/2015
Eager to consummate its proposed purchase of DirecTV, AT&T is putting together big plans to transform itself into a leading TV Everywhere (TVE) player.
By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Gigabit Cities/IoT, 1/27/2015
Google's gigabit network division leader said today that it is primarily the readiness of cities' infrastructure and permitting processes that help them make the ...
By Jason Meyers, Senior Editor, Gigabit Cities/IoT, 1/27/2015
Google Fiber is expanding its city-by-city rollout of gigabit services this week, announcing plans to launch service in Atlanta, Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, N.C. ...
By Mari Silbey, Independent Technology Editor, 1/27/2015
Marking its fourth acquisition in the last year, Imagine Communications picked up RGB Networks Monday in a move that Imagine CTO Steve Reynolds said will help his ...
By Iain Morris, News Editor, 1/27/2015
US networks vendor CommScope is eyeing a $3 billion takeover of TE Connectivity's network equipment business, according to reports.
By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/27/2015
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Dutch regulator issues net neutrality fines; TE Connectivity close to sale of network gear unit; Bell Labs' HetNet boasts.
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 Elizabeth Miller Coyne , Editor , 1/28/2015
Connected cars used to be the end game, but now in the world of M2M, IoT and ...
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CES Preview: 5 TV and Tech Trends
Mari Silbey , Independent Technology Editor , 1/2/2015
CES is here, and so is our preview of some of the top TV and networking tech ...
10 SPIT Vendors to Watch in 2015
 Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-chief , 12/29/2014
Virtualization has sparked renewed interest in the OSS and BSS sectors -- here ...
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 Sarah Thomas , Editorial Operations Director , 7/23/2014
Light Reading's fourth annual salary survey of telecom professionals reveals that ...
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The Rise of Virtual CPE
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As NFV strategies evolve from tests and trials to production telco networks, expect to hear a lot about virtual CPE (customer premises equipment) rollouts during 2015.
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Optical Is Hot in 2015
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Optical comms technology underpins the whole communications sector and there are some really hot trends set for 2015.
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Policy Control in the Fast Lane
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What's making policy control strategic in 2015 and beyond? Amdocs talks with Heavy Reading's Graham Finnie about the key factors driving change in the data services landscape. Find out what his policy management research reveals about the road ahead for policy control – and sign up for
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Highlights From the 2020 Vision Executive Summit
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In December 2014, Light Reading brought together telecom executives in Reykjavik, Iceland to discuss their vision for high-capacity networks through the end of the decade. The intimate, interactive meeting was set against the backdrop of Iceland's spectacular natural beauty. As one of the event's founding sponsors, Cisco's Doug Webster shared his company's ...
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Huawei Pay-TV Partner Harmonic, Helping Carriers Accelerate 4K Video Deployment with Huawei
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At IBC, Peter Alexander, Senior Vice President & CMO at Harmonic, speaks about the growing interest in pay-TV service and its branching into multiple devices.
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Sony Marketing Director Olivier Bovis Discusses the Outlook for 4K and Cooperation With Huawei at IBC 2014
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At IBC, Olivier Bovis, Marketing Director of Sony, speaks about the coming of the 4K era.
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Huawei Pay-TV Partner Envivio, Helping Carriers Accelerate 4K Video Deployment
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At IBC, Olivier Bovis, Marketing Director of Sony, speaks about the coming of the 4K era.
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Pay-TV's Networked Future
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At IBC, Jeff Heynen, Principal Analyst at Infonetics, speaks about the future of the pay-TV industry and its transition.
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Jeff Heynen: Distributed Access Will Help MSOs Compete in the Future
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At IBC, Jeff Heynen, Principal Analyst at Infonetics, speaks about moving to distributed access and the future trend of cable business.
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Cisco Talks Transformation
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In December 2014, Steve Saunders sat down with Cisco VP of Products & Solutions Marketing Doug Webster at Light Reading's 2020 Vision executive summit in Reykjavik, Iceland. They spoke about Cisco's approach to network virtualization as well as how service providers can begin to monetize high-capacity networks through the end of the decade.
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Bob Wilson, Arsenal Legend: The Light Reading Interview
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Arsenal goalkeeping legend Bob Wilson was Light Reading's guest interviewee at the 2020 Vision Executive Summit in December. See what the former soccer star and sports broadcaster had to say when he took to the stage in Iceland.
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What MEF Third Network Initiative Means for SDN & NFV
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Vitesse Semiconductor CTO Martin Nuss discusses the importance of the MEF Third Network initiative and why it's good news for SDN/NFV industry initiatives.
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