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Top News & Views All News & Views Sling TV Sputters in Q2 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/3/2018 Growth at the OTT TV service slows, but Dish shares surge as company loses fewer higher-margin satellite TV subs than expected. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Dish: We Can Meet Wireless Buildout Schedule By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/3/2018 Says it's 'on track' to complete the first phase of a 5G-capable network by March 2020. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice USA: 'Wait Till Next Year!' By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 8/3/2018 Fourth-biggest US MSO is laying the groundwork for a fresh wave of subscriber and revenue growth next year with FTTH buildout, uber set-top rollout, 1-Gig deployments and MVNO deal. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: macemoneta Yay! SPAM! Advertisement Apple's $1 Trillion Luxury Prison By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/3/2018 The iPhone maker has become the world's first public company with a $1 trillion valuation, but is it really justified? Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: bosco_pcs @james 1st, to get the preliminary out of the way. When I try to present an... WiCipedia: Jobs That Matter, Fembot Overlords & Tech Aids in Work-Life Balance By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 8/3/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Women need to hold more patents; summer camp opportunities for girls; Scandinavia nails work-life balance; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: KPN Taps Ericsson for 5G Test Drive By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/3/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Hyperoptic raises £250 million for fiber expansion; Arcep gets tough on 4G; new economics wonk at Ofcom; Amazon's little tax miracle. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Indian Optical Market Will Outpace China – Nokia By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 8/3/2018 Finnish equipment vendor says India's optical networking market is booming thanks to soaring usage of mobile broadband services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement CSPs See ROI From Virtualization Despite Continued Frustrations By Denise Culver, Online Research Director, 8/3/2018 More than 60% of communication service providers (CSPs) in this focus group are not sure how they will automate the orchestration of services that include both physical and virtual resources. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Technetix Taps Arris Vet for Americas Push By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/3/2018 Sandy Howe takes reins of America's division as company targets opportunities fueled by cable's migration to distributed access network architectures. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon's First 5G Mobile Device? It's a Snap! By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 8/2/2018 Verizon says Moto's 5G module will support its gigabit-speed mobile 5G, which is coming in 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: DanJones Qualcomm has confirmed that the Mod is using its X50 modem and mmWave RF mo... Cisco Takes Security Beyond the Enterprise Network With $2.35B Duo Buy By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2018 Cisco is looking to make it less scary for enterprises to live in the world of public clouds, BYO devices and end users who aren't employees. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nokia, Samsung Miss Out as Three UK Gives 5G Job to Huawei By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/2/2018 Three UK has picked Huawei over existing radio access network suppliers Nokia and Samsung to build its 5G network. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw I hardly think the CEO of 3UK needs free trips to China. He is probably on... Rudderless VEON Keeps Digital on Down-Low By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/2/2018 The emerging-markets operator is focusing on the humdrum business of connectivity and keeping quiet about some of its ill-fated 'digitalization' efforts. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw I think the problem here lies in the renaming from Vimpelcom to VEON. If they... Amazon Prime Video to Stream to Comcast's X1 Boxes By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2018 Deal expands on similar set-top integrations Comcast has implemented with Netflix and YouTube. Post a Comment \| Read (0) T-Mobile Promises 'A Lot of Firsts' for New OTT TV Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2018 But company remains vague on how it intends to change the pay-TV game almost eight months after acquiring Layer3 TV. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Evernote: The Cloud Gets You Closer to Customers By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2018 Moving to the cloud lets engineers get close to customer problems, rather than struggling with infrastructure, says Evernote Chief of Staff Ben McCormack. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Arris Financials Clipped by Component Shortages By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2018 Arris misses its Q2 numbers and cuts financial guidance for 2018 as a component crisis continues to put stress on its key CPE business. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Though the CPE results fell short of expectations in Q2, the fact that Arris... Eurobites: Altice Europe Pays the Price of Growth in Q2 By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/2/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Three makes progress in Q2; Brits love smartphones, but not for talking into; telcos and e-sports. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw It is always worth looking at share price plunges in context. Yes, Altice is... Mirantis & Fujitsu Building 4-Petaflop Supercomputer & Research Cloud in Japan By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2018 The research cloud will run OpenStack, an example of that software's future in specialized cloud settings, including high-performance computing, says Mirantis co-founder and CMO Boris Renski. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Spirent Making Big New Promises By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 8/2/2018 Veteran test and measurement firm seeks more strategic role in service assurance, 5G rollouts and cybersecurity. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Sling TV Sputters in Q2 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/3/2018 Growth at the OTT TV service slows, but Dish shares surge as company loses fewer higher-margin satellite TV subs than expected. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Dish: We Can Meet Wireless Buildout Schedule By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/3/2018 Says it's 'on track' to complete the first phase of a 5G-capable network by March 2020. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice USA: 'Wait Till Next Year!' By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 8/3/2018 Fourth-biggest US MSO is laying the groundwork for a fresh wave of subscriber and revenue growth next year with FTTH buildout, uber set-top rollout, 1-Gig deployments and MVNO deal. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: macemoneta Yay! SPAM! Apple's $1 Trillion Luxury Prison By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/3/2018 The iPhone maker has become the world's first public company with a $1 trillion valuation, but is it really justified? Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: bosco_pcs @james 1st, to get the preliminary out of the way. When I try to present an... WiCipedia: Jobs That Matter, Fembot Overlords & Tech Aids in Work-Life Balance By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 8/3/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Women need to hold more patents; summer camp opportunities for girls; Scandinavia nails work-life balance; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: KPN Taps Ericsson for 5G Test Drive By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/3/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Hyperoptic raises £250 million for fiber expansion; Arcep gets tough on 4G; new economics wonk at Ofcom; Amazon's little tax miracle. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Indian Optical Market Will Outpace China – Nokia By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 8/3/2018 Finnish equipment vendor says India's optical networking market is booming thanks to soaring usage of mobile broadband services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CSPs See ROI From Virtualization Despite Continued Frustrations By Denise Culver, Online Research Director, 8/3/2018 More than 60% of communication service providers (CSPs) in this focus group are not sure how they will automate the orchestration of services that include both physical and virtual resources. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Technetix Taps Arris Vet for Americas Push By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/3/2018 Sandy Howe takes reins of America's division as company targets opportunities fueled by cable's migration to distributed access network architectures. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon's First 5G Mobile Device? It's a Snap! By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 8/2/2018 Verizon says Moto's 5G module will support its gigabit-speed mobile 5G, which is coming in 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: DanJones Qualcomm has confirmed that the Mod is using its X50 modem and mmWave RF mo... Cisco Takes Security Beyond the Enterprise Network With $2.35B Duo Buy By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2018 Cisco is looking to make it less scary for enterprises to live in the world of public clouds, BYO devices and end users who aren't employees. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nokia, Samsung Miss Out as Three UK Gives 5G Job to Huawei By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/2/2018 Three UK has picked Huawei over existing radio access network suppliers Nokia and Samsung to build its 5G network. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw I hardly think the CEO of 3UK needs free trips to China. He is probably on... Rudderless VEON Keeps Digital on Down-Low By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/2/2018 The emerging-markets operator is focusing on the humdrum business of connectivity and keeping quiet about some of its ill-fated 'digitalization' efforts. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw I think the problem here lies in the renaming from Vimpelcom to VEON. If they... Amazon Prime Video to Stream to Comcast's X1 Boxes By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2018 Deal expands on similar set-top integrations Comcast has implemented with Netflix and YouTube. Post a Comment \| Read (0) T-Mobile Promises 'A Lot of Firsts' for New OTT TV Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2018 But company remains vague on how it intends to change the pay-TV game almost eight months after acquiring Layer3 TV. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Evernote: The Cloud Gets You Closer to Customers By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2018 Moving to the cloud lets engineers get close to customer problems, rather than struggling with infrastructure, says Evernote Chief of Staff Ben McCormack. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Arris Financials Clipped by Component Shortages By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2018 Arris misses its Q2 numbers and cuts financial guidance for 2018 as a component crisis continues to put stress on its key CPE business. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Though the CPE results fell short of expectations in Q2, the fact that Arris... Eurobites: Altice Europe Pays the Price of Growth in Q2 By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/2/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Three makes progress in Q2; Brits love smartphones, but not for talking into; telcos and e-sports. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw It is always worth looking at share price plunges in context. Yes, Altice is... Mirantis & Fujitsu Building 4-Petaflop Supercomputer & Research Cloud in Japan By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/2/2018 The research cloud will run OpenStack, an example of that software's future in specialized cloud settings, including high-performance computing, says Mirantis co-founder and CMO Boris Renski. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Spirent Making Big New Promises By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 8/2/2018 Veteran test and measurement firm seeks more strategic role in service assurance, 5G rollouts and cybersecurity. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Virtuapedia Indexes The Future of Virtualization Index project provides CSPs with a clear and concise set of benchmarks to measure their progress in the migration to virtualized networks using a series of surveys involving more than three dozen of the world's most important CSPs. 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But what if earnings stagnate or decline? 2) I'm not sure how the niceness (or not) of the CEO can significantly affect the value... tom50, 8/4/2018 2:49:06 AM Google Pushes Enterprise Strategy Beyond the Cloud Re: september calendar 2018 september 2018 Calendar september 2018 Calendar printable september Calendar 2018 printable september 2018 Calendar template september 2018 blank Calendar 2018 september Calendar calendar september... macemoneta, 8/3/2018 7:42:30 PM Altice USA: 'Wait Till Next Year!' Re: Re: Best site for Telecom and Wireless Jobs Yay! SPAM! sarcher60555, 8/3/2018 5:27:07 PM Nokia, Samsung Miss Out as Three UK Gives 5G Job to Huawei Re: Price wins everytime. that and free trips to Asia. andydyche, 8/3/2018 3:47:17 PM Verizon, Calix Roll Out Commercial NG-PON 2 Re: Tampa trial update? Hi Carol- great article. Now that we are 6+ months into it, have you heard any update on the tampa trial or any other NGPON2 trials underway? Thanks! 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Re: Qualcomm inside Qualcomm has confirmed that the Mod is using its X50 modem and mmWave RF modules. meghan.c, 8/2/2018 3:42:58 PM Ericsson vs. Nokia: Who's Ahead in 5G Right Now? Re: Re: Ericsson vs. Nokia: Who's Ahead in printable calendar 5G Right Now? But it would be a gross mistake to assume Ericsson is beating nokia Corp. James_B_Crawshaw, 8/2/2018 2:31:49 PM Rudderless VEON Keeps Digital on Down-Low Re: Strategic turn I think the problem here lies in the renaming from Vimpelcom to VEON. If they change the name to something like Eranu or perhaps Uvavu then I think the whole digital transformation thing could work out. https... DanJones, 8/2/2018 2:21:06 PM FCC Keys Procedures for 5G Spectrum Auction Re: Officially for 5G usage now https://www.lightreading.com/first-5g-specific-us-spectrum-auctions-coming-november/d/d-id/744609 Jeff Baumgartner, 8/2/2018 1:05:25 PM Arris Financials Clipped by Component Shortages Re: Could have been worse Though the CPE results fell short of expectations in Q2, the fact that Arris still hit the $1B mark was 'impressive' in its own right, Equity Research's George Notter said in a note issued this morning. He said It's impressive... Siennaothling, 8/2/2018 8:03:08 AM Getting Real About Mobile 5G Speeds Re: Edu This word of the Pythagorean is insidiously super to gaming of the super paganism of the freaking to conducts. Supreme act to in guest of cheap dissertation writing service with many recurred in examine of the students. James_B_Crawshaw, 8/2/2018 7:47:28 AM Eurobites: Altice Europe Pays the Price of Growth in Q2 Re: Altice It is always worth looking at share price plunges in context. Yes, Altice is down 10% today but it is up 120% since May when they delivered strong subscriber numbers and speculation mounted that the French regulator might... pedro6, 8/1/2018 8:44:01 PM T-Mobile: 5G Lets Us Take Broadband Across America Re: reply: 5G internet speed has taken across the broadband sped over the USA, and it is a really very advanced technique to use. It now gets with the LTE set of the smartphones, and 4G and 5G networks make it really very comfortable,... romaroma, 8/1/2018 1:22:09 PM Ericsson vs. Nokia: Who's Ahead in 5G Right Now? Re: Ericsson vs. Nokia: Who's Ahead in 5G Right Now? Huawei MKsaa007, 8/1/2018 12:42:01 PM Sprint's Massive MIMO 'Lynchpin' for 5G Re: Great I think it's worth more for them. DanJones, 8/1/2018 12:22:43 PM Nokia Reels In $3.5B 5G Deal With T-Mobile US Re: Re: Vendor-based financing helps send thousands of wireless licenses overseas. Ha! Verizon has a Swedish CEO and a Brit CFO! Sprint has a French CEO and an English CFO. iainmorris, 8/1/2018 9:30:55 AM Apple Stops Taking Businesses for Granted Re: Luxury goods Luxury goods business Apple has yet again shown that milking rich people and fanboys is a more lucrative strategy than selling affordable gadgets to the masses. James_B_Crawshaw, 8/1/2018 8:37:33 AM BT's Next CEO: Odds Lengthen on Garfield, Swantee New Favorite Re: Steven Elop If Verizon can hire an ex Ericsson guy how about an ex Nokia guy for BT. Telstra have finished with Steven Elop after 2 years. What could possibly go wrong? Time for a burning platform memo maybe ... UdyRegan, 8/1/2018 3:38:54 AM Huawei Wins World's First Tier IV-Ready Certification Re: hi And to think that just a few years ago, Huawei wasn't a known brand at all. It just goes to show how a little bit of innovation and hard work can go a long way. And apparently if you're Chinese, you can probably do everything... Michelle, 7/31/2018 11:55:33 PM Charter Still Content With No Content Re: Re: Smart Indeed. Sounds like they might choose to save up for the really good content in the future. More Message Boards		Security Now Researcher Finds Way to Bypass SOP Within Microsoft Edge Browser Larry Loeb, Author, 8/3/2018 For years, SOP has made sure that browsing stays safe by isolating different ... (1 Comment) Kaspersky: Spear-Phishing Attacks Target 400 Industrial Companies Jeffrey Burt, Editor & Journalist, 8/3/2018 The emails in the spear-phishing campaign, which has been going on for months, ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News Alaska Comm Satellite Doubles Rural Schools' Speed Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 8/3/2018 Using Eutelsat Americas satellite and its IP knowledge, the Anchorage-based ... 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See Details OSS/BSS Vendor Landscape: Industry Outlook & Company Analysis, 2018 July 2018 This report analyzes who does what in the OSS/BSS market, how big the market is, and how revenue is divided among the key vendors. Having profiled the largest vendors in last year's edition of this report, this edition profiles 31 smaller vendors that have come onto our radar in the last year. See Details Telecom Billing Vendors Gear Up for 5G & IoT July 2018 This report provides an overview of the issues telecom billing vendors and their CSP customers face and how they are facing them. It examines the structure of the billing vendor market and its participants. Finally, this report profiles seven significant vendors in the billing market. See Details All Heavy Reading Reports Prime Reading NFV Is Down but Not Out Iain Morris , News Editor , 5/22/2018 NFV has failed to live up to the original expectations five years after it was ... 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A CSP's digital transformation involves so much more than technology. Crucial – and often most challenging – is the cultural transformation that goes along with it. As Sigma's Chief Technology Officer, Catherine Michel has extensive experience with technology as she leads the company's entire product portfolio and strategy. But she's also no stranger to merging technology and culture, having taken a company — Tribold — from inception to acquisition (by Sigma in 2013), and she continues to advise service providers on how to drive their own transformations. This impressive female leader and vocal advocate for other women in the industry will join Women in Comms for a live radio show to discuss all things digital transformation, including the cultural transformation that goes along with it.

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