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By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 8/25/2015
Verizon's choice of Mesosphere's Datacenter Operating System to automate its data center is another clear example of a major telecom operator adopting technology that ...
By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/25/2015
International carrier BICS says it's in discussions with operators in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America about its just-launched VoLTE roaming service ...
By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 8/25/2015
With a dropped call ratio of 12% (according to a recent survey by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)), India would appear to have one of the ...
By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 8/24/2015
The recent extreme dips and yaws of stock markets around the world could put a damper on plans by some tech startups to potentially go public.
By Sarah Thomas, Editorial Operations Director, 8/24/2015
In-flight WiFi provider Gogo has received FAA approval to launch its "2Ku next-generation satellite connectivity service" that it says will provide 20 times more ...
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By Dan O'Shea, Managing Editor, 8/24/2015
CEOs make too much money... is an eternal complaint, regardless of what industry, market, company, country or time period that statement might bring to mind. So, it ...
By Simon Stanley, 8/24/2015
Third-generation optical modules and semiconductor components supporting 28Gbit/s interfaces have made 100G more attractive than 10G or 40G and open the door to 400G ...
By Derek Kerton, Managing Partner, Kerton Group, 8/24/2015
You could hardly be blamed for seeing telecom network operators as dinosaurs. Historically, they avoided innovation as costly and risky. They moved slowly -- so ...
By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 8/24/2015
The media consolidation wave is now washing over the dynamic ad insertion (DAI) market.
By Elizabeth Miller Coyne, Editor, 8/24/2015
"Funny beats furious anytime" are words that Annie Turner, senior director of content for the TM Forum, lives by.
By Robert Clark, 8/24/2015
Australia's NBN Co will now need to find as much as A$26.5 billion (US$19.2 billion) from the private sector to complete the contentious rollout of its national ...
By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 8/24/2015
Mirantis has secured its reputation as the leading developer of commercial OpenStack software for communications service providers and large enterprises with its ...
By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/24/2015
Also in today's regional roundup: BT wins more sports rights; Tele2 unveils new boss; GSMA appoints Bouverot successor; Vodafone Ireland ups data-center investments.
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The New IP
AT&T's Virtual Reality
Elizabeth Miller Coyne, Editor, 8/24/2015
The New IP radio show on Tues., Aug. 25, at 2:00 p.m. EDT, features Josh Goodell, ...
Huawei Opens Back Door Into US
Steve Saunders, CEO and founder, Light Reading, 8/21/2015
Against the odds, Huawei is growing its telecoms networking equipment business in ...
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Vendors Find Strongest IoT Growth with Vertical Focus
Vol. 11, No. 3, August 2015
This report examines the vertical markets for IoT, analyzing how vendors are defining the market and how they expect verticals to shape up for IoT. Additionally, it examines the strongest drivers in the market, as well as the greatest challenges the market faces. The report includes a comparative analysis of IoT solutions available and details trends that are likely to occur in the industry over the next 18-24 months.
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Colocation Looks Enticing to Enterprises Weary of IT Woes
Vol. 15, No. 7, August 2015
This report examines the market for colocation centers, analyzing their attributes, the impact of virtualization on colocation, strongest drivers in the market and challenges the industry faces. It also includes a comparative breakdown of colocation centers. Finally, it examines the geographic landscape of the market and details trends that are likely to occur in the industry over the next 18-24 months.
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From 25/100G to 400G: A Competitive Analysis of Optical Modules & Components
Vol. 13, No. 6, August 2015
This report details 25/100G technologies and their application to 25G, 40G, 100G and 400G ports. The report evaluates and analyzes the products and strategies of 48 leading vendors in this rapidly growing market, covering more than 400 different products.
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Vendor CEO Comp: Cashing In, Cashing Out
, 8/24/2015
2014 was a lucrative year for the top dogs at telecom vendors, who were paid big ...
Cable Execs Are Minting Money
, 8/18/2015
Cable operators and media companies paid their executives well in 2014, up to ...
Because They're Worth It?
, 7/29/2015
The chief executive of Sprint received more in total compensation last year than ...
An Intimate View: Standards vs. Open Source
Carol Wilson , Editor-at-large , 7/20/2015
Heather Kirksey knows both well, as a key player in developing the TR-69 standard ...
Faster-Than-Light Reading
Silence Like Diamonds – Finale: When in Rome
John Barnes , Author , 8/25/2015
Yip and Marcus find out who kidnapped them -- and why.
Dell Unveils Its Datacenter Scalable Solutions
Monday, August 24, 2015
Mirantis Lands $100M Funding Round
Monday, August 24, 2015
Enablence Gets New Funding, Adds Board Member
Friday, August 21, 2015
Rogers/Shaw Unlock Shomi for All Canadians
Friday, August 21, 2015
VeEX Pumps Up Its TX-Series Test Sets
Friday, August 21, 2015
Adtran Brings Open APIs to Access World
Friday, August 21, 2015
BT Deploys Cloudera Big Data Hub
Friday, August 21, 2015
Verizon Taps Mesosphere for Data Center OS
Friday, August 21, 2015
HP Reports Fiscal Q3
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Kudelski Improves H1 2015 Results
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Metaswitch Unveils Calico 1.0
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Kahuna Banks $45M
Thursday, August 20, 2015
DLNA Unveils 3.0 Certification Program
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
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From The Founder
Against the odds, Huawei is growing its telecoms networking equipment business in the US -- that should be ringing some alarm bells for domestic vendors.
BETWEEN THE CEOs - Executive Interviews
Equinix CTO Ihab Tarazi talks to Light Reading founder and CEO Steve Saunders about data center, cloud and the impact of virtualization in the coming years.
They say there's no such thing as a stupid question, but I probably sail pretty close to the wind in some of my interviews for LR. But then that's one of the things I ...
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CLOUD / MANAGED SERVICES: Prepping Ethernet for the Cloud
Moderator: Ray LeMaistre Panelists: Jeremy Bye, Leonard Sheahan
September 15, 2015
Use Case Prioritization of 5G
September 22, 2015
Media Begins With “Me”
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Telecom Innovators Video Showcase
Infoblox on DNS Threat Index

8|19|15   |   04:39   |   (0) comments


Dillip Pillaipakam from Infoblox talks to Steve Saunders about his company's core network services.
Between the CEOs
CEO Chat With Ihab Tarazi, Equinix

8|14|15   |   20:18   |   (1) comment


Equinix CTO Ihab Tarazi talks to Light Reading founder and CEO Steve Saunders about the dramatic changes in the data center, cloud and interconnect markets and discusses the impact of SDN and NFV in the coming years.
Telecom Innovators Video Showcase
The Netformx Ecosystem

8|14|15   |   09:39   |   (1) comment


Ittai Bareket, CEO of Netformx, talks with Steve Saunders about the Netformx Ecosystem, which employs cutting-edge prescriptive analytics to help solution providers maximize profits.
Telecom Innovators Video Showcase
Versa Networks on Leveraging VNFs

8|12|15   |   07:37   |   (0) comments


Kumar Mehta, founder and CEO of stealth mode startup Versa Networks, talks with Steve Saunders about how providers can best leverage virtualized network functions (VNFs).
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Transforming the Network Through OPNFV

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Sandra Rivera, VP Data Center Group; GM Network Platforms Group, Intel Corporation, on OPNFV Arno and how the industry is coming together to accelerate the deployment of NFV and transform the network.
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Huawei ONS Product Demo

8|3|15   |   6:01   |   (0) comments


Huawei shows at Open Networking Summit 2015 in Santa Clara how its SDN and NFV solutions embrace openness.
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End-User or Enterprise Benefits to the New IP

7|30|15   |   04:27   |   (1) comment


Andrew Coward discusses what the New IP means to end users or enterprise customers. He explains compelling reasons, including how every customer can get their own network, from the transformation to the New IP.
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Network Visibility & the New IP

7|30|15   |   02:23   |   (0) comments


Mukund Srigopal provides an explanation of what network visibility is and how it is essential as service providers transition to the New IP. In addition, the importance of the network packet broker is discussed.
Between the CEOs
CEO Chat With Basil Alwan, Alcatel-Lucent

7|24|15   |   26:44   |   (5) comments


Basil Alwan, President of IP Routing & Transport at Alcatel-Lucent, discusses virtualization, cultural challenges, the capex crunch and more with Light Reading founder and CEO Steve Saunders.
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VDF: Enable the Financial With Mobile Money

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Ian Ravenscroft discusses how operators can expand to occupy the entire digital services value chain through service innovation.
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Judi Achmadi on Huawei's Cloud Storage Solution

7|20|15   |   03:33   |   (0) comments


Judi discusses the key business goals of TelekomSigma's public cloud service and how Huawei's solution helps them address challenges.
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KPN Enlightening Digital Business & IT Transformation

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Rob de Beer discusses the changes that operators need to make with service innovation now coming from the Internet world.
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