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News & Views Most Popular Vodafone's Holo Demo Dazzles Crowd, But Is It a Viable 5G Use Case? By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/21/2018 Demonstrated with gusto at Vodafone's headquarters this week, holographic calling might just be the killer application that 5G craves. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw I appreciate you want low latency for virtual reality but 60ms of latency wouldn't... Eurobites: ECI Unveils IPO Plans By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/21/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefónica reboots its startup incubator; Inmarsat strikes in-flight WiFi deal with Panasonic; UK considers Internet regulator. Post a Comment \| Read (0) MobiledgeX Revs Up & Shifts Into Gear By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/20/2018 In its quest for the edge computing holy grail, Deutsche Telekom-backed startup MobiledgeX has developed a set of middleware tools that it will offer up as royalty-free open source code as it plans world domination by MWC 2019... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Vodafone UK: We'll Be Ready to Launch 5G in Mid-2019 By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/20/2018 UK mobile operator plans a 5G launch in cities and rural areas next year and aims to have 1,000 5G sites in operation by 2020. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Will Coherent DSP Control Reshape the Optical Vendor Landscape? By Serge Melle, Contributing Author, 9/20/2018 Coherent DSPs for 400Gbit/s and beyond could be the catalyst for a re-shaping of the optical vendor landscape, believes Serge Melle. Post a Comment \| Read (11 comments) Latest Comment: opticaljunkie All the 3 letter acronyms sounds great, what exactly is the osnr performance... Eurobites: Auction to Settle Sky Takeover Tussle By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/20/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telecom Italia considers Brazilian acquisition; Deutsche Telekom and Aricent edge nearer; Nokia helps the trains run on time. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How Viasat Keeps Its Satellites Flying After Others Crashed By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/20/2018 Now 32 years old, the satellite operator reckons it is poised for lift-off in markets where terrestrial technologies simply do not measure up. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Liberty Global Packs 4K, Cloud DVR, Voice Into 'Horizon 4' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/19/2018 Cable op to start rolling out new multiscreen video platform to 'selected' customers in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium later this year. Post a Comment \| Read (0) IBC2018: The Video Platform Profitability Conundrum By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/19/2018 If video is so important to communications network operators, why are all the major vendors offloading their video assets? Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: John Wick Synamedia is going to do awesome now. this will also reflect in its NYSE stock.... Eurobites: Apple Stumps Up €14.3B in Unpaid Taxes to Ireland (But Doesn't Really Mean It) By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/19/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia's Nuage trumpets 'SD-WAN 2.0'; Wind Tre uses Open Fiber's FTTH network in Matera; Sky bundles in Netflix; UK mobile operators carry on charging. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Orange Business Services Targets Cloud Leadership as Telco Rivals Flounder By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/19/2018 Orange Business Services looks in much better shape than its European telco rivals, but can it now become an 'Internet of enterprises' market leader? Post a Comment \| Read (0) What's Next for European Cable? By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 9/18/2018 Light Reading will tackle the big technology and business changes buffeting the European cable industry at our inaugural Cable Next-Gen Europe conference in London on Nov. 6. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Telecoms.com Podcast: 5G, IoT & Apple iPhone By Light Reading, 9/18/2018 It's buzzword bingo on the pod this week, so pencils at the ready... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Nationwide 5G Too Costly, Says German Regulator By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/18/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: OBS majors in multicloud; TE Connectivity sells subsea unit; Telefónica goes 200GigE roaming. Post a Comment \| Read (0) RDK Management Clears Path for Apps on Set-Top Boxes By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2018 App framework, SDK aims to make it easier for pay-TV providers to integrate Netflix and other premium apps with their OTT-capable boxes. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Limelight Tries to Lick Latency for Live OTT Video By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/17/2018 Claims that its new Realtime Streaming system can deliver 'sub-second' latency on live, Internet-delivered video streams. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Synamedia Plots Its First Steps Around Streaming By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/17/2018 New company built around the acquisition of Cisco's video software unit will have strong revenues, thousands of staff and a focus on developing new products for streaming media management. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Multicloud Gets Engineers 'Excited,' Says UK Bank CIO By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/17/2018 Getting proficient on multiple cloud platforms makes engineers 'more personally marketable,' says Darryl West, HSBC Group CIO. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Incoming Vodafone CEO Considers Towers Sell-Off, Cuts Jobs By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/17/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: MTS buys supersized data center; Colt gets frisky in Spain; VEON abandons tower sale. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Orange Bolsters African Presence With Subsea Deal By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/14/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom goes big in Bavaria; new MVNO targets hearing-loss sufferers; why telco customer experience (often) sucks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Will Coherent DSP Control Reshape the Optical Vendor Landscape? By Serge Melle, Contributing Author, 9/20/2018 Coherent DSPs for 400Gbit/s and beyond could be the catalyst for a re-shaping of the optical vendor landscape, believes Serge Melle. Post a Comment \| Read (11 comments) Latest Comment: opticaljunkie All the 3 letter acronyms sounds great, what exactly is the osnr performance... Vodafone's Holo Demo Dazzles Crowd, But Is It a Viable 5G Use Case? By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/21/2018 Demonstrated with gusto at Vodafone's headquarters this week, holographic calling might just be the killer application that 5G craves. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw I appreciate you want low latency for virtual reality but 60ms of latency wouldn't... IBC2018: The Video Platform Profitability Conundrum By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/19/2018 If video is so important to communications network operators, why are all the major vendors offloading their video assets? Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: John Wick Synamedia is going to do awesome now. this will also reflect in its NYSE stock.... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards James_B_Crawshaw, 9/21/2018 5:55:57 PM Vodafone's Holo Demo Dazzles Crowd, But Is It a Viable 5G Use Case? Re: Doing the math I appreciate you want low latency for virtual reality but 60ms of latency wouldn't be noticeable for the hologram. Although there are no latency guarantees with WiFi, 802.11n median latency is 6.2ms at 2.4 GHz and 0.9ms... opticaljunkie, 9/21/2018 5:18:55 PM Will Coherent DSP Control Reshape the Optical Vendor Landscape? Re: Re: Huawei towncalendars OptiXtreme printable calendar oDSP All the 3 letter acronyms sounds great, what exactly is the osnr performance of the Huawei device/module? 0.1W/G on the DSP doesn't sound that great either. Wasn't Acacia claiming CFP2-DCO 200G at 20W for the... sarcher60555, 9/21/2018 4:49:41 PM Vodafone's Holo Demo Dazzles Crowd, But Is It a Viable 5G Use Case? Re: Re: vodaphone Zoom Video call would have been just as interesting. nelly.bb, 9/21/2018 3:16:28 PM Will Coherent DSP Control Reshape the Optical Vendor Landscape? Re: Re: Huawei towncalendars OptiXtreme printable calendar oDSP If Huawei is buying from any supplier on the market, they must be SUPER RICH now. I don't think Acacia or any supplier on market would have this kind of capacity. henrydevid, 9/21/2018 3:10:59 PM Vodafone's Holo Demo Dazzles Crowd, But Is It a Viable 5G Use Case? Re: vodaphone Vodaphone is very great for all but there are so many people who is interested on it , so for that I have some different thought about vodaphone network which is very helpful for all. If you interested with it then Apps... Ray@LR, 9/21/2018 2:00:55 PM Will Coherent DSP Control Reshape the Optical Vendor Landscape? Re: Re: Huawei OptiXtreme oDSP SeniorR&57845 -- Thanks for the interest, but this is not a sponsored column. Serge used to work at Infinera, but doesn't any longer, so he has detailed knowledge of that company. Serge-Melle, 9/21/2018 9:24:49 AM Will Coherent DSP Control Reshape the Optical Vendor Landscape? Re: Re: Huawei OptiXtreme oDSP to user "mvissers": Thanks Maarten; are you confirming then that Huawei has indeed developed its own in-house DSP ASIC, and is not procuring chips from an external source? to user "SeniorR&57845": First,... SeniorR&57845, 9/21/2018 5:40:33 AM Will Coherent DSP Control Reshape the Optical Vendor Landscape? Re: Re: Huawei OptiXtreme oDSP I think it's important to mention that the author of the article is actually employed by Infinera. Which explains why there is a pitch on Infinera's PIC in an article on DSP and also why Infinera is put in a positive light... mvissers, 9/21/2018 4:04:57 AM Will Coherent DSP Control Reshape the Optical Vendor Landscape? Re: Re: Huawei OptiXtreme oDSP Serge, Have you seen any other DSP vendor refering to "Channel-matched shaping (CMS)" and "Optical-Layer AI Neurons" and to "high-performance oDSP" and "new-generation power efficient oDSP"? As james0075 indicated - "According... John Wick, 9/21/2018 3:14:29 AM Will Coherent DSP Control Reshape the Optical Vendor Landscape? Re: Re: Huawei OptiXtreme Smartcric on web site oDSP The information contained within the links you sent references 600G/wave, 16nm finFET and 40T fiber capacity; these specs all happen to also correspond to those for the Acacia AC1200 DSP that is currently being introduced... james0075, 9/21/2018 2:01:28 AM Will Coherent DSP Control Reshape the Optical Vendor Landscape? Re: Re: Huawei OptiXtreme oDSP According to OVUM's data, Huawei has shipped over 127k 100G/200G ports in year 2017, which is more than Ciena+Nokia+Infinera(118K in total). If Huawei is buying from any supplier on the market, they must be SUPER RICH now.... John Wick, 9/20/2018 10:19:51 PM IBC2018: The Video Platform Profitability Conundrum Re: Re: Synamedia - "EBITDA smartcric, star sports live, mobilecric match Positive" Synamedia is going to do awesome now. this will also reflect in its NYSE stock. If such EBITDA improved continues then I expect this stock to get double in 1-2 yrs. James_B_Crawshaw, 9/20/2018 6:37:31 PM IBC2018: The Video Platform Profitability Conundrum Re: Synamedia - "EBITDA positive from the get-go" For a business that has been around since 1988 I would rather hope they were EBITDA positive by now. In fact it would be very odd if they are not significantly net income positive and cash flow positive. How else is Permira... Serge-Melle, 9/20/2018 3:34:12 PM Will Coherent DSP Control Reshape the Optical Vendor Landscape? Re: Re: Huawei OptiXtreme oDSP thank you for posting those links; very useful and on-topic info. what remains unclear is whether the Huawei oDSP was developed in-house (ie: Huawei engineers coded the DSP algorithm, designed the ADC/DAC, did the... OpticalS10152, 9/20/2018 3:31:30 PM Will Coherent DSP Control Reshape the Optical Vendor Landscape? Re: have, have not, not sure, maybe? 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