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Top News & Views All News & Views Podcast: Cable Gets the Urge to Converge By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2019 Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner and Alan Breznick discuss the key themes from Cable Congress and Cable Next-Gen Europe in Berlin, finding there's a renewed focus on 1-Gig speeds and the fixed mobile network. Post a Comment Tubi's New Focus: What's 'Not on Netflix' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2019 Free, ad-supported streaming service boots up new awareness campaign amid a subscription VoD frenzy being dominated by Disney, Apple, WarnerMedia and NBCU. Post a Comment AT&T, Verizon Begin Land Grabbing for Flashy 5G Partnerships By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/21/2019 Verizon grabbed Snapchat this week, while AT&T grabbed Purdue University and The Washington Post. But does this make 5G innovation inevitable or is it a sign of a technology in search of an application? Post a Comment Advertisement TIP Takes Off in Amsterdam By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/21/2019 A combination of factors have given mobile operators an alternative way to execute their network plans thanks to developments initiated by the likes of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), but alternative options always bring new challenges. Post a Comment China Unicom Gets Cracking on 6G Terahertz By Robert Clark, 11/21/2019 Heard enough about 5G already? Fear not, because one of China's biggest operators is turning its attention to what comes next. Post a Comment MEF 2019: Vertical Systems Group's Erin Dunne on Standards & Managed Approach to SD-WAN By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 11/21/2019 Dunne explains why enterprises are interested in utilizing managed SD-WAN services to simplify deployment and continued management of the service. Post a Comment Japan's NTT Hires BearingPoint to Fix BSS Shortcomings By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/21/2019 The operator says the European platform provider comes with several attractive qualities that could provide a spur in the enterprise sector. Post a Comment Advertisement Short on 5G Options, Vodafone Gets Set for 150K-Site Shake-Up By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/21/2019 The European operator reveals the rationale behind its shock decision to put its entire European footprint up for tender. Post a Comment MEF19 Day 2: Are Cloudy Times on the Horizon? By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 11/21/2019 On Day 2 of MEF19, Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin highlights how MEF's carrier members are early adopters in SD-WAN. Meanwhile, Perrin, along with Heavy Reading's Jennifer Clarke discuss the implications of bringing cloud computing providers into the MEF ecosystem. Post a Comment How Is Telco Transformation Like Soylent Green? By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2019 It's all about the people. Post a Comment Carriers Fly the Flag for SD-WAN Service Specs By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 11/21/2019 But if the industry at large supports MEF specifications and commits to certified SD-WAN services, how will service providers and vendors differentiate in an already crowded market? Post a Comment Eurobites: Telia Norway Brings in New Broom By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/21/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Openet expands; Orange launches own-brand 5G smartphone; BT turns Purple for business WiFi; HERE signs up to 5G industry group. Post a Comment Microsoft's Ortega: Office 365 Drives SD-WAN Demand By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2019 Microsoft honcho says Office 365 transformed enterprise networks. Bold claim – but partly true. Post a Comment MVNO Altice Mobile Could Rack Up 1.7M Customers by 2021 By Sue Marek, Special Contributor, 11/20/2019 But according to one investment firm, the cable company is struggling with network quality on its mobile offering, despite having deployed 19,000 small cells to help boost coverage. Post a Comment MEF19: Frost & Sullivan's Roopa Honnachari on Hybrid Cloud & Security Trends for SD-WAN By Light Reading, 11/20/2019 The managed SD-WAN market is also predicted to exceed $6.5 billion by 2023 – a massive leap for such a new technology, says Honnachari. Post a Comment FCC Proposes C-V2X Mandate for Connected Cars By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/20/2019 In a win for companies like Ford and Qualcomm, the FCC's chairman proposes C-V2X as the 'language' that cars should use to talk to each other. Post a Comment Top 5G Takeaways From Verizon's Analyst Day By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/20/2019 Verizon executives said they are pleased with the company's 5G progress, and promised Verizon would continue on the course it set earlier this year. Post a Comment Comcast's Victor: SD-WAN Faces 'Baskin-Robbins Problem' By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/20/2019 Enterprise customers struggle with too many SD-WAN choices, says Robert Victor, Comcast Business SVP of product management. Post a Comment Senators Urge Trump to Name 5G Czar for US By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/20/2019 A group of Senators is urging the Trump administration to take a cohesive approach to 5G, warning that not doing so will give China an edge in the global move to the new wireless technology. Post a Comment Labour Expects Average British Broadband Worker to Live on $5K a Year By Iain Morris, News Editor, 11/20/2019 UK Labour Party comrades Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell seem to have forgotten that telecom staff need paying. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Podcast: Cable Gets the Urge to Converge By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2019 Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner and Alan Breznick discuss the key themes from Cable Congress and Cable Next-Gen Europe in Berlin, finding there's a renewed focus on 1-Gig speeds and the fixed mobile network. Post a Comment Tubi's New Focus: What's 'Not on Netflix' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2019 Free, ad-supported streaming service boots up new awareness campaign amid a subscription VoD frenzy being dominated by Disney, Apple, WarnerMedia and NBCU. Post a Comment AT&T, Verizon Begin Land Grabbing for Flashy 5G Partnerships By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/21/2019 Verizon grabbed Snapchat this week, while AT&T grabbed Purdue University and The Washington Post. But does this make 5G innovation inevitable or is it a sign of a technology in search of an application? Post a Comment TIP Takes Off in Amsterdam By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/21/2019 A combination of factors have given mobile operators an alternative way to execute their network plans thanks to developments initiated by the likes of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), but alternative options always bring new challenges. Post a Comment China Unicom Gets Cracking on 6G Terahertz By Robert Clark, 11/21/2019 Heard enough about 5G already? Fear not, because one of China's biggest operators is turning its attention to what comes next. Post a Comment MEF 2019: Vertical Systems Group's Erin Dunne on Standards & Managed Approach to SD-WAN By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 11/21/2019 Dunne explains why enterprises are interested in utilizing managed SD-WAN services to simplify deployment and continued management of the service. Post a Comment Japan's NTT Hires BearingPoint to Fix BSS Shortcomings By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/21/2019 The operator says the European platform provider comes with several attractive qualities that could provide a spur in the enterprise sector. Post a Comment Short on 5G Options, Vodafone Gets Set for 150K-Site Shake-Up By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/21/2019 The European operator reveals the rationale behind its shock decision to put its entire European footprint up for tender. Post a Comment MEF19 Day 2: Are Cloudy Times on the Horizon? By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 11/21/2019 On Day 2 of MEF19, Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin highlights how MEF's carrier members are early adopters in SD-WAN. Meanwhile, Perrin, along with Heavy Reading's Jennifer Clarke discuss the implications of bringing cloud computing providers into the MEF ecosystem. Post a Comment How Is Telco Transformation Like Soylent Green? By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2019 It's all about the people. Post a Comment Carriers Fly the Flag for SD-WAN Service Specs By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 11/21/2019 But if the industry at large supports MEF specifications and commits to certified SD-WAN services, how will service providers and vendors differentiate in an already crowded market? Post a Comment Eurobites: Telia Norway Brings in New Broom By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/21/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Openet expands; Orange launches own-brand 5G smartphone; BT turns Purple for business WiFi; HERE signs up to 5G industry group. Post a Comment Microsoft's Ortega: Office 365 Drives SD-WAN Demand By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2019 Microsoft honcho says Office 365 transformed enterprise networks. Bold claim – but partly true. Post a Comment MVNO Altice Mobile Could Rack Up 1.7M Customers by 2021 By Sue Marek, Special Contributor, 11/20/2019 But according to one investment firm, the cable company is struggling with network quality on its mobile offering, despite having deployed 19,000 small cells to help boost coverage. Post a Comment MEF19: Frost & Sullivan's Roopa Honnachari on Hybrid Cloud & Security Trends for SD-WAN By Light Reading, 11/20/2019 The managed SD-WAN market is also predicted to exceed $6.5 billion by 2023 – a massive leap for such a new technology, says Honnachari. Post a Comment FCC Proposes C-V2X Mandate for Connected Cars By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/20/2019 In a win for companies like Ford and Qualcomm, the FCC's chairman proposes C-V2X as the 'language' that cars should use to talk to each other. Post a Comment Top 5G Takeaways From Verizon's Analyst Day By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/20/2019 Verizon executives said they are pleased with the company's 5G progress, and promised Verizon would continue on the course it set earlier this year. Post a Comment Comcast's Victor: SD-WAN Faces 'Baskin-Robbins Problem' By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/20/2019 Enterprise customers struggle with too many SD-WAN choices, says Robert Victor, Comcast Business SVP of product management. Post a Comment Senators Urge Trump to Name 5G Czar for US By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/20/2019 A group of Senators is urging the Trump administration to take a cohesive approach to 5G, warning that not doing so will give China an edge in the global move to the new wireless technology. Post a Comment Labour Expects Average British Broadband Worker to Live on $5K a Year By Iain Morris, News Editor, 11/20/2019 UK Labour Party comrades Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell seem to have forgotten that telecom staff need paying. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors CenturyLink Debuts New Edge Compute-Capable CDN 8 hours and 32 minutes ago Sprint Launches Omni Cloud Phone Service for Enterprises 8 hours and 33 minutes ago Cable Bahamas Goes Full-Footprint With ActiveVideo 8 hours and 34 minutes ago XITE Taps Beachfront for Set-Top Advertising Assist 8 hours and 34 minutes ago MobiTV Rides Telia Carrier's Backbone Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Comcast's Effectv Ad Unit Launches Creative Agency Called 'Mnemonic' Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Technetix Joins NCTA Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Verizon Announces Startups Participating in Its 5G First-Responder Lab Program Wednesday, November 20, 2019 AIOps Phase III Showcased at Digital Transformation Asia Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Huawei's FDD Dual-Band Massive MIMO Achieves Scaled Rollout in Thailand Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Wurl Touts Q3 Growth Wednesday, November 20, 2019 1-Gig Available to 354M People Globally, Viavi Claims Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Comcast Adds WiFi Scheduling Tool to 'xFi' Platform Wednesday, November 20, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Phoenix Keylogger Rises & Steals Information Larry Loeb, Author, 11/21/2019 Keylogger first emerged in July 2019, and is packed with myriad ... (0) MSFT Jumps on DoH Larry Loeb, Author, 11/20/2019 Microsoft has announced that an upcoming version of Windows 10 will have support ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News Climate Change Cries Out for Infrastructure That Withstands the Storm 11/21/2019 The strength of natural disasters like hurricanes is worsening, scientists say, ... (0) BBWN Bites: Loon Floats Broadband to Peru's Amazon Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 11/21/2019 Also today, Ofcom CTO leaves for new smart city, CEO change at Telia Norway, USDA ... (0) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase CSPs Living in a Multicloud World Protecting the Mobile Network Core During Transition ... Amdocs: Redefining & Accelerating 5G Rollouts Antronix: Industry Leader for 40 Years & Counting Network Rising: DriveNets Adapts Hyperscaler Approach to ... New 5G Network Security Threats Sigma Systems at Digital Transformation World 2019 Ciena Talks Converged Interconnect Networks at Cable ... Red Hat Enterprise Linux: A Secure Foundation for the ... Viasat: Connecting the Unconnected LotusFlare: Awesome Digital Experiences to Drive Growth Source Photonics CEO: Vertical Integration & Lean Models ... MobiledgeX: Who Benefits From Edge Computing? Why Is 5G Different? VMware Service Assurance: Reducing Operational ... Architect Digital-Ready Infrastructures Using SDN & NFV Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... PacketFabric: Leading the Way in Highly Scalable Network ... Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... Semtech: LoRa Technology Enabling Proven, Flexible IoT ... Versa's CEO, Kelly Ahuja: Securing & Software-Defining ... How Lumina Is Redefining SDN Aryaka's Gary Sevounts: Advantages to Consuming SD-WAN ... Calix's Shane Eleniak: How Data Analytics & Software ... MobiledgeX's Jason Hoffman: State of the Edge The 5G Connectivity Challenge Network Intelligence & Automation in Mergers & Migrations Why Telcos Need an Elastic Services Platform Why Hardware Still Matters in the SDN Era Why Is Autonomous Operations Key to Your Network Evolution? Ribbon's Kevin Riley Talks New Company Brand, Latest ... The Cumulus Networks Success Story CloudPassage Ensuring Next-Level Container Security EXFO: Next-Level Assurance Solutions & Automation EXFO: Automate or Stagnate RAD Shares Insights on Latest Developments in vCPE & ... 100GbE in Action & More at MEF17 ADLINK Talks About OCP & Next Generation Telecom ... LINX Talks Open Networking & OcNOS Nominum & Security for Small to Midsized Businesses C-V2X Is Getting Ready for Commercialization With ... Ixia Launches World’s First 400GE Testing Solutions Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoCs Integrate the RF Signal Chain Pluribus: SDN & Beyond Cloud, Security, AI & IoT Are Driving the Need for ... Masergy's NFV Journey Mavenir on RCS Cloud Platform & Multi-ID Keep Connected IoT Devices Under Control With Allot Metaswitch: Defining the Cloud Native Core Accelerating IP/Optical Network Visibility & Control Making 5G NR a Reality With Qualcomm Act on Your Intelligence With Amdocs aia! Making 5G New Radio (NR) a Reality Accelerating C-V2X Toward 5G for Autonomous Driving Dan Sahar of Qwilt on Open Edge Cloud Platform Nominum's Craig Sprosts on DNS & Cybersecurity Trends Versa: A Lot More Than SD-WAN SmartNICs & the Future of Network Virtualization Introducing the Next-Generation ONT (Optical Network ... A10 Networks on Service Providers' Industry Needs Check Point on Cybersecurity Accelerating Telecom Digital Transformation With Nominum DNS VeEX Test & Measurement Solutions Versa Networks' Kumar Mehta on SD-WAN Managed Services The Era of Agile Optics Has Arrived Atrinet's NetACE – Migration to NFV & SDN With ... Vodafone Live NFV Use Cases Powered by Amdocs Sonus in VellOS Mellanox Open Composable Networks Network Security Orchestration Sonus in the Cloud Sonus Strategy Netronome's Server-based Networking Platform Nexius: The Strategy & Science of Data Analytics Overture Networks NFV Solutions ECI's Elastic Network Masergy: Transforming Enterprise IT Arbor Networks on ISP Traffic Visibility ECI's LightSec: Comprehensive Cyber Security Solution ECI’s LightApps: Intelligence for Networks Service Gateway Virtual Edition SDN Management & Orchestration in the WAN Sedona Systems: Multi-Layer Applications Platform NFV – a Catalyst for Business Services Growth Telefónica: In Search of Virtual Simplicity Affirmed Networks Highlights NFV in Mobile Core Close-up on ConfD NetNumber Founder on Managing Signaling Control Tail-f, Cisco & What the Future Holds Sonus Shakes Up SD-WAN Automate, Scale & Create With Juniper's vCPE Solution Metaswitch's New CEO Martin Lund Discusses His Role ActiveVideo's Cloud Virtualization Technology Nominum on Leveraging the Power of DNS to Deliver ... Palo Alto Networks on Expanding in the Carrier/Service ... Infoblox on DNS Threat Index The Netformx Ecosystem Versa Networks on Leveraging VNFs Nuage Networks on Operationalizing SDN Mellanox's New 25/50/100Gb/s Ethernet Products Arista's CloudVision VIEW FULL VIDEO SHOWCASE Heavy Reading New Open Workgroup to Accelerate Edge Computing By Simon Stanley, 1/2/2019 Developing an open architecture for domain-specific accelerators could empower service providers to accelerate edge computing and related applications. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CORD and VCO: Paths to the Next Generation Central Office March 2019 The CORD AND VCO Report examines the NGCO phenomenon, prominently including the progress of CORD and the emergence of VCO as operator open-source reference designs See Details An SD-WAN Overview: Issues and Prospects February 2019 An SD-WAN Overview: Issues and Prospects provides an overview and reviews significant issues in relation to the emergence of SD-WAN. It looks at the meaning of SD-WAN, its major drivers and benefits, and the structure of the market and its participants – especially between software and hardware vendors and service providers (SPs). See Details The Rise of PAM4 and 64QAM: A Competitive Analysis of Optical Modules & Components February 2019 The Rise of PAM4 and 64QAM: A Competitive Analysis of Optical Modules & Components identifies key networking, optical module, and semiconductor technologies, and details their application to 25G, 100G, 200G, 400G, and 600G ports, identifying and analyzing the full spectrum of vendors developing optical modules and components. See Details All Heavy Reading Reports Prime Reading A Kodak Moment May Await Ericsson, Huawei & Nokia Iain Morris , International Editor , 10/31/2019 There is a sudden urgency in service provider calls for more open and virtualized ... (2 comments) Vodafone's 5G Network in London: A User Review Gabriel Brown , Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading , 9/5/2019 Never mind the hype, how does this next-generation network actually perform in ... (8 comments) Is NFV Headed for a Cliff? Mitch Wagner , Executive Editor, Light Reading , 8/7/2019 Are telcos solving NFVs big problems or making them worse? Critics say a ... (9 comments) A User Review of EE's 5G Network in London Gabriel Brown , Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading , 8/1/2019 Everyone's talking about 5G services, but do they measure up to the hype? We ... (2 comments) All Prime Reading