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Top News & Views All News & Views FCC 5G mmWave Auction Hits $677.4M By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/7/2018 Interest heats up as remaining available 28GHz licenses dwindle. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Huawei CFO Committed Sanctions Fraud, US Alleges – Reports By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 Huawei, with Meng Wanzhou's involvement, allegedly used an 'unofficial' Hong Kong-based subsidiary called Skycom to trick US banks into clearing transactions for Huawei linked to companies in Iran. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CommScope Still Hazy on Arris's CPE Biz By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 CFO Alex Pease says broadband CPE is viewed as a 'strategic differentiator,' and struggles in the video set-top sector can be cost-managed. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement The Telecoms.com Podcast: Cloud, Huawei, 5G Phones & Orange By Light Reading, 12/7/2018 Live from a shiny hotel in Lisbon, the podders hint at what's been discussed at LR's hush-hush 2020 Vision event, before moving on to Huawei's horrorshow, 5G smartphones and Iain's lunch. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Finds More Work for X1 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 Cloud-powered video platform is in 'extended trial period' with hotels, with more business- and sports-venue deployment models in the works. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nokia Sitting Pretty After Week of Turmoil for Huawei, Ericsson By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/7/2018 A backlash against China's biggest vendor and problems with Ericsson's software could translate into a glorious opportunity for the Finnish firm. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/7/2018 As the volume of annoying robocalls continues to rise, an industry-wide effort to authenticate calls across carriers hopes to satisfy regulators. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: lmorris I think everyone will agree that robocall is one of the most annoying thing... Advertisement WiCipedia: 'Bull in a China Closet' Spirit & Unconscious Bias Is No Excuse By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 12/7/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Girl Scouts make STEM their mission; Forbes' list of 50 women in tech; unconscious bias is no excuse; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Nokia & China Mobile Seek 'More Open' 5G Ecosystem By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/7/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Montreal startup wins Nokia's IoT challenge; Tele2 and Deutsche Telekom strike roaming agreement; Ericsson fixes Telefónica's extended outage. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Red Hat Simplifies Kubernetes on AWS, Cuts Prices By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 Users can bring their own AWS accounts to reduce hassles deploying OpenShift Direct in the public clouds, and enjoy price cuts starting at 25%. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Huawei: The Signs Were There By Robert Clark, 12/7/2018 The US is ratcheting up the pressure on China with the arrest of one of its most senior technology executives. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: MindCommerce Without getting into the politics or potential security or espionage issues,... IBM Sells Off Notes & Other Software You Barely Remember, for $1.8B By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/6/2018 IBM bought Lotus Notes to help turn around its company culture; now it's looking to Red Hat for the same. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ciena Positioned to Profit From Huawei Backlash – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/6/2018 NeoPhotonics' exposure to China and Huawei is at 50%-plus of sales, Raymond James analyst says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G Demos Show the Tech's Spectrum Achilles Heel By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/6/2018 For 5G, the bigger the bandwith the better! Post a Comment \| Read (0) Adtran Buy Adds On-Prem Visibility By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/6/2018 New end-to-end view of customer network, including in-home WiFi, will speed troubleshooting and offer proactive service and sales potential, vendor says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How AI Is Being Put to Work at Vodafone By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/6/2018 Jayshree Kottapalli, group head of Analytics CoE (AI, Automation and Analytics) at Vodafone, talks about how Vodafone is using AI tools to mine the enormous volumes of data the operator collects. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Is First Major Pay-TV Player to Support 'Movies Anywhere' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/6/2018 Move puts Comcast on platform that's also supported by major digital distributors that include Apple iTunes, Microsoft, Vudu, FandangoNOW, Google Play and Amazon Prime Video. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner The other thing to point out is that any purchases made via the Comcast store... Ericsson Problem Leaves Millions Without Smartphone Services By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/6/2018 Swedish vendor says it is working with customers to identify root causes and solve the problem. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Ericsson issued this update on the software issue today at about 11am ET: Following... Eurobites: Swisscom Rolls Into Private Blockchain By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/6/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Huawei finds solace in Portugal; French fiber pushes on; Colt expands in central and eastern Europe; VEON's new man in Ukraine; Nokia gets busy in China and Brazil. Post a Comment \| Read (0) China Slams Huawei CFO's Arrest, Huawei 'Not Aware of Any Wrongdoing' By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/6/2018 China and Huawei respond with anger and denials after one of the Chinese company's most senior executives, the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, is arrested on North American soil. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: rgrutza600 Learn your lesson. Don't sell gear to terror regimes, or pay the pric... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive FCC 5G mmWave Auction Hits $677.4M By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/7/2018 Interest heats up as remaining available 28GHz licenses dwindle. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Huawei CFO Committed Sanctions Fraud, US Alleges – Reports By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 Huawei, with Meng Wanzhou's involvement, allegedly used an 'unofficial' Hong Kong-based subsidiary called Skycom to trick US banks into clearing transactions for Huawei linked to companies in Iran. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CommScope Still Hazy on Arris's CPE Biz By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 CFO Alex Pease says broadband CPE is viewed as a 'strategic differentiator,' and struggles in the video set-top sector can be cost-managed. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Telecoms.com Podcast: Cloud, Huawei, 5G Phones & Orange By Light Reading, 12/7/2018 Live from a shiny hotel in Lisbon, the podders hint at what's been discussed at LR's hush-hush 2020 Vision event, before moving on to Huawei's horrorshow, 5G smartphones and Iain's lunch. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Finds More Work for X1 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 Cloud-powered video platform is in 'extended trial period' with hotels, with more business- and sports-venue deployment models in the works. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nokia Sitting Pretty After Week of Turmoil for Huawei, Ericsson By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/7/2018 A backlash against China's biggest vendor and problems with Ericsson's software could translate into a glorious opportunity for the Finnish firm. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/7/2018 As the volume of annoying robocalls continues to rise, an industry-wide effort to authenticate calls across carriers hopes to satisfy regulators. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: lmorris I think everyone will agree that robocall is one of the most annoying thing... WiCipedia: 'Bull in a China Closet' Spirit & Unconscious Bias Is No Excuse By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 12/7/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Girl Scouts make STEM their mission; Forbes' list of 50 women in tech; unconscious bias is no excuse; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Nokia & China Mobile Seek 'More Open' 5G Ecosystem By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/7/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Montreal startup wins Nokia's IoT challenge; Tele2 and Deutsche Telekom strike roaming agreement; Ericsson fixes Telefónica's extended outage. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Red Hat Simplifies Kubernetes on AWS, Cuts Prices By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 Users can bring their own AWS accounts to reduce hassles deploying OpenShift Direct in the public clouds, and enjoy price cuts starting at 25%. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Huawei: The Signs Were There By Robert Clark, 12/7/2018 The US is ratcheting up the pressure on China with the arrest of one of its most senior technology executives. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: MindCommerce Without getting into the politics or potential security or espionage issues,... IBM Sells Off Notes & Other Software You Barely Remember, for $1.8B By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/6/2018 IBM bought Lotus Notes to help turn around its company culture; now it's looking to Red Hat for the same. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ciena Positioned to Profit From Huawei Backlash – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/6/2018 NeoPhotonics' exposure to China and Huawei is at 50%-plus of sales, Raymond James analyst says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G Demos Show the Tech's Spectrum Achilles Heel By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/6/2018 For 5G, the bigger the bandwith the better! Post a Comment \| Read (0) Adtran Buy Adds On-Prem Visibility By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/6/2018 New end-to-end view of customer network, including in-home WiFi, will speed troubleshooting and offer proactive service and sales potential, vendor says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How AI Is Being Put to Work at Vodafone By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/6/2018 Jayshree Kottapalli, group head of Analytics CoE (AI, Automation and Analytics) at Vodafone, talks about how Vodafone is using AI tools to mine the enormous volumes of data the operator collects. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Is First Major Pay-TV Player to Support 'Movies Anywhere' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/6/2018 Move puts Comcast on platform that's also supported by major digital distributors that include Apple iTunes, Microsoft, Vudu, FandangoNOW, Google Play and Amazon Prime Video. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner The other thing to point out is that any purchases made via the Comcast store... Ericsson Problem Leaves Millions Without Smartphone Services By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/6/2018 Swedish vendor says it is working with customers to identify root causes and solve the problem. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Ericsson issued this update on the software issue today at about 11am ET: Following... Eurobites: Swisscom Rolls Into Private Blockchain By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/6/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Huawei finds solace in Portugal; French fiber pushes on; Colt expands in central and eastern Europe; VEON's new man in Ukraine; Nokia gets busy in China and Brazil. Post a Comment \| Read (0) China Slams Huawei CFO's Arrest, Huawei 'Not Aware of Any Wrongdoing' By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/6/2018 China and Huawei respond with anger and denials after one of the Chinese company's most senior executives, the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, is arrested on North American soil. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: rgrutza600 Learn your lesson. Don't sell gear to terror regimes, or pay the pric... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards MindCommerce, 12/9/2018 9:46:55 AM Huawei: The Signs Were There Re: Huawei and 5G Without getting into the politics or potential security or espionage issues, will just say that Huawei is, among other things, a leader in 5G, so it's a shame that things are this way. We have covered them extensively in... lmorris, 12/8/2018 1:15:05 AM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Annoying I think everyone will agree that robocall is one of the most annoying thing that we have been facing since years ago. I personally never answer incoming calls now. 90% of them are coming from telemarketers and scammers who... pabutler17, 12/7/2018 5:11:27 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Re: Just an Idea The technology is there to make it easy to see who the originating carrier is but not a standard yet. That is SIP-T, when it is then ROBO is over. Until then I answer the calls and put my phone down, ties up... SilentP, 12/7/2018 3:32:10 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Just an Idea Until the technology can solve this problem, what if we all started answering these calls and simply saying, "loser"! This will start to overwhelm their call centers with the amount of calls that go through. The percentage... pabutler17, 12/7/2018 1:59:54 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Re: Spam wars? Its not the big Telcos making the money its the Lowest Tier carriers doing this, big carriers dont want the head ache of complaints. pabutler17, 12/7/2018 1:58:00 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Its not that difficult ! It's not rocket Science The Idea of the effort is a Joke, I run a cLEC and we get these calls and they are a pain in the butt! However, every call can be traced back to the customer who initates the call. Carriers just need to be able... Mitch Wagner, 12/7/2018 1:57:22 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Spam wars? Is it cynical of me to assume this is going to be like the spam wars of the 2000s, where so-called "legitimate businesses" can pay off the telcos to get their robocalls whitelisted, other businesses are blocked, and consumers... DanJones, 12/7/2018 1:11:41 PM AT&T: 5G by End of Year, but No Commercial Launch Date Yet Re: Re: Encouraging, but wait and see attitude... Well in this case, AT&T itself said, and says it will have 5G in parts of 12 cities by the end of the year. They didn't need to make that statement. MindCommerce, 12/6/2018 9:37:01 PM AT&T: 5G by End of Year, but No Commercial Launch Date Yet Re: Encouraging, but wait and see attitude... Everyone is rushing so fast to implement 5G, some items are being overlooked, and others not working righ altogether. When the dust settles, all that matters is ROI and compelling enhanced solutions and new business models. We... rgrutza600, 12/6/2018 5:57:31 PM China Slams Huawei CFO's Arrest, Huawei 'Not Aware of Any Wrongdoing' Re: Slow learners Learn your lesson. Don't sell gear to terror regimes, or pay the price. Architec73447, 12/6/2018 1:52:57 PM Here's How CenturyLink Is Cutting Capex Re: Great article CTL is one of the top Cloud Enablers for AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloudm Oracle Cloud, ... The article explains why CTL's CTO Andrew Dugan recently received 4031 votes and ranks the No 1 - 300 more votes... SeniorMa74289, 12/6/2018 12:57:23 PM China Slams Huawei CFO's Arrest, Huawei 'Not Aware of Any Wrongdoing' Re: Human rights? It has quickly met with a sharp rebuke from Chinese authorities, which said the arrest of Meng Wanzhou had "seriously harmed the human rights of the victim." That's laughable coming from China. Jeff Baumgartner, 12/6/2018 12:47:11 PM Comcast Is First Major Pay-TV Player to Support 'Movies Anywhere' Re: Comcast purchases also accessible on Movies Anytime apps The other thing to point out is that any purchases made via the Comcast store will also be accessible on the Movies Anytime apps. And Comcast subs can now watch those purchases on a much bigger range of TV-connected devices,... DanJones, 12/6/2018 11:50:52 AM China Slams Huawei CFO's Arrest, Huawei 'Not Aware of Any Wrongdoing' Re: Not helping The China trade jitters on the Dow today: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/05/market-sell-off-set-to-continue-as-dow-futures-get-hit.html?__source=facebook%7Cmain DanJones, 12/6/2018 11:35:18 AM Verizon Plans to Offer Samsung 5G Phone in H1 2019 Re: Re: FYI And yet they they have signed on w/ Qualcomm, which would seem to be cutting their nose off to spite their face, More Message Boards		Security Now Cloud, Compliance & the Death of the IT Checklist Sanjay Kalra, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Lacework, 12/7/2018 For years, IT could rely on various checklists to ensure that systems and ... (1 Comment) Google Chrome 71: Bugs Squashed & News Ways to Block 'Abusive Experiences' Larry Loeb, Author, 12/7/2018 The latest version of the Google Chrome browser squashes numerous bugs and adds ... 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