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Top News & Views All News & Views 'Small Disruptions' Have Totally Changed Fixed Network Biz, Says Nokia CTO By Robert Clark, 12/12/2019 The arrival of new technologies and growing interest in WiFi have spurred activity in the fixed broadband market, says the Finnish vendor's technology chief. Post a Comment Telecom Industry Rift Widens Over Key 5G Security Issue By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/12/2019 Some of Europe's biggest operators are distinguishing between the core and the RAN as they build their 5G networks, but the region's biggest 5G vendor says the boundary is disappearing. Post a Comment CBRS Rising, & the Wait for Private 5G Networks By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/12/2019 Midband LTE will start to arrive at the end of 2019, for private networks and more. Post a Comment Advertisement Eurobites: Russia's MTS Does TIP Run By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/12/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Keymile lands FTTB deal with Wobcom; BT Sport offers OTT monthly pass; KPN sells consulting arm; Deutsche Telekom nurtures 5G startups. Post a Comment Cisco's SP Chief on 'Silicon One' By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/12/2019 Jonathan Davidson, SVP and general manager of Cisco's Service Provider Business, outlines the key takeaways from the company's major new networking portfolio announcements, including the Silicon One chip launch, new router platforms, enhanced operating software and optical plans. Post a Comment Nokia to Test 5G for Driverless Trains With Germany's Deutsche Bahn By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/12/2019 Finnish vendor lands a role with Germany's railway operator to begin testing a 5G standard designed specifically for trains. Post a Comment Making Virtual Business Services Real By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 12/11/2019 Charter Spectrum Enterprise's Satya Parimi discusses the cableco's rollout of SD-WAN and virtualized security services, the lessons learned and the challenges still ahead. Post a Comment Advertisement Comcast Teams With NuEyes to Optimize TV for the Visually Impaired By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/11/2019 Cable operator is first to integrate a streaming TV app for specialized VR glasses outfitted with electronic magnification tech that enhances an individual's 'usable vision.' Post a Comment T-Mobile/Sprint Trial Serves Up Healthy Dose of Courtroom Drama By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/11/2019 The first few days of the trial to block the proposed Sprint/T-Mobile merger delivered more courtroom twists and turns than most Law & Order episodes. Post a Comment Focus on Mobile Margins, Profits Trump Need to Pump Big Volumes at Altice USA By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/11/2019 Ahead of ramp-up, Altice USA is working on enhancements and new features for its recently launched mobile product as company keeps initial marketing and other operating costs in check, Dexter Goei says. Post a Comment Cisco Wants to 'Build a New Internet' for 5G By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/11/2019 Cisco unveiled new silicon, optics and network operating system software that it says will carry the Internet through the next decade – with its products forming the backbone. Post a Comment Vienna Views: Pics From the 2020 Vision Executive Summit By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/11/2019 Senior executives gathered in the Austrian capital for the latest Light Reading 2020 Vision Executive Summit to discuss what's right, what's wrong and what's next for the telecom sector. Post a Comment The Telecoms.com Podcast: Media, Edge & Cunning Plans By Light Reading, 12/11/2019 From a very brown room in Vienna, the podders take time out from some top-drawer telco schmoozing at Light Reading's 2020 Vision event to talk mobile edge and more. Contains adult themes. Post a Comment Eurobites: Orange Suffers Existential Crisis, Does Other Stuff By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/11/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: KPN invests in smart alarms; Telefónica vows to go carbon-neutral by 2050; Amazon bags Champion League rights in Germany. Post a Comment Hon Hai Plots Private Networks With Its Own 5G Kit By Robert Clark, 12/11/2019 Taiwan's manufacturing giant has big plans for 5G, and they don't appear to include the traditional 5G players. Post a Comment Telefónica Deutschland Makes Risky 5G Bet on Huawei By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/11/2019 German operator will also use Finland's Nokia to build its 5G network and has cut dividends to help fund the project. Post a Comment AT&T Targets Labor, Wireline Footprint in New Cost-Cutting Effort By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/10/2019 'Everything is on the table,' AT&T exec John Stankey says, with former Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow hired as the hatchet man to lead its cost-cutting efforts. Post a Comment Surprise! With $637M in Auction Bids, Demand for mmWave Spectrum Continues By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/10/2019 The FCC's third mmWave spectrum auction started today, and it's likely that AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are driving a significant amount of bidding. Post a Comment T-Mobile Execs Talk Up 5G Prospects While Merger Trial Proceeds By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/10/2019 T-Mobile's management team is in NYC, talking lawsuits and 5G at a UBS event. Post a Comment Disney+ Is 'Not That Deep,' AT&T's Stankey Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/10/2019 Stressing that the streaming battle is 'not a zero-sum game,' exec says new HBO Max service will appeal across families and across various family-based wireless plans. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 'Small Disruptions' Have Totally Changed Fixed Network Biz, Says Nokia CTO By Robert Clark, 12/12/2019 The arrival of new technologies and growing interest in WiFi have spurred activity in the fixed broadband market, says the Finnish vendor's technology chief. Post a Comment Telecom Industry Rift Widens Over Key 5G Security Issue By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/12/2019 Some of Europe's biggest operators are distinguishing between the core and the RAN as they build their 5G networks, but the region's biggest 5G vendor says the boundary is disappearing. Post a Comment CBRS Rising, & the Wait for Private 5G Networks By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/12/2019 Midband LTE will start to arrive at the end of 2019, for private networks and more. Post a Comment Eurobites: Russia's MTS Does TIP Run By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/12/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Keymile lands FTTB deal with Wobcom; BT Sport offers OTT monthly pass; KPN sells consulting arm; Deutsche Telekom nurtures 5G startups. Post a Comment Cisco's SP Chief on 'Silicon One' By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/12/2019 Jonathan Davidson, SVP and general manager of Cisco's Service Provider Business, outlines the key takeaways from the company's major new networking portfolio announcements, including the Silicon One chip launch, new router platforms, enhanced operating software and optical plans. Post a Comment Nokia to Test 5G for Driverless Trains With Germany's Deutsche Bahn By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/12/2019 Finnish vendor lands a role with Germany's railway operator to begin testing a 5G standard designed specifically for trains. Post a Comment Making Virtual Business Services Real By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 12/11/2019 Charter Spectrum Enterprise's Satya Parimi discusses the cableco's rollout of SD-WAN and virtualized security services, the lessons learned and the challenges still ahead. Post a Comment Comcast Teams With NuEyes to Optimize TV for the Visually Impaired By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/11/2019 Cable operator is first to integrate a streaming TV app for specialized VR glasses outfitted with electronic magnification tech that enhances an individual's 'usable vision.' Post a Comment T-Mobile/Sprint Trial Serves Up Healthy Dose of Courtroom Drama By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/11/2019 The first few days of the trial to block the proposed Sprint/T-Mobile merger delivered more courtroom twists and turns than most Law & Order episodes. Post a Comment Focus on Mobile Margins, Profits Trump Need to Pump Big Volumes at Altice USA By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/11/2019 Ahead of ramp-up, Altice USA is working on enhancements and new features for its recently launched mobile product as company keeps initial marketing and other operating costs in check, Dexter Goei says. Post a Comment Cisco Wants to 'Build a New Internet' for 5G By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/11/2019 Cisco unveiled new silicon, optics and network operating system software that it says will carry the Internet through the next decade – with its products forming the backbone. Post a Comment Vienna Views: Pics From the 2020 Vision Executive Summit By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/11/2019 Senior executives gathered in the Austrian capital for the latest Light Reading 2020 Vision Executive Summit to discuss what's right, what's wrong and what's next for the telecom sector. Post a Comment The Telecoms.com Podcast: Media, Edge & Cunning Plans By Light Reading, 12/11/2019 From a very brown room in Vienna, the podders take time out from some top-drawer telco schmoozing at Light Reading's 2020 Vision event to talk mobile edge and more. Contains adult themes. Post a Comment Eurobites: Orange Suffers Existential Crisis, Does Other Stuff By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/11/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: KPN invests in smart alarms; Telefónica vows to go carbon-neutral by 2050; Amazon bags Champion League rights in Germany. Post a Comment Hon Hai Plots Private Networks With Its Own 5G Kit By Robert Clark, 12/11/2019 Taiwan's manufacturing giant has big plans for 5G, and they don't appear to include the traditional 5G players. Post a Comment Telefónica Deutschland Makes Risky 5G Bet on Huawei By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/11/2019 German operator will also use Finland's Nokia to build its 5G network and has cut dividends to help fund the project. Post a Comment AT&T Targets Labor, Wireline Footprint in New Cost-Cutting Effort By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/10/2019 'Everything is on the table,' AT&T exec John Stankey says, with former Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow hired as the hatchet man to lead its cost-cutting efforts. Post a Comment Surprise! With $637M in Auction Bids, Demand for mmWave Spectrum Continues By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/10/2019 The FCC's third mmWave spectrum auction started today, and it's likely that AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are driving a significant amount of bidding. Post a Comment T-Mobile Execs Talk Up 5G Prospects While Merger Trial Proceeds By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/10/2019 T-Mobile's management team is in NYC, talking lawsuits and 5G at a UBS event. Post a Comment Disney+ Is 'Not That Deep,' AT&T's Stankey Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/10/2019 Stressing that the streaming battle is 'not a zero-sum game,' exec says new HBO Max service will appeal across families and across various family-based wireless plans. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors CenturyLink Sets Launch of WiFi 6 Gateway 36 minutes ago Qualcomm Invests $8M Into Augury for 5G & Industrial IoT 37 minutes ago Viasat Lights Up Home Satellite Broadband in Mexico 38 minutes ago Ciena Reports Fiscal Q4, Full Year 3 hours and 50 minutes ago Fleet Complete Acquires CSI in Mexico Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Cisco Launches 'Internet for the Future' Strategy & Silicon Architecture Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Minnesota Public Schools Adopt CalAmp Bus Tracking App Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Dish Media Teams With Comcast's FreeWheel Unit on Targeted TV Ads Wednesday, December 11, 2019 NGMN & 5G-ACIA Team for Industrial 5G Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Nokia Gets Ready for Private Wireless LTE/5G Networks in Japan Wednesday, December 11, 2019 TiVo Strikes Ad-Tech Deal With SpotX Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Shipbuilding Company to Test Verizon's 5G in Manufacturing Operations Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Zoom Gets CableLabs Stamp for D3.1 Modem with 2.5-Gig LAN Port Tuesday, December 10, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Hardware Is the New Attack Surface – Forrester 12/12/2019 Attackers have already begun to breach security at the BIOS level, according to a ... 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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 Edge Computing Set for Big Role in 5G Vehicle Automation Stephen Lawson , Contributing Editor , 12/10/2019 If the cars of the future are self-driving, they'll most likely reach autonomy by ... 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