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News & Views Most Popular Eurobites: UKCloud Seeks to Make Hay From Post-Brexit Mayhem By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/15/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia's Nuage Networks powers sports data analysis; BT Global Services turns to SevOne; Helios enters South African market. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Light Reading's 41 Most Popular Stories in 2018 By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 12/31/2018 Everything from enterprise strategies to 5G devices caught our audiences' attention during 2018. At a time when so many changes are bearing down on the telecom world, it's clear that a lot of us still have our heads in the cloud. Post a Comment \| Read (0) SSIMWAVE Makes Waves in Video Quality By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 12/27/2018 Canadian video tech startup apes human perception to track video quality on any screen. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement GE: Digital Transformation Gone Wrong By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/17/2018 GE is spinning off its $1.2B industrial IoT business, and selling its majority stake in ServiceMax, as the floundering industrial giant looks to right the ship. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: jerehada Sobering tale for telcos as well. Was there too much effort was on sideware... Robocall Fix Not a Silver Bullet By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/13/2018 Shaken/Stir holds promise to authenticate calls and improve blocking services, but there are challenges and complexities to consider. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: jcadler We spoke last August; Gerry and Dawn have our contact information. Related... 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 (13 comments) Latest Comment: lanbrown But the FCC/FTC are not going after them for the fraud. There are many... 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) Advertisement 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) 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) Eurobites: FTTH Council Takes 'Fake Fiber' Fight to Brussels By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/3/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Accenture revives Telefónica; Telia's 5G robot; BT tees up new security boss; Deutsche Telekom digitizes breakdown recovery. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cloud Dynamics Underpin MYCOM OSI's Acquisition By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/30/2018 Why would a private equity company buy a telecom network assurance and optimization company? Because the cloud is where the money is. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw There is an interesting comment from the CEO in that article you linked to... Eurobites: Nokia, Telefónica Put 5G to Work on the Assembly Line By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/19/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Eutelsat does deal with Airbus; Hagberg joins top team at Tele2; CityFibre does Stirling work; UK's cybersecurity strategy slammed. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Telefónica's 'Pre-Crime' Unit Is Fighting Hurricanes & Sloppy Workmen By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/8/2018 The Spanish operator is using data and sophisticated algorithms to predict when hurricanes and careless roadworkers could strike. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: US Lawsuit Alleges Corruption at Iraq's Korek Telecom By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/5/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Hyperoptic extends Thurrock network; Synamedia appoints new CFO; streaming VoD turns into a torrent. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How CSPs Can Thrive in the 'Digital Darwinism' Era By Francesco Venturini, Managing Director, Global Communications & Media Industries, Accenture, 11/5/2018 Why CSPs should adopt an omni-channel approach to improve the customer experience and regain their competitive advantage Post a Comment \| Read (0) Spectrum, Telus Team on Dynamic Services PoC By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/31/2018 MEF18 demo shows policy-driven dynamic services over multi-carrier networks Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T's Goodell: SD-WAN Explodes as Killer App By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/30/2018 But deployment complexities continue to challenge telecom operators. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nokia Builds Apps for Optical Network Monetization By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/30/2018 Vendor's new WaveSuite applications are designed to help network operators make more money from their optical assets. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Mobileum Snaps Up Mobile Security Specialist By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/29/2018 Roaming solutions specialist Mobileum has acquired hosted signalling firewall vendor Evolved Intelligence, a move that begs a number of questions says seasoned industry analyst. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: RituGupta If you want your company to do well, you've got to have good people managing... WiCipedia: No (CIS) Men Allowed & Breaking Into a 'Male' Industry By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 10/26/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Kaspersky aims to attract women to cybersecurity; how to break into a male-dominated industry; no CIS men allowed at a DC hackathon; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards jcadler, 1/16/2019 11:30:22 AM Robocall Fix Not a Silver Bullet Re: Re: Not a wooden stake, either We spoke last August; Gerry and Dawn have our contact information. Related note: There have been a handful of news articles lately about the government shutdown allowing more robocalls. This is not really the case. ... OlsonWilson, 1/10/2019 7:48:22 AM College Professor Finds a Home in AT&T Labs Re: She's amazing! She is truly a great person and I am so proud of her! I've known her ever since she's been working with me on a lab report writing services at https://payforessayz.com/lab-report-writing-services/ as a writer. I am... lanbrown, 12/22/2018 5:02:12 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Re: Make it criminal But the FCC/FTC are not going after them for the fraud. There are many laws that these illegal telemarketers break but are not charged with. That is the bigger issue and could help deter future violations. Not... MindCommerce, 12/21/2018 12:21:54 PM Robocall Fix Not a Silver Bullet Re: Re: Not a wooden stake, either Disclosure: Mind Commerce conducted a Robocall Study Ranks Wireless Carriers' Performance Detecting, Managing Unwanted Calls but it did not include Call Control. We would like to talk to you or designee at your company... MindCommerce, 12/21/2018 11:45:54 AM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Re: Its not that difficult ! It's not rocket Science You have some really good points here about the use of more advanced SIP and other approaches to isolating the source of robocalls (e.g. SIP Trunking) and we would like to discuss with you. Please Contact Mind Commerce... jcadler, 12/21/2018 11:42:18 AM Robocall Fix Not a Silver Bullet Re: Re: Not a wooden stake, either Agree. Full disclosure I'm with one of the leading solutions providers for consumers and cloud alike - Call Control. We've been asking for an extension of STIR/SHAKEN to the end client so that apps... MindCommerce, 12/21/2018 11:40:10 AM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Re: Make it criminal It already is against the law in the United States for anyone to seek to defraud someone via a telephone conversation (just like it is in person, via email, postal mail, etc.). The threshold to block calls is very high for... MindCommerce, 12/21/2018 11:06:48 AM Robocall Fix Not a Silver Bullet Re: Re: Not a wooden stake, either Good comments, and this one in particular, pretty much sums it up: " They will sell a dozen SIP trunks and what the client does with them they don't care " In addition to STIR/SHAKEN 2.0, we believe there is a need for... jerehada, 12/20/2018 3:18:59 PM GE: Digital Transformation Gone Wrong Re: Software is expensive Sobering tale for telcos as well. Was there too much effort was on sideware and hot air and not enough on the product? Do indutrial companies have the budgets to spend large amounts on software that has questionable, exagerated... lmorris, 12/14/2018 11:13:49 PM Robocall Fix Not a Silver Bullet Re: Robocalls Talking about robocalls, I think I have just read an article that might be useful for anyone at https://www.whycall.me/news/consumer-wins-massive-229500-robocall-lawsuit-against-time-warner-cable/. I think people should... jcadler, 12/13/2018 2:55:18 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: A Swing and a Miss What is most overlooked is the fabulous opportunity the carriers had to sell a much needed value-added service. If they had thought that way, it would have happened much, much sooner. They could have gone from... jcadler, 12/13/2018 2:47:59 PM Robocall Fix Not a Silver Bullet Re: Not a wooden stake, either It would be remiss not to first acknowledge Carol's long respected career in the telecom industry. My first industry mag was Telephony, and it instantly broadened my trade-view. Later Carol interviewed and listened... lanbrown, 12/11/2018 2:09:42 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Make it criminal There is currently very little deterrence to stop robocalls. Most states and even the feds have laws that they are not enforcing. Once you make this a criminal act, some will be deterred as the risk vs. reward... brooks7, 12/10/2018 1:45:22 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Re: Do your job Duh!, Agreed. I am one that screens every call unless I know the number. seven Duh!, 12/10/2018 11:14:24 AM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Do your job It seems that Pai's principal objective is to avoid regulating the industries his agency is supposed to regulate. The robocall crisis* is a prime example of the reason that Congress gave the FCC the mandate to regulate the... 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