News & Views
Content posted in December 2018
The Philter | 12/31/2018 | Post a comment 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.
News Analysis | 12/28/2018 | Post a comment Trump had drawn attention to American Cable Association's call for the US DoJ to open antitrust investigation into Comcast's ownership of NBCUniversal.
News Analysis | 12/28/2018 | 1 comment 2018 is the year that the next-generation wireless technology went viral.
Column | 12/28/2018 | Post a comment The reliability of 5G networks is critical to the success of smart cities applications. This puts network testing back into the communications technology spotlight.
News Analysis | 12/28/2018 | Post a comment Seeking to expand its role in the cable tech sector, the industry training and standards group is now looking to patent new products in the energy management and system operations areas.
News Analysis | 12/28/2018 | Post a comment Light Reading's on-camera coverage during the year spanned a wide range of topics and technologies, from 5G and 4K to HDR, AI, automation, edge computing and more...
News Analysis | 12/27/2018 | Post a comment Canadian video tech startup apes human perception to track video quality on any screen.
News Analysis | 12/27/2018 | 9 comments The Trump administration reportedly could bring an emergency ban on US companies buying Huawei & ZTE equipment in January 2019.
News Analysis | 12/27/2018 | Post a comment In its annual message to the industry, a defiant Huawei boasts of an annual sales increase of 21%.
Column | 12/27/2018 | 1 comment How MEF's work impacts telco businesses, SD-WAN and digital transformation, from the perspectives of AT&T, PCCW and Verizon.
News Analysis | 12/26/2018 | Post a comment Cisco transformed its service provider business, fended off VMware and white box threats and beefed up network automation.
Column | 12/26/2018 | Post a comment Thought leaders from AT&T, PCCW and Verizon Partner Solutions talk with MEF about their priorities for now and the coming year.
News Analysis | 12/26/2018 | Post a comment Fire up the Flux Capacitor! It's time for another jog down Memory Lane of the Web to visit sites from yesteryear and the sepia-tinged digital storefronts of Apple, AOL, Huawei, Netflix, TiVo... and many more.
The Philter | 12/24/2018 | Post a comment Why have it your way when you can have it Huawei?
News Analysis | 12/24/2018 | Post a comment Christmas came early for Cloud Constellation, which scored $100 million in funding toward its dream of building a network of orbiting satellites to secure cloud data.
Heavy Lifting Analyst Notes | 12/24/2018 | Post a comment Auctions of 5G-suitable spectrum are now generating billions. Meanwhile, vendors are waiting on a different bounty — the further billions operators will need to spend to finally realize their 5G ambitions.
News Analysis | 12/21/2018 | Post a comment Huawei is continuing its push-back against its international critics with details of security testing facilities, while one of its customers in Korea talks of its confidence in the embattled vendor.
Jonestown | 12/21/2018 | Post a comment Expect a wide range of download speeds from AT&Ts Nighthawk 5G unit as you use the hotspot in AT&T's initial 5G cities.
LRTV Interviews | 12/21/2018 | Post a comment Ray Watson, VP of Global Technology at Masergy, discusses the challenge of securing virtualized telco infrastructure and weighs in on how to handle corporate hacks as well.
News Analysis | 12/21/2018 | Post a comment The cable giant is selling more European assets – how far might it go? And what might it do with its prime asset, the UK's Virgin Media?
WiCipedia | 12/21/2018 | Post a comment This week in our WiC roundup: Israel struggles to find techies; CIOs have diversity sway; the visibility lynchpin; and more.
News Analysis | 12/21/2018 | Post a comment In today's EMEA regional roundup: Liberty Global sells eastern European satellite TV operations; 5G in Estonia; Vodafone needs a new auditor; taxing times in Finland for freelance Santas.
The Bauminator | 12/20/2018 | 2 comments SEC filings claim that company behind a skinny-bundle, subscription OTT-TV service has notched a content and tech partnership with Comcast Technology Solutions that kicks in January 2019.
News Analysis | 12/20/2018 | Post a comment Unlicensed 5G NR could open up a world of possibilities for companies wanting their own private 5G networks.
LRTV Documentaries | 12/20/2018 | Post a comment A cohort of independent filmmakers and storytellers will have access to a working 5G network in their next project thanks to a collaboration between Verizon's RYOT studio and the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP).
News Analysis | 12/20/2018 | Post a comment India's Reliance Communications is exposed and its prospects aren't good.
News Analysis | 12/20/2018 | 1 comment In today's regional roundup: Huawei's troubles could be good news for Ericsson; Enea lines up another acquisition; Orange Business Services lands smart meter IoT deal; Ciena heads to the UK countryside; and more Ericsson.
News Analysis | 12/19/2018 | 1 comment Launch delayed to 2019 reportedly due to unforeseen complexities and desire to avoid launching a me-too video offering.
The Philter | 12/19/2018 | Post a comment With its competitors stumbling, its largest customers remaining stable and its markets outside of telecom growing, Ciena is enjoying relatively smooth sailing in CEO Smith's 17th year at the helm.
News Analysis | 12/19/2018 | 3 comments MSO forms partnership with Blade, the company behind a cloud-based computer gaming platform called Shadow.
News Analysis | 12/19/2018 | 3 comments Qualcomm and Samsung tell Light Reading that 3GPP 'late drop' delay won't hold up 5G launches in 2019.
The Bauminator | 12/19/2018 | 1 comment Kyrio has turned Go2Broadband service locator into a digital, hyperlocal service locator for cable resellers with plans to extend that capability to other service-oriented industries.
News Analysis | 12/19/2018 | Post a comment Italy's biggest operator says it will continue to work with Huawei unless it is told not to by government authorities.
News Analysis | 12/19/2018 | Post a comment In today's EMEA regional roundup: Euro giants to collaborate on multi-billion euro IoT and connected car chip/sensor developments; TIM and Sony Mobile forge 5G pact; Telefónica Germany and Nokia build their joint 'Early 5G Innovation Cluster' in Berlin; Open Fiber lands another broadband rollout tender; G+D Mobile Security boasts of Orange eSIM engagements; Altice and KKR have a Hivory; and more.
News Analysis | 12/19/2018 | Post a comment Japanese mobile operator's shares dipped by more than 14% during the first day of trading on the Tokyo exchange.
News Analysis | 12/18/2018 | Post a comment Why spend more than $600M on a company that makes optical transceivers? It wasn't just one product, but an entire automated manufacturing process that may help Cisco stay ahead of future bandwidth bottlenecks.
News Analysis | 12/18/2018 | Post a comment On track to completion in the first half of 2019.
News Analysis | 12/18/2018 | 5 comments The service is initially available to select business 'early adopters,' with 5G to become available to the wider public next spring.
News Analysis | 12/18/2018 | Post a comment Settlement stems from 2017 suit claiming that systems formerly run by Time Warner Cable in New York had under-delivered on promised Internet speeds.
News Analysis | 12/18/2018 | 4 comments In today's regional EMEA roundup: CityFibre celebrates fiber funds; BT revamps its CEO bonus assessment scheme; ETSI launches a blockchain group; and more.
News Analysis | 12/18/2018 | 1 comment Even Amazon, with all its resources, is having difficulty with the transition, says Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison. Give that man a microphone and he trashes AWS, every time.
News Analysis | 12/18/2018 | Post a comment While Oracle's revenue and cloud growth is nearly flat, despite a booming cloud market, its application growth is 'spectacular' and cloud database is poised to take off, the company says.
News Analysis | 12/18/2018 | 1 comment Vendor is on the counter-offensive, claiming strong 5G momentum, a clean security record and expected milestone revenues.
News Analysis | 12/17/2018 | Post a comment The 28GHz auction continues, as the FCC expects to open up almost 5GHz of millimeter wave spectrum for 5G in 2019 and beyond.
The Bauminator | 12/17/2018 | Post a comment Sling TV, ESPN, Fox bring video streaming apps to the Oculus Go.
News Analysis | 12/17/2018 | 3 comments Decision to launch a trio of direct-to-consumer services and continue to license content is the wrong move, analyst says.
News Analysis | 12/17/2018 | Post a comment Google came to New York in 2000 with a one-person sales office operating out of a Starbucks.
Morris Lore | 12/17/2018 | 3 comments Two of Europe's biggest operators are desperate to wean Europeans off US and Chinese technology, but they are uncomfortably reliant on it themselves.
News Analysis | 12/17/2018 | Post a comment VMware paid a hefty premium over Heptio's funding to advance its open source containers strategy.
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