Comcast takes on more MDU customers with the option to offer gigabit broadband.
The complete story of EANTC's independent test of Cisco's NFV infrastructure (NFVi) is now available as a PDF download.
HP Enterprise insists it is playing a leadership role in NFV orchestration but admits it does not have a recipe to address all of the challenges that operators face.
At a time when the big traditional media companies are under assault from new-media upstarts, how can the fat compensation packages of top execs still be justified?
A WiC panel says that encouraging women to consider STEM careers and making it easier for them to enter the workforce may be better options than firm quotas to address the gender imbalance in senior technology jobs.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefonica sees recovery in Spain; Telecom Italia disappoints; DT's down on the Farm 2.0.
YouTube's Android app offers support for virtual reality, even as Google and The New York Times kick off a new series of VR news stories.
Verizon is getting creative with 5G, Light Reading hears, and examining new ways to deliver broadband to the home.
The UK operator argues for more work on standardization and theory to aid NFV rollout.
Cisco has once again set the bar and challenged the New IP networking sector by opening its doors and welcoming independent testing, something more vendors should be doing.
One of the world's biggest operators says the 'five-nines' concept has no place in a virtualized world.
Netflix wants to win at the TV Everywhere game, but not when it comes to sports.
Heavy Reading Analyst Caroline Chappell sees telecom network operators moving away from centralized management toward smarter network elements.
Also in today's EMEA regional rollout: Deutsche Telekom soars in Q3; Cellcom Israel agrees to buy Golan Telecom; Finnish emojis.
ParStream and Lancope provide tools for analytics and security for Internet of Things networks.
The service has brought more than 1 million people online in India alone, but still has a long way to go, Zuckerberg says.
Research shows CSPs haven't got an operations strategy for NFV yet, even as more of them say they are deploying.
Atos is making a play in the growing market for unified communications offerings with a takeover of Siemens' Unify business.
The Dolan family may be selling at the right time.
China's operators are moving away from WiFi as 4G adoption continues to rocket.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: trouble in Uzbekistan; surveillance laws revamped in UK; Vivacom boss slams EU 'hodgepodge.'
On a recent visit to Israel, Light Reading Founder and CEO Steve Saunders had a chance to speak with Ori Gerstel, CTO of Sedona Systems, about Sedona's multi-layer control solution.
Anadigics, Macom, and Qorvo are turning to gallium nitride to support the performance improvements that MSOs need to add bandwidth to their HFC networks with a minimum of fuss.
No stone will be left unturned in Sprint's quest to cut operating expenses.
Further pictorial coverage from the Global Mobile Broadband Forum 2015 in Hong Kong.
The latest LTE components support the LTE-A functions required to deliver high bandwidth up to 600 Mbit/s at one extreme, and very low-power, sub-1 Mbit/s for IoT/M2M applications at the other.
FreedomPop will use a GSM partner -- either AT&T or T-Mobile -- to support Intel's SoFIA's phones in the US.
Descartes is a new machine-learning system developed by Comcast. Call it algorithms for innovation.
Sckipio plans to use funding from Intel Capital to make G.fast improvements, allowing operators to use the technology over much longer distances.
Juniper threw ambivalence to the wind Tuesday and fully embraced white box networking and NFV.
Core Network Dynamics is one of a new breed of virtualization suppliers whose technology could spur a shake-up in the mobile sector.
Also in today's EMEA roundup: Volvo boost for Nokia's HERE; TDC's profits down in third quarter; 'blingphone' company sold to Chinese.
Cisco has once again set the bar and challenged the New IP networking sector by opening its doors and welcoming independent testing, something more vendors should be doing.
UPDATED! Find out which top level industry executives graced this year's Global Mobile Broadband Forum in Hong Kong and the hot topics they discussed during the first day of the event.
A new Star Trek series is boldly going to CBS All Access, with access only available to subscribers.
Once the very definition of closed and proprietary, the cable industry is slowly coming around to open source technologies.
Watch Justin Paul, Head of Network Product Marketing in Amdocs, talk about the opportunities cable operators have in the business services domain leveraging NFV (network functions virtualization) technology. Hear about the challenges operators face in introducing, delivering and operating services for their enterprise customers and how great opportunities await those who act quickly to roll out virtualized services. Find out more now.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone customers exposed in UK; M&A moves in Israel; Nokia's cmWave trial; movie-streaming heaven.
South Korean operator is looking to strengthen its broadband and TV services as revenues from traditional service offerings decline.
A long-awaited tie-up between Reliance Communications and MTS India could trigger a wave of consolidation in India's telecom market.
Vodafone Germany's WDM Team Leader Jakob Pojda talks about the catalysts for metro 100G deployments and other trends in the optical transport market.
Quotas backed up by KPIs are the best way to level the playing field for women in comms, SAP's SVP says as she provides a global perspective.
Keeping talented tech staff local is a predicament when 60% of college graduates leave Michigan within 60 days.
