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News & Views Most Popular Looking Back at 2019 in India: 5G Miss, AGR, Price Hikes & More By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 12/13/2019 India's telecom sector has witnessed a year of major developments in 5G, pricing, competition and M&A activity. Post a Comment Ciena Soars on Bullish Outlook as Sales Top $3.5B By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/12/2019 Ciena stock rocketed as it reported year-over-year sales growth of more than 15% and predicted further market share gains and sales hikes. 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 Advertisement 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 2019: The Year Telecom Went Doolally About 5G By Iain Morris, News Editor, 12/10/2019 2019 will be remembered in telecom as the year when 5G arrived and industry hype went into overdrive. Post a Comment Telcos Let FAANGs Into the Edge at Their Peril By Iain Morris, News Editor, 12/9/2019 Given the relative loss of value in the telecom industry, the recent edge deals involving AWS are risky moves for the operators involved. Post a Comment Ericsson Paid Out Millions in Bribes While CEO Ekholm Sat on Board By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/9/2019 The details of Ericsson's corruption scandal, as documented by US authorities, raise awkward questions for the Swedish vendor. Post a Comment Advertisement RJio Will Gain Most From India's Tariff Hike By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 12/6/2019 India's youngest and most aggressive operator could be the main beneficiary of an increase in prices. Post a Comment 5G Is a Chance to Change the Telco Monoculture By Robert Clark, 12/6/2019 Telecom operators have an opportunity with 5G to build diversity in their workforce. Post a Comment Huawei Ban in UK Still on the Table By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/5/2019 UK leader Boris Johnson links the use of Huawei to security concerns, raising the prospect of a partial or full ban on the Chinese vendor. Post a Comment China Mobile to Operate National Blockchain Network By Robert Clark, 12/4/2019 The Chinese operator has teamed up with a credit card firm and other agencies to run a new blockchain network. Post a Comment South Korea Minister Demands More From 5G Operators By Robert Clark, 12/2/2019 South Korea's new ICT minister has urged the country's operators to do more on 5G development. Post a Comment Huawei CFO Paints Rosy Picture of Canadian House Arrest By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/2/2019 What does the financial chief of the world's biggest equipment maker do in Vancouver when international travel is no longer an option? Post a Comment China Mobile Just Isn't Into Private 5G By Robert Clark, 12/2/2019 China Mobile boffin says public networks are more efficient than private. Post a Comment Huawei Ban in Australia Threatens 1,500 Jobs, Warns Chinese Vendor By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/2/2019 Huawei's payments to Australian telecom contractors will dry up in the next couple of years unless the government reverses its 5G ban, says the Chinese equipment giant. Post a Comment Chinese Operators Invest $427M in Number Portability Prep By Robert Clark, 11/29/2019 China is finally about to get mobile number portability and millions of consumers are expected to take advantage. Post a Comment Hon Hai Eyes 5G Prize as It Tips $328M Into APT By Robert Clark, 11/27/2019 The manufacturing giant is diversifying into 5G in a bid to become a technology services company. Post a Comment Netrounds Joins Rakuten's Vendor Roster By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/26/2019 Swedish network assurance specialist selected by high-profile greenfield Japanese network operator Rakuten Mobile. Post a Comment Ericsson Hurls NB-IoT & Cat-M Into Spotlight & Lets Them Sweat By Iain Morris, News Editor, 11/26/2019 Like any doting parent, the Swedish equipment giant is expecting a lot from the NB-IoT and Cat-M technologies it helped to spawn. Post a Comment Indian Telcos Find Some Relief By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 11/25/2019 Price rises and deferred spectrum payments should help operators that have been hit by a recent court ruling. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Ericsson Paid Out Millions in Bribes While CEO Ekholm Sat on Board By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/9/2019 The details of Ericsson's corruption scandal, as documented by US authorities, raise awkward questions for the Swedish vendor. Post a Comment 2019: The Year Telecom Went Doolally About 5G By Iain Morris, News Editor, 12/10/2019 2019 will be remembered in telecom as the year when 5G arrived and industry hype went into overdrive. 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 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 Telcos Let FAANGs Into the Edge at Their Peril By Iain Morris, News Editor, 12/9/2019 Given the relative loss of value in the telecom industry, the recent edge deals involving AWS are risky moves for the operators involved. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors CuriosityStream Surpasses 10.5M Subs Tuesday, December 10, 2019 DriveNets Teams Up With Broadcom, White Box Vendors Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Malaysian MVNO Deploys BSS From MDS Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Hansen Appoints Muderack as Comms Division CEO Monday, December 9, 2019 AWS Launches 'Wavelength' for 5G Edge Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Hengtong, APC Host Cable Conference Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Starz Sets International Streaming Expansion Monday, November 25, 2019 AIOps Phase III Showcased at Digital Transformation Asia Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Huawei's FDD Dual-Band Massive MIMO Achieves Scaled Rollout in Thailand Wednesday, November 20, 2019 1-Gig Available to 354M People Globally, Viavi Claims Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Nokia, Hitachi Kokusai Electric Team on 4G/5G Private Networks Monday, November 18, 2019 ThousandEyes Measures Performance for Amazon, Microsoft, Alibaba & IBM Clouds Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Focusing on 5G Integration, Hengtong Appears in PT Expo China 2019 Wednesday, November 6, 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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MobiledgeX's Jason Hoffman: State of the Edge The 5G Connectivity Challenge Network Intelligence & Automation in Mergers & Migrations Why Telcos Need an Elastic Services Platform Why Hardware Still Matters in the SDN Era Why Is Autonomous Operations Key to Your Network Evolution? Ribbon's Kevin Riley Talks New Company Brand, Latest ... The Cumulus Networks Success Story CloudPassage Ensuring Next-Level Container Security EXFO: Next-Level Assurance Solutions & Automation EXFO: Automate or Stagnate RAD Shares Insights on Latest Developments in vCPE & ... 100GbE in Action & More at MEF17 ADLINK Talks About OCP & Next Generation Telecom ... LINX Talks Open Networking & OcNOS Nominum & Security for Small to Midsized Businesses C-V2X Is Getting Ready for Commercialization With ... Ixia Launches World’s First 400GE Testing Solutions Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoCs Integrate the RF Signal Chain Pluribus: SDN & Beyond Cloud, Security, AI & IoT Are Driving the Need for ... 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