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News & Views Most Popular Huawei Spending $1.5B Annually on AI Development By Robert Clark, 8/23/2019 The Chinese equipment giant is now ramping up its investments in artificial intelligence. Post a Comment VMware Splashes $4.8B on Strategic Acquisitions By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/23/2019 VMware is bolstering its developer support and security capabilities with the acquisitions of Pivotal Software and Carbon Black. Post a Comment MEF Seeks to End SD-WAN Confusion By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/21/2019 The MEF 70 standard looks to clarify the definition of SD-WAN and pave the way for carrier interoperability, certification and faster deployment times for SD-WAN services. Post a Comment Advertisement Podcast: SES Networks Takes ONAP Sky-High By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/20/2019 The satellite network operator is looking to the Open Networking Automaton Platform (ONAP) to automate connecting its space-based network with terrestrial operators. Post a Comment VMware to Acquire Veriflow for Network Monitoring By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/16/2019 Another acquisition in a summer of deals to beef up VMware's networking toolkit. Post a Comment Automating Telstra Still Performs Like a Knackered Robot By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/15/2019 Australian operator is hacking away at its workforce like a murderous machine, but its 'turnaround' is questionable at this stage. Post a Comment How 5G & the Trade War Are Ringing the Changes for Ericsson By Robert Clark, 8/14/2019 The Swedish vendor is changing the way it delivers products and shifting production facilities. Post a Comment Advertisement Podcast: Prof. Nick Feamster Explains Machine Learning for Telcos By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 8/13/2019 Machine learning is primed to help service providers run more efficient and effective networks, but first the good ideas have to make their way from the lab to the real world – and that's a big challenge, according to the University of Chicago's Nick Feamster. Post a Comment Japan's Rakuten Mobile to Avoid Grand Entrance in October By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/9/2019 It has made a noise about its revolutionary network approach, but the Japanese company will make a low-key entry into the mobile market in October. Post a Comment Eurobites: Liberty Global Shrivels in Q2 By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/8/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Europe's regulators slam network-sharing in 'Czechia'; Nokia heads to New Zealand in latest 5G deal; MTN defies market conditions with strong Q2. Post a Comment Bell Canada's Ely: Market Demands Scalable, Co-Managed SD-WAN By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 8/7/2019 As 5G takes off, service providers must plan ahead for its impact on SD-WAN. In addition, Ely says growing demand for 'co-managed' SD-WAN services creates challenges around scalability. Post a Comment CableLabs Looks Outward With '4Front' Event By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/6/2019 Organization hopes to draw 1,500 for 4Front, a cross-industry event set for June 23-24, 2020, in Denver that will span areas such as gaming, broadband, healthcare, AI, automotive and security. Post a Comment SES Takes ONAP to the Final Frontier By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/6/2019 SES Networks is using Amdocs to implement the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) on Microsoft Azure, to allow its telco customers to seamlessly extend to SES's satellite service. Post a Comment TM Forum on Telecom's AI Trends By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 8/5/2019 Aaron Boasman-Patel, the TM Forum's VP of AI, Customer Experience and Data, talks about the real-world uses of AI in the telecom sector. Post a Comment A10 Networks Is in Trouble: Company for Sale, CEO Leaving By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 8/1/2019 A10 Networks, which is struggling to develop a 5G, network security and analytics strategy, is now up for sale. And the founder and CEO is on his way out. Post a Comment Big Blue Turns Red for Multicloud By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/1/2019 IBM reveals details of how it's using Red Hat software as the foundation for its multicloud strategy, following its $34 billion Red Hat acquisition. Post a Comment T-Mobile's Jobs Pledge Smells Fishy By Iain Morris, News Editor, 7/30/2019 Deutsche Telekom's promise that a T-Mobile and Sprint merger will create jobs has attracted plenty of scepticism, but not cutting jobs could raise difficult questions. Post a Comment VMware Snags Uhana for AI-Driven Mobile Network Optimization By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/26/2019 Uhana uses deep learning and real-time AI to optimize carrier mobile networks and applications. Post a Comment WiCipedia: Rad Projects, Femtech Entering Heyday & CES Confirms Diversity Changes By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 7/26/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Bumble gets mixed up with the wrong crowd; a new coding book for young girls makes tech fun; femtech gets its day in the sun; and more. Post a Comment Juniper's Still in a Hole, but Climbing Out By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/26/2019 Juniper saw quarterly revenues down again year-over-year, but says it remains on track to return to annual growth by the December quarter, just like it's been saying it would all year. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive MEF Seeks to End SD-WAN Confusion By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/21/2019 The MEF 70 standard looks to clarify the definition of SD-WAN and pave the way for carrier interoperability, certification and faster deployment times for SD-WAN services. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors VMware Reports $2.44B Revenue, Up 12% YoY, Acquiring Pivotal & Carbon Black Thursday, August 22, 2019 MEF Publishes SD-WAN Standard Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Broadcom to Acquire Symantec Enterprise Security for $10.7B Thursday, August 8, 2019 SES Automates Satellite Network Services With ONAP Monday, August 5, 2019 IBM Builds Multicloud Strategy on Red Hat Thursday, August 1, 2019 Juniper Q2 2019 Revenue $1.1B Down 8% Year-Over-Year but Up 10% Sequentially Thursday, July 25, 2019 Cisco, VMware, Silver Peak & Nokia Nuage Top SD-WAN Market Wednesday, July 24, 2019 BT Names Canonical Ubuntu for Next-Generation 5G Cloud Core Wednesday, July 24, 2019 Arrcus Raises $30M, Expands to Network Edge Tuesday, July 23, 2019 Verizon Launches Software-Defined Equinix Interconnect Monday, July 22, 2019 Three UK Builds 5G-Ready Cloud Core Network with Nokia Tuesday, July 16, 2019 AT&T & IBM Partner on Cloud, SDN Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Nuance Revs Up Brainy AI for Smart Speakers, Virtual Assistants Wednesday, July 10, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Nuclear Plant Security Compromised by Financially Motivated Insiders Larry Loeb, Author, 8/23/2019 Equipment at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine was used to mine cryptocurrency. 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Three CEO: We'd Rather Take Huawei Risk Than Miss 5G Rewards

Three UK has just launched a major 5G-led assault on the living room. If all goes to plan, the smallest of the country's four mobile network operators will emerge ...