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News & Views Most Popular Juniper Touts Euro Telco Deals By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/5/2019 Russia's Rostelecom and Orange Poland tap Juniper gear and software for network upgrades, in a busy week for the networking vendor. Post a Comment CityFibre's David Tomalin: Building a Fab Fiber Future By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/5/2019 CityFibre's Group CTO David Tomalin discusses how an infrastructure provider, making long-term bets, is planning to enable service providers to reshape the UK tech landscape. Post a Comment Vodafone UK Is Emptying Its NOCs By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/4/2019 The UK service provider has cut hundreds of jobs in operations, with more to go as it rolls out more automated 5G networks. Post a Comment Advertisement Orange Targets €1B in Savings & Bigger Enterprise Role By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/4/2019 The French operator has prioritized growth in enterprise, Africa and financial services under its latest five-year plan. Post a Comment Switching Wireless Carriers Might Soon Get a Lot Easier By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/3/2019 The GSMA said it will create a new standards-setting process for eSIM technology, pushed by a Department of Justice antitrust investigation. The effort could have eSIM implications for everyone from Google to Charter. Post a Comment WiCipedia: Queen of Code, Leadership Sexism & Unicorns vs. Zebras By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 11/29/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Barbara Liskov reigns as queen of code; female leaders don't have support, even from women; zebras push unicorns aside; and more. Post a Comment Telefónica's €2B Growth Plan Fails to Excite By Iain Morris, News Editor, 11/28/2019 In its latest round of restructuring, the Spanish operator is setting up a Tech business with ambitious targets. Investors may feel they have been here before. Post a Comment Advertisement Eurobites: Germany's Merkel Calls for European 5G Watchdog By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/28/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Proximus appoints new CEO; Salt takes earnings hit; Ericsson bags new deal with Orange. 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 Japan's NTT Hires BearingPoint to Fix BSS Shortcomings By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/21/2019 The operator says the European platform provider comes with several attractive qualities that could provide a spur in the enterprise sector. Post a Comment How Is Telco Transformation Like Soylent Green? By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2019 It's all about the people. Post a Comment Microsoft's Ortega: Office 365 Drives SD-WAN Demand By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2019 Microsoft honcho says Office 365 transformed enterprise networks. Bold claim – but partly true. Post a Comment Comcast's Victor: SD-WAN Faces 'Baskin-Robbins Problem' By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/20/2019 Enterprise customers struggle with too many SD-WAN choices, says Robert Victor, Comcast Business SVP of product management. Post a Comment Labour Expects Average British Broadband Worker to Live on $5K a Year By Iain Morris, News Editor, 11/20/2019 UK Labour Party comrades Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell seem to have forgotten that telecom staff need paying. Post a Comment MEF19 Day 1: Standards, Innovation & Skim Milk By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 11/20/2019 Our MEF19 coverage simmers with more food analogies as Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser and Phil Harvey recap the show activity around LSO APIs and how carriers are using blockchain to speed up settlements. Post a Comment Google Cloud Offers 'Intelligence' for Virtual Networks By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/19/2019 Google rolls out Network Intelligence Center to help operators optimize virtual networks. Post a Comment Axiata Calls On TIP to Fix Telco Cost Problem By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/14/2019 One of the developing world's biggest operators runs up data service losses in Malaysia and is looking to the Facebook-led initiative for help. Post a Comment 5G Industrial Automation Isn't Right Around the Corner By Martha DeGrasse, Contributor, Light Reading, 11/14/2019 With manufacturers like Audi and Bosch testing 5G in an industrial setting, the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) is hoping to supercharge the space. But some are cautioning patience. Post a Comment Frequent Telco Buyer GTT: It's All About Networking, Not Infrastructure By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 11/12/2019 After buying several telcos, GTT looks to offload 'non-strategic' assets as it aims to provide networking services to large and multinational clients. Post a Comment Eurobites: Germany's Big 3 Enter Network-Sharing Agreement to Tackle 'Dead Spots' By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/12/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson, Swisscom and Qualcomm team up on spectrum sharing; Telkom SA announcement prompts takeover talk; Telecom Italia's edge cloud takes flight. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive WiCipedia: Queen of Code, Leadership Sexism & Unicorns vs. Zebras By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 11/29/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Barbara Liskov reigns as queen of code; female leaders don't have support, even from women; zebras push unicorns aside; and more. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Russia's Rostelecom Hires Juniper for IP Transport Backbone Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Juniper Names Google Vet Raj Yavatkar as CTO Monday, December 2, 2019 MEF Lists Digital Transformation Dossier Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Wind River Introduces Kubernetes-Based Cloud-Native Platform for 5G vRAN Tuesday, November 19, 2019 ThousandEyes Measures Performance for Amazon, Microsoft, Alibaba & IBM Clouds Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Juniper's Mist Systems Launches 'AI-Driven Self-Driving Network' Monday, November 11, 2019 Juniper Launches Contrail Insights for Data Center Ops Monday, November 11, 2019 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Debuts With Added Developer Tools, Security & Automation Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Arista Enhances Cloud Networking With CloudEOS Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Arista Warns of 'Sudden Softening' From Major Cloud Customer Thursday, October 31, 2019 Cisco Touts KDDI, Telenor, Telefónica 5G Deployments Monday, October 21, 2019 Colt Brings Virtual Networks to Enterprise Premises Thursday, October 10, 2019 Oracle Adding 2,000 Employees for Cloud Tuesday, October 8, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Europe Starts to Build Its Own Secure Cloud Oliver Schonschek, Security Now News Analyst, 12/5/2019 The German Federal Government wants to join forces with other European partners ... 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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 ... Masergy's NFV Journey Mavenir on RCS Cloud Platform & Multi-ID Keep Connected IoT Devices Under Control With Allot Metaswitch: Defining the Cloud Native Core Accelerating IP/Optical Network Visibility & Control Making 5G NR a Reality With Qualcomm Act on Your Intelligence With Amdocs aia! Making 5G New Radio (NR) a Reality Accelerating C-V2X Toward 5G for Autonomous Driving Dan Sahar of Qwilt on Open Edge Cloud Platform Nominum's Craig Sprosts on DNS & Cybersecurity Trends Versa: A Lot More Than SD-WAN SmartNICs & the Future of Network Virtualization Introducing the Next-Generation ONT (Optical Network ... A10 Networks on Service Providers' Industry Needs Check Point on Cybersecurity Accelerating Telecom Digital Transformation With Nominum DNS VeEX Test & Measurement Solutions Versa Networks' Kumar Mehta on SD-WAN Managed Services The Era of Agile Optics Has Arrived Atrinet's NetACE – Migration to NFV & SDN With ... 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