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News & Views Most Popular Broadband World Forum: What's Beyond the Fiber? By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/17/2019 I've been in Amsterdam this week at the annual Broadband World Forum event – here's what sunk into my grey matter. Post a Comment Juniper CTO Talks About the Company's 5G Aspirations By Sue Marek, Special Contributor, 10/16/2019 Juniper's CTO hails from Google, and is now working to steer the vendor through topics ranging from 5G to edge computing. Post a Comment 5G Signal Boosters Show Up Ahead of Regulations By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/15/2019 FCC regulations haven't yet caught up with startups' 5G plans. Post a Comment Advertisement Verizon Wants a prpl Tinge to Its Residential Gateways By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/15/2019 Verizon is keen on a set of standard APIs for residential gateways that will enable new services to be offered to broadband customers and it wants other operators to support developments underway at the prpl Foundation. Post a Comment Telefónica's OnLife Is Growing Long in the Tooth By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/15/2019 The Spanish operator's ambitious OnLife project is now in field trials with residential and enterprise customers – and several use cases already look compelling. Post a Comment Eurobites: Our 5G Door Is Open, Germany Tells Huawei By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/15/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: CityFibre wants to engage on UK's FTTH future; KKR buys majority stake in Hyperoptic; Eurofins targets media industry. Post a Comment F5G: Huawei's Bid to Dominate Optical Access By Robert Clark, 10/14/2019 The Chinese equipment giant has a new plan for shaping the development of optical access technology. Post a Comment Advertisement Comcast's Virtual Access Network Rolls Into Multiple Markets, Spans 100K+ Customers By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/11/2019 Top Comcast execs discuss the benefits and capabilities of the company's new virtual access network and how Comcast is applying lessons from its cloud-based X1 platform. Post a Comment Eurobites: Openreach Talks Up the Fiber Effect By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/11/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT launches 5G service; Amsterdam Internet Exchange upgrades with Pluribus; Ericsson helps fight diabetes in the UAE. Post a Comment Comcast Blames Software Glitch for Broadband Data Meter Error By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 In a small edge case that affected about 2,000 customers, Comcast says it fixed the technical issue and is crediting affected accounts for any erroneous charges and giving those subs an additional $50 credit. Post a Comment TM Pitches to Build Malaysia's National 5G Network By Robert Clark, 10/10/2019 Malaysia's fixed-line incumbent wants to be the country's only operator of a 5G network. Post a Comment Eurobites: Sunrise, Huawei Claim 5G Speed Record By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/10/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: MVNO Effortel lands bank job; EU considers new 'security paradigm'; European lobby groups want more flexibility on privacy regulations. Post a Comment Seven Things We Learned at Cable-Tec Expo By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 The 10G future is in sight, HFC has gas in the tank, Comcast is getting serious about network virtualization, DOCSIS's pioneers get recognized and more from last week's show in The Big Easy. Post a Comment Altice Cooks Up RDK-Powered Broadband Gateways By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 Altice Labs has introduced a family of broadband gateways for DOCSIS and FTTP networks that utilizes an open source software platform managed by a joint venture of Comcast, Liberty Global & Charter. Post a Comment China Optical Vendors Take a Hit From Fiber Glut By Robert Clark, 10/9/2019 Fiber saturation has dampened demand this year, but the arrival of 5G means the downturn may be short-lived. Post a Comment BT Gives Convergence Another Bash, but 'Halo' Looks Far From Heavenly By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/9/2019 A push into bundles is not going to guarantee success for the ailing UK telco amid a blizzard of competitive and regulatory challenges. Post a Comment AT&T, Verizon Cheer Broadband Maps – Except for 5G By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/9/2019 AT&T and Verizon have voiced support for the FCC's efforts to obtain accurate maps of broadband access in the US. But they argued 5G should not be included in those maps. Post a Comment Eurobites: Telia & Nokia Launch 5G FWA in Finland By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/9/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nuage Networks finds SD-WAN love in Bahrain; Vodafone closes stores, but not in the UK; MegaFon sets up e-commerce JV with Alibaba and friends. Post a Comment MyRepublic: 'Redefining the Economics of Telco' By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/8/2019 Fixed broadband service provider developed its own OSS and BSS systems, a move that gives it cost efficiencies compared with traditional systems and advanced data analysis capabilities, according to its executives. Post a Comment Forward Networks Raises $35M to Help Operators Check On Enterprise Networks By Martha DeGrasse, Contributor, Light Reading, 10/8/2019 Startup is hoping to sell telcos new technology to peek into the operations of enterprise networks. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 5G Signal Boosters Show Up Ahead of Regulations By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/15/2019 FCC regulations haven't yet caught up with startups' 5G plans. Post a Comment F5G: Huawei's Bid to Dominate Optical Access By Robert Clark, 10/14/2019 The Chinese equipment giant has a new plan for shaping the development of optical access technology. Post a Comment Verizon Wants a prpl Tinge to Its Residential Gateways By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/15/2019 Verizon is keen on a set of standard APIs for residential gateways that will enable new services to be offered to broadband customers and it wants other operators to support developments underway at the prpl Foundation. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors RCN, Grande & Wave Team With Sonos on Whole-Home Audio Thursday, October 17, 2019 Telenet Taps Vector for DOCSIS 3.1 Upgrade Friday, October 11, 2019 Altice Labs Embraces RDK Broadband Gateways Thursday, October 10, 2019 AT&T to Sell Puerto Rico, US Virgin Island Operations to Liberty Latin America for $1.95B Wednesday, October 9, 2019 New Adtran SD-WAN Targets SMBs, Distributed Enterprises Wednesday, October 2, 2019 OpenVault Extends, Expands WOW Deal Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Wireless ISP Common Launches 5th Bay Area Market With $39/Month Service Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Stealth Offers Pop-Up Fiber Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Hughes Beams Satellite Internet Service Into Mexico Wednesday, September 25, 2019 NSF Adds Advanced Wireless Research Platform in North Carolina Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Sunrise Receives Request to Remove Chairman, Board Member Wednesday, September 11, 2019 10G, Low Latency, IoT & Cable's 'GAP' Initiative Highlight Cable-Tec Expo's 'Innovation Theater' Thursday, September 5, 2019 Jeff McElfresh to Succeed John Donovan as CEO of AT&T Communications Tuesday, September 3, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Unit 42 Finds the First Cryptojacking Docker Container Larry Loeb, Author, 10/17/2019 Palo Alto Network's Unit 42 has found the first cryptocurrency miner malware that ... 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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 ... Vodafone Live NFV Use Cases Powered by Amdocs Sonus in VellOS Mellanox Open Composable Networks Network Security Orchestration Sonus in the Cloud Sonus Strategy Netronome's Server-based Networking Platform Nexius: The Strategy & Science of Data Analytics Overture Networks NFV Solutions ECI's Elastic Network Masergy: Transforming Enterprise IT Arbor Networks on ISP Traffic Visibility ECI's LightSec: Comprehensive Cyber Security Solution ECI’s LightApps: Intelligence for Networks Service Gateway Virtual Edition SDN Management & Orchestration in the WAN Sedona Systems: Multi-Layer Applications Platform NFV – a Catalyst for Business Services Growth Telefónica: In Search of Virtual Simplicity Affirmed Networks Highlights NFV in Mobile Core Close-up on ConfD NetNumber Founder on Managing Signaling Control Tail-f, Cisco & What the Future Holds Sonus Shakes Up SD-WAN Automate, Scale & Create With Juniper's vCPE Solution Metaswitch's New CEO Martin Lund Discusses His Role ActiveVideo's Cloud Virtualization Technology Nominum on Leveraging the Power of DNS to Deliver ... Palo Alto Networks on Expanding in the Carrier/Service ... Infoblox on DNS Threat Index The Netformx Ecosystem Versa Networks on Leveraging VNFs Nuage Networks on Operationalizing SDN Mellanox's New 25/50/100Gb/s Ethernet Products Arista's CloudVision VIEW FULL VIDEO SHOWCASE Prime Reading NFV Is Down but Not Out Iain Morris , International Editor , 5/22/2018 NFV has failed to live up to the original expectations five years after it was ... (33 comments) Leading Lights 2018: The Finalists Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 4/11/2018 Light Reading is thrilled to announce the finalists for this year's Leading ... (0) Robot Wars: Telecom's Looming AI Tussle Iain Morris , International Editor , 3/14/2018 Telcos performing routine chores will be ripe for AI-based automation. But whose ... (6 comments) Europe's Backhaul Black Hole Looms Above 5G Iain Morris , International Editor , 9/18/2017 The poor availability of fiber for mobile backhaul spells trouble for some of ... 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Juniper CTO Talks About the Company's 5G Aspirations

When Bikash Koley jumped ship from Google to become the CTO of Juniper Networks in mid-2017, it was considered quite a win for the networking firm. Koley, who had ...