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News & Views Most Popular T-Mobile Resolves Video Throttling Issue Amid Another PR Dustup By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 8/21/2019 T-Mobile acknowledged that it recently resolved an issue affecting its video-throttling practice, a situation that arises amid a renewed debate around wireless operators' network-management efforts. Post a Comment How Airtel Sri Lanka Revamped Its BSS By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 8/7/2019 For any operator, revamping an entire business support system (BSS) architecture in just six months and cutting IT opex by 80% as a result is a notable achievement. 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 Advertisement Eurobites: GSMA Blasts Space Industry for Hogging 5G Spectrum By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/30/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Proximus guides for 'nearly stable' results; Ooredoo sees revenues shrink; Giffgaff fined; MTS gets new board members; and more. Post a Comment Eurobites: Telia Starts to Turn the Tanker Around in Q2 By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/18/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT sells historic HQ; Virgin and Sky extend content deal; Telefónica taps smart-metering tech. Post a Comment Eurobites: S&P Puts Vodafone on Creditwatch By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/17/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Tele2's earnings up 3% in Q2; Openet goes cloud-native for 5G; Inmarsat takeover comes under scrutiny. Post a Comment 5G Momentum Props Up Ericsson's Q2 By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 7/17/2019 The Networks division is helping the Swedish operator improve its top line numbers but 'strategic contracts' hit margins and other divisions are still in turnaround mode, dragging the vendor's share price down. Post a Comment Advertisement The Telecoms.com Podcast: What Is Digital Transformation? By Light Reading, 7/16/2019 Jennifer Kyriakakis from Matrixx joins the guys this week, as they attempt to work out what 'digital' really means in the telecoms environment. Post a Comment New Route to New Revenue: Detect & Respond to Credentials Sharing By Orly Amsalem, Product Manager Video Security, Synamedia, 7/12/2019 Rather than ignoring password sharing or solely seeking ways to prevent it, service providers are now in position to monetize it thanks to advances in behavioral analytics and machine learning. Post a Comment Epsilon Revamps Its Back Office to Support Pivot to Enterprise Services By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 7/10/2019 International wholesale operator wants to play a bigger role with enterprise customers but adding services such as data center interconnect and SD-WAN requires additional operational and business support tools. Post a Comment ONAP 'Dublin' Lightens Network Orchestration By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/9/2019 The latest release of the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) sports enhancements designed to get the software up and running faster, so carriers can get on with sexy innovation. Post a Comment Why Telcos Are Going (Cloud) Native By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 7/2/2019 While there is a fair degree of hype around the term 'cloud native' and plenty of misuse by software marketeers, it is clearly an important topic among CSP CTOs and CIOs. Post a Comment Eurobites: Fastweb & Wind Tre Join Forces on 5G in Italy By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 6/26/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Sparkle begins work on photonic backbone; Openet nabs more Ericsson talent; EU probes Broadcom; Huawei hits the road. Post a Comment Cybereason Details Operation Soft Cell: A Telco Security Disaster By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 6/25/2019 Security firm reveals an ongoing global attack against telecommunications providers that has been active since at least 2017 and involves a group believed to be working on behalf of the Chinese government. Post a Comment Podcast: Why Telcos Are Challenged at the Edge By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 6/25/2019 Building edge computing resources for advanced applications is going to be a big challenge to telcos in terms of how and where to invest, as well as when and where to partner with cloud providers, vendors and others. Post a Comment Acumos AI Project Adds Smarts With Boreas By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 6/24/2019 The latest release from The Linux Foundation's Acumos AI Project offers some interesting incremental improvements. Post a Comment How Blockchain Will Be Used in Telecoms By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 6/20/2019 At the TechXLR8 event in London, Heavy Reading senior analyst James Crawshaw talks about how blockchain can be used to make, and save, money in the telecoms sector and identifies some of the innovative startups in the sector. Post a Comment Telco Staff Face Crisis as Cuts Claim 127K Jobs at Big CSPs Since 2015 By Iain Morris, International Editor, 6/6/2019 Communications service providers tracked by Light Reading have cut 7% of jobs since 2015, and reductions look set to continue. Post a Comment Telstra's Chief Executioner Hones His Axe By Iain Morris, International Editor, 6/4/2019 The Australian operator is reportedly slashing 15,000 contractor jobs and 8,000 internal positions as part of its T22 plan to become a more streamlined, 'digital' business. Post a Comment CenturyLink's No Sweat Approach to AI By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 6/4/2019 US operator is moving toward a more proactive and predictive operational model as it uses AI tools to extract greater value from its data, but there are hurdles to overcome. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Three UK Builds 5G-Ready Cloud Core Network with Nokia Tuesday, July 16, 2019 ONAP 'Dublin' Boosts Scaleability, 5G & Deployment Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Tomia Intros Cloud-Based Blockchain Settlement Platform Monday, June 24, 2019 Netcracker, Shaw Broaden BSS/OSS Deal Thursday, June 6, 2019 Evergent, Synamedia Team on Video Monetization Tuesday, May 21, 2019 Tier 1 US Operator Chooses Openet for Global Connected Car Services Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Sprint Deploys Amdocs to Simplify Catalog & Operations Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Matrixx Software Appoints New CTO Monday, March 18, 2019 CSG Uses AI to Help Partners Detect & Avoid Telecom Fraud Wednesday, February 27, 2019 Whale Cloud Supports Post Luxembourg's Digital Service Provider Transformation Tuesday, February 26, 2019 WOW Picks Nrby to Improve Field Ops Monday, February 25, 2019 Altice USA Adds Amdocs to Mobile Tech Plan Tuesday, February 5, 2019 MDS Global Lands Deal With Mexican MVNO Tuesday, February 5, 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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