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News & Views Most Popular Caption Contest: The Comcast Pointer By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 1/27/2020 A Monday mystery emerges from the Comcast media kit. Post a Comment Arista Buys SDN Pioneer Big Switch 'For a Song' – Sources By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 1/27/2020 Formerly glam SDN startup does the walk of shame. Post a Comment WiCipedia: Nature vs. Nurture & the Moms at Work Dilemma By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 1/24/2020 This week in our WiC roundup: Men and women have the same brains; startups are less popular than you might think; flexibility for moms at work is not improving; and more. Post a Comment Advertisement Ericsson Shares Hit by US Merger Uncertainty, Cost Challenges By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/24/2020 Swedish kit vendor says business fundamentals remain strong but warns costs will rise this year. Post a Comment Comcast Expects Steeper Pay-TV Losses as Broadband Growth Remains 'Top Priority' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/23/2020 Meanwhile, Xfinity Mobile adds 261,000 lines in Q4, ending 2019 with more than 2 million. Post a Comment Brace Yourselves for a 5G Patents Punch-Up By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/23/2020 InterDigital's 'transparency' move highlights battle for 5G bragging rights as China's IPR claims get louder. Post a Comment CityFibre CEO: I'd Welcome BT as a Customer By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/23/2020 Shifting some of its business from Openreach to CityFibre would be a 'super smart' move by BT's directors, says Greg Mesch, as he eyes a much bigger role in the UK's national broadband market. Post a Comment Advertisement VMware Extends Its SD-WAN Tentacles With Nyansa Acquisition By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 1/22/2020 VMware will acquire networking startup to extend SD-WAN optimization to the LAN, helping service providers build enterprise business. Post a Comment MWC2020: Smart Biz Models & Edge in the Spotlight By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/22/2020 Heavy Reading senior analyst James Crawshaw is heading to MWC and expects to be chatting about smart business models, Industry X.0, edge and more in Barcelona. Post a Comment Telcos Might Get Payment Breather in AGR Case in India By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 1/22/2020 India's government seems prepared to listen to the country's ailing service providers, but the future remains bleak for one of them. Post a Comment Frontier Preps for New Chapter By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/21/2020 Unfortunately, that new chapter looks likely to be Chapter 11. Post a Comment Vietnam Makes Big Bet on Homegrown 5G By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/20/2020 The country's biggest telecom operator is set to launch a 5G network based on technology it developed internally. Post a Comment Eurobites: Huawei Takes TomTom Route to Plug Google Navigation Gap By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/20/2020 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: EU bigwig plays down the Huawei-shaped hole in 5G rollout; Ericsson researches 5G in France; Telefónica's flexibility impresses rubber giant. Post a Comment CenturyLink Inks $1.6B Networking Deal With US Interior Department By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 1/20/2020 SD-WAN, multicloud connectivity and security services are among the technologies CenturyLink will bring to bear for the agency's more than 65,000 employees, 280,000 volunteers and 2,400 operating locations. Post a Comment WiCipedia: CES Recap, Salary Reveals & Outdated Advertising By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 1/17/2020 This week in our WiC roundup: Ivanka's CES keynote goes off 'without a hitch'; sharing salary info is the new talking about sex; advertisers keep tripping over their own shoelaces; and more. Post a Comment ZTE Aims to Raise $1.66B to Fund 5G R&D By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/16/2020 Chinese vendor looks to issue new shares to ten institutional investors to raise funds for 5G research and development and general 'working capital.' Post a Comment Eurobites: O2 Turns to Open RAN to Boost UK Coverage By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/16/2020 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Sky Mobile sets out its 5G stall; Ericsson pushes eSIM offering; SFR's mission-critical push-to-talk service rides the rails. Post a Comment Eurobites: France to Force VoD Giants to Fund Local Productions By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/15/2020 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom forms fiber joint venture; Belgian fraud detection startup raises €1.5 million; Liberty Global reshuffles in Europe. Post a Comment UK PM Is Right: Where Is Huawei Alternative? By Iain Morris, News Editor, 1/15/2020 Boris Johnson raises an important question about the structure of the telecom industry as the UK comes under Chinese and US pressure over its imminent decision on whether to ban Huawei from Britain's 5G market. Post a Comment Equinix Expands to 'Emerging True Edge' With Packet Acquisition By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 1/15/2020 Packet will enable Equinix to go beyond its traditional data center footprint to put compute in central offices, tower basestations and other edge locations. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Caption Contest: The Comcast Pointer By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 1/27/2020 A Monday mystery emerges from the Comcast media kit. Post a Comment Brace Yourselves for a 5G Patents Punch-Up By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/23/2020 InterDigital's 'transparency' move highlights battle for 5G bragging rights as China's IPR claims get louder. Post a Comment Frontier Preps for New Chapter By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/21/2020 Unfortunately, that new chapter looks likely to be Chapter 11. Post a Comment MWC2020: Smart Biz Models & Edge in the Spotlight By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/22/2020 Heavy Reading senior analyst James Crawshaw is heading to MWC and expects to be chatting about smart business models, Industry X.0, edge and more in Barcelona. Post a Comment Comcast Expects Steeper Pay-TV Losses as Broadband Growth Remains 'Top Priority' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/23/2020 Meanwhile, Xfinity Mobile adds 261,000 lines in Q4, ending 2019 with more than 2 million. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors John Burke Appointed to Blonder Tongue Board Monday, January 27, 2020 Mexico's Megacable Joins SCTE/ISBE Corporate Alliance Partner Program Monday, January 27, 2020 VMWare to Acquire Nyansa for AI Network Analytics Tuesday, January 21, 2020 IBM Rings Up $77.1B 2019 Revenue, Down 3.1%; Quarterly Red Hat Revenue Up 24% Tuesday, January 21, 2020 CenturyLink Wins Department of Defense Learning Network Deal Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Joe Wytanis to Succeed Frank Manning as Zoom's CEO Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Cujo AI Hires CFO Friday, January 17, 2020 McAfee Appoints New CEO Friday, January 17, 2020 CenturyLink Scores $1.6B for US Interior Department Networking Thursday, January 16, 2020 Verizon's Aamir Hussain Rejoins MEF Board Thursday, January 16, 2020 Wind River Acquires Star Lab Thursday, January 16, 2020 Equinix to Acquire Bare Metal Provider Packet Tuesday, January 14, 2020 Les Carter Named CTO of Cadent Monday, January 13, 2020 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Ransomware Costs More in Q4 Larry Loeb, Author, 1/27/2020 In Q4 of 2019, the average ransom payment increased by 104% to $84,116, finds ... 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1/16/2020

Podcast: NTT CTO Ettienne Reinecke on the Edge Evolution

Network operators have been making investments in high-bandwidth, high-frequency 5G technologies and it could take years for those investments to pay off. While ...