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News & Views Most Popular Orange Pushing Multivendor SD-WAN By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 Orange Business Services is working with several vendors to develop multivendor SD-WAN expertise and counting on MEF application programming interfaces and definitions for SD-WAN to enable a single portal for its SD-WAN offering, says Franck Morales, vice president of marketing of connectivity services for Orange Business Services. In addition, its SD-WAN service will be built on four other pillars: native cloud connectivity, best-of-breed security, global services and future-proof solution. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Spectrum: SD-WAN Is Coming Soon, but It's Complicated By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 11/8/2018 Satya Parimi of Spectrum Enterprise, says managed SD-WAN services are coming shortly following trials that revealed the complexity of deploying this new service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How CSPs Can Thrive in the 'Digital Darwinism' Era By Francesco Venturini, Managing Director, Global Communications & Media Industries, Accenture, 11/5/2018 Why CSPs should adopt an omni-channel approach to improve the customer experience and regain their competitive advantage Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Spectrum, Telus Team on Dynamic Services PoC By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/31/2018 MEF18 demo shows policy-driven dynamic services over multi-carrier networks Post a Comment \| Read (0) Colt Automates Network Service Delivery With On Demand Portal By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 10/24/2018 Colt's Mirko Voltolini explains where the operator has seen success with its On Demand service platform, but also addresses why the traditional service delivery model still has staying power. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Wraps Up DOCSIS 3.1 Rollout By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/18/2018 Comcast says speed is still key, but emphasis is shifting to whole-home connectivity, control and the broader consumer experience. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: stownplayer Just like Charter , who has the same "gig" service they are going to lose customers... Eurobites: Kirkby Signs Off on a High at Tele2 By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/18/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Com Hem socked by Boxer under-performance; Samsung buys Spanish AI startup; KPN invests in CUJO; Colt tunes in to blockchain for LSO Sonata. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Telia Carrier Vies to Be Prime Cloud Connector By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/5/2018 Cloud connections, not video or 5G, will be the global network operator's growth drive. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Spirent CEO: Engineers Are Human, Too By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/4/2018 In the second part of his CXO interview, Eric Hutchinson talks about AI, cybersecurity and the humanizing factor of the test company's strategic shift. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Vishnu Goel Mr Hutchison as the new CEO of Spirent brings a fresh approach and vision to... Verizon: Vendor AI Not Ready for Prime Time By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/2/2018 Verizon's wireline unit is developing its own machine learning internally using open source tools and 'agile' development methods. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: ChiefMar76368 Great article, Carol. It should no longer be a surprise to anyone that "AI"... Eurobites: Telia Lands Norwegian NB-IoT Deal By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/2/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telia commits to 5G launch in early 2019; Sigfox grows its network; KPN's new hire; Orange lands in-flight connectivity deal. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Agents Down: Vodafone's Chatbot & the Jobs Threat By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/24/2018 Vodafone's UK business is offering customer service agents the chance to retrain as coders, as an increasingly sophisticated chatbot takes over their jobs. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Many Faces of Digital Transformation By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/24/2018 Digital transformation is a complex challenge but one that will help service providers revitalize their businesses, as we found out at this year's Operations Transformation Forum (OTF) in Munich. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Synchronoss CEO Glenn Lurie: Delivering the New Mobile OS By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 9/21/2018 Glenn Lurie, CEO of software platform provider Synchronoss Technologies, has his work cut out for him. He's helping carriers navigate several possible growth opportunities, like IoT, messaging and personal cloud services. Check out this interview where Lurie discusses the company's newest partnership with AT&T and new proof-of-concept with a blockchain-based mobile payments service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Orange Bolsters African Presence With Subsea Deal By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/14/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom goes big in Bavaria; new MVNO targets hearing-loss sufferers; why telco customer experience (often) sucks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Spirent CEO Eric Hutchinson: Out of the Labs, Into the Boardroom By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 9/14/2018 New initiative at test system specialist aims at making company more of strategic partner, while promising to make 5G rollouts more cost-effective and faster. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/3/2018 At the Operations Transformation Forum 2018, operators and industry experts explained how the shift to digital platforms and new operations processes are essential for 5G. Post a Comment \| Read (9 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Seems that the makings of such a wholesale market is already underway. This... CenturyLink's Simlot: Edge Evolves Based on Customer Experience By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 8/24/2018 New head of carrier's virtualization strategy is focused on making services more readily available at whatever edge they best fit. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Vewd Aims to Give Pay-TV Ops More Command & Control of Android TV Boxes By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/23/2018 Says stitching Vewd OS to devices running the Android TV Operator Tier platform enables service providers to personalize and customize the UI and pre-load apps from outside the Google Play universe. Post a Comment \| Read (0) T-Mobile to Play the Customer Care Card With Layer3 TV By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/15/2018 New 'Team of Experts' program hints at one way T-Mobile will try to set its new OTT TV apart from the crowd. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner It seems that they are doing more than simply throwing bodies at the solution,... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards stownplayer, 10/20/2018 11:43:42 AM Comcast Wraps Up DOCSIS 3.1 Rollout Re: Re: DOCSIS 3.1 IRRELEVANT Just like Charter , who has the same "gig" service they are going to lose customers who want real symmetrical speeds to the likes of verizon, google, ATT, etc.... unless they aggressively upgrade their infrastructure to... rgrutza600, 10/18/2018 10:47:05 PM Comcast Wraps Up DOCSIS 3.1 Rollout Re: DOCSIS 3.1 IRRELEVANT It's hard to see how this is relevant to anybody, but a tiny portion of their customers that will pay $120/month for gigabit service. Comcast has priced the rest of its customers out of high speed service. Vishnu Goel, 10/5/2018 1:16:48 AM Spirent CEO: Engineers Are Human, Too Re: Transformation of T&M business to Human Assurance! Mr Hutchison as the new CEO of Spirent brings a fresh approach and vision to his role.He not only outlines the test process and methodology of test assurances and end to end satisfaction,he goes a major step forward in linking... ChiefMar76368, 10/4/2018 9:14:16 AM Verizon: Vendor AI Not Ready for Prime Time Re: AI is only ever a part of the solution... Great article, Carol. It should no longer be a surprise to anyone that "AI" isn't the answer. And any AI vendor claiming it is can be quickly be shown the door. For network-related problems, it CAN be PART of the solution,... markhmortensen, 10/3/2018 6:42:48 AM Verizon: Vendor AI Not Ready for Prime Time Re: Network AI - Tomorrow. Customer-focused AI now Matt Tegerdine's experience with the vendors clearly demonstrates that the majority of the current AI use cases have come from the customer interaction side of the enterprise market, not the network side of the CSP market.... ANON1242907730513, 10/3/2018 6:39:17 AM Verizon: Vendor AI Not Ready for Prime Time Re: Nascent Network AI Matt Tegerdine's experience with the vendors clearly demonstrates that the majority of the current AI use cases have come from the customer interaction side of the enterprise market, not the network side of the CSP market.... James_B_Crawshaw, 10/3/2018 3:10:03 AM Verizon: Vendor AI Not Ready for Prime Time Re: The hard piece isn't getting the AI right, it's understanding the network. Great article Carol. Your interview with Matt Tegerdine has cut through the BS about AI in telecoms. I think one opportunity for vendor tools lies in taking the centralized AI capability that Verizon, and other operators,... Jeff Baumgartner, 9/6/2018 6:33:17 PM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Re: Will anyone 'dominate' edge computing? Seems that the makings of such a wholesale market is already underway. This discussion brings to mind what Ericsson is trying to accomplish with its edge compute-focused Unified Delivery Network. If service providers indeed... Jeff Baumgartner, 9/6/2018 6:29:59 PM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Making the migration... a Mountain or a Molehill? Since this is requiring new technologies, mindsets and a shift in culture, figuring out how to make this evolutionary move without upsetting all the legacy seems like a mountain in itself that will have to be moved. I'm... [email protected], 9/6/2018 12:38:19 PM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Will anyone 'dominate' edge computing? The GSMA's Laxmi Akkaraju, noted how critical edge computing will be for 5G deployments, urging mobile operators to "step up and step in" to the edge computing opportunities and not be left behind by the likes of Amazon... There's... Mitch Wagner, 9/6/2018 12:34:51 PM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Re: Turkcell -- a Huawei customer for 5G? Apple approach? You mean build their own technology stack from the ground up, rather than license it from other people, as most tech companies do? That's a tough approach, requiring an enormous capital investment, but it... Phil Harvey, 9/6/2018 11:42:22 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Re: Turkcell -- a Huawei customer for 5G? Yes, I think I saw some of that via a video demo at MWC a year or so ago. I think they have done quite a bit of work themselves but, as 5G approaches, maybe they are looking to add pure horsepower to their network with Huawei... iainmorris, 9/6/2018 11:30:05 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Re: Turkcell -- a Huawei customer for 5G? They do have a pretty sophisticated back-end system that shows things like the number of people using a specific basestation at any given time. The CEO gave me a demo of that in Munich this week and said it had largely been... Mitch Wagner, 9/6/2018 10:50:06 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Necessary transformation Telcos need to become more responsive to their customers to increase their customer satisfaction scores and remain competitive against nimble OTT players. Transforming their own digital infrastructure is a necessary first... Phil Harvey, 9/6/2018 10:00:53 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Turkcell -- a Huawei customer for 5G? Didn't Turkcell build all their software and a lot of their gear themselves? I don't recall them being a big customer of Huawei (or anyone else). I thought they were kind of a one-off story that's hard to replicate,... More Message Boards		Security Now BlackBerry Acquiring Security & AI Firm Cylance for $1.4B Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 BlackBerry is continuing to move away from its smartphone legacy with the ... 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