Light Reading

Subscribe to Newsletter

Advertise with us

Featured Content Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists Light Reading is delighted – nay, pumped – to announce the finalists for this year's Leading ... " Read Full Story Colt AI Trials Offer Humans Some Hope Colt reports mixed fortunes with four trials of AI technology and predicts that humans will be ... " Read Full Story 5G4REAL: The 5G Chinese Boogeyman The specter of a 5G Chinese boogeyman loomed large over a recent gathering of US policymakers, ... " Read Full Story Can Lean NFV Reignite the Telco Cloud? Manifesto offers a way to give network function virtualization (NFV) a new lease of life. " Read Full Story Huawei: A 5G Patent Force As both a licensor and licensee of cellular technology, Huawei has more at stake in the patents ... " Read Full Story
Top News & Views All News & Views Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Business Cloud Service By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 4/23/2019 Colt Technology Services, Comcast Business and Vonage all had stand-out cloud service offerings for business customers in the past 12 months. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon to Hawk YouTube TV to Mobile, 5G Home & Fios Broadband Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/23/2019 Pact fits with Verizon's decision to focus on the network and its ambitious 5G rollout and to avoid the expense and headache of building its own OTT-TV service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) VMware Takes IoT Management to the Cloud By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 4/23/2019 VMware Pulse IoT Center provides edge infrastructure and lifecycle management, and partners can get in on the action later this year. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Verizon: mmWave Is Not 'a Coverage Spectrum' for 5G By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/23/2019 Verizon's CEO fought back against concerns that the operator's mmWave 5G buildout isn't meeting expectations, but said that 'we all need to remind ourselves, this is not a coverage spectrum.' Post a Comment \| Read (0) Here Are T-Mobile's 5 Most Congested Markets By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/23/2019 California – including cities like San Bernardino, Pomona and Salinas – appears to be causing T-Mobile some trouble in terms of network congestion, at least according to new findings from Tutela. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Telco Cloud Strategy By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 4/23/2019 Three leading operators make the shortlist for telco cloud strategy for this year's Leading Lights. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: UK's Mobile Giants Upstaged by MVNO Minnows, Says Report By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 4/23/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia gets virtual with 5G testing; Forsway lands 5G contract with European Space Agency; telematics-based car insurance in the fast lane. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement DevOps Startup Harness.io Scores $60M Funding By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 4/23/2019 Founded by Jyoti Bansal, who previously co-founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7 billion, Harness.io provides continuous application integration and deployment (CICD) as a service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Cable/Video Product or Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/22/2019 Our shortlist for this Leading Lights category features eight solid contenders. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Edge Computing Strategy By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/22/2019 Alef Edge, AT&T, Edgeworx, MobiledgeX, Qwilt, SK Telecom and Vapor IO are the Leading Lights 2019 Finalists for Most Innovative Edge Computing Strategy. Post a Comment \| Read (0) TiVo Fires Another Lawsuit at Comcast By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/22/2019 This time around, TiVo/Rovi accuses Comcast of infringing on six patents and technologies used in a variety of DVR and non-DVR video devices, as well as broadband gateways. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner As TiVo/Rovi has filed its own and acquired certain patents over the years,... Rogers Nets 100K X1-Based Video Subs in Q1, but Pay-TV Base Declines By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/22/2019 Makes 'steady progress' with new IP-based video service based on Comcast's cloud platform, but admits rollout has a way to go. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T, T-Mobile Close Galaxy Fold Hopes as Samsung Delays Folding Phone By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/22/2019 Apparently Samsung's new folding phone, the Galaxy Fold, isn't quite ready for prime time considering a number of reviewers found major problems with the device. It's like the Galaxy Note 7 all over again. Post a Comment \| Read (0) India's Telecom Sector Set for ARPU Recovery By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 4/22/2019 Aggressive competition has driven down customer spending in the Indian telecom market, but there are at last signs of a change. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why Wireless Carriers Magically Keep Growing Every Quarter By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/22/2019 US wireless network operators are reporting phone growth beyond any rational explanation. Where are these new 'customers' coming from? Hint: Look for unused phones in desk drawers. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: ChristianSmith Interesting post, thanks Mike! I'm struggling a bit to understand why BOGO... Deal Will Keep Charter in New York By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/19/2019 A proposed deal, which still faces a final review, calls for Charter to expand broadband service in Upstate New York and pay an additional $12 million to reach other unserved and underserved areas. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Can SeaChange Mop Up Its Mess? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/19/2019 The video software company is confident it can emerge from turmoil despite a shrinking business; a string of reorgs; and the recent, abrupt departure of its CEO stemming from a dispute with an 'activist' shareholder. Post a Comment \| Read (0) America's Big 5G Millimeter-Wave Spectrum Experiment Comes Up Short By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/19/2019 Millimeter-wave spectrum, core to the US government's 5G strategy, doesn't seem to be generating the expected demand among providers. That's probably because it isn't performing like some had promised, at least not yet. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: f_goldstein The purpose of these auctions, and the Spectrum Frontiers program in general,... WiCipedia: Ageism, Diversity Training & Tackling Algorithms By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 4/19/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Diversity training is on the rise; algorithm bias will be a thing of the past; ageism is biggest hurdle in tech hiring; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Duh! Ageim is a problem for men as well as women. There is a shortage of technology... Omniverse Lawsuit Scares Off Clikia By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/19/2019 Clikia shuts down OTT-TV service, CEO departs, company changes control and pivots to enter the private jet charter operation business. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Business Cloud Service By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 4/23/2019 Colt Technology Services, Comcast Business and Vonage all had stand-out cloud service offerings for business customers in the past 12 months. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon to Hawk YouTube TV to Mobile, 5G Home & Fios Broadband Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/23/2019 Pact fits with Verizon's decision to focus on the network and its ambitious 5G rollout and to avoid the expense and headache of building its own OTT-TV service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) VMware Takes IoT Management to the Cloud By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 4/23/2019 VMware Pulse IoT Center provides edge infrastructure and lifecycle management, and partners can get in on the action later this year. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon: mmWave Is Not 'a Coverage Spectrum' for 5G By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/23/2019 Verizon's CEO fought back against concerns that the operator's mmWave 5G buildout isn't meeting expectations, but said that 'we all need to remind ourselves, this is not a coverage spectrum.' Post a Comment \| Read (0) Here Are T-Mobile's 5 Most Congested Markets By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/23/2019 California – including cities like San Bernardino, Pomona and Salinas – appears to be causing T-Mobile some trouble in terms of network congestion, at least according to new findings from Tutela. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Telco Cloud Strategy By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 4/23/2019 Three leading operators make the shortlist for telco cloud strategy for this year's Leading Lights. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: UK's Mobile Giants Upstaged by MVNO Minnows, Says Report By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 4/23/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia gets virtual with 5G testing; Forsway lands 5G contract with European Space Agency; telematics-based car insurance in the fast lane. Post a Comment \| Read (0) DevOps Startup Harness.io Scores $60M Funding By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 4/23/2019 Founded by Jyoti Bansal, who previously co-founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7 billion, Harness.io provides continuous application integration and deployment (CICD) as a service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Cable/Video Product or Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/22/2019 Our shortlist for this Leading Lights category features eight solid contenders. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Edge Computing Strategy By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/22/2019 Alef Edge, AT&T, Edgeworx, MobiledgeX, Qwilt, SK Telecom and Vapor IO are the Leading Lights 2019 Finalists for Most Innovative Edge Computing Strategy. Post a Comment \| Read (0) TiVo Fires Another Lawsuit at Comcast By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/22/2019 This time around, TiVo/Rovi accuses Comcast of infringing on six patents and technologies used in a variety of DVR and non-DVR video devices, as well as broadband gateways. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner As TiVo/Rovi has filed its own and acquired certain patents over the years,... Rogers Nets 100K X1-Based Video Subs in Q1, but Pay-TV Base Declines By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/22/2019 Makes 'steady progress' with new IP-based video service based on Comcast's cloud platform, but admits rollout has a way to go. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T, T-Mobile Close Galaxy Fold Hopes as Samsung Delays Folding Phone By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/22/2019 Apparently Samsung's new folding phone, the Galaxy Fold, isn't quite ready for prime time considering a number of reviewers found major problems with the device. It's like the Galaxy Note 7 all over again. Post a Comment \| Read (0) India's Telecom Sector Set for ARPU Recovery By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 4/22/2019 Aggressive competition has driven down customer spending in the Indian telecom market, but there are at last signs of a change. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why Wireless Carriers Magically Keep Growing Every Quarter By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/22/2019 US wireless network operators are reporting phone growth beyond any rational explanation. Where are these new 'customers' coming from? Hint: Look for unused phones in desk drawers. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: ChristianSmith Interesting post, thanks Mike! I'm struggling a bit to understand why BOGO... Deal Will Keep Charter in New York By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/19/2019 A proposed deal, which still faces a final review, calls for Charter to expand broadband service in Upstate New York and pay an additional $12 million to reach other unserved and underserved areas. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Can SeaChange Mop Up Its Mess? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/19/2019 The video software company is confident it can emerge from turmoil despite a shrinking business; a string of reorgs; and the recent, abrupt departure of its CEO stemming from a dispute with an 'activist' shareholder. Post a Comment \| Read (0) America's Big 5G Millimeter-Wave Spectrum Experiment Comes Up Short By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 4/19/2019 Millimeter-wave spectrum, core to the US government's 5G strategy, doesn't seem to be generating the expected demand among providers. That's probably because it isn't performing like some had promised, at least not yet. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: f_goldstein The purpose of these auctions, and the Spectrum Frontiers program in general,... WiCipedia: Ageism, Diversity Training & Tackling Algorithms By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 4/19/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Diversity training is on the rise; algorithm bias will be a thing of the past; ageism is biggest hurdle in tech hiring; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Duh! Ageim is a problem for men as well as women. There is a shortage of technology... Omniverse Lawsuit Scares Off Clikia By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/19/2019 Clikia shuts down OTT-TV service, CEO departs, company changes control and pivots to enter the private jet charter operation business. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards ChristianSmith, 4/23/2019 2:31:52 PM Why Wireless Carriers Magically Keep Growing Every Quarter Re: Alternative explanations Interesting post, thanks Mike! I'm struggling a bit to understand why BOGO offers are only now leading to so many additional lines. It strikes me that BOGO offers may have been more attractive in the past than they are now.... Jeff Baumgartner, 4/22/2019 5:17:39 PM TiVo Fires Another Lawsuit at Comcast Re: Some interesting names among inventors in latest round of asserted patents As TiVo/Rovi has filed its own and acquired certain patents over the years, it's inevitable that some industry vets that are now associated with other companies in the industry would be among the inventors of intellectual... jbtombes, 4/22/2019 5:08:57 PM Comcast, Charter MVNO Deals Are Bad for Everyone – Analyst Re: Over-engineering, chums 1700 strands vs. 2-4. That's classic telco over-engineering. As for chumminess, whenever I see Verizon mentioned, I ask myself, which Verizon? Cable + VZ wireless makes sense. iainmorris, 4/22/2019 5:35:40 AM Nokia 5G Kit 3 Months Behind Schedule in South Korea – Report Re: Correction The original version of this story suggested that SKT was also considering the replacement of Nokia kit. SKT has been in touch to indicate that is not the case, so we have updated the story accordingly. ajwdct1, 4/20/2019 11:06:34 AM Nokia 5G Kit 3 Months Behind Schedule in South Korea – Report Re: Re: That's too be expected from Nokia- too many cooks in the kitchen Again, 3GPP produces specs not standards & they say that on their website: "The 3GPP Technical Specifications (TS) and Technical Reports (TR) have, in themselves, no legal standing. They only become "official" when transposed... Clifton K Morris, 4/20/2019 12:11:03 AM Nokia 5G Kit 3 Months Behind Schedule in South Korea – Report Re: Re: That's too be expected from Nokia- too many cooks in the kitchen Thanks for the information. I had no idea IMT was in the process of fork-ing their own 5G standard when 3GPP has 5G plastered on their website. To your knowledge, are the standards compatible and/or planned to be recognized... f_goldstein, 4/19/2019 3:51:51 PM America's Big 5G Millimeter-Wave Spectrum Experiment Comes Up Short Re: Creating scarcity The purpose of these auctions, and the Spectrum Frontiers program in general, is not to improve anyone's service or even to raise money for the feds. It's to create scarcity in the microwave spectrum. CTIA is already gunning... Duh!, 4/19/2019 2:55:34 PM WiCipedia: Ageism, Diversity Training & Tackling Algorithms Re: Re: Valuing all kinds of diversity still needed in tech Ageim is a problem for men as well as women. There is a shortage of technology and marketing talent. Yet companies applicant tracking systems apparently discard experienced professionals out of hand. Of the current 'hot'... ErynLeavens, 4/19/2019 11:31:20 AM WiCipedia: Ageism, Diversity Training & Tackling Algorithms Re: Re: Valuing all kinds of diversity still needed in tech Thanks so much for weighing in, Karen! I definitely agree that the wider range of people tech companies employ the more successful and ultimately profitable they will be, not to mention representative of their audience.... Karen J, 4/19/2019 9:25:18 AM WiCipedia: Ageism, Diversity Training & Tackling Algorithms Re: Valuing all kinds of diversity still needed in tech Thanks for creating further awareness on these issues. Having been in tech (and with ample experience in other industries) for a number of years, the limitations on the growth of a business that doesn't embrace all kinds... greypaine, 4/19/2019 5:11:25 AM Cellular Players Face Stiff Opposition to 5G Proposal in 6GHz Re: Re: Better for WiFi use The following part where the accessing part will adverse that find out the following work which will be having logitech h111 mic not working will find out the perfect way. suerudd, 4/18/2019 10:55:58 PM Strategy Analytics Unveils 2023 5G Global Market RAN Forecast Re: Global 5G Competitive Race by 2023 Check out the full complimentary Report here: http://bit.ly/2IqbL1y suerudd ajwdct1, 4/18/2019 7:46:50 PM Nokia 5G Kit 3 Months Behind Schedule in South Korea – Report Re: That's too be expected from Nokia- too many cooks in the kitchen If you recall, Nokia is a combo of Nokia-Siemens, Alcatel and Lucent- all of which were working on their own 5G implementations for years. That despite the ITU-R IMT 2020 RIT standard won't be completed till Nov 2020... romiodfg, 4/18/2019 1:15:45 PM Google Cloud Next in Photos, With Gorgeous Giraffe Footwear Re: Google Cloud Google Cloud Platform, offered by Google, is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products, such as Google Search and YouTube. Garmin... Clifton K Morris, 4/18/2019 12:41:36 PM Here Are T-Mobile's 4 Options if Sprint Merger Collapses Re: Oh Kathleen...! I remember seeing Kathleen in the background of the congressional hearings. She nodded with her boss, scowled at union leaders who fight every day for hard working employees wages and pensions, along with other "witnesses"... More Message Boards		Security Now Networks in Danger as Global BGP Routing Table Reaches Capacity Larry Loeb, Author, 4/23/2019 The Internet is going to run out of address space sometime this month. (1 Comment) Over 500 Million Chrome iOS Sessions Hijacked in Massive Malvertising Campaign Larry Loeb, Author, 4/22/2019 Confiant has spotted the known threat actor eGobbler back in action. (5 comments) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News Verizon's YouTube TV Deal, TiVo Expands Its Comcast Lawsuit Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/23/2019 Also in today's roundup: Rogers Communications has mixed video results, the ... (1 Comment) Huawei Finds a Home With Consumers, Says Q1 Revenue Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/22/2019 Also in today's Broadband Bites, Algar Telecom digs into XGS-PON, career Chunghwa ... (0) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase Ciena Talks Converged Interconnect Networks at Cable ... Red Hat Enterprise Linux: A Secure Foundation for the ... LotusFlare: Awesome Digital Experiences to Drive Growth Source Photonics CEO: Vertical Integration & Lean Models ... MobiledgeX: Who Benefits From Edge Computing? Why Is 5G Different? VMware Service Assurance: Reducing Operational ... Architect Digital-Ready Infrastructures Using SDN & NFV Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... PacketFabric: Leading the Way in Highly Scalable Network ... Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... Semtech: LoRa Technology Enabling Proven, Flexible IoT ... Versa's CEO, Kelly Ahuja: Securing & Software-Defining ... How Lumina Is Redefining SDN Aryaka's Gary Sevounts: Advantages to Consuming SD-WAN ... Calix's Shane Eleniak: How Data Analytics & Software ... 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 Heavy Reading New Open Workgroup to Accelerate Edge Computing By Simon Stanley, 1/2/2019 Developing an open architecture for domain-specific accelerators could empower service providers to accelerate edge computing and related applications. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CORD and VCO: Paths to the Next Generation Central Office March 2019 The CORD AND VCO Report examines the NGCO phenomenon, prominently including the progress of CORD and the emergence of VCO as operator open-source reference designs See Details An SD-WAN Overview: Issues and Prospects February 2019 An SD-WAN Overview: Issues and Prospects provides an overview and reviews significant issues in relation to the emergence of SD-WAN. It looks at the meaning of SD-WAN, its major drivers and benefits, and the structure of the market and its participants – especially between software and hardware vendors and service providers (SPs). See Details The Rise of PAM4 and 64QAM: A Competitive Analysis of Optical Modules & Components February 2019 The Rise of PAM4 and 64QAM: A Competitive Analysis of Optical Modules & Components identifies key networking, optical module, and semiconductor technologies, and details their application to 25G, 100G, 200G, 400G, and 600G ports, identifying and analyzing the full spectrum of vendors developing optical modules and components. See Details All Heavy Reading Reports Prime Reading Huawei Has Billions Riding on Claim to Be 5G Patents Powerhouse Iain Morris , International Editor , 4/2/2019 As both a licensor and licensee of cellular technology, Huawei has more at stake ... (1 Comment) Europe's Big Telcos Are Getting Edgy About 5G Iain Morris , International Editor , 3/13/2019 Virtual dodgeball will not happen unless operators cut mobile latency, but that ... (1 Comment) Open Conflict Over Open RAN Iain Morris , International Editor , 2/14/2019 Accusations that big kit vendors tried to throttle developments show open RAN ... (0) Not Business as Usual: Open Source Changes IT Operations Mitch Wagner , Executive Editor, Light Reading , 1/11/2019 Open source doesn't just change software: It changes how IT does its job. (0) All Prime Reading Newsfeed Astro Taps Synamedia for Next-Gen Video Services Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Verizon, YouTube TV Enter Reselling Pact Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Verizon Q1 Revenues Rise 3.7%, to $22.7B Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Huawei Revenues Jump on 5G, Consumer Device Growth Monday, April 22, 2019 Class of 2019 Cable TV Pioneers Named Friday, April 19, 2019 Turkcell Makes Its Case Against MTN Friday, April 19, 2019 T-Mobile, Comcast Team to Combat Robocalls Thursday, April 18, 2019 Hughes Satellites Assist Community WiFi Hotspots in Russia Thursday, April 18, 2019 Huawei Recognized as Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Data Center Networking Thursday, April 18, 2019 Beachfront Debuts OTT-Like VoD Ad Offering for MVPDs Thursday, April 18, 2019 Atlantic Broadband Launches TiVo in South Carolina Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Atlantic Broadband Launches Hosted Voice for Business in Virginia Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Philo Signs On Ad-Tech Partners Wednesday, April 17, 2019 More Newsfeeds

CxO Spotlight - Executive Interviews

Zone TV's Jeff Weber: Taking AI-Guided OTT Video Direct to Consumers

Zone TV, a provider of digital, niche-oriented programming, is branching out.

Post a Comment | Read (0)

Cujo AI's Peiro: Locked In on Home Network & IoT Security Market

Now that whole-home WiFi is a core component of ISP service strategies that extend beyond raw speeds and pricing, the next area of focus centers on security services ...

Post a Comment | Read (0)

MORE INTERVIEWS

Partner Perspectives - content from our sponsors

Building E2E IP Networks for the 5G & Cloud Era
By Gao Ji, President, Huawei Router & Carrier Ethernet Product Line

A Roadmap for Operators in the 5G & Cloud Era
By Kevin Hu, President, Huawei Network Product Line

Huawei Introduces Autonomous Driving Core Network
By David Fang, Chief NFV Marketing Expert & Solution Director, Huawei Cloud Core Network

Pushing Bandwidth Limits & Moving Towards Optical Networking 2.0 Era
By Richard Jin, Huawei

Huawei Shows 5G in Action at MWC
By Ken Wieland, for Huawei

All Partner Perspectives

Featured Video

Flash Poll

All Polls

Upcoming Webinars

April 25, 2019
Telco Cloud: Drive Innovation, Success, and Profitability in the 5G Era

April 26, 2019
Meeting the 5G XHaul Challenge

April 26, 2019
Key Considerations for 5G Security Strategy

May 1, 2019
The Fiber Foundation of 5G Networks

May 2, 2019
IoT Monetization – BSS Essentials for CSPs

May 2, 2019
How to deliver robust automation in time for 5G

May 7, 2019
Enable New Revenues with Cloud Gaming

May 8, 2019
A Step-by-Step Approach to Reaching End-to-End Service Automation

May 9, 2019
5G and the Innovation Challenge

May 16, 2019
The Impact of Full Duplex DOCSIS on Cable Networks

May 22, 2019
Find the Secret Profit Hiding in Your Network Traffic

June 20, 2019
Adopting Cloud Computing

July 18, 2019
Bracing for the 5G Era

August 15, 2019
Deploying Next Generation Passive Optical Networks

September 19, 2019
Bringing HDR video to Life

October 17, 2019
Automating the Cable Network

November 14, 2019
Securing the Cable Network

December 12, 2019
Virtualizing the Cable Architecture

Webinar Archive

Educational Resources

sponsor supplied content

Winning at the Edge - Nokia Edge Cloud

The Edge Cloud: An Agile Foundation to Support Advanced New Services

Enabling Applications at the Edge of the 5G Network

Nokia AirScale Cloud RAN

Best Practices for 5G Transformation

Future Radio Networks must adopt flexibility to diverse 5G demands

Nokia’s Open Edge Data Center Features 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors

Making the Most of A Limited Resource: How to Use Spectrum More Efficiently in the Era of 5G

Telco Cloud in a Multi Cloud World – The Definitive Guide

VMware vCloud NFV: Succeed in a Multi-Cloud World

Educational Resources Archive

Upcoming Live Events

May 6-8, 2019, Denver, Colorado

Leading Lights Awards

May 6, 2019, Denver, Colorado

Network Virtualization & SDN Americas

September 17-19, 2019, Dallas, Texas

Cable Next-Gen Breakfast Series @ SCTE’s Cable-Tec Expo

October 1, 2019, New Orleans, Louisiana

5G Network & Service Strategies @ MWC19 Los Angeles

October 2-22, 2019, Los Angeles, CA

5G Transport & the Edge

October 10, 2019, New York, New York

Software Defined Operations

November 5, 2019, London, England

Global Telecoms Awards

November 7, 2019, London, UK

2020 Vision Executive Summit

December 3-5, 2019, Vienna, Austria

Cable Next-Gen Business Strategies

December 3, 2019, New York, New York

All Upcoming Live Events

Slideshows

Slideshow: NAB 2019

Post a Comment | Read (2 comments)

Touring a Mini Data Center for Mobile Edge Computing

MWC19: 5G Gets Industrial, Musical & Far Out

More Slideshows

Infographics

Huawei Wins World's First Tier IV-Ready Certification

After years of development, data center construction gradually goes standard and modular.

Post a Comment | Read (2 comments)

The Power of SmartNICs

A View of the Future Mobile Threat Landscape

Infographic Archive | Sponsored Infographic Archive

To save this item to your list of favorite Light Reading content so you can find it later in your Profile page, click the "Save It" button next to the item.

If you found this interesting or useful, please use the links to the services below to share it with other readers. You will need a free account with each service to share an item via that service.
Digg
Del.icio.us
Reddit
Tweet This
[close this box]