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Top News & Views All News & Views Verizon, Corning Team For 5G in Factories By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/23/2019 Verizon and Corning plan to install 5G in Corning's fiber-making plant in Hickory, N.C., to test what the technology can do in a manufacturing environment. Post a Comment 5G Discourse Veering Ever So Slightly Toward Xenophobia By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/23/2019 While some companies have been loudly touting their reliance on US suppliers, it's unclear how far that trend might progress before causing concerns among international suppliers. Post a Comment T-Mobile to Launch Lowband 5G Earlier Than Previously Scheduled By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/23/2019 T-Mobile said it will launch 5G on its 600MHz spectrum to 200 million Americans by the end of this year, ahead of previous expectations. Post a Comment Advertisement Wander Rides Millimeter Waves for $25 Broadband By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/23/2019 With an initial focus on the Los Angeles area, Wander is pitching an uncapped, 50-meg broadband service that takes aim at incumbents such as Charter, Frontier and AT&T. Post a Comment Disney+ to Rake in 8M Subs 'Out of the Gate' – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/23/2019 A blend of solid content and aggressive promotions and discounts could help the new streaming service rise to 18 million subs worldwide by the end of Disney's fiscal 2020. Post a Comment Making the Case for 5G By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/23/2019 5G business models are emerging – including some pleasant surprises – even though the technology is still in its infancy. Post a Comment Orange CEO: Telecom Supply Chain at Risk By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/23/2019 The boss of France's biggest operator warns the industry that fragmentation of the market could be a costly disaster for the global 5G standard. Post a Comment Advertisement AT&T, Vodafone Team Up to Make NB-IoT Less Dull By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/23/2019 European and US operators announce a new roaming agreement that could spark the interest of customers with transatlantic operations. Post a Comment Eurobites: Bonnier Acquisition Still on Track, Says Telia By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/23/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telenor earnings down in Q3; Deutsche Telekom unit goes large on blockchain; Nokia's new switches tweaked for 5G cloud RAN. Post a Comment Gogo Goes All-American for 5G Network By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/23/2019 After getting burned using equipment from China's ZTE for a 4G upgrade, Gogo will tap Cisco, Airspan and First RF for a 5G network that will beam Internet connections to airplanes. Post a Comment Sprint (Finally) Enters the NB-IoT Business By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/23/2019 Sprint is last of the big four mobile carriers to roll out an NB-IoT network in the US. Post a Comment Sprint Boasts of 5G Expansion… but Not Too Much By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/22/2019 Sprint says its new 5G network is much faster than its 4G network, and bigger than any other 5G network in the country. But Sprint still argues that its merger with T-Mobile is necessary for a wider 5G network. Post a Comment Like Deadpool, ZTE Is Hideously Disfigured but Alive By Iain Morris, News Editor, 10/22/2019 The Chinese equipment vendor has lost 20% of staff and is smaller than it was four years ago, but it keeps on going. Post a Comment DoJ Sizing Up Comcast's Starz-Epix Swapout – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/22/2019 The US Department of Justice is reportedly looking into Comcast's decision to remove Starz from select Xfinity TV packages as tensions mount over pricing and the streaming options now available to premium programmers. Post a Comment Verizon to Give Away Disney+ to Mobile, Home Broadband Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/22/2019 As the exclusive wireless partner for Disney+, Verizon will offer a free year of the OTT service to new and existing 4G and 5G unlimited subs, as well as to new Fios and 5G Home Internet customers. Post a Comment Are MEF's SD-WAN Specs Enough? By Faisal Khan, Network Operator Technology Planning Dept., 10/22/2019 The MEF 70 service attribute standard for the SD-WAN industry is good… but is it enough? Post a Comment Vodafone Idea Plots Cloud BSS Future With Optiva By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/22/2019 The Indian operator is trying out the BSS specialist's cloud-based charging system at its commercial operations in the Punjab as part of its back-office evolution strategy. Post a Comment The Telecoms.com Podcast: Q3 Numbers, BBWF & New iPhone By Light Reading, 10/22/2019 On this week's podcast: Earnings updates; Broadband World Forum thoughts; and Iain's new iPhone. Post a Comment China's Rigged Telecom Market Keeps Nordic Firms in Huawei's Shadow By Iain Morris, News Editor, 10/22/2019 Ericsson and Nokia remain extras on the set of China's mobile infrastructure drama, and Huawei's starring role supports its overseas ambitions. Post a Comment Eurobites: Scrapping of Rights Issue Casts More Doubt on Swiss Sunrise-UPC Deal By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/22/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Three UK pilots LPWA network; Ericsson wants to accelerate 5G RAN with Nvidia; BICS extends European footprint. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Verizon, Corning Team For 5G in Factories By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/23/2019 Verizon and Corning plan to install 5G in Corning's fiber-making plant in Hickory, N.C., to test what the technology can do in a manufacturing environment. Post a Comment 5G Discourse Veering Ever So Slightly Toward Xenophobia By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/23/2019 While some companies have been loudly touting their reliance on US suppliers, it's unclear how far that trend might progress before causing concerns among international suppliers. Post a Comment T-Mobile to Launch Lowband 5G Earlier Than Previously Scheduled By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/23/2019 T-Mobile said it will launch 5G on its 600MHz spectrum to 200 million Americans by the end of this year, ahead of previous expectations. Post a Comment Wander Rides Millimeter Waves for $25 Broadband By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/23/2019 With an initial focus on the Los Angeles area, Wander is pitching an uncapped, 50-meg broadband service that takes aim at incumbents such as Charter, Frontier and AT&T. Post a Comment Disney+ to Rake in 8M Subs 'Out of the Gate' – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/23/2019 A blend of solid content and aggressive promotions and discounts could help the new streaming service rise to 18 million subs worldwide by the end of Disney's fiscal 2020. Post a Comment Making the Case for 5G By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/23/2019 5G business models are emerging – including some pleasant surprises – even though the technology is still in its infancy. Post a Comment Orange CEO: Telecom Supply Chain at Risk By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/23/2019 The boss of France's biggest operator warns the industry that fragmentation of the market could be a costly disaster for the global 5G standard. Post a Comment AT&T, Vodafone Team Up to Make NB-IoT Less Dull By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/23/2019 European and US operators announce a new roaming agreement that could spark the interest of customers with transatlantic operations. Post a Comment Eurobites: Bonnier Acquisition Still on Track, Says Telia By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/23/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telenor earnings down in Q3; Deutsche Telekom unit goes large on blockchain; Nokia's new switches tweaked for 5G cloud RAN. Post a Comment Gogo Goes All-American for 5G Network By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/23/2019 After getting burned using equipment from China's ZTE for a 4G upgrade, Gogo will tap Cisco, Airspan and First RF for a 5G network that will beam Internet connections to airplanes. Post a Comment Sprint (Finally) Enters the NB-IoT Business By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/23/2019 Sprint is last of the big four mobile carriers to roll out an NB-IoT network in the US. Post a Comment Sprint Boasts of 5G Expansion… but Not Too Much By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/22/2019 Sprint says its new 5G network is much faster than its 4G network, and bigger than any other 5G network in the country. But Sprint still argues that its merger with T-Mobile is necessary for a wider 5G network. Post a Comment Like Deadpool, ZTE Is Hideously Disfigured but Alive By Iain Morris, News Editor, 10/22/2019 The Chinese equipment vendor has lost 20% of staff and is smaller than it was four years ago, but it keeps on going. Post a Comment DoJ Sizing Up Comcast's Starz-Epix Swapout – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/22/2019 The US Department of Justice is reportedly looking into Comcast's decision to remove Starz from select Xfinity TV packages as tensions mount over pricing and the streaming options now available to premium programmers. Post a Comment Verizon to Give Away Disney+ to Mobile, Home Broadband Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/22/2019 As the exclusive wireless partner for Disney+, Verizon will offer a free year of the OTT service to new and existing 4G and 5G unlimited subs, as well as to new Fios and 5G Home Internet customers. Post a Comment Are MEF's SD-WAN Specs Enough? By Faisal Khan, Network Operator Technology Planning Dept., 10/22/2019 The MEF 70 service attribute standard for the SD-WAN industry is good… but is it enough? Post a Comment Vodafone Idea Plots Cloud BSS Future With Optiva By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/22/2019 The Indian operator is trying out the BSS specialist's cloud-based charging system at its commercial operations in the Punjab as part of its back-office evolution strategy. Post a Comment The Telecoms.com Podcast: Q3 Numbers, BBWF & New iPhone By Light Reading, 10/22/2019 On this week's podcast: Earnings updates; Broadband World Forum thoughts; and Iain's new iPhone. Post a Comment China's Rigged Telecom Market Keeps Nordic Firms in Huawei's Shadow By Iain Morris, News Editor, 10/22/2019 Ericsson and Nokia remain extras on the set of China's mobile infrastructure drama, and Huawei's starring role supports its overseas ambitions. Post a Comment Eurobites: Scrapping of Rights Issue Casts More Doubt on Swiss Sunrise-UPC Deal By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/22/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Three UK pilots LPWA network; Ericsson wants to accelerate 5G RAN with Nvidia; BICS extends European footprint. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Wander Launches Wireless Broadband in Los Angeles 5 hours and 39 minutes ago Riverbed Names Rich McBee as New President and CEO Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Roku Buys Dataxu for $150M to Bolster Its OTT Ad Platform Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Netcracker, Vast Broadband Extend Deal Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Alticast & LowaSIS Team to Power 'Next-Gen TV' Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Verizon Tees Up Disney+ Giveaway Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Discovery Taps Synamedia for Asia-Pacific Cloud Migration Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Riverbed Sets New Standard for SD-WAN Monday, October 21, 2019 Cisco Touts KDDI, Telenor, Telefónica 5G Deployments Monday, October 21, 2019 Charter, Fox Ink New Carriage Deal, to Collaborate on Piracy Clampdown Monday, October 21, 2019 Petra Picks CommScope for Smart Streetlight Network Monday, October 21, 2019 Verizon's 5G Home Blows Into Chicago Monday, October 21, 2019 Corning, Intel Team On In-Building 5G Networks Monday, October 21, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Operational Technology Players Come Out of the Shadows Larry Loeb, Author, 10/23/2019 Operational technology (OT) has long been hiding in the factories and sites of ... 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Viasat: Connecting the Unconnected 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 Vodafone's 5G Network in London: A User Review Gabriel Brown , Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading , 9/5/2019 Never mind the hype, how does this next-generation network actually perform in ... (8 comments) Is NFV Headed for a Cliff? Mitch Wagner , Executive Editor, Light Reading , 8/7/2019 Are telcos solving NFVs big problems or making them worse? Critics say a ... (7 comments) A User Review of EE's 5G Network in London Gabriel Brown , Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading , 8/1/2019 Everyone's talking about 5G services, but do they measure up to the hype? We ... (3 comments) Ericsson, Huawei & Nokia Are Facing an 'Oil Crisis' Upheaval Iain Morris , International Editor , 7/31/2019 Years of consolidation have left the global mobile network market largely in the ... (10 comments) All Prime Reading