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Top News & Views All News & Views TIP Forms New Edge Computing Unit By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/16/2018 Deutsche Telekom, Intel and MobiledgeX to lead a new Telecom Infra Project (TIP) group focused on APIs that will enable developers to write apps able to run on edge computing resources. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Has TIP Made Networks Sexy to VCs? By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/16/2018 Two and a half years into its mission, the Facebook-led TIP claims to have made networks exciting for the first time in 20 years. But as it enters the procurement phase, its task may get even harder. Post a Comment \| Read (0) TIP, ORAN Alliance Poised to Join Forces on Open RAN By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/16/2018 Two of the leading industry groups trying to break the stranglehold of big vendors on the radio access network look set to combine their efforts. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/16/2018 There's friction and a fair amount of hot air in the open source NFV MANO world and it's not doing anyone any favors. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Paul Allen Dies at 65 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 Microsoft co-founder also had strong ties to the cable industry going back to earlier wave of operator consolidations and pioneering work with Internet-connected set-top boxes and advanced video user interfaces. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Icahn Declares War on Dell's Planned Return to Public Markets By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 ‘... I still enjoy a good fight for the right reasons,’ Icahn warns. Let's make popcorn and watch the show. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Making TV Set-Tops as Agile as Smartphones By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 WOW is among a recent wave of service providers to elevate video services to the cloud and focus on the apps-based model using Espial's software-as-a-service platform. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Jack Burton: Cable's 5G Network Opportunity By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 10/15/2018 Broadband Success Partners Principal Jack Burton says 5G represents a great opportunity for cable MSOs to work with 5G network operators and provide not only backhaul, but facilities -- real estate on poles, towers in headends and central offices. Cable's proximity to the customer could provide them a revenue source tied to 5G and edge computing, as well as a long-term hedge against obsolescence. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why Vodafone Is Betting on Cloud Video By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 Major European provider will lay out the strategy behind its new Vodafone TV streaming service at Light Reading's Cable Next-Gen Europe event in London next month. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Arris Downgraded on Cable Modem Tariff Worries By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 Analyst expects that Arris will absorb 'at least a portion' of new US tariffs as operators intend to hold vendor to modem price agreements struck prior to tariff introduction. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Aryaka's New CEO: We Need to Be More Than a Face in the SD-WAN Crowd By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 IPO plans are on hold as Aryaka builds its business. Post a Comment \| Read (0) US Senators Urge Canada to Ban Huawei – Report By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/15/2018 Marco Rubio and Mark Warner have written to Canada's prime minister and urged him to stop Huawei from selling 5G products in Canada. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Clifton K Morris Generally, the going rate which the US legal system will often pay is $300-... Eurobites: Telco Big Guns Gather to Train Fire on EU Policymakers By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/15/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: KPN braces for cuts; eSIM pioneer raises £18 million; Eleven Sports challenges UK soccer taboo. Post a Comment \| Read (0) VNFs: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/15/2018 Just like banks, some virtual network functions have become 'too big to fail,' says an executive at Deutsche Telekom's pan-net subsidiary, casting a shadow over efforts to cloudify the telco network. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Is Open Source the Right Approach for NFV Orchestration? By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/15/2018 Open source MANO (management and orchestration) developments are providing network operators with something of a conundrum. Post a Comment \| Read (0) What Constitutes a Commercial 5G Network, Anyway? By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/12/2018 As actual 5G services are starting to arrive, what does 'commercial' 5G network actually mean right now? Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Gabriel Brown I think it's fairly clear, if you can go to a shop or website, order the service... Zayo's Brian Daniels: Getting Fiber in Place to Feed 5G Services By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 10/12/2018 The legislative environment now seems to have roadblocks up against fiber deployment, according to Brian Daniels, Zayo's senior VP of strategic networks. He said there's a need for standard fees and permanent processes to help multiple tenants use a city's light poles and other infrastructure so several carriers can efficiently provide competitive services in cities. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Colt Ready for Major NFV Push By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/12/2018 After years of developments and incremental advances, Colt is set for a major three-stage telco cloud deployment that will be a big step in its migration from a legacy hardware architecture to virtualized functions. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Investors Rain Cash on Cloud Startups By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/12/2018 Investors shell out for companies that plan to kill on-premises data warehouses, server scalability and web performance limits, and AI bottlenecks. That's more murder than a Quentin Tarantino movie! Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon's Glenn Wellbrock: 5G Becomes the New Home Broadband By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 10/12/2018 Verizon's director of optical transport network architecture, design and planning talks about why millimeter wave technology works so well to deliver a home broadband service, and how Verizon intends to reach more places with 5G even where adding new fiber isn't feasible. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive TIP Forms New Edge Computing Unit By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/16/2018 Deutsche Telekom, Intel and MobiledgeX to lead a new Telecom Infra Project (TIP) group focused on APIs that will enable developers to write apps able to run on edge computing resources. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Has TIP Made Networks Sexy to VCs? By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/16/2018 Two and a half years into its mission, the Facebook-led TIP claims to have made networks exciting for the first time in 20 years. But as it enters the procurement phase, its task may get even harder. Post a Comment \| Read (0) TIP, ORAN Alliance Poised to Join Forces on Open RAN By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/16/2018 Two of the leading industry groups trying to break the stranglehold of big vendors on the radio access network look set to combine their efforts. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/16/2018 There's friction and a fair amount of hot air in the open source NFV MANO world and it's not doing anyone any favors. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Paul Allen Dies at 65 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 Microsoft co-founder also had strong ties to the cable industry going back to earlier wave of operator consolidations and pioneering work with Internet-connected set-top boxes and advanced video user interfaces. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Icahn Declares War on Dell's Planned Return to Public Markets By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 ‘... I still enjoy a good fight for the right reasons,’ Icahn warns. Let's make popcorn and watch the show. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Making TV Set-Tops as Agile as Smartphones By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 WOW is among a recent wave of service providers to elevate video services to the cloud and focus on the apps-based model using Espial's software-as-a-service platform. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Jack Burton: Cable's 5G Network Opportunity By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 10/15/2018 Broadband Success Partners Principal Jack Burton says 5G represents a great opportunity for cable MSOs to work with 5G network operators and provide not only backhaul, but facilities -- real estate on poles, towers in headends and central offices. Cable's proximity to the customer could provide them a revenue source tied to 5G and edge computing, as well as a long-term hedge against obsolescence. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why Vodafone Is Betting on Cloud Video By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 Major European provider will lay out the strategy behind its new Vodafone TV streaming service at Light Reading's Cable Next-Gen Europe event in London next month. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Arris Downgraded on Cable Modem Tariff Worries By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 Analyst expects that Arris will absorb 'at least a portion' of new US tariffs as operators intend to hold vendor to modem price agreements struck prior to tariff introduction. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Aryaka's New CEO: We Need to Be More Than a Face in the SD-WAN Crowd By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 IPO plans are on hold as Aryaka builds its business. Post a Comment \| Read (0) US Senators Urge Canada to Ban Huawei – Report By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/15/2018 Marco Rubio and Mark Warner have written to Canada's prime minister and urged him to stop Huawei from selling 5G products in Canada. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Clifton K Morris Generally, the going rate which the US legal system will often pay is $300-... Eurobites: Telco Big Guns Gather to Train Fire on EU Policymakers By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/15/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: KPN braces for cuts; eSIM pioneer raises £18 million; Eleven Sports challenges UK soccer taboo. Post a Comment \| Read (0) VNFs: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/15/2018 Just like banks, some virtual network functions have become 'too big to fail,' says an executive at Deutsche Telekom's pan-net subsidiary, casting a shadow over efforts to cloudify the telco network. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Is Open Source the Right Approach for NFV Orchestration? By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/15/2018 Open source MANO (management and orchestration) developments are providing network operators with something of a conundrum. Post a Comment \| Read (0) What Constitutes a Commercial 5G Network, Anyway? By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/12/2018 As actual 5G services are starting to arrive, what does 'commercial' 5G network actually mean right now? Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Gabriel Brown I think it's fairly clear, if you can go to a shop or website, order the service... Zayo's Brian Daniels: Getting Fiber in Place to Feed 5G Services By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 10/12/2018 The legislative environment now seems to have roadblocks up against fiber deployment, according to Brian Daniels, Zayo's senior VP of strategic networks. He said there's a need for standard fees and permanent processes to help multiple tenants use a city's light poles and other infrastructure so several carriers can efficiently provide competitive services in cities. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Colt Ready for Major NFV Push By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/12/2018 After years of developments and incremental advances, Colt is set for a major three-stage telco cloud deployment that will be a big step in its migration from a legacy hardware architecture to virtualized functions. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Investors Rain Cash on Cloud Startups By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/12/2018 Investors shell out for companies that plan to kill on-premises data warehouses, server scalability and web performance limits, and AI bottlenecks. That's more murder than a Quentin Tarantino movie! Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon's Glenn Wellbrock: 5G Becomes the New Home Broadband By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 10/12/2018 Verizon's director of optical transport network architecture, design and planning talks about why millimeter wave technology works so well to deliver a home broadband service, and how Verizon intends to reach more places with 5G even where adding new fiber isn't feasible. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards ChristopherJames, 10/16/2018 12:23:02 AM Avere Raises $20M for Hybrid Cloud Storage R&D Re: hi I think that it would be very interesting to see where some of these research findings will bring us. I imagine that there is a lot of potential in the cloud systems because of how it's associated with the future IoT systems.... Clifton K Morris, 10/15/2018 3:14:40 PM US Senators Urge Canada to Ban Huawei – Report Re: Most likely Huawei doesn’t support Lawful Intercept Generally, the going rate which the US legal system will often pay is $300- $500/ month for lawful intercept technologies built into the network hardware. Additionally, a one-time fee (sometimes US$300 or more) to install... blogsite, 10/15/2018 2:57:40 PM MobiledgeX & Partners Create AR Experiences Re: Re: Technology and people d-bal max v-tight gel These advanced features will take full advantage of Deutsche Telekom's ultra low latency network technology to provide seamless customer experiences, including the Edge infrastructure being built through decentralized cloudlets.... Gabriel Brown, 10/15/2018 4:31:46 AM What Constitutes a Commercial 5G Network, Anyway? Re: Re: Well??! I think it's fairly clear, if you can go to a shop or website, order the service and have it connected, then it's commercial. If it's a friendly user trial, not open to the general public, then it's not commercial. UdyRegan, 10/15/2018 1:18:23 AM Microsoft Goes Captain America, Launches 'Defending Democracy' Program Re: Re: Networking security This is a good movement to show the country where their political situation currently stands at. It also sends the message that they mean business in defending the rights of any political campaigns and supporting each and... blogsite, 10/15/2018 12:58:38 AM MobiledgeX & Partners Create AR Experiences Re: Re: Technology and people Niantic's Real World Platform bridges the physical and digital worlds with advanced functionalities including real-time mass multiplayer experiences, persistence and visual occlusion, through contextual computer vision.... miha123, 10/14/2018 5:45:18 PM MobiledgeX & Partners Create AR Experiences Re: Technology and people The technology is superb. If technologists only buy the Nyantic platform, we will have 100% success. The problem is who will take money from the pocket and pay for what? See the example from AI Prof. Wolfram... MindCommerce, 10/14/2018 10:19:59 AM AT&T: We're Not Only Focused on mmWave for 5G Re: Important to emphasize that 5G is not just mmWave Just like 5G supplements 4G (e.g. LTE is not going away), it's important to recognize that 5G is not just all about millimeter wave radio. Would be great to see future articles about carriers' vision for what bands and RF... blogsite, 10/14/2018 1:47:00 AM Deutsche Telekom Targets 99% 5G Coverage in Germany by 2025 Re: Deutsche Telekom’s 5G M Dirk Wössner, Board Member of Telekom Deutschland, said: "Everyone wants to be in the high-speed network - across all levels of society. That's what drives us. Deutsche Telekom is ready for 5G. We're working hard on the... stownplayer, 10/13/2018 8:14:54 AM Charter Nears Gigabit Finish Line Re: Good News I don't really care if they forsee 10 gig in ten years. How about just simple full duplex? Upgrade the network and get us a decent upload. I'd be so happy with 200/200, 300/300 or something like that. navalrobin982, 10/13/2018 1:21:37 AM What Constitutes a Commercial 5G Network, Anyway? Re: 5G Network It is definitely a great news for all the users that there has been brought 5G network in the latest technology based world. It has the true capability to provide all the necessary required features to all the users. For... DanJones, 10/12/2018 5:19:13 PM What Constitutes a Commercial 5G Network, Anyway? Re: Well??! What do you all think? blogsite, 10/12/2018 5:10:15 PM NFV Struggles With Its Six-Year Itch Re: Re: Slough? Slough has 96 listed buildings. There are Four Grade I: St Laurence's Church (Upton), St Mary the Virgin Church (Langley),[12] Baylis House and Godolphin CourtSeven Grade II: St Mary's Church (Upton-cum-Chalvey), Upton Court,... blogsite, 10/12/2018 3:36:17 PM CenturyLink Launches Cloud Connect Dynamic Connections Re: re:soundslike... M As a private Layer 2 network, the connection is inherently secure and minimizes exposure to external threats.Billing works on a pay-as-you-go model. Every dynamic connection is on an hourly rate with no long-term contract... sj0350, 10/12/2018 12:32:35 PM NFV Struggles With Its Six-Year Itch Re: Re: What'sworng with Slough? Trough is pronounced "troff". Slough (the town) is pronounced "SlOW", the OW sound rhyming with "cow". Slough as a place of trouble ("the slough of despond") is pronounced like the town Slough in UK English. ... More Message Boards		Security Now Privacy & AI Changing the Digital Transformation Game Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 10/16/2018 At Gartner's Symposium/ITXPO, analysts have come up with the term ... (0) IBM's Cybersecurity Operations Center Hits the Road Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 10/16/2018 Big Blue has converted a 23-ton Mercedes tractor trailer into a mobile security ... 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