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Top News & Views All News & Views US Carriers Toy With 3-Year Phone Loans By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 8/23/2019 US wireless network operators are increasingly breaking up the cost of a new smartphone across three years, rather than two, to make the monthly payments easier for consumers to swallow. Post a Comment Huawei Spending $1.5B Annually on AI Development By Robert Clark, 8/23/2019 The Chinese equipment giant is now ramping up its investments in artificial intelligence. Post a Comment Frndly TV Seeks Subs in an Unfriendly Pay-TV World By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/23/2019 Former Sling TV exec starts up family-friendly OTT service that aims to pull a batch of consumers back into the pay-TV fold. Post a Comment Advertisement Comcast, Charter to Offer 5G Via Verizon MVNO By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 8/23/2019 Comcast's Xfinity Mobile and Charter's Spectrum Mobile MVNOs will offer Verizon's 5G service to their respective customers at some unspecified point in the future. Post a Comment VMware Powers Up Cloud Provider Tools By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/23/2019 VMware adds additional automation and management for its toolset to allow service providers to offer multicloud services to enterprise customers. Post a Comment China's 5G Market Has Teething Trouble By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/23/2019 China's operators are being driven toward network-sharing partnerships to pay for the rollout of 5G networks. Post a Comment Spectrum for Private Mobile Networks By Gabriel Brown, Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading, 8/23/2019 Enterprises and other organizations want to operate private mobile networks, but what are their options for getting the needed spectrum? Post a Comment Advertisement WiCipedia: Diverse Boards Are the Future & UK Gov't Deals With Online Abuse By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 8/23/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Silicon Valley is out of touch; board diversity makes headway; how to be heard in meetings; and more. Post a Comment Hollywood Studios Fire Back at Omniverse By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/23/2019 Studios urge the court to deny Omniverse's request for a forced mediation and a halt on discovery on a case centered on allegations that Omniverse distributed streaming TV services without authorization. Post a Comment VMware Splashes $4.8B on Strategic Acquisitions By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/23/2019 VMware is bolstering its developer support and security capabilities with the acquisitions of Pivotal Software and Carbon Black. Post a Comment Fresh Trouble for Huawei in India By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 8/23/2019 A right-wing organization wants India's government to ban Huawei and promote indigenous firms. Post a Comment Eurobites: A1 Pilots Cryptocurrency Payments By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/23/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Salt's second quarter is no great shakes; Serbia Broadband extends gigabit service; Safaricom's bad apples. Post a Comment Verizon Brings Mobile 5G to Phoenix, Targets In-Building 5G With Boingo By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 8/22/2019 Verizon strikes a 5G DAS deal with Boingo, starts outdoor mobile high-band 5G rollout in Phoenix. Post a Comment Here's How T-Mobile Reduced LTE Congestion by 71% By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 8/22/2019 T-Mobile's CTO Neville Ray built a traffic-forecasting tool in conjunction with Speedtest provider Ookla that the company said helped direct fully $10 billion in network spending over the past five years. Post a Comment Apple's iPhone 7 Blasts RF Radiation Above Legal Limits in New Study By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 8/22/2019 Detailed RF exposure tests conducted by the Chicago Tribune found that a number of devices, including those from Motorola, Samsung and Apple, exceed some of the FCC's guidelines for radiation emissions. Post a Comment Consumers Overpay for Broadband – Study By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/22/2019 Findings from university researchers and the WSJ could crash broadband's ARPU party as a growing number of subscribers upgrade to faster, more expensive high-speed Internet tiers. Post a Comment China 4G Users Inflamed Over Throttling By Robert Clark, 8/22/2019 China's mobile-phone customers are in a frenzy over reports that operators have deliberately slowed down 4G connections. Post a Comment The Murky Status of Russian 5G By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/22/2019 Behind the shady goings-on in Putin's state may lie a plan for Russian control of 5G technology. That would be a scary development for the country's big mobile operators. Post a Comment Storm Clouds Gather Over Sunrise's $6.4B Liberty Deal By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/22/2019 A major bust-up between the Swiss telco and its biggest shareholder could sink the deal to acquire Liberty Global's Swiss cable business. Post a Comment Eurobites: Nokia Hires Ericsson Insider By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/22/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson tweaks top table; silly job titles just got sillier; Drei Austria schutz the Internet. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive US Carriers Toy With 3-Year Phone Loans By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 8/23/2019 US wireless network operators are increasingly breaking up the cost of a new smartphone across three years, rather than two, to make the monthly payments easier for consumers to swallow. Post a Comment Huawei Spending $1.5B Annually on AI Development By Robert Clark, 8/23/2019 The Chinese equipment giant is now ramping up its investments in artificial intelligence. Post a Comment Frndly TV Seeks Subs in an Unfriendly Pay-TV World By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/23/2019 Former Sling TV exec starts up family-friendly OTT service that aims to pull a batch of consumers back into the pay-TV fold. Post a Comment Comcast, Charter to Offer 5G Via Verizon MVNO By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 8/23/2019 Comcast's Xfinity Mobile and Charter's Spectrum Mobile MVNOs will offer Verizon's 5G service to their respective customers at some unspecified point in the future. Post a Comment VMware Powers Up Cloud Provider Tools By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/23/2019 VMware adds additional automation and management for its toolset to allow service providers to offer multicloud services to enterprise customers. Post a Comment China's 5G Market Has Teething Trouble By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/23/2019 China's operators are being driven toward network-sharing partnerships to pay for the rollout of 5G networks. Post a Comment Spectrum for Private Mobile Networks By Gabriel Brown, Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading, 8/23/2019 Enterprises and other organizations want to operate private mobile networks, but what are their options for getting the needed spectrum? Post a Comment WiCipedia: Diverse Boards Are the Future & UK Gov't Deals With Online Abuse By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 8/23/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Silicon Valley is out of touch; board diversity makes headway; how to be heard in meetings; and more. Post a Comment Hollywood Studios Fire Back at Omniverse By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/23/2019 Studios urge the court to deny Omniverse's request for a forced mediation and a halt on discovery on a case centered on allegations that Omniverse distributed streaming TV services without authorization. Post a Comment VMware Splashes $4.8B on Strategic Acquisitions By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/23/2019 VMware is bolstering its developer support and security capabilities with the acquisitions of Pivotal Software and Carbon Black. Post a Comment Fresh Trouble for Huawei in India By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 8/23/2019 A right-wing organization wants India's government to ban Huawei and promote indigenous firms. Post a Comment Eurobites: A1 Pilots Cryptocurrency Payments By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/23/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Salt's second quarter is no great shakes; Serbia Broadband extends gigabit service; Safaricom's bad apples. Post a Comment Verizon Brings Mobile 5G to Phoenix, Targets In-Building 5G With Boingo By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 8/22/2019 Verizon strikes a 5G DAS deal with Boingo, starts outdoor mobile high-band 5G rollout in Phoenix. Post a Comment Here's How T-Mobile Reduced LTE Congestion by 71% By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 8/22/2019 T-Mobile's CTO Neville Ray built a traffic-forecasting tool in conjunction with Speedtest provider Ookla that the company said helped direct fully $10 billion in network spending over the past five years. Post a Comment Apple's iPhone 7 Blasts RF Radiation Above Legal Limits in New Study By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 8/22/2019 Detailed RF exposure tests conducted by the Chicago Tribune found that a number of devices, including those from Motorola, Samsung and Apple, exceed some of the FCC's guidelines for radiation emissions. Post a Comment Consumers Overpay for Broadband – Study By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/22/2019 Findings from university researchers and the WSJ could crash broadband's ARPU party as a growing number of subscribers upgrade to faster, more expensive high-speed Internet tiers. Post a Comment China 4G Users Inflamed Over Throttling By Robert Clark, 8/22/2019 China's mobile-phone customers are in a frenzy over reports that operators have deliberately slowed down 4G connections. Post a Comment The Murky Status of Russian 5G By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/22/2019 Behind the shady goings-on in Putin's state may lie a plan for Russian control of 5G technology. That would be a scary development for the country's big mobile operators. Post a Comment Storm Clouds Gather Over Sunrise's $6.4B Liberty Deal By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/22/2019 A major bust-up between the Swiss telco and its biggest shareholder could sink the deal to acquire Liberty Global's Swiss cable business. Post a Comment Eurobites: Nokia Hires Ericsson Insider By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/22/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson tweaks top table; silly job titles just got sillier; Drei Austria schutz the Internet. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Hengtong Cable Australia Hosts Cable Conference in Adelaide Friday, August 23, 2019 Edgewater Wireless Amps Up WiFi 'Spectrum Slicing' Tech Licensing Efforts Friday, August 23, 2019 Acorn TV, UMC Join YouTube TV's Line-Up Friday, August 23, 2019 SSIMWAVE to Demo Dolby Vision Support at IBC Friday, August 23, 2019 VMware Reports $2.44B Revenue, Up 12% YoY, Acquiring Pivotal & Carbon Black Thursday, August 22, 2019 SCTE 'Microgrid Experience Center' Coming to Cable-Tec Expo Thursday, August 22, 2019 CWA Braces for Battle With Altice USA Thursday, August 22, 2019 Here Are the 8 Anti-Robocall Principles Announced by Wireless Industry, State AGs Thursday, August 22, 2019 Former Google Exec Joins Comcast Spotlight Thursday, August 22, 2019 USTelecom Boasts of Successful Broadband Mapping Tests in Missouri, Virginia Thursday, August 22, 2019 Gartner Predicts 5G Infrastructure Revenues to Reach $4.2B in 2020 Thursday, August 22, 2019 SK Telecom Now Counts 1M Customers on 5G Thursday, August 22, 2019 Caavo Connects With Google's Nest Cams Thursday, August 22, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Nuclear Plant Security Compromised by Financially Motivated Insiders Larry Loeb, Author, 8/23/2019 Equipment at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine was used to mine cryptocurrency. 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