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Top News & Views All News & Views 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 Advertisement 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 Advertisement 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 T-Mobile Flips Colorado in Pursuit of Sprint Merger By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/21/2019 After receiving new promises from both Dish Network and T-Mobile, Colorado joined Mississippi in reversing its position and supporting the proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile. Post a Comment Verizon Relaunches Fixed Wireless Service With 5G NR, DIY Installs By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/21/2019 Verizon turns to self installations and the 5G NR specification for its refreshed 5G Home fixed wireless Internet service. Post a Comment Startup Wants to Help ISPs Turn Smart Home Customer Care Into a Profit Center By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/21/2019 Fresh off a $9 million funding round, Sweepr aims to help its ISP partners offer customer care as a service to makers of smart home devices and appliances. Post a Comment China Operators Brace for Portability By Robert Clark, 10/21/2019 Will the introduction of mobile number portability threaten China Mobile's dominant position? Post a Comment DT's Access 4.0 Team Loses Its Cherry & Hits the Eggnog By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/21/2019 The German operator has a long list of vendors identified for its software-enabled broadband access project. What could possibly go wrong? Post a Comment Vodafone Idea Hires Red Hat for 5G 'Universal Cloud' By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/21/2019 India's Vodafone Idea has selected a range of Red Hat software products, including its OpenStack, to build a 'Universal Cloud' spanning more than 100 data centers. Post a Comment From Virtualization to Containerization By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/21/2019 A new set of NFV challenges is emerging as operators plan the shift towards cloud-native applications and a container-based strategy. Post a Comment Eurobites: Ericsson Adds Brain-Power to Its RAN Technology By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/21/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: VEON trials 5G in Kazakhstan; T-Systems launches private cloud trial with VMware; Openet and Evergent combine on BSS. Post a Comment The Wait for NB-IoT in the US By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/21/2019 T-Mobile is the only operator that has announced customers using NB-IoT so far. Post a Comment CenturyLink's Anil Simlot: Evolving the Service Provider Edge By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 10/21/2019 CenturyLink's Anil Simlot discusses how the carrier is evolving its edge computing platform from housing virtualized network functions to hosting larger, more dynamic IT workloads. Post a Comment Podcast: Orange Silicon Valley's Will Barkis on Smart Cities By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 10/21/2019 Smart cities are taking shape in small ways, as the technology develops and makes its way to market. Orange Silicon Valley's Will Barkis discusses some of the newer tech he's seeing, where it might be used and privacy concerns that come up. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 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 T-Mobile Flips Colorado in Pursuit of Sprint Merger By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/21/2019 After receiving new promises from both Dish Network and T-Mobile, Colorado joined Mississippi in reversing its position and supporting the proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile. Post a Comment Verizon Relaunches Fixed Wireless Service With 5G NR, DIY Installs By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/21/2019 Verizon turns to self installations and the 5G NR specification for its refreshed 5G Home fixed wireless Internet service. Post a Comment Startup Wants to Help ISPs Turn Smart Home Customer Care Into a Profit Center By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/21/2019 Fresh off a $9 million funding round, Sweepr aims to help its ISP partners offer customer care as a service to makers of smart home devices and appliances. Post a Comment China Operators Brace for Portability By Robert Clark, 10/21/2019 Will the introduction of mobile number portability threaten China Mobile's dominant position? Post a Comment DT's Access 4.0 Team Loses Its Cherry & Hits the Eggnog By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/21/2019 The German operator has a long list of vendors identified for its software-enabled broadband access project. What could possibly go wrong? Post a Comment Vodafone Idea Hires Red Hat for 5G 'Universal Cloud' By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/21/2019 India's Vodafone Idea has selected a range of Red Hat software products, including its OpenStack, to build a 'Universal Cloud' spanning more than 100 data centers. Post a Comment From Virtualization to Containerization By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/21/2019 A new set of NFV challenges is emerging as operators plan the shift towards cloud-native applications and a container-based strategy. Post a Comment Eurobites: Ericsson Adds Brain-Power to Its RAN Technology By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/21/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: VEON trials 5G in Kazakhstan; T-Systems launches private cloud trial with VMware; Openet and Evergent combine on BSS. Post a Comment The Wait for NB-IoT in the US By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/21/2019 T-Mobile is the only operator that has announced customers using NB-IoT so far. Post a Comment CenturyLink's Anil Simlot: Evolving the Service Provider Edge By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 10/21/2019 CenturyLink's Anil Simlot discusses how the carrier is evolving its edge computing platform from housing virtualized network functions to hosting larger, more dynamic IT workloads. Post a Comment Podcast: Orange Silicon Valley's Will Barkis on Smart Cities By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 10/21/2019 Smart cities are taking shape in small ways, as the technology develops and makes its way to market. Orange Silicon Valley's Will Barkis discusses some of the newer tech he's seeing, where it might be used and privacy concerns that come up. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors 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 Vodafone Idea Picks Red Hat for 'Universal Cloud' in 100+ Data Centers Monday, October 21, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Two Threat Actors, One Targeted Threat Larry Loeb, Author, 10/22/2019 By combining, two threat actors leveraged their own specific areas of expertise ... 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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 ... 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