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Top News & Views All News & Views Tower Owner SBA Buys Data Center for Edge Computing Know-How By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 9/18/2019 Following the lead of American Tower, SBA Communications has acquired a Chicago data center. CEO Jeffrey Stoops says the purchase will help SBA learn about edge computing. Post a Comment AT&T Puts Intelligence in the Middle of the Edge By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2019 AT&T is focused on building virtualization and intelligence into the customer edge and network edge for 5G applications. Post a Comment Cox Also Flexing Its Streaming Muscles By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2019 Cable op has quietly launched the Contour Stream Player, Cox's twist on Comcast's Xfinity Flex video streaming product for broadband-only subs. Post a Comment Advertisement FUD Still Weighs on Telco Edge Computing By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/18/2019 While some operators have embraced edge computing, it seems that fear, uncertainty and doubt still weigh heavy on the edge computing strategic thinking of many service providers. Post a Comment Corning's Fiber Business Is Cratering, but What Does That Mean for 5G? By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 9/18/2019 Corning has dramatically reduced its sales expectations for fiber this year as carriers reduce spending. Does that mean 5G (which needs fiber) is in trouble? Not necessarily. Post a Comment Sprint Tears Up the Rulebook on the Edge By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/18/2019 The US operator says it cannot approach the edge in the same way it has served the mainstream consumer market. Post a Comment Many Operators Still Daunted by Edge Computing – Ovum By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/18/2019 Many network operators are still unsure about the role edge computing might play in their future strategies, says Julian Bright, senior analyst, Intelligent Networks at Ovum. Post a Comment Advertisement How Sprint's Edge Strategy Breaks With Tradition By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/18/2019 Sprint's edge strategy includes a progressive take (for a telco, at least) on opening up its platform for use by third parties, explains Light Reading's Iain Morris. Post a Comment Of Patriots, Faith, Broadband & Huawei By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 9/18/2019 A modern-day morality play is slowly developing around the US telecom providers that have been caught up in the hoopla surrounding China's Huawei. Post a Comment Comcast Offers 'Xfinity Flex' for Free to Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2019 Video streaming platform features a video client, voice remote and integration with Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video and, soon, an upgrade path to Comcast's full pay-TV service. Post a Comment Huawei Positions Itself for Age of Big Computing By Robert Clark, 9/18/2019 The Chinese vendor says it is ready to sate incredible demand for artificially intelligent computing with its line-up of processors. Post a Comment Eurobites: Sky Targets New-Builds With Last-Mile Fiber Deal By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/18/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange signs subsea deal; Telia falters in Latvia; Vodafone UK bucks the high street trend; Telefónica takes stake in alarms company. Post a Comment Avaya Goes Global With IBM Cloud By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2019 Avaya is partnering with IBM for global expansion of its OneCloud ReadyNow cloud call center and unified-communications-as-a-service, beyond current availability in the US and central Europe. Post a Comment Japan's NTT DoCoMo Goes for Gold With Multivendor 5G Plans By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/18/2019 Japan's biggest operator will introduce 5G services based on O-RAN specifications in what it claims is a world first. Post a Comment CenturyLink: Network Infrastructure Is the Real Final Frontier By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2019 NASA was trying to solve the same problems telcos now face when it launched the space shuttle Enterprise, 43 years ago Tuesday. Post a Comment T-Mobile Execs Talk Merger & 5G By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 9/17/2019 T-Mobile remains hopeful that Sprint deal get done this year, viewing the merger as a key pathway to 5G's promised land. Post a Comment Charter Taps Stephanie Mitchko as CTO By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/17/2019 Mitchko, a former Cadent exec and engineer who worked on Cablevision's pioneering remote-storage DVR service, succeeds the retired Jay Rolls. Post a Comment NBCU Picks 'Peacock' as Brand for Premium Streaming Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/17/2019 The media giant has apparently passed on tacking on '+' to the end of the name of the OTT service that will launch next spring and feature more than 15,000 hours of content. Post a Comment AT&T CEO: US Ahead in 5G By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 9/17/2019 AT&T's Randall Stephenson talks up plans for nationwide 5G by mid-year 2020, claims US is still ahead in the 5G race. Post a Comment HBO Max to Take Many Paths to the Consumer By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/17/2019 WarnerMedia's new SVoD service will hold a key distribution advantage through AT&T's retail presence, pay-TV, broadband and mobility services. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Tower Owner SBA Buys Data Center for Edge Computing Know-How By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 9/18/2019 Following the lead of American Tower, SBA Communications has acquired a Chicago data center. CEO Jeffrey Stoops says the purchase will help SBA learn about edge computing. Post a Comment AT&T Puts Intelligence in the Middle of the Edge By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2019 AT&T is focused on building virtualization and intelligence into the customer edge and network edge for 5G applications. Post a Comment Cox Also Flexing Its Streaming Muscles By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2019 Cable op has quietly launched the Contour Stream Player, Cox's twist on Comcast's Xfinity Flex video streaming product for broadband-only subs. Post a Comment FUD Still Weighs on Telco Edge Computing By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/18/2019 While some operators have embraced edge computing, it seems that fear, uncertainty and doubt still weigh heavy on the edge computing strategic thinking of many service providers. Post a Comment Corning's Fiber Business Is Cratering, but What Does That Mean for 5G? By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 9/18/2019 Corning has dramatically reduced its sales expectations for fiber this year as carriers reduce spending. Does that mean 5G (which needs fiber) is in trouble? Not necessarily. Post a Comment Sprint Tears Up the Rulebook on the Edge By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/18/2019 The US operator says it cannot approach the edge in the same way it has served the mainstream consumer market. Post a Comment Many Operators Still Daunted by Edge Computing – Ovum By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/18/2019 Many network operators are still unsure about the role edge computing might play in their future strategies, says Julian Bright, senior analyst, Intelligent Networks at Ovum. Post a Comment How Sprint's Edge Strategy Breaks With Tradition By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/18/2019 Sprint's edge strategy includes a progressive take (for a telco, at least) on opening up its platform for use by third parties, explains Light Reading's Iain Morris. Post a Comment Of Patriots, Faith, Broadband & Huawei By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 9/18/2019 A modern-day morality play is slowly developing around the US telecom providers that have been caught up in the hoopla surrounding China's Huawei. Post a Comment Comcast Offers 'Xfinity Flex' for Free to Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2019 Video streaming platform features a video client, voice remote and integration with Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video and, soon, an upgrade path to Comcast's full pay-TV service. Post a Comment Huawei Positions Itself for Age of Big Computing By Robert Clark, 9/18/2019 The Chinese vendor says it is ready to sate incredible demand for artificially intelligent computing with its line-up of processors. Post a Comment Eurobites: Sky Targets New-Builds With Last-Mile Fiber Deal By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/18/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange signs subsea deal; Telia falters in Latvia; Vodafone UK bucks the high street trend; Telefónica takes stake in alarms company. Post a Comment Avaya Goes Global With IBM Cloud By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2019 Avaya is partnering with IBM for global expansion of its OneCloud ReadyNow cloud call center and unified-communications-as-a-service, beyond current availability in the US and central Europe. Post a Comment Japan's NTT DoCoMo Goes for Gold With Multivendor 5G Plans By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/18/2019 Japan's biggest operator will introduce 5G services based on O-RAN specifications in what it claims is a world first. Post a Comment CenturyLink: Network Infrastructure Is the Real Final Frontier By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/18/2019 NASA was trying to solve the same problems telcos now face when it launched the space shuttle Enterprise, 43 years ago Tuesday. Post a Comment T-Mobile Execs Talk Merger & 5G By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 9/17/2019 T-Mobile remains hopeful that Sprint deal get done this year, viewing the merger as a key pathway to 5G's promised land. Post a Comment Charter Taps Stephanie Mitchko as CTO By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/17/2019 Mitchko, a former Cadent exec and engineer who worked on Cablevision's pioneering remote-storage DVR service, succeeds the retired Jay Rolls. Post a Comment NBCU Picks 'Peacock' as Brand for Premium Streaming Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/17/2019 The media giant has apparently passed on tacking on '+' to the end of the name of the OTT service that will launch next spring and feature more than 15,000 hours of content. Post a Comment AT&T CEO: US Ahead in 5G By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 9/17/2019 AT&T's Randall Stephenson talks up plans for nationwide 5G by mid-year 2020, claims US is still ahead in the 5G race. Post a Comment HBO Max to Take Many Paths to the Consumer By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/17/2019 WarnerMedia's new SVoD service will hold a key distribution advantage through AT&T's retail presence, pay-TV, broadband and mobility services. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Plex Gets Lionsgate for Its Ad-VoD Service Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Motion Picture Association Goes Global Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Celona Raises $10M in Series A to Bridge Gap Between 5G & Enterprises Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Trustgrid Touts EdgeNetwork SD-WAN for Banking Transactions Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Consumer Technology Association Intros 8K Display Definition, Logo Program Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Huawei Unveils Intelligent OptiX Network Strategy & New Product Series for Enterprises Wednesday, September 18, 2019 NSF Adds Advanced Wireless Research Platform in North Carolina Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Charter Has a New CTO Tuesday, September 17, 2019 CSG Tackles Billing Errors & Invoice Inaccuracies Tuesday, September 17, 2019 NBCU Names Its OTT Service Tuesday, September 17, 2019 Charter Hires Cameron Blanchard as SVP, Communications Monday, September 16, 2019 WOW CTO Matt Bell Exits, Bill Case Upped to CIO Monday, September 16, 2019 NOS Teams With Tata Elxsi on RDK-B DOCSIS 3.1 Router Monday, September 16, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now DNSSEC Can Encourage DDoS – Nexusguard Larry Loeb, Author, 9/18/2019 Report found that DNS Amplification contributed to the largest share, compared to ... (0) Analytics Startup Claims to Turn Golden Tickets Brass Joe Stanganelli, Managing Director, Blackwood King LC, 9/17/2019 The threat of escalation attacks and forged administration levels has plagued ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News BBWN Bites: Comcast Gives 'Flex' to Broadband-Only Subs Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 9/18/2019 Also, Sky builds up new-home biz, CityFibre names new (non-exec) chairman, NBN ... (0) BBWN Bites: WOW Says 'Hi' to New CIO, 'Bye' to Old CTO Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 9/17/2019 Also, UK's fiber fix advances (a bit), Slovenian CSP meshes into smart homes, ... (0) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase New 5G Network Security Threats Sigma Systems at Digital Transformation World 2019 Ciena Talks Converged Interconnect Networks at Cable ... Red Hat Enterprise Linux: A Secure Foundation for the ... 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 ... (2 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 ... (13 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 ... (1 Comment) 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