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Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw The TMF events team used WhatsApp to communicate during the event. Perhaps... Large & In Charge: Operators Take Control By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 5/17/2018 AUSTIN -- Big Communications Event -- Service providers are taking matters more into their own hands to transform their networks faster than some of their traditional ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) From LTE-U/LAA to 5G Spectrum Sharing By Dean Brenner, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Qualcomm , 5/17/2018 February 22 is a big date in the history of mobile broadband for several reasons. On that date last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiC Panel: Societal Pressure Drives Diversity & Inclusion By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 5/17/2018 AUSTIN, Texas -- Big Communications Event - Societal pressure is mounting for companies across industries to make diversity and inclusion (D&I) a real priority in ... 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Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: UK Broadband Only Half as Fast as It Should Be, Finds Study By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/18/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: EU calls for co-operation on cyberdefense; Cambridge Analytica files for bankruptcy; nun news. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Phil_Britt Though the speed being only half of what it should be might raise some eyebrows,... Rackspace Snaps Up Salesforce Specialist RelationEdge By Mitch Wagner, Mitch Wagner, Editor, Enterprise Cloud, Light Reading, 5/17/2018 Rackspace acquired RelationEdge, a Salesforce Platinum Consulting Partner, expanding Rackspace's business from infrastructure and platforms into cloud applications, ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Google Absorbing Enterprise Big Data Startup By Mitch Wagner, Mitch Wagner, Editor, Enterprise Cloud, Light Reading, 5/17/2018 Google has acquired Cask Data, which develops the open source Cask Data Application Platform to ease building and running big data solutions for enterprises using Hadoop. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Indian Telcos Raise Capital as Price War Rages By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 5/17/2018 India's operators are on a fund-raising spree as they battle one another for customer gains in the country's fast-growing smartphone market. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T's BCE Keynote: 5G & SDN Worlds Colliding By Light Reading, 5/17/2018 At the Big Communications Event (BCE) 2018 event in Austin, Melissa Arnoldi, president of Technology and Operations at AT&T, spoke about AT&T's path to 5G and the important role software plays. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Deutsche Telekom Sets Out Broadband Targets By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/17/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Zuck to face Eurocrats over data privacy shenanigans; MTS claims LAA breakthrough; ADVA's encryption wins. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Telecom Italia Plots Layoffs, Slams Unions By Iain Morris, News Editor, 5/17/2018 Telecom Italia said it would be submitting plans for a formal redundancy program to trade union representatives and government authorities after failing to reach ... Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: iainmorris This story has been updated since it was first published to include feedback... TM Forum Sea-Change Overcomes That Sinking Feeling By Iain Morris, News Editor, 5/17/2018 NICE -- Digital Transformation World 2018 -- Two years ago, the TM Forum's annual shindig in Nice seemed to hit a low. "Mary Celeste," was how one attendee described ... Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw The TMF events team used WhatsApp to communicate during the event. Perhaps... Large & In Charge: Operators Take Control By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 5/17/2018 AUSTIN -- Big Communications Event -- Service providers are taking matters more into their own hands to transform their networks faster than some of their traditional ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) From LTE-U/LAA to 5G Spectrum Sharing By Dean Brenner, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Qualcomm , 5/17/2018 February 22 is a big date in the history of mobile broadband for several reasons. On that date last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiC Panel: Societal Pressure Drives Diversity & Inclusion By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 5/17/2018 AUSTIN, Texas -- Big Communications Event - Societal pressure is mounting for companies across industries to make diversity and inclusion (D&I) a real priority in ... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cisco: Revenue Slump? What Revenue Slump? By Mitch Wagner, Mitch Wagner, Editor, Enterprise Cloud, Light Reading, 5/16/2018 Cisco's recent two-year slump seems like a bad dream, as the company reported its second straight quarter of increasing sales Wednesday, with $12.5 billion revenue, ... Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Phil_Britt Whether reported earnings were good or bad rarely means asmuch as if analyts'... Senate Vote Says Net Neutrality Can Stay Around a Little Longer By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 5/16/2018 Senate Democrats and three Republicans -- Susan Collins of Maine, John Kennedy of Louisiana and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska -- voted today to restore net neutrality ... Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Phil_Britt Heard a retired Congressman mention this regarding health care, but thinks... White House Axes Top Cybersecurity Role, Strengthens Agency CIOs By Mitch Wagner, Mitch Wagner, Editor, Enterprise Cloud, Light Reading, 5/16/2018 The White House has eliminated its top cybersecurity position and is strengthening the role of departmental CIOs, according to reports. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Phil_Britt Is there too much bureaucracy? Yes. But cybersecurity isn't an area to look... Oracle Boosts Machine Learning With DataScience.com Buy By Mitch Wagner, Mitch Wagner, Editor, Enterprise Cloud, Light Reading, 5/16/2018 Oracle says it's signed an agreement to acquire DataScience.com, which has a platform that centralizes data science tools useful for machine learning applications. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Virtuapedia Indexes The Future of Virtualization Index project provides CSPs with a clear and concise set of benchmarks to measure their progress in the migration to virtualized networks using a series of surveys involving more than three dozen of the world's most important CSPs. Message Boards Phil_Britt, 5/20/2018 12:06:47 PM America: A Tale of at Least Two 5Gs Re: Re: Betting On Range Or Speed But in rurual Wisconsin, many calls were long-distance, with additional fees at the time I was referring to. brooks7, 5/20/2018 12:05:11 PM America: A Tale of at Least Two 5Gs Re: Re: Betting On Range Or Speed @phil_britt, With the exception of taxes and other charges, every wireline landline in the US is exactly the same price set by the FCC. That is why we have those charges, to subsidize where they are more expensive... Phil_Britt, 5/20/2018 8:37:16 AM Eurobites: UK Broadband Only Half as Fast as It Should Be, Finds Study Re: Not Surprising Though the speed being only half of what it should be might raise some eyebrows, promised performance of almost any technology is a theory at best. I remember one of the first printers I ever had promising four pages a minute... Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 7:17:57 PM T-Mobile Talks Up Its Quad Play Opportunity & Network Savings by Buying Sprint Re: Re: Your Hall of Fame Moment Don't forget the cost savings from "synergies of scale" -- corporate-speak for layoffs. Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 7:16:05 PM Eurobites: Cambridge Analytica Shuts Up Shop Re: Re: Cambridge Analytica Shuts Up Shop Don't be surprised if you find plenty of other companies doing the same thing. This one just got caught. Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 7:13:13 PM BT Plans to Cut up to 6,600 Jobs – Report Re: Re: Buy from Huawei, outsource calendar to India and cut local jobs!!! They might be hiring an additional 3,000 engineers, but how many will be around once they are close to being done with the infrastructure -- they won't wait til it's complete, many will be dumped early. Has happened here... Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 7:10:17 PM Where Does VR Go From Here? Re: Re: Experimentation Phase VR has some definite applications in manufacturing to help technicians work on complex machinery. This was dicussed by a few companies at a recent plastics industry conference. Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 7:07:58 PM Mobile Merger Changes Cable Calculus Re: Re: Hmm The only thing is that there might not be one less competitor. The Administration has let most mergers go through, but is still blocking AT&T/Time Warner. The Administration has yet to opine on the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint... Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 7:05:05 PM America: A Tale of at Least Two 5Gs Re: Re: Betting On Range Or Speed I generally agree urban areas will roll first. But need in some other areas could drive development. For example, Wisconsin progressed with WiFi far faster than other states due to the high cost of landline calls.er Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 7:01:36 PM Comcast Seeks $60B Loan for New Fox Bid – Report Re: New Deal? Some in the financial press are suggesting that the bid may not be Comcast's true end game, but instead Comcast wants part of Fox, but not necessarily all of the parts in the proposed Disney deal. Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 3:39:26 PM Dish Network Slings Up More Losses Re: Re: Dish Going Down The Drain? From others with a "dish" service...the iffy services, particualrly in thunderstorms, remains an issue in many areas. Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 3:37:15 PM AT&T Confirms Payments to Trump Lawyer's Shell Company Re: Re: Context This may be nothing "new," but seems like companies are becoming more blatant about it. Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 3:31:55 PM AT&T CEO Apologizes for Cohen Kerfuffle Re: Re: AT&T is also hiding items in their financials. You're right. Amazing how many underlings get let go when corporate gets caught with it's hand in the cookie jar. Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 3:29:51 PM Trump Tweets on ZTE… & Gives the Chinese Vendor a Lifeline! Re: Re: Name that tune This, like other positions, likely to change if certain factions object. Depends how the wind is blowing on any given day. Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 3:26:46 PM Verizon CEO Says LA Is Second 5G City Re: Reality Check Verizon can call it a 5G city, 6G, or unlimited G. The proof will be if it is truly avaiulable and where. How many cities "had broadband," but only in limited areas or under only excellent conditions for many years? Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 3:22:57 PM White House Axes Top Cybersecurity Role, Strengthens Agency CIOs Re: Job That's Needed Is there too much bureaucracy? Yes. But cybersecurity isn't an area to look to eliminate jobs. It can't all be done with automation and threats continue to grow. Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 3:20:32 PM Senate Vote Says Net Neutrality Can Stay Around a Little Longer Re: Need Some Continuity Heard a retired Congressman mention this regarding health care, but thinks it makes sense for net neutrality as well: We can't have massive sea changes everytime control swings from one party to another. There should be... Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 3:17:55 PM Cisco: Revenue Slump? What Revenue Slump? Re: What Was Expected? Whether reported earnings were good or bad rarely means asmuch as if analyts' expectations were met or not. Future outlook also seems to mean more than current earnings. Phil_Britt, 5/19/2018 3:14:33 PM Verizon Wireless Closing a Third of US Call Centers, Cutting Customer Service Jobs Re: Re: Sad to Hear Those who keep their jobs will now have no true ability to get away from the job. Working from home can be nice, but you have the extra expense of maintaining an office space. And even if you have a separate, "quiet" room,... alisiawatson, 5/19/2018 5:32:04 AM Verizon Wireless Closing a Third of US Call Centers, Cutting Customer Service Jobs Re: Sad to Hear This is very sad to hear. tinder super like alisiawatson, 5/19/2018 4:59:38 AM Monitoring the Mobile Cloud Is Essential for Digitalization Re: Informative Post! The author of the article is totally right and I do agree with Scott that 5G is a totally different thing comparted to 3G or LTE and telecom operators should be well prepared and definitely rethink their networks. I have... James_B_Crawshaw, 5/19/2018 3:32:49 AM TM Forum Sea-Change Overcomes That Sinking Feeling Re: Re: Irony was not lost at TM Forum The TMF events team used WhatsApp to communicate during the event. Perhaps it was a problem with your phone. yalight, 5/18/2018 5:54:56 PM Advancing the Telco Cloud: Q&A With VMware's Shekar Ayyar Re: Trend in meetig High Availability in SLA Integrating with Public Cloud (AWS, Azure,..) poses problem for critical services since Public Cloud SLA -s do not provide Availability clause (just payback amount for not meeting availability <4-NINES). They... brooks7, 5/18/2018 5:54:52 PM The Inner Digital Transformation World in Nice Re: Re: Bonjour tristesse Well, if Larry was in this video it would be a lot less emo. seven Phil Harvey, 5/18/2018 2:03:41 PM The Inner Digital Transformation World in Nice Re: Re: Bonjour tristesse I'm welling up, too. Ah, wait. I sat on my keys again. brooks7, 5/18/2018 1:52:09 PM Telus CTO: NFV Burden May Cripple Telcos Re: Re: The NFV chicken and egg scenario Actually, there is a different answer...do what IT companies and web giants do. Hire software people and build your own automation. seven kq4ym, 5/18/2018 11:41:37 AM Liberty Stages European Retreat Re: Re: Words of wisdom Whle they're not "changing their stripes" it makes one wonder what "rebalancing" means and how it's different? Never a dull moment as tactics and business plans seem to change rapidly as technology and competition ramps... kq4ym, 5/18/2018 11:38:45 AM ZTE Ceases Business Operations After US Ban Re: ZTE Or Not To BE? Interestingly, we can't always know what's really going to happen without a program. And that program seems mostly to be hidden behind the scenes by the administration, lobbyists, and the whims of the decision makers subject... More Message Boards		Security Now McAfee Finds More Malware on Google Play Targeting North Korea Dissidents Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 5/18/2018 McAfee researchers have found more malware hiding in the Google Play store that ... 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