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Top News & Views All News & Views Google Puts a Price on CBRS SAS: $2.25/Month Per Home By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/20/2019 One of the big mysteries in the CBRS 3.5GHz space is how much the SAS element of the system will cost. Google today provided a piece of this important financial puzzle. Post a Comment \| Read (0) An Extra Week to Enter the Leading Lights By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/20/2019 You begged... we caved. Post a Comment \| Read (0) India's Airtel, Dish Eye TV Merger to Cope With RJio By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 3/20/2019 Reliance Jio's activities in India's TV market could spur the same consolidation that has already swept through the mobile sector. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Verizon Faces 'Steep Climb' to Attain Attractive Return on 5G Home – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/20/2019 Early on, 6% of residential addresses in parts of Sacramento are eligible for 5G Home, and just 3% of those eligible homes have signed up for service, MoffettNathanson finds in its analysis. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Moffett also acknowledges in the report that there's no calculations of cost... Europe Must Pray for Sobriety in German 5G Auction By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/20/2019 A rerun of the Italian job in Germany could derail 5G plans and the country's long-term economic prospects. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Infovista Fights to Be Heard in SD-WAN Crowd By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 3/20/2019 Infovista refreshes its Ipanema SD-WAN. But can the underdog defeat giant incumbents like VMware and Cisco? Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cellular Players Face Stiff Opposition to 5G Proposal in 6GHz By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/20/2019 Verizon, T-Mobile and others want the FCC to auction a portion of the 6GHz band for 5G. But a wide range of players, from cable companies like Charter to tech companies like Apple, strongly oppose that proposal, arguing 6GHz should be held for unlicensed services like WiFi. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Clifton K Morris When I read articles and requests like these, I sometimes think commercial... Advertisement Eurobites: Google to Promote Android Search Rivals to Head Off Potential EU Action By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/20/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Merkel stays strong over Huawei; CityFibre reaches UK's south coast; Inmarsat confirms $3.3 billion takeover bid. Post a Comment \| Read (0) F5 Targets the Telco Cloud With $670M NGINX Deal By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 3/20/2019 The acquisition beefs up F5's support for containers, multi-cloud application delivery and open source software. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: lightreceding F5 has made a big move into the containerized applications space. Buying NGINX... FCC 24GHz 5G Auction Crosses $525M in Bids By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 3/19/2019 Carriers continue bidding heavy on metropolitan areas in the US as part of the latest 24GHz 5G auction. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Next Stop for Versa Networks – Europe By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/19/2019 The SD-WAN specialist has a healthy bed of customers and partners but has yet to make a significant impact in Europe. It's looking to change that. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: jafrazer Great overall summary of the SD-WAN market and Vesa's position - we're happy... Government Testing Adds 5-Month Delay (& Counting) to CBRS By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/19/2019 Government testing of the unique spectrum-sharing setup in the 3.5GHz CBRS band is lasting much longer than anyone expected. That's not a surprise considering CBRS problems could – in a worst case scenario – cause a US Navy shipwreck. Post a Comment \| Read (0) China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/19/2019 References to artificial intelligence, the edge and latency all make an appearance in the latest financial presentation from one of China's biggest telcos. That's a worry for the US. Post a Comment \| Read (8 comments) Latest Comment: iainmorris I'm not sure if we are disagreeing or just talking about slightly different... Netflix Won't Join Apple's New TV Party By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/19/2019 Tensions continue to build between Apple and the OTT video giant. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Login With Facebook, Google or… AT&T? Thanks, but No Thanks By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/19/2019 The nation's four big wireless operators want to offer single sign-on services like Facebook and Google. But their collective track record in the privacy and security department pretty much makes this a non-starter. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Italian Stallion, French Flop: Iliad's Talk of Asset Sales Should Worry Europe By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/19/2019 The one-time enfant terrible of French mobile market has become a victim of hyper-competitive market conditions. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: US Tries to Strong-Arm UK Over 5G (Again) By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/19/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson brings home the Danish 5G bacon at TDC; Orange migrates long-distance network, with a Nokia assist; Salisbury fibers up. Post a Comment \| Read (0) What Will US Users Pay for 5G? By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 3/19/2019 Here's what we know about the early pricing of mobile 5G services in the US. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Clifton K Morris This seems to align with the part of The T-Mobile merger video where T-Mobile... Who 'Owns' Omniverse's OTT-TV Customers? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/18/2019 Omniverse operates like the prepaid mobile market, and partners such as SkyStream, VivaLikeTV and SiliconDust make money off of commissions, CEO says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) OneWeb's Ambitions Blast Off With $1.25B From the Likes of Qualcomm, SoftBank By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/18/2019 OneWeb scored another big round of funding to finance its big plan to launch hundreds of satellites into space and provide super-fast Internet services everywhere. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Google Puts a Price on CBRS SAS: $2.25/Month Per Home By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/20/2019 One of the big mysteries in the CBRS 3.5GHz space is how much the SAS element of the system will cost. Google today provided a piece of this important financial puzzle. Post a Comment \| Read (0) An Extra Week to Enter the Leading Lights By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/20/2019 You begged... we caved. Post a Comment \| Read (0) India's Airtel, Dish Eye TV Merger to Cope With RJio By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 3/20/2019 Reliance Jio's activities in India's TV market could spur the same consolidation that has already swept through the mobile sector. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon Faces 'Steep Climb' to Attain Attractive Return on 5G Home – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/20/2019 Early on, 6% of residential addresses in parts of Sacramento are eligible for 5G Home, and just 3% of those eligible homes have signed up for service, MoffettNathanson finds in its analysis. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Moffett also acknowledges in the report that there's no calculations of cost... Europe Must Pray for Sobriety in German 5G Auction By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/20/2019 A rerun of the Italian job in Germany could derail 5G plans and the country's long-term economic prospects. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Infovista Fights to Be Heard in SD-WAN Crowd By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 3/20/2019 Infovista refreshes its Ipanema SD-WAN. But can the underdog defeat giant incumbents like VMware and Cisco? Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cellular Players Face Stiff Opposition to 5G Proposal in 6GHz By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/20/2019 Verizon, T-Mobile and others want the FCC to auction a portion of the 6GHz band for 5G. But a wide range of players, from cable companies like Charter to tech companies like Apple, strongly oppose that proposal, arguing 6GHz should be held for unlicensed services like WiFi. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Clifton K Morris When I read articles and requests like these, I sometimes think commercial... Eurobites: Google to Promote Android Search Rivals to Head Off Potential EU Action By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/20/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Merkel stays strong over Huawei; CityFibre reaches UK's south coast; Inmarsat confirms $3.3 billion takeover bid. Post a Comment \| Read (0) F5 Targets the Telco Cloud With $670M NGINX Deal By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 3/20/2019 The acquisition beefs up F5's support for containers, multi-cloud application delivery and open source software. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: lightreceding F5 has made a big move into the containerized applications space. Buying NGINX... FCC 24GHz 5G Auction Crosses $525M in Bids By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 3/19/2019 Carriers continue bidding heavy on metropolitan areas in the US as part of the latest 24GHz 5G auction. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Next Stop for Versa Networks – Europe By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/19/2019 The SD-WAN specialist has a healthy bed of customers and partners but has yet to make a significant impact in Europe. It's looking to change that. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: jafrazer Great overall summary of the SD-WAN market and Vesa's position - we're happy... Government Testing Adds 5-Month Delay (& Counting) to CBRS By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/19/2019 Government testing of the unique spectrum-sharing setup in the 3.5GHz CBRS band is lasting much longer than anyone expected. That's not a surprise considering CBRS problems could – in a worst case scenario – cause a US Navy shipwreck. Post a Comment \| Read (0) China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/19/2019 References to artificial intelligence, the edge and latency all make an appearance in the latest financial presentation from one of China's biggest telcos. That's a worry for the US. Post a Comment \| Read (8 comments) Latest Comment: iainmorris I'm not sure if we are disagreeing or just talking about slightly different... Netflix Won't Join Apple's New TV Party By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/19/2019 Tensions continue to build between Apple and the OTT video giant. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Login With Facebook, Google or… AT&T? Thanks, but No Thanks By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/19/2019 The nation's four big wireless operators want to offer single sign-on services like Facebook and Google. But their collective track record in the privacy and security department pretty much makes this a non-starter. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Italian Stallion, French Flop: Iliad's Talk of Asset Sales Should Worry Europe By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/19/2019 The one-time enfant terrible of French mobile market has become a victim of hyper-competitive market conditions. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: US Tries to Strong-Arm UK Over 5G (Again) By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/19/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson brings home the Danish 5G bacon at TDC; Orange migrates long-distance network, with a Nokia assist; Salisbury fibers up. Post a Comment \| Read (0) What Will US Users Pay for 5G? By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 3/19/2019 Here's what we know about the early pricing of mobile 5G services in the US. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Clifton K Morris This seems to align with the part of The T-Mobile merger video where T-Mobile... Who 'Owns' Omniverse's OTT-TV Customers? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/18/2019 Omniverse operates like the prepaid mobile market, and partners such as SkyStream, VivaLikeTV and SiliconDust make money off of commissions, CEO says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) OneWeb's Ambitions Blast Off With $1.25B From the Likes of Qualcomm, SoftBank By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/18/2019 OneWeb scored another big round of funding to finance its big plan to launch hundreds of satellites into space and provide super-fast Internet services everywhere. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards lightreceding, 3/20/2019 10:39:59 PM F5 Targets the Telco Cloud With $670M NGINX Deal Re: F5 pulls ahead F5 has made a big move into the containerized applications space. Buying NGINX is the only way to get to DevOps teams who control the stack for these applications. 2nd place ADC vendor Citrix has struggled for several years... jafrazer, 3/20/2019 5:13:35 PM Next Stop for Versa Networks – Europe Re: Versa Partners in UK and Europe Great overall summary of the SD-WAN market and Vesa's position - we're happy to work with global operators like Verizon, Tata Communications and Centurylink that promote and market Versa technology in the UK and pan-Europe. Our... mrblobby, 3/20/2019 3:38:23 PM Huawei Shows 5G in Action at MWC Re: Hey Ray Don't you think that this "Partner Perspectives" stuff impinges on (nay, negates) your editorial independence? Clifton K Morris, 3/20/2019 2:31:14 PM Cellular Players Face Stiff Opposition to 5G Proposal in 6GHz Re: Better for WiFi use When I read articles and requests like these, I sometimes think commercial cellular companies and CTIA should be filing two requests. One request is for the spectrum itself, and the other should be a request to increase... Jeff Baumgartner, 3/20/2019 1:23:27 PM Verizon Faces 'Steep Climb' to Attain Attractive Return on 5G Home – Analyst Re: Dollars & Sense Moffett also acknowledges in the report that there's no calculations of cost per small cell, so therefore no cost per home passed or cost per home connected in the report. "We don't have the numbers to do it, and making... daveburstein, 3/20/2019 1:09:07 PM Verizon Faces 'Steep Climb' to Attain Attractive Return on 5G Home – Analyst Re: Actually, CEO has said "Whole country" Moffett's analysis is extraordinary and your writeup catches it well. But one data point to add. CEO Vestberg has said "whole country by about 2027." 25% the first few years and the rest after that when he expects prices... iainmorris, 3/20/2019 12:18:27 PM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation I'm not sure if we are disagreeing or just talking about slightly different things. I know from recent discussions with service providers that several big operators in Europe expect only some of the latency improvements... ajwdct1, 3/20/2019 12:01:44 PM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation Let's agree to disagree Iain. All 5G low latency claims I've read or heard about refer to the 5G access network- not the cloud network which is carrying many different types of traffic. In my definition, latency... iainmorris, 3/20/2019 11:25:41 AM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation I'm not sure what point you're making. Industry-leading latency in a 5G future could provide an advantage whether it relates to access, core, transport or something else that comes out of a standards group. The article doesn't... ajwdct1, 3/20/2019 11:18:04 AM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation Slide 16 describess China Telecom's CLOUD NETWORK & Cloud led network integration (with other subnetworks like 5G Core-yet to be defined/specified). The company's cloud centric network is "industry leading in latency." ... iainmorris, 3/20/2019 11:13:19 AM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation It depends on your perspective. If you think 5G is just an evolution of 4G - a nice to have that will speed things up a bit but not make a radical difference on the services or productivity fronts - then I agree there isn't... Duh!, 3/20/2019 10:57:01 AM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation " To support rapid deployment of entirely cloud based 5G ✓Large bandwidth ✓Low latency" I read that as they're investing in a cloud architecture that will ultimately support eMBB and... alexhels24, 3/20/2019 10:38:40 AM Comcast Ready for Clash With Hulu Re: The Best one Masters 2019 Golf Live Stream on Hulu Live TV Masters 2019 Stream on Hulu Live TV Like many online streaming services, Hulu offers a Streaming TV package with a free 7 days trial — simply you can sign up online for... iainmorris, 3/20/2019 4:10:36 AM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation The references to latency, as well as the edge and 5G core, are on slide 16 of the investor presentation. ajwdct1, 3/19/2019 8:02:26 PM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation I could not find one reference to low latency in China Telecom's March 19, 2019 presentation: https://www.chinatelecom-h.com/en/ir/presentations/annpre190319.pdf 5G low latency will be defined in 3GPP Release 16- due... 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