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Top News & Views All News & Views Eurobites: Ireland's Cubic Gets €23.5M Funding Boost By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/19/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: CityFibre takes fiber gig into 14 more cities; Millicom boosted by M&A; Hungary kicks off 5G auction process; Qualcomm fined. Post a Comment 5G in Laptops, Watches, Tablets and More? Analysts are Divided By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 7/19/2019 5G operators are keen to see consumer electronics companies install 5G capabilities into all kinds of devices. However, analysts are divided about whether that will actually happen. Post a Comment Huawei Ban Would Hurt 5G Security, Say UK MPs By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/19/2019 UK politicians say the country's next prime minister will have to make a quick decision about Huawei and say restrictions would have an impact on security. Post a Comment Advertisement The Right Strategy for Modernizing Cable By Tom Cloonan, Tom Cloonan, CTO of Network Solutions, CommScope, 7/19/2019 Operators are challenged with finding a tech-agnostic approach and a data-driven upgrade strategy that will stand the test of time. Post a Comment 3.5GHz CBRS Band Deployments Face Yet Another Delay By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 7/18/2019 The NTIA is still testing spectrum sharing in the 3.5GHz CBRS band. Such testing has delayed commercial operations in the band for almost a year. Post a Comment T-Mobile Reportedly Worried That Dish Is Actually a Trojan Horse for Cable By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 7/18/2019 T-Mobile and its parent company are worried that a cable company like Charter or Comcast might acquire Dish in order to gain MVNO access into T-Mobile's network. Post a Comment Verizon Launches Fifth Mobile 5G City, First MiFi Device By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 7/18/2019 Verizon launches fifth mobile 5G city. Post a Comment Advertisement DT Considers Legal Action Over Vodafone-Liberty Merger By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/18/2019 German incumbent lashes out at European authorities after they approve Vodafone's takeover of Unitymedia, and says it may request a judicial review. Post a Comment Podcast: Here Are 3 Big Trends in 5G By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 7/18/2019 This mini episode of the Light Reading podcast features Ray Le Maistre and Dario Talmesio discussing the big trends shaping the 5G market worldwide, now that so many major operators have launched 5G services. Post a Comment Eurobites: Telia Starts to Turn the Tanker Around in Q2 By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/18/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT sells historic HQ; Virgin and Sky extend content deal; Telefónica taps smart-metering tech. Post a Comment Vodafone Gets Blessing for €18.4B Liberty Takeover By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/18/2019 The deal should take the pressure off Vodafone CEO Nick Read but comes as a big blow to German incumbent Deutsche Telekom. Post a Comment Stranger Things: Netflix Falls Short on Subs By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/17/2019 Despite passing the 150-million subscriber mark globally, Netflix disappoints investors by falling well short of its second-quarter target of adding 5 million paid subscribers worldwide. Post a Comment AMG's NextLink: The FCC's Poster Child for Crossing the Digital Divide By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 7/17/2019 Bill Baker, CEO of AMG Technology Investment Group's NextLink, is getting ready to put millions from the FCC's Connect America Fund to use covering rural America with fixed wireless. He may soon bid for billions more. Post a Comment AT&T & Microsoft Ink 'Extensive' Deal for Cloud, 5G, AI & Edge By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/17/2019 In an 'extensive, multiyear alliance,' AT&T is moving its non-network applications to Microsoft Azure and its employees to Microsoft 365, while Microsoft gets access to AT&T's network for emerging 5G, AI and edge applications. Post a Comment Report: Netflix Doesn't Need Friends By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/17/2019 In its latest take on the SVoD space, MoffettNathanson says Netflix will still dominate the OTT video market despite the impending loss of Friends and The Office to new streaming services from WarnerMedia & NBCUniversal. Post a Comment NB-IoT Gains Early Commercial Traction in the US By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 7/17/2019 Early NB-IoT services from T-Mobile, and more action from AT&T and Verizon as narrowband IoT starts its initial growth in the US. Post a Comment D3.1 Finally (Really) Debuts Down Under By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/17/2019 Australian government-backed wholesale broadband provider concludes successful D3.1 field trial on a retail operator's HFC network in Victoria, achieving download speeds of nearly 1 Gig. Post a Comment 5G Man Meets His Nemesis By Light Reading, 7/17/2019 5G Man finds an unwelcome guest in his apartment... Post a Comment Eurobites: S&P Puts Vodafone on Creditwatch By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/17/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Tele2's earnings up 3% in Q2; Openet goes cloud-native for 5G; Inmarsat takeover comes under scrutiny. Post a Comment 5G Momentum Props Up Ericsson's Q2 By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 7/17/2019 The Networks division is helping the Swedish operator improve its top line numbers but 'strategic contracts' hit margins and other divisions are still in turnaround mode, dragging the vendor's share price down. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Eurobites: Ireland's Cubic Gets €23.5M Funding Boost By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/19/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: CityFibre takes fiber gig into 14 more cities; Millicom boosted by M&A; Hungary kicks off 5G auction process; Qualcomm fined. Post a Comment 5G in Laptops, Watches, Tablets and More? Analysts are Divided By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 7/19/2019 5G operators are keen to see consumer electronics companies install 5G capabilities into all kinds of devices. However, analysts are divided about whether that will actually happen. Post a Comment Huawei Ban Would Hurt 5G Security, Say UK MPs By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/19/2019 UK politicians say the country's next prime minister will have to make a quick decision about Huawei and say restrictions would have an impact on security. Post a Comment The Right Strategy for Modernizing Cable By Tom Cloonan, Tom Cloonan, CTO of Network Solutions, CommScope, 7/19/2019 Operators are challenged with finding a tech-agnostic approach and a data-driven upgrade strategy that will stand the test of time. Post a Comment 3.5GHz CBRS Band Deployments Face Yet Another Delay By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 7/18/2019 The NTIA is still testing spectrum sharing in the 3.5GHz CBRS band. Such testing has delayed commercial operations in the band for almost a year. Post a Comment T-Mobile Reportedly Worried That Dish Is Actually a Trojan Horse for Cable By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 7/18/2019 T-Mobile and its parent company are worried that a cable company like Charter or Comcast might acquire Dish in order to gain MVNO access into T-Mobile's network. Post a Comment Verizon Launches Fifth Mobile 5G City, First MiFi Device By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 7/18/2019 Verizon launches fifth mobile 5G city. Post a Comment DT Considers Legal Action Over Vodafone-Liberty Merger By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/18/2019 German incumbent lashes out at European authorities after they approve Vodafone's takeover of Unitymedia, and says it may request a judicial review. Post a Comment Podcast: Here Are 3 Big Trends in 5G By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 7/18/2019 This mini episode of the Light Reading podcast features Ray Le Maistre and Dario Talmesio discussing the big trends shaping the 5G market worldwide, now that so many major operators have launched 5G services. Post a Comment Eurobites: Telia Starts to Turn the Tanker Around in Q2 By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/18/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT sells historic HQ; Virgin and Sky extend content deal; Telefónica taps smart-metering tech. Post a Comment Vodafone Gets Blessing for €18.4B Liberty Takeover By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/18/2019 The deal should take the pressure off Vodafone CEO Nick Read but comes as a big blow to German incumbent Deutsche Telekom. Post a Comment Stranger Things: Netflix Falls Short on Subs By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/17/2019 Despite passing the 150-million subscriber mark globally, Netflix disappoints investors by falling well short of its second-quarter target of adding 5 million paid subscribers worldwide. Post a Comment AMG's NextLink: The FCC's Poster Child for Crossing the Digital Divide By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 7/17/2019 Bill Baker, CEO of AMG Technology Investment Group's NextLink, is getting ready to put millions from the FCC's Connect America Fund to use covering rural America with fixed wireless. He may soon bid for billions more. Post a Comment AT&T & Microsoft Ink 'Extensive' Deal for Cloud, 5G, AI & Edge By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/17/2019 In an 'extensive, multiyear alliance,' AT&T is moving its non-network applications to Microsoft Azure and its employees to Microsoft 365, while Microsoft gets access to AT&T's network for emerging 5G, AI and edge applications. Post a Comment Report: Netflix Doesn't Need Friends By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/17/2019 In its latest take on the SVoD space, MoffettNathanson says Netflix will still dominate the OTT video market despite the impending loss of Friends and The Office to new streaming services from WarnerMedia & NBCUniversal. Post a Comment NB-IoT Gains Early Commercial Traction in the US By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 7/17/2019 Early NB-IoT services from T-Mobile, and more action from AT&T and Verizon as narrowband IoT starts its initial growth in the US. Post a Comment D3.1 Finally (Really) Debuts Down Under By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/17/2019 Australian government-backed wholesale broadband provider concludes successful D3.1 field trial on a retail operator's HFC network in Victoria, achieving download speeds of nearly 1 Gig. Post a Comment 5G Man Meets His Nemesis By Light Reading, 7/17/2019 5G Man finds an unwelcome guest in his apartment... Post a Comment Eurobites: S&P Puts Vodafone on Creditwatch By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/17/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Tele2's earnings up 3% in Q2; Openet goes cloud-native for 5G; Inmarsat takeover comes under scrutiny. Post a Comment 5G Momentum Props Up Ericsson's Q2 By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 7/17/2019 The Networks division is helping the Swedish operator improve its top line numbers but 'strategic contracts' hit margins and other divisions are still in turnaround mode, dragging the vendor's share price down. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Movistar Chile Boosts 4G Backhaul with Siae Micro 8 hours and 26 minutes ago Microsoft Q4 Revenue $33.7B Up 12%, Commercial Cloud Up 39% to $11B Thursday, July 18, 2019 Qualcomm Vows to Appeal $272M Fine Levied by European Commission Thursday, July 18, 2019 QOS Networks Wins State of California Contract as Exclusive SD-WAN Provider Thursday, July 18, 2019 IBM Q2 Revenue $19.2B, Down 4.2% Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Atlantic Broadband Deploys Gigabit More Widely Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Startup UbiquitiLink Raises $5.2M to Connect Regular Cell Phones Directly to Low-Earth-Orbit Nanosatellites Wednesday, July 17, 2019 SCTE-ISBE, CABA to Partner on Smart Homes, Smart Cities Initiatives Wednesday, July 17, 2019 AT&T, Microsoft Announce Major Alliance Around Edge, Cloud, AI & 5G Wednesday, July 17, 2019 Ericsson Reports Q2 Sales Growth Wednesday, July 17, 2019 OneWeb's LEO Satellites Clock 400 Mbit/s, Latency of 32 MS in Initial Tests Tuesday, July 16, 2019 T-Mobile, Taco Bell to Open Co-Branded 'T-MoBell' Stores in 3 Cities Next Week Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Ssimplus VoD Monitor Inspector to Debut at IBC Tuesday, July 16, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Malvertising Adds Sophistication to Disruption Larry Loeb, Author, 7/17/2019 French security researcher Malekal delved into a murky world. (0) New BitPaymer Ransomware Discovered Hunting Big Game Larry Loeb, Author, 7/16/2019 New variant shares most of its code with the BitPaymer ransomware operated by ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News ADTRAN's Diversification Adds Up to $156.4M in Q2 Revenue Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/19/2019 Vendor expands focus into MSOs and utilities, increases fiber sales and extends ... (0) BBWN Bites: Subscribers Freeze Out Netflix Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/18/2019 The heavyweight in the streaming-video market it helped create, Netflix finds ... (1 Comment) 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 Europe's Long Walk to 5G Iain Morris , International Editor , 7/11/2019 Europe's path to 5G is littered with regulatory and financial obstacles. But ... (1 Comment) Huawei Has Billions Riding on Claim to Be 5G Patents Powerhouse Iain Morris , International Editor , 4/2/2019 As both a licensor and licensee of cellular technology, Huawei has more at stake ... (3 comments) Europe's Big Telcos Are Getting Edgy About 5G Iain Morris , International Editor , 3/13/2019 Virtual dodgeball will not happen unless operators cut mobile latency, but that ... (2 comments) Open Conflict Over Open RAN Iain Morris , International Editor , 2/14/2019 Accusations that big kit vendors tried to throttle developments show open RAN ... (0) All Prime Reading