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Top News & Views All News & Views Cisco Sees Optics Innovation, Manufacturing Automation in Luxtera By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 12/18/2018 Why spend more than $600M on a company that makes optical transceivers? It wasn't just one product, but an entire automated manufacturing process that may help Cisco stay ahead of future bandwidth bottlenecks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Passes Major US Security Reviews By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/18/2018 On track to completion in the first half of 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T's 5G Switches On in 12 US Cities, but Only for 'Early Adopters' By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/18/2018 The service is initially available to select business 'early adopters,' with 5G to become available to the wider public next spring. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: DanJones Seems like it doesn't it? Advertisement Charter to Pay $175M to Settle Broadband Speed Suit By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/18/2018 Settlement stems from 2017 suit claiming that systems formerly run by Time Warner Cable in New York had under-delivered on promised Internet speeds. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: CityFibre Secures £1.12B for Fiber Rollout By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/18/2018 In today's regional EMEA roundup: CityFibre celebrates fiber funds; BT revamps its CEO bonus assessment scheme; ETSI launches a blockchain group; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Oracle's Ellison: No 'Normal Person' Would Move From Us to Amazon By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/18/2018 Even Amazon, with all its resources, is having difficulty with the transition, says Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison. Give that man a microphone and he trashes AWS, every time. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: sarcher60555 Ummmm better service? Tremendous pricing difference. Much better... How Long Will Oracle Just Tread Water? By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/18/2018 While Oracle's revenue and cloud growth is nearly flat, despite a booming cloud market, its application growth is 'spectacular' and cloud database is poised to take off, the company says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Huawei's Hu Hits Back By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/18/2018 Vendor is on the counter-offensive, claiming strong 5G momentum, a clean security record and expected milestone revenues. Post a Comment \| Read (0) FCC 28GHz 5G Auction Hits $688.7M By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/17/2018 The 28GHz auction continues, as the FCC expects to open up almost 5GHz of millimeter wave spectrum for 5G in 2019 and beyond. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Virtual Reality Gets Real Gimmicky By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/17/2018 Sling TV, ESPN, Fox bring video streaming apps to the Oculus Go. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Analyst: AT&T Made 'Major Strategic Error' on SVoD Plan By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/17/2018 Decision to launch a trio of direct-to-consumer services and continue to license content is the wrong move, analyst says. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner As mentioned above, WarnerMedia and Disney are pushing ahead with their DTC... Google Splashes $1B on New York Expansion By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/17/2018 Google came to New York in 2000 with a one-person sales office operating out of a Starbucks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) DT, Orange Prove Europe Remains Hostage to US, Chinese Tech By Iain Morris, News Editor, 12/17/2018 Two of Europe's biggest operators are desperate to wean Europeans off US and Chinese technology, but they are uncomfortably reliant on it themselves. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: t.bogataj "Just 51% of companies in Germany believe in the potential of artificial intelligence,... Here's What VMware Paid for Kubernetes Startup Heptio By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/17/2018 VMware paid a hefty premium over Heptio's funding to advance its open source containers strategy. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Mitchell22 That's a really big deal and certainly, heptio is a class and such amount... GE: Digital Transformation Gone Wrong By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/17/2018 GE is spinning off its $1.2B industrial IoT business, and selling its majority stake in ServiceMax, as the floundering industrial giant looks to right the ship. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Orange Exec Talks Digital Innovation By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/17/2018 Orange's VP of Digital Innovation, Patrice Slupowski, talks to Light Reading's Iain Morris on the sidelines of our recent 2020 Vision Executive Summit in Lisbon about the potential for digital services, the use of open source code and the future of telco services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telenor Uses Nokia for Cloud-Native Core By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/17/2018 In today's regional round-up: Nokia secures core role at Telenor; Elliott Management eyes Telefónica; mobile subscribers in the EU have made the most of the abolition of roaming charges; Tele2 banks a NIM loan; and Synamedia tackles 'credentials sharing.' Post a Comment \| Read (0) How RJio Changed the Rules of the Game By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 12/17/2018 India's youngest operator has turned the industry upside down since it first launched mobile services just over two years ago. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cable 5G Transport Shows Promise & Complexity By Craig Leddy, 12/14/2018 US cable providers are gearing up to play a crucial role by supporting transport of 5G communications, but their aspirations are clouded by the complexity of 5G itself. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: craigleddy Thanks, Mitchell22. 5G is like the onion that you keep peeling only to find... Anti-Huawei Forces Focus on Sprint/T-Mobile Deal By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 12/14/2018 A new report suggests that the US is using its merger approval process to pressure Sprint and T-Mobile's parent companies to back away from Huawei. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Cisco Sees Optics Innovation, Manufacturing Automation in Luxtera By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 12/18/2018 Why spend more than $600M on a company that makes optical transceivers? It wasn't just one product, but an entire automated manufacturing process that may help Cisco stay ahead of future bandwidth bottlenecks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Passes Major US Security Reviews By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/18/2018 On track to completion in the first half of 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Telecoms.com Podcast: 2019, Digital Media & Coffee Mishaps By Light Reading, 12/18/2018 Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T's 5G Switches On in 12 US Cities, but Only for 'Early Adopters' By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/18/2018 The service is initially available to select business 'early adopters,' with 5G to become available to the wider public next spring. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: DanJones Seems like it doesn't it? Charter to Pay $175M to Settle Broadband Speed Suit By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/18/2018 Settlement stems from 2017 suit claiming that systems formerly run by Time Warner Cable in New York had under-delivered on promised Internet speeds. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: CityFibre Secures £1.12B for Fiber Rollout By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/18/2018 In today's regional EMEA roundup: CityFibre celebrates fiber funds; BT revamps its CEO bonus assessment scheme; ETSI launches a blockchain group; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Oracle's Ellison: No 'Normal Person' Would Move From Us to Amazon By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/18/2018 Even Amazon, with all its resources, is having difficulty with the transition, says Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison. Give that man a microphone and he trashes AWS, every time. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: sarcher60555 Ummmm better service? Tremendous pricing difference. Much better... How Long Will Oracle Just Tread Water? By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/18/2018 While Oracle's revenue and cloud growth is nearly flat, despite a booming cloud market, its application growth is 'spectacular' and cloud database is poised to take off, the company says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Huawei's Hu Hits Back By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/18/2018 Vendor is on the counter-offensive, claiming strong 5G momentum, a clean security record and expected milestone revenues. Post a Comment \| Read (0) FCC 28GHz 5G Auction Hits $688.7M By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/17/2018 The 28GHz auction continues, as the FCC expects to open up almost 5GHz of millimeter wave spectrum for 5G in 2019 and beyond. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Virtual Reality Gets Real Gimmicky By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/17/2018 Sling TV, ESPN, Fox bring video streaming apps to the Oculus Go. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Analyst: AT&T Made 'Major Strategic Error' on SVoD Plan By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/17/2018 Decision to launch a trio of direct-to-consumer services and continue to license content is the wrong move, analyst says. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner As mentioned above, WarnerMedia and Disney are pushing ahead with their DTC... Google Splashes $1B on New York Expansion By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/17/2018 Google came to New York in 2000 with a one-person sales office operating out of a Starbucks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) DT, Orange Prove Europe Remains Hostage to US, Chinese Tech By Iain Morris, News Editor, 12/17/2018 Two of Europe's biggest operators are desperate to wean Europeans off US and Chinese technology, but they are uncomfortably reliant on it themselves. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: t.bogataj "Just 51% of companies in Germany believe in the potential of artificial intelligence,... Here's What VMware Paid for Kubernetes Startup Heptio By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/17/2018 VMware paid a hefty premium over Heptio's funding to advance its open source containers strategy. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Mitchell22 That's a really big deal and certainly, heptio is a class and such amount... GE: Digital Transformation Gone Wrong By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/17/2018 GE is spinning off its $1.2B industrial IoT business, and selling its majority stake in ServiceMax, as the floundering industrial giant looks to right the ship. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Orange Exec Talks Digital Innovation By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/17/2018 Orange's VP of Digital Innovation, Patrice Slupowski, talks to Light Reading's Iain Morris on the sidelines of our recent 2020 Vision Executive Summit in Lisbon about the potential for digital services, the use of open source code and the future of telco services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telenor Uses Nokia for Cloud-Native Core By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/17/2018 In today's regional round-up: Nokia secures core role at Telenor; Elliott Management eyes Telefónica; mobile subscribers in the EU have made the most of the abolition of roaming charges; Tele2 banks a NIM loan; and Synamedia tackles 'credentials sharing.' Post a Comment \| Read (0) How RJio Changed the Rules of the Game By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 12/17/2018 India's youngest operator has turned the industry upside down since it first launched mobile services just over two years ago. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cable 5G Transport Shows Promise & Complexity By Craig Leddy, 12/14/2018 US cable providers are gearing up to play a crucial role by supporting transport of 5G communications, but their aspirations are clouded by the complexity of 5G itself. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: craigleddy Thanks, Mitchell22. 5G is like the onion that you keep peeling only to find... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards DanJones, 12/18/2018 5:16:43 PM AT&T's 5G Switches On in 12 US Cities, but Only for 'Early Adopters' Re: Re: 15 Gig for 70 is garbage Seems like it doesn't it? Jeff Baumgartner, 12/18/2018 4:54:07 PM Analyst: AT&T Made 'Major Strategic Error' on SVoD Plan Re: OTT Holiday Cheer from NBCU's Steve Burke As mentioned above, WarnerMedia and Disney are pushing ahead with their DTC OTT plans while speculation runs rampant on what NBCU and Comcast will do (if anything) on that front in the wake of the Sky de According to Bloomberg,... sarcher60555, 12/18/2018 4:11:10 PM Oracle's Ellison: No 'Normal Person' Would Move From Us to Amazon Re: Why move from Oracle? Ummmm better service? Tremendous pricing difference. Much better support. stownplayer, 12/18/2018 3:43:36 PM AT&T's 5G Switches On in 12 US Cities, but Only for 'Early Adopters' Re: 15 Gig for 70 is garbage Unless I read or understand that wrong, it seems that having a faster conecton like 5g is about pointless. It won't take long to hit 15 gigs expecially at 5g speeds. Frank_W, 12/18/2018 11:58:01 AM The Long Goodbye Finally Ends Re: Wishing You All The Best! Hi Carol - we haven't chatted much in quite a while, but I have many great memories of our conversations starting back in the early days of DSL in 1993 with Garrick. Hard to believe how fast 25 years can pass. Good thing... t.bogataj, 12/18/2018 2:59:44 AM DT, Orange Prove Europe Remains Hostage to US, Chinese Tech Re: Artificial vs Natural "Just 51% of companies in Germany believe in the potential of artificial intelligence, compared with 91% in China and 97% in the US." This is the best proof of existence of natural intelligence in Europe. T. craigleddy, 12/17/2018 9:49:24 PM Cable 5G Transport Shows Promise & Complexity Re: Re: Nice Post Thanks, Mitchell22. 5G is like the onion that you keep peeling only to find new layers. I've rarely seen a technology with so many layers of complexity. Mitchell22, 12/17/2018 9:28:13 PM Cable 5G Transport Shows Promise & Complexity Re: Nice Post Very nice article but as Dnissen told that you might have missed what he pointed in the first comment. But still, all your points are vaild and robust. Mitchell22, 12/17/2018 9:09:45 PM Here's What VMware Paid for Kubernetes Startup Heptio Re: Heptio is worth to that That's a really big deal and certainly, heptio is a class and such amount is absolutely worth to it. craigleddy, 12/17/2018 6:53:22 PM Cable 5G Transport Shows Promise & Complexity Re: Re: Yes, Cable has deep fiber penetrations, but... Thanks for your input. I'm wondering whether telcos and other fiber network providers generally face similar ROE hurdles? Seems like another one of those nagging obstacles that 5G must overcome. Dnissen, 12/17/2018 3:39:15 PM Cable 5G Transport Shows Promise & Complexity Re: Yes, Cable has deep fiber penetrations, but... Excellent article, but you miss an important fact. MSO fiber typically terminates on private property. With respect to non-residential Right of Entry (ROE) rights obtained from multi-tenant commercial building owners, rarely... mtchiosi56, 12/17/2018 12:36:18 PM The Long Goodbye Finally Ends Re: Thought it was great - the long goodbye Carol: I can appreciate the long goodbyes :-) You will be missed and I appreciate the support you gave me by pulling me into the many keynotes on new networking directions. You helped create the exciting vibes and debates which... mtchiosi56, 12/17/2018 12:36:13 PM The Long Goodbye Finally Ends Re: Thought it was great - the long goodbye Carol: I can appreciate the long goodbyes :-) You will be missed and I appreciate the support you gave me by pulling me into the many keynotes on new networking directions. You helped create the exciting vibes and debates which... Gabriel Brown, 12/17/2018 12:23:11 PM 5G Standard Hits Unexpected 3-Month Delay Re: Re: 3GPP update Other big news is that NR will be specified for unlicensed spectrum in R16. This is potentially very powerful as it will allow different types of end-users to run their own networks -- e.g. on-prem in warehouses, campuses,... Gabriel Brown, 12/17/2018 12:20:28 PM 5G Standard Hits Unexpected 3-Month Delay Re: Re: 5G delay. Have an up-vote / thumbs-up for that comment. 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