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News & Views Most Popular RJio Will Gain Most From India's Tariff Hike By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 12/6/2019 India's youngest and most aggressive operator could be the main beneficiary of an increase in prices. Post a Comment CBRS Finally Expected to Launch Commercially by Year's End By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/5/2019 The midband technology is expected to be initially used by mobile operators for traffic offhaul and fixed wireless operators. Post a Comment Eurobites: Putin Plans Russian App Revolution By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/3/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Trump threatens cheese war with France over tech titans tax; Sky plans major new TV studio; Nokia lands smart grid gig in Finland. Post a Comment Advertisement Switching Wireless Carriers Might Soon Get a Lot Easier By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/3/2019 The GSMA said it will create a new standards-setting process for eSIM technology, pushed by a Department of Justice antitrust investigation. The effort could have eSIM implications for everyone from Google to Charter. Post a Comment NB-IoT System Set to Detect Leaks in Water Mains By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/3/2019 Leak detection specialist Gutermann is starting an NB-IoT trial with Vodafone in the UK. Post a Comment To MTS, Russia Remains Land of Opportunity By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/3/2019 The mainly Russian operator has quit Ukraine and is targeting a bigger share of revenues from outside the telecom sector in its home market. Post a Comment T-Mobile Launches Lowband Near-Nationwide 5G Network By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/2/2019 T-Mobile says it will cover more than 200 million people in the US with its 5G network Post a Comment Advertisement Chinese Operators Invest $427M in Number Portability Prep By Robert Clark, 11/29/2019 China is finally about to get mobile number portability and millions of consumers are expected to take advantage. Post a Comment MediaTek Unveils 'Dimensity' 5G Chipset By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/27/2019 MediaTek says its first 5G silicon will arrive in commercial smartphones by Q1 2020. Post a Comment Hon Hai Eyes 5G Prize as It Tips $328M Into APT By Robert Clark, 11/27/2019 The manufacturing giant is diversifying into 5G in a bid to become a technology services company. Post a Comment Ericsson Hurls NB-IoT & Cat-M Into Spotlight & Lets Them Sweat By Iain Morris, News Editor, 11/26/2019 Like any doting parent, the Swedish equipment giant is expecting a lot from the NB-IoT and Cat-M technologies it helped to spawn. Post a Comment Intel Partners With MediaTek for 5G PC Chips By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/25/2019 The pair expect to launch silicon, to be used by Dell and HP, in early 2021. Post a Comment Vodafone Supports IoT Customers in the US With Cat M By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/25/2019 Donaldson Company is an initial user for connected dust filtration systems. Post a Comment AT&T Won't Charge Extra for 5G By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/22/2019 AT&T discloses lowband 5G plans, but warns speeds won't be much faster than 4G. Post a Comment AT&T, T-Mobile Force 5G Customers to Choose Between Lowband & Highband By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/22/2019 AT&T and T-Mobile are both launching 5G this year. However, their customers will have to decide whether they want to buy phones that support lowband 5G or highband 5G. They can't buy ones that do both. Post a Comment Sigfox Starts IoT Private Network Push By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/22/2019 The IoT startup will test its private area network tech in France in Q1 2020. Post a Comment Eurobites: Telia Norway Brings in New Broom By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/21/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Openet expands; Orange launches own-brand 5G smartphone; BT turns Purple for business WiFi; HERE signs up to 5G industry group. Post a Comment Microsoft's Ortega: Office 365 Drives SD-WAN Demand By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2019 Microsoft honcho says Office 365 transformed enterprise networks. Bold claim – but partly true. Post a Comment Eurobites: Nokia's 5G Juggernaut Rolls On By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/19/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange turns to Fortinet for secure SD-WAN; ADVA interconnects in Austria; UK gets new 5G working group; BT combines with NHS on blood donation. Post a Comment The Un-CEO: Legere to Leave T-Mobile By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/18/2019 Mike Sievert to become new CEO on May 1, 2020. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive To MTS, Russia Remains Land of Opportunity By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/3/2019 The mainly Russian operator has quit Ukraine and is targeting a bigger share of revenues from outside the telecom sector in its home market. Post a Comment T-Mobile Launches Lowband Near-Nationwide 5G Network By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/2/2019 T-Mobile says it will cover more than 200 million people in the US with its 5G network Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Qualcomm Announces XR2 Platform Using 5G & AI Thursday, December 5, 2019 Qualcomm Announces 2 New 5G Snapdragon Products, New Fingerprint Tech Tuesday, December 3, 2019 T-Mobile Launches Its 600MHz 5G Network in the US Monday, December 2, 2019 Comcast Adds WiFi Scheduling Tool to 'xFi' Platform Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Telit Announces 2 New NB-IoT Modules Monday, November 11, 2019 Africa Digital Outlook 2020 Released by Ovum Monday, November 11, 2019 Qualcomm Reports Fiscal Q4, Full Year Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Renesas & Altair Collaborate for Cellular IoT Solutions Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Sprint Reports Net Additions of 273,000 in Fiscal Q2 Monday, November 4, 2019 Global Smartphone Market Returns to Growth After 2-Year Drought Thursday, October 31, 2019 Apple Reports 2% Revenue Gain in Q4 Wednesday, October 30, 2019 AT&T Intros New Cellular Plans Wednesday, October 30, 2019 Samsung, IBM Team for Enterprise Platform Tuesday, October 29, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Discovered in Enterprise-Grade VPN Larry Loeb, Author, 12/6/2019 Aviatrix, an enterprise VPN company with customers that include NASA, Shell and ... (0) Europe Starts to Build Its Own Secure Cloud Oliver Schonschek, Security Now News Analyst, 12/5/2019 The German Federal Government wants to join forces with other European partners ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News Telenet Tags SAM for IoT Home Security Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/5/2019 European cable operator partners with SAM Seamless Network to provide residential ... (0) Don't Count Out EPON as MSOs Mull Their Fiber Future – ADTRAN Exec Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/4/2019 Many Tier 1 MSOs have yet to choose between EPON and GPON, and their natural ties ... (1 Comment) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase CSPs Living in a Multicloud World Protecting the Mobile Network Core During Transition ... Amdocs: Redefining & Accelerating 5G Rollouts Antronix: Industry Leader for 40 Years & Counting Network Rising: DriveNets Adapts Hyperscaler Approach to ... 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 Prime Reading 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 ... (2 comments) 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 ... (12 comments) Trump & Tech: Round 1 Iain Morris , International Editor , 2/8/2017 Just a few weeks into power, Donald Trump already seems to have had a big impact ... (1 Comment) All Prime Reading

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MediaKind CTO: Adding Agility Will Shorten 'Feedback Loop' With Customers

Agile, a model based on iterative changes and small, quick releases, is table stakes for any software company. It's just how things get done these days as the older ...