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News & Views Most Popular Putting a Price on Latency: Startup Network Next Aims to Fix Internet Routing By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 6/9/2019 With things like Google Stadia and 5G putting a new focus on real-time connections, startup Network Next hopes its AdWords-inspired approach to Internet routing will catch on. Post a Comment Sonus & Genband Finally Combine to Form $745M Company By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 5/23/2017 Genband & Sonus to finally merge, as exclusively predicted by Light Reading a year ago. Post a Comment Mitel to Offload Mobile Unit to Xura for $350M+ By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/19/2016 Less than two years after buying its mobile unit, Mitel is selling to Xura, the messaging and UC business owned by Siris Capital. Post a Comment Advertisement Light Reading Beyond By Steve Saunders, Founder, Light Reading, 7/28/2016 Light Reading today starts a new voyage as part of a larger Enterprise. Post a Comment Leading Lights 2016: There's Still Time By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/29/2016 There's still time to enter this year's Leading Lights awards -- here are the details you need. Post a Comment Activist JDSU Shareholder Now Stalks Viavi By Dan O'Shea, Analyst, Heavyreading.com, 9/8/2015 A JDSU shareholder who once wanted JDSU to sell now wants JDSU spinoff Viavi to do the same. Post a Comment CEO Chat With Doug Suriano, Oracle By Steve Saunders, Founder, Light Reading, 8/10/2015 Steve Saunders met up with Oracle's Doug Suriano, who talked about why Oracle bought Tekelec and Acme Packet, how it's creating tailored cloud services for different vertical industries, the state of virtualization, why Oracle won't get into systems integration and more. Post a Comment Advertisement ADVA Clocks an Acquisition, Eyes 2 More By Dan O'Shea, Analyst, Heavyreading.com, 8/3/2015 ADVA's timing unit absorbs a specialist in small form factor clock technology, but ADVA may have more deals in mind. Post a Comment Farewell to Longtime Tellabs Chief Birck By Dan O'Shea, Analyst, Heavyreading.com, 7/13/2015 Mike Birck guided Tellabs for more than 30 years over a span of five decades. Post a Comment BTE 2015: Virtualization Goes Commercial By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 5/29/2015 Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Jim Hodges sees new network virtualization deployments on the horizon in 2015. Post a Comment Leading Lights Finalists 2015: Company of the Year (Private) By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/18/2015 Find out more about the players that made it onto our awards shortlist for company of the year (private). Post a Comment Leading Lights Awards: It's Now or Never! By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/30/2015 Deadline extension means there are still a few more days to submit those winning entries, but don't delay -- April 10 is the final deadline and then the judging begins. Post a Comment Sonus Stock Crashes on Lost Orders By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 3/24/2015 Order fallout prompts slashing of revenue projections by 33% and trading is halted as Sonus shares tumble. Post a Comment Leading Lights Awards: Only Days Left to Enter! By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/19/2015 The deadline for the 2015 Leading Lights awards is March 27, so get your skates on if you think you could be a winner! Post a Comment BTE 2015 Is Bigger & Even Better By Steve Saunders, Founder, Light Reading, 2/25/2015 This year's Big Telecom Event (BTE) in Chicago is going to provide more opportunities than ever for networking, getting to grips with key industry challenges and opportunities and, equally as important, having some fun. Post a Comment MWC: Let the Madness Begin By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 2/23/2015 Are you all strapped in? Then let's talk 5G, NFV, IoT, security and anything else that rhymes with LTE… oh, and tapas… Post a Comment CEO Chat With Doug Ranalli, NetNumber By Steve Saunders, Founder, Light Reading, 2/2/2015 Light Reading founder and CEO Steve Saunders talks with Doug Ranalli, the founder of signaling specialist NetNumber. Post a Comment Mavenir Spends $20M on Ulticom for Signaling By Sarah Thomas, Director, Women in Comms, 1/13/2015 Mavenir to acquire Ulticom for its NFV-ready signaling business, while its partner Radisys announces an important new contract with Nokia Networks. Post a Comment NetNumber Decrees the End of Signaling Silos By Sarah Thomas, Director, Women in Comms, 1/13/2015 As operators deploy NFV, NetNumber says it becomes more important to have a single interface for dealing with all flavors of signaling. Post a Comment What China Mobile Wants From 5G By Joanne Taaffe, 9/30/2014 With 4G still to deliver so much, the world's largest mobile operator wants more than just another industry standard when it comes to 5G. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors		Security Now Cylance Discovers WAV Files Can Hide Malware Larry Loeb, Author, 10/21/2019 BlackBerry Cylance threat researchers Anuj Soni, Jordan Barth and Brian Marks ... (0) What's New in the EU Security Market Oliver Schonschek, Security Now News Analyst, 10/18/2019 This October we visited the trade fair it-sa, which counts as one of the more ... (3 comments) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News BBWN Bites: Connecting Africa to Cost $100B – World Bank Report Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/18/2019 Also today, Sparklight Business brightens enterprise WiFi, Eir bites into Apple ... 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CxO Spotlight - Executive Interviews

10/16/2019

Juniper CTO Talks About the Company's 5G Aspirations

When Bikash Koley jumped ship from Google to become the CTO of Juniper Networks in mid-2017, it was considered quite a win for the networking firm. Koley, who had ...