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News & Views Most Popular Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos By Iain Morris, News Editor, 3/21/2019 Google's new gaming platform could usher in a new age of cloud gaming, with ramifications for parents and telcos worldwide. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Openreach Seeks Feedback to Further Full-Fiber Plans By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/21/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Google makes it a hat-trick of EU mega-fines; data-mad customers drive Three UK's growth; Ericsson wins role in South Korean 5G bonanza. 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) Advertisement 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) Optical Networks for the Next Decade By Simon Stanley, 3/18/2019 The ON2020 group is looking to address the optical transport challenges presented by the predicted surge in user traffic on carrier networks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Telefónica Wrestles With OSM, SDN as Unica Passes Halfway Point By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/18/2019 The Spanish operator's big virtualization project is over the halfway point and facing up to a new set of technical challenges. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Carriers Shouldn't Panic About Facebook's Wholesale Fiber Service – Yet By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 3/18/2019 Facebook's new Middle Mile Infrastructure, providing fiber bandwidth to local and regional telcos, could threaten incumbents. But it's still early days yet. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/15/2019 Not entered yet? Then get a move on… there are only days left to submit your entries. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Phil Harvey DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil Eurobites: Spain Shines, UK Lags in Latest Fiber Figures By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/14/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange spreads its fiber offer; GSMA attacks EU's connected-car technology roadmap; German Interior Minister urges caution on Huawei freeze-out. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Optical Networking Gets the Football Pulled Away Again By James Kisner, Contributing columnist, 3/13/2019 Like Lucy always does to Charlie Brown, 5G is likely another new technology that teased optical networking vendors with massive, sustained spending, then quickly yanked back expectations. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: Duh! My fleece vest was buried in a an un-Kondoed closet across the continent. I... AT&T Hints at Possible Decline in Capex in 2020 By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/13/2019 AT&T's CFO didn't directly respond to a question about whether the operator would lower capex in 2020, but he did list all the reasons why the operator might do exactly that. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Duh! A year or two ago, AT&T was talking about maybe exceeding the merger condition... Eurobites: Merkel & Huawei Hit Back at US Ambassador By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/13/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: UK sets out plan to curb online giants; Telia Carrier and Telxius combine on capacity; Deutsche Telekom tackles cybersecurity on connected cars. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nvidia Buying Mellanox for $6.9B By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/11/2019 Intel and Xilinx had also been linked with bids for the Ethernet and InfiniBand switching components giant. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Juniper's Rami Rahim: Speed Is Everything By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 3/11/2019 The CEO of Juniper Networks said that getting companies to market quickly means sharpening the vendor's edge in open source software, cloud computing orchestration, and professional services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Nokia Extends Jazz's 4G Network in Pakistan By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/11/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Börse Group invests in Swisscom fintech startup; Russians protest against the unplugging of their Internet; Uzbek telecom turmoil takes another turn. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice USA Taps Goldman Sachs to Assess Lightpath Unit – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/8/2019 Discussions involving fiber-powered business services division could lead to a sale or bringing on an investor, Reuters says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Vodafone UK Not Radio Gaga About Nokia By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/8/2019 UK mobile operator is phasing the Finnish vendor out of its radio access network as it embarks on the rollout of 5G technology. Post a Comment \| Read (0) US 'Miles Behind' China & UK on 5G, Says Vodafone UK's CTO By Iain Morris, News Editor, 3/8/2019 US claims to 5G leadership are nothing more than marketing flimflam, according to Vodafone UK's chief technology officer. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: open4g The 5G War that Isn't... or 'the Trumped up War on China'. Being a citizen... 5G Transport, 400ZR Star at OFC19 By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/8/2019 Heavy Reading's optical expert Sterling Perrin discusses some of the major trends in transport network technology at this year's OFC event in San Diego. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Huawei Wages Lawfare Against US By Robert Clark, 3/7/2019 Does Huawei know what it's getting itself into by taking the US government to court? This could be a risky move. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/15/2019 Not entered yet? Then get a move on… there are only days left to submit your entries. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Phil Harvey DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Phil Harvey, 3/15/2019 3:30:47 PM Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards Re: entry fee discount DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil tonnyken, 3/15/2019 3:40:42 AM Infinera, Coriant Hear a $430M Siren Song of Synergy Re: thank I agree with you, but the fact that they keep both of them has a reason for it candy crush soda Duh!, 3/14/2019 11:51:20 AM AT&T Hints at Possible Decline in Capex in 2020 Re: Buried lede A year or two ago, AT&T was talking about maybe exceeding the merger condition of 14M homes passed with fiber by about 5M. 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Sterling Perrin, 3/13/2019 5:38:17 PM Optical Networking Gets the Football Pulled Away Again Re: Re: Yikes Thanks Duh! I've always found Verizon very pragmatic - at least they know how to present their case. On the sleevless fleece - don't ask me. I'm still not clear on whether that's cool or uncool! Sterling Sterling Perrin, 3/13/2019 5:36:15 PM Optical Networking Gets the Football Pulled Away Again Re: Re: Yikes Bullschuck, Yes, good point, I knew someone would raise that once i hit send. Ultra low latency and ultra high reliability for sure, I should have listed all or just written "5G" without the qualifier. But I also think... Duh!, 3/13/2019 5:28:05 PM Optical Networking Gets the Football Pulled Away Again Re: Re: Yikes I've argued for a while that Verizon has the best approach for that kind of densification. Tree architectures scale better than point-to-point. That remark from the Waymo presentation confirmed what a lot of us strongly... bullschuck, 3/13/2019 5:18:46 PM Optical Networking Gets the Football Pulled Away Again Re: Re: Yikes "all the autonomous vehicle processing would be have to be local - with no role for the big bandwidth of 5G." I thought the big value of 5G in A2X was the low latency. Like lots of IoT (outside cameras), the bandwidth req's... Sterling Perrin, 3/13/2019 4:21:57 PM Optical Networking Gets the Football Pulled Away Again Re: Yikes I didn't expect that the panel would leave people downtrodden, though I must admit I don't get invited to the cool parties and I don't even own a sleeveless fleece to leave a the door. I suppose the point was that the optics... open4g, 3/8/2019 12:50:04 PM US 'Miles Behind' China & UK on 5G, Says Vodafone UK's CTO Re: The 5G War that Isn't The 5G War that Isn't... or 'the Trumped up War on China'. 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