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News & Views Most Popular ARM Suspends Dealings With Huawei – Report By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/22/2019 The chip designer joins US technology giants in freezing out China's biggest maker of network equipment. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Judge Rules Against Qualcomm in Antitrust Case By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 5/22/2019 A federal judge has ruled in favor of the FTC in its case claiming that Qualcomm harmed competition in two markets for modem chips through a combination of high royalty fees and predatory licensing practices. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CenturyLink Sharpens Up Its Ethernet Portfolio By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/22/2019 CenturyLink broadens its Ethernet service portfolio as it tidies up loose ends from its Level 3 acquisition. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Follow the Money: Optical Trends From NGON 2019 By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/22/2019 The opening sessions of this year's NGON & DCI World event in Nice focused on money matters and automation but there was little appetite to discuss the impact of global trade tensions and the US clampdown on Huawei's supply line. Post a Comment \| Read (0) BT Lines Up Western Vendors to Replace Huawei as 5G Goes Live By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/22/2019 BT is now in core network trials with Cisco, Ericsson and Nokia, its CTO tells Light Reading, and may need to introduce a new RAN vendor. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: EE Gets to 5G First, Drops Huawei 5G Phones By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/22/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom's honeypots highlight hacker horrorshow; Ericsson sets up 5G hub in Moscow. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Optical's Shifting Sands By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/21/2019 The global optical networking market has been worth in the region of $15 billion for the past year, but while that number has varied only slightly year to year, what has changed is the nature of the investments and who's splashing the cash. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Big Data Is Slowly Paying Off for Axiata By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/21/2019 The Malaysian operator uses analytics to axe capital expenditure and is eyeing further benefits from the combination of network and external data. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Investment Up but Revenues Down for French Operators in 2018 By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/21/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: ZTE opens cybersecurity lab in Rome; coaxial startup lands Vodafone Germany deal; payback time for UK mobile operators? Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ailing Telecom Italia Gets Serious About Cuts By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/21/2019 The Italian phone incumbent is now so ruthlessly focused on efficiency it has started referring to employees as units. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Can Huawei Survive Trump? By Iain Morris, News Editor, 5/20/2019 The Chinese vendor's survival as an international force is now at stake following the latest moves by the US administration and tech companies. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Google & Tech Giants Cut Huawei Adrift By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/20/2019 The Chinese equipment giant is sent packing by a host of the world's biggest technology companies and faces a huge threat to its consumer business after Google holds back some Android goodies. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: US Huawei Ban Hits European Chipmakers By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/20/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: France resists US pressure to play hardball with Huawei; lampposts row threatens UK's 5G rollout; ADVA lands Openreach cell site gateway gig. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Here's How One Tiny Wireless Carrier Is Prepping for 5G By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/20/2019 Carolina West Wireless counts 300 towers and roughly 90,000 customers, and is still using a circuit-switched core network. But that's not stopping the operator from preparing for 5G. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Huawei vs. Trump & the Casualties of War By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/17/2019 Putting Huawei on the trade blacklist would have dire consequences for the global supply chain and the operators that use its equipment. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Cloud 4G Huawei's business has developed, as every competitor with such a broad range... Cloud Bursts: Oracle Touts Telco Triumphs, Microsoft Proclaims Partnerships & More By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/17/2019 Oracle sells to Asian telco Circles.Life; Microsoft partners with Sony on gaming; VMware acquires Bitnami for multicloud, and more telco cloud news this week. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: EU Must Pull Its 5G Finger Out, Says Ericsson's Ekholm By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/17/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT launches employee share scheme, unveils underwhelming new logo; German trade group distances itself from US stance on Huawei. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast's MachineQ Shifts Gears By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/16/2019 Under its new OTT-like, bring-your-own broadband model, the industrial IoT company aims to scale up more rapidly and set the stage for a global services strategy. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry By Iain Morris, News Editor, 5/16/2019 Failure to transform their businesses, highlighted at this week's Digital Transformation World event in Nice, is fast catching up with the telcos. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Gabriel Brown I tend to agree with James that the headline is inflammatory. A "car crash"... Eurobites: UK Security Report Says Huawei Can't Be Trusted By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/16/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Bouygues gets off to a flier; Sunrise raises its earnings guidance; Vodafone/INWIT towers deal set for the summer. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry By Iain Morris, News Editor, 5/16/2019 Failure to transform their businesses, highlighted at this week's Digital Transformation World event in Nice, is fast catching up with the telcos. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Gabriel Brown I tend to agree with James that the headline is inflammatory. A "car crash"... Huawei vs. Trump & the Casualties of War By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/17/2019 Putting Huawei on the trade blacklist would have dire consequences for the global supply chain and the operators that use its equipment. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Cloud 4G Huawei's business has developed, as every competitor with such a broad range... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards lily882, 5/22/2019 3:16:48 AM Huawei Has Billions Riding on Claim to Be 5G Patents Powerhouse Re: 5G era The situation is not so clear now. It is not just the technology. There are many eyes are on it. Cloud 4G, 5/19/2019 10:20:19 PM Huawei vs. Trump & the Casualties of War Re: The impact runs deep because of cross-licensing and supply chain entanglements Huawei's business has developed, as every competitor with such a broad range of wired and wireless products must, a deep set of technology cross-licensing and supply relationships. For example, Huawei supplies 3G,... susantem, 5/17/2019 9:39:51 PM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation It's hard to see anything that domestic operators in China (or elsewhere) are doing as a geo-political/industrial policy threat. It's not as if they are in direct competition with Verizon, Telfonica or NTT. It really doesn't... bothandeach, 5/17/2019 4:10:47 PM Huawei vs. Trump & the Casualties of War Re: Huawei: Trump Trump must go ASAP for the good of the USA and the World Gabriel Brown, 5/17/2019 4:54:54 AM 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry Re: Re: Chief Paleontologist I tend to agree with James that the headline is inflammatory. A "car crash" seems an unlikely scenario for the telecom industry. There isn't evidence in this direction. Some challenges? Yes, for sure. Like always. On consumer... brooks7, 5/16/2019 7:43:46 PM 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry Re: Re: Chief Paleontologist @James_B_Crawshaw So, is it your opinion that Cell Phone bills are going to go up with the deployment of 5G? Otherwise, it is unclear to me how money gets made. We already have essentially 100%... James_B_Crawshaw, 5/16/2019 6:08:08 PM 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry Re: Chief Paleontologist Given the dinosaur reference perhaps we should be talking about paleontology instead of archaeology. But if you compare with the energy (electricity and gas) sector or financial services then telco IT doesn't actually look... susansem, 5/15/2019 11:30:04 PM Nice Turns Nasty as Vendors Face Fire Over Cloud-Native Claims Re: Re: takes time for Core Software to be cloud native and to be mainstream. There are some vendors who do offer cloud-native software in the core but the trust, expertise and ability to offer end to end solutions across the network are lacking. Finally, the investments required to change over... komatineni, 5/15/2019 8:20:06 PM Nice Turns Nasty as Vendors Face Fire Over Cloud-Native Claims Re: takes time for Core Software to be cloud native and to be mainstream. It's rather easier to blame each other but it's all about money and business case. Operators want 'cheap' so to justify the transition or business case while vendors and current technology doesn't match the needs. Added... rkscarse, 5/11/2019 8:58:41 AM Is Nokia Losing the 5G Race? Re: Re: Time to think again ... Thanks for the insight Barry. You're piece was so well written, concise, pointed, and fair... at least to my mind, just an investor. From my perspective, everything you wrote supported what Suri said, and confirms... MindCommerce, 5/8/2019 4:23:38 PM Huawei Has Billions Riding on Claim to Be 5G Patents Powerhouse Re: No Doubt the 5G Patent Wars are Coming... However, it may be a while before anyone seeks to file complaints because everyone is trying to determine ROI for many use cases, which translates into damages from a dispute perspective. Look for enterprise and industrial... barry.french, 5/7/2019 5:31:17 PM Is Nokia Losing the 5G Race? Re: Time to think again ... I am a big fan of Light Reading and always appreciate the punchy writing and strong opinions. Even when I don't agree. And, in the case of this opinion piece, there are some things that I agree with but many... daveburstein, 5/7/2019 12:35:01 PM Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Telecoms Product Re: Good selection I know about half of the nominees. They are all interesting. I'll have to look at the rest. Clifton K Morris, 5/7/2019 7:30:41 AM Is Nokia Losing the 5G Race? Re: Nokia doesn't understand the US Market Nokia is a real weirdo when it comes to implementing technology in the US. Most of its work seems to be based on itellectual property acquisition, but a strategy based on bringing a product to market with a go-to-market... daveburstein, 5/5/2019 4:01:55 PM Volkswagen Plan Is Latest 5G Car Wreck for German Telcos Re: Yet again, welcome reporting Iain. Thank you for the plain speaking and dramatic expression. You're right on target and I will be quoting. Thank you. 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