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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 (6 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 Ever done it? The experience is awful compared to other platforms. seven ... 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) OneWeb's Ambitions Blast Off With $1.25B From the Likes of Qualcomm, SoftBank By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/18/2019 OneWeb scored another big round of funding to finance its big plan to launch hundreds of satellites into space and provide super-fast Internet services everywhere. 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 This Tiny Startup Could Connect Your Smartphone Directly to a Satellite By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/12/2019 UbiquitiLink is looking to completely eliminate outdoor dead zones, and is testing its service with Vodafone, Telefonica and, in the US, Cellular One operator Smith Bagley. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 @macemoneta, I am always skeptical of these things. I have no claims... WOW Won't Wax Wireless… for Now By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/11/2019 The competitive cable operator is not at a disadvantage without mobile in its service bundle, CEO says. 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) Advertisement Podcast: Let's Not Talk About 5G at MWC19 By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 3/1/2019 The Light Reading podcast, in video form, from the InterDigital booth at MWC19 in Barcelona. Phil 'Captain Jetlag' Harvey and Ray Le Maistre discuss telco business models and how the industry is changing, even without ubiquitous 5G. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Phil Harvey For more on the lanyard nonsense we mentioned on the podcast, please see Mike... Margins on Streaming TV Packages 'Nothing to Write Home About' – Charter CFO By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/27/2019 But new, slimmer options enable Charter to focus on broadband-only customers that haven't responded to offers for traditional pay-TV service, Charter's Chris Winfrey says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cable Broadband Will Keep Edge Over 5G – Comcast CEO By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/26/2019 As 5G aims to become a viable alternative to in-home broadband, cable will continue to enjoy a significant cost, capacity and speed advantage, Brian Roberts says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Windstream Turns to Chapter 11 in Wake of Court Ruling By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/25/2019 Company, which has secured $1B in DIP financing, pins blame on the judge and hedge fund linked to ruling that Windstream violated conditions of its bonds by putting network assets into a REIT. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: brooks7 That the BoD and Management Team were asleep at the switch. Probably... Altice USA Expects to Bring 'Major' OTT-TV Player to Set-Top Platform By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/21/2019 Such an integration announcement could occur in the coming months as operator eyes potential revenue-sharing models with virtual MVPDs, CEO Dexter Goei says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How Cable Vendors Could Profit From DAA Upgrades By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/21/2019 Cable network suppliers are in for a rough 2019 as MSOs remain in decision-mode, but relief is ahead as DAA deployments help infrastructure investments rise to $2B by 2023, Dell'Oro says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Satellite Companies Balk at T-Mobile's $11B C-Band Proposal By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 2/19/2019 T-Mobile issued a new proposal for how the FCC should auction off C-Band spectrum. But the satellite companies that are currently using that spectrum are having none of it. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ting Tunes Up Its TV Plan By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/19/2019 'Ting TV' service is currently in a closed beta trial ahead of anticipated launch in the first half of 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Movandi to Extend 5G mmWave Coverage By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 2/19/2019 Award-winning startup is developing repeaters designed to extend the reach of 5G mmWave connections in the 28GHz and 39GHz bands. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Windstream Woes: Hedge Fund Prevails in Bond Fight By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 2/18/2019 Windstream may end up owing 310M to a hedge fund if a court ruling made on Friday is allowed to stand. That could force the company into bankruptcy. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: Phil Harvey Windstream does have the ability to appeal, so that's an option. They can also... LeoSat CEO Envisions a High-Capacity, Low-Latency Backbone... in Space! By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/18/2019 But to get that global vision off the ground (literally), LeoSat must piece together a plan that spans technology, secures funding and cuts through a heap of regulatory red tape. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ray Dolan Dons a 5G Cap at Cohere By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 2/14/2019 Former CEO of Sonus Networks has taken the CEO role at a company with an alternative take on next-generation wireless broadband. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Google Fiber: A Timeline of the Good, the Bad & the Ugly By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/14/2019 Google's fiber initiative is almost exactly nine years old. Following its embarrassing setback in Louisville, here's a look back at Google Fiber's moments of hype, glory, achievement and disappointment. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Thanks for the post and drawing that to my attention. You're right... the "primarily"... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 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 (6 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 Ever done it? The experience is awful compared to other platforms. seven ... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Reaper605, 3/23/2019 2:44:45 PM Infinera, Coriant Hear a $430M Siren Song of Synergy Re: Wise Business Move Very interesting article, I'm curious to see how it will impact both Infinera and Coriant. It seems like a very logicial business decision, and though it required quite a bit of an upfront investment on Infinera's part,... DorothyCrowther, 3/23/2019 11:08:28 AM Nokia Tumbles on Weak Results, Insists Good 5G Times Lie Ahead Re: Re: More data, more insights Purpose of education is https://awriter.org/samedayessay-com-review/ that it removes the inequality from a society. Educated society treats all the members in a same way. Education develops the sense that no person is superior... brooks7, 3/22/2019 12:58:09 PM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact Ever done it? The experience is awful compared to other platforms. seven Norm, 3/22/2019 11:55:44 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact brooks7, people are playing fortnite on a phone already. brooks7, 3/22/2019 11:41:45 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact @Gabriel, I think that 4K and 8K video are DOA, so I don't think this is as big a deal as others. As we head to personal streaming services, I think screen sizes are going to shrink and we may see the end of the central... Gabriel Brown, 3/22/2019 10:59:57 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact I was being a tiny bit fliappant, but also a bit serious. Obviously, it would be a small addresable market if you need 1 Gbit/s connection. Google says you need ~25 Mbit/s for 1080 60FPS and probably quite a bit less in... brooks7, 3/22/2019 8:51:25 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact If you don't recall, this is an idea that has been tried before. It should not take Gigabit services, it is just hosting a video stream. Also this notion of all devices is not going to work. You are not... Gabriel Brown, 3/22/2019 6:08:12 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Stadia Impact Finally an app to give that 1 Gbit/s FTTH connection a workout. 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 ericbanaa19, 3/15/2019 6:19:54 AM Verizon's $4.4B AOL Buy a Digital Media Play Re: Digital Media Play The tv is a digital media just as plenty as a laptop is a virtual media. It serves as a medium for virtual content to play through it. For my part, the television is, in reality, a digital media. Television packages, movies,... 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 brooks7, 3/13/2019 3:59:35 PM This Tiny Startup Could Connect Your Smartphone Directly to a Satellite Re: Re: If their technology works @macemoneta, I am always skeptical of these things. I have no claims to make here. I can see how it would work from the satellite downward. Up from the phone, I have no idea...they must have one heck of... macemoneta, 3/13/2019 11:01:05 AM This Tiny Startup Could Connect Your Smartphone Directly to a Satellite Re: Re: If their technology works I understand what they wrote. If they could get the standard bands to traverse 300 miles to LEO, that would have much more significance to terrestrial communication. I'm pretty sure they'd be violating Shannon's Law. I'll... brooks7, 3/13/2019 10:51:40 AM This Tiny Startup Could Connect Your Smartphone Directly to a Satellite Re: Re: If their technology works @macemoneta, From the article: "Our technology solves both of those issues so that you can connect to the standard phone in anybody's pocket everywhere," Miller said." "UbiquitiLink already successfully tested... macemoneta, 3/12/2019 9:14:14 PM This Tiny Startup Could Connect Your Smartphone Directly to a Satellite Re: Re: If their technology works I don't know any smartphones with built-in Ku-band transceivers. More Message Boards		Security Now Facebook Exposes Millions of Unencrypted User Passwords Larry Loeb, Author, 3/22/2019 It's an internal matter – but it could affect millions of the social ... (3 comments) FIN7 Resurfaces With New Malware Techniques Larry Loeb, Author, 3/22/2019 The FIN7 group of cyber criminals is still going strong. 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