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News & Views Most Popular Vodafone Idea Swaps CEO Amid Reports of 'Turf War' By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/20/2019 Indian operator speedily finds a replacement for Balesh Sharma, who has presided over a massive fall in the company's share price and the loss of millions of subscribers. Post a Comment Reliance Jio Plans Major NB-IoT Launch in India in Jan. 2020 By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 8/15/2019 The operator plans to have at least a billion IoT devices operating on the network within 2 years. Post a Comment RJio Vs Vodafone Idea: Who Will Rule India? By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 8/13/2019 RJio has overtaken Bharti Airtel to become India's second-largest operator. Can it challenge Vodafone Idea for the top spot? Post a Comment Advertisement Reliance Jio & Microsoft Launch 'Comprehensive' 10-Year Cloud Team-Up By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/13/2019 The telco giant and Microsoft are joining forces to bring cloud services to India, and Reliance Jio will also build data centers for Microsoft on that subcontinent. Post a Comment Tough Times: SingTel, China Mobile, HKT Issue Weak Results By Robert Clark, 8/8/2019 Some of Asia's biggest telcos have had a difficult start to 2019. Post a Comment After Towers Sale, RJio Looks to Fiber Spinoff By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 8/7/2019 India's youngest service provider is turning itself into a more asset-light company. Post a Comment Ciena Hopes to Accelerate Growth Under New Leadership in India By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 7/24/2019 The optical equipment maker has a new Indian boss with an eye on growth opportunities. Post a Comment Advertisement Netflix Thinking Inside the Box By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/22/2019 Netflix is increasingly focused on getting its OTT app integrated into pay-TV set-tops and mobile devices as it seeks to maintain its rapid growth pace around the world. Post a Comment Untapping the Opportunity in Sports OTT By Ivan Verbesselt, Senior Vice President Marketing, NAGRA, 7/15/2019 While sports content piracy is growing at an alarming rate, hurting the industry and dampening down the value of sports TV rights, solutions are available. Post a Comment Too Little, Too Late for BSNL, MTNL Revival? By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 7/11/2019 India's government has proposed a rescue deal for its state-backed operators, but their survival remains in doubt. Post a Comment Yvette Kanouff Joins John Chambers-Led VC By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/9/2019 Former Cisco exec and cable industry vet named partner and CTO of JC2 Ventures, a venture capital firm devoted to startups in areas such as AI, IoT and cybersecurity. Post a Comment India's Tejas Targets Big Gains in US By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 7/8/2019 The optical equipment maker spies international opportunity in Huawei's problems. Post a Comment MobiTV Banks $50M More By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/1/2019 App-focused video streaming tech and distribution company says fresh round of funds will fuel global growth, further tech development. Post a Comment Edge Gravity Aims for Hyper-Scale By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 6/28/2019 Ericsson's distributed edge cloud unit is on a path to connect to 'multiple hundreds' of service provider partners in the coming months, new CEO Kyle Okamoto says. Post a Comment RJio May Make Stock Market Debut In 2020 – Reports By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 6/26/2019 India's fastest-growing operator is preparing for an IPO, according to press reports. Post a Comment Netflix Faces Global ARPU Headwinds By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 6/24/2019 A sizable and widening gap on domestic and international ARPU could negatively affect the premium value currently placed on Netflix's non-US subscription streaming business, analyst says. Post a Comment Ericsson Ups 5G Forecast by 400M Subs By Iain Morris, International Editor, 6/11/2019 5G is on a roll, says Ericsson, forecasting nearly 2 billion subscriptions in the next five years. Post a Comment Telco Staff Face Crisis as Cuts Claim 127K Jobs at Big CSPs Since 2015 By Iain Morris, International Editor, 6/6/2019 Communications service providers tracked by Light Reading have cut 7% of jobs since 2015, and reductions look set to continue. Post a Comment India Plans 5G Spectrum Auction, Trials by Year End By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 6/5/2019 India's new administration is plotting an imminent spectrum auction and 5G trial despite industry concern about costs and vendors. Post a Comment RJio Lays Off 5K Employees – Report By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 6/3/2019 India's youngest and most aggressive network operator had been the only service provider still recruiting employees. That has now changed. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Reliance Jio Plans Major NB-IoT Launch in India in Jan. 2020 By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 8/15/2019 The operator plans to have at least a billion IoT devices operating on the network within 2 years. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Reliance Jio & Microsoft Team Up on Cloud Monday, August 12, 2019 Tejas Boosts US Team With Hire From Infinera Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Yvette Kanouff Joins JC2 Ventures Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Tomia Intros Cloud-Based Blockchain Settlement Platform Monday, June 24, 2019 Smartphone Display Shipments Slow Amid US-China Trade Friction Monday, June 24, 2019 Retooled Apple TV App Debuts in 100+ Countries Monday, May 13, 2019 India's Vodafone Idea Taps Ericsson for Cloud Packet Core Friday, May 3, 2019 India's Vodafone Idea Inks 5-Year IBM Cloud Contract Friday, May 3, 2019 CuriosityStream Raises $140M Monday, February 11, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Fintech Startups Get Sloppy With Application Security Larry Loeb, Author, 8/20/2019 Some startups need to shape up or ship out. (0) New Industry Drives Renewed Interest in Embedded Security Larry Loeb, Author, 8/20/2019 Hardware for security may just get hot. (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News FTTP or Next-Gen HFC? It's Complicated Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/21/2019 As cable operators weigh construction costs, the potential for service ... (0) ADTRAN CEO Tom Stanton Q&A: All Access All the Time Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 8/21/2019 In a one-on-one interview with Broadband World News, ADTRAN Chairman and CEO Tom ... (1 Comment) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase 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 ... 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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 Ericsson, Huawei & Nokia Are Facing an 'Oil Crisis' Upheaval Iain Morris , International Editor , 7/31/2019 Years of consolidation have left the global mobile network market largely in the ... (6 comments) Piecing Together the 5G Big Picture Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 9/10/2018 For network operators, the evolution to a 5G architecture requires a strategy ... (3 comments) NFV Is Down but Not Out Iain Morris , International Editor , 5/22/2018 NFV has failed to live up to the original expectations five years after it was ... (33 comments) Robot Wars: Telecom's Looming AI Tussle Iain Morris , International Editor , 3/14/2018 Telcos performing routine chores will be ripe for AI-based automation. 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Three CEO: We'd Rather Take Huawei Risk Than Miss 5G Rewards

Three UK has just launched a major 5G-led assault on the living room. If all goes to plan, the smallest of the country's four mobile network operators will emerge ...