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News & Views Most Popular Why Vodafone Idea Sought IBM's Help By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 5/6/2019 The tie-up between the Indian operator and the US IT giant is designed to bolster customer experience and lower costs in the competitive Indian market. Post a Comment \| Read (0) India's Vodafone Idea Taps IBM & Ericsson for Cloud By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/3/2019 Vodafone Idea picked IBM to implement multi-cloud for customer engagement, in a five-year multi-million-dollar deal, and Ericsson for its cloud packet core. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Automation Strategy By Iain Morris, International Editor, 4/30/2019 India's Reliance Jio and Japan's Rakuten make this year's shortlist for Most Innovative Automation Strategy. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement India's Telecom Sector Set for ARPU Recovery By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 4/22/2019 Aggressive competition has driven down customer spending in the Indian telecom market, but there are at last signs of a change. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Netflix Still Poised for Global Growth Despite Disney Threat By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/17/2019 Netflix is akin to a 'Blockbuster store in the cloud' while Disney+ will cater to families and fans of The Mouse's well-branded, highly recognized fare, analyst says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Netflix Nears 150M Subs, Shrugs Off New Competition From Disney, Apple By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/16/2019 OTT giant doesn't expect coming debuts of Disney+, Apple TV+ to have a material affect on Netflix's sub growth. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Disney+ to Debut November 12, Fetch $6.99 Per Month By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/12/2019 Pricing on Disney+ will vastly undercut that of Netflix, feature a vault of TV shows, movies and new original fare from big brands that include Marvel, Fox, Star Wars and Pixar. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/10/2019 Light Reading is delighted – nay, pumped – to announce the finalists for this year's Leading Lights Awards program, which is now in its 15th year. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: CRW_Cary Way to go, Wave2Wave team! ATSC 3.0 Declared 'Ready for Deployment' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/8/2019 Rollout of feature-packed, OTT-like next-gen signaling standard is critical to the survival of the broadcast TV industry, top Sinclair Broadcast Group exec says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Avoiding the Prepaid Death Spiral By Steve Polsky, Founder & CEO, Juvo, 4/8/2019 Operators that mainly serve prepaid customers must figure out a strategy for tackling churn. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: Gen Z Redefines Tech & Pay Gap Inequality Rages On By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 4/5/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Gen Z enters the workforce; pay gap inequality is not solved yet; harassment is the norm for women in tech, and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) India's BSNL May Lay Off 31% of Staff – Reports By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 4/5/2019 India's state-owned operator is planning on cutting about 54,000 jobs, according to press reports. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: rocket101 It's a JIO show!!! When the Goverment itself is openly changing policies for... CenturyLink Taps Streamroot for P2P Assist By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/4/2019 Says the P2P-focused agreement will help CenturyLink expand into hard-to-reach areas and augment, not replace, its global content delivery network. Post a Comment \| Read (0) India's Airtel, Dish Eye TV Merger to Cope With RJio By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 3/20/2019 Reliance Jio's activities in India's TV market could spur the same consolidation that has already swept through the mobile sector. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Not Much Hope for India's BSNL By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 3/18/2019 The Indian operator is sliding further into the abyss amid ongoing financial problems. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: PaulERainford You are correct - thanks. This has now been amended. Apologies for any confusion... Eurobites: UKCloud Draws £25M Investment From Cisco-Linked Digital Alpha By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/18/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone invests in dodgy supplier-haircut fund; Openet CTO joins Matrixx; Vivendi wants probe into Elliott's governance at TIM. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 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 Nearly 12% of Global Mobile Data to Ride 5G Networks by 2022 – Cisco Study By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/19/2019 5G will also represent about 3.4% of global connections by 2022 as 4G continues to dominate but begins to taper off as 5G activity picks up. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 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) RCom to File for Insolvency By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 2/4/2019 RCom once challenged for market leadership in the Indian telecom sector. Now it is seeking bankruptcy protection. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Aanu333 RCOM insolvency is a great case for any management student from share of Rs.750... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Aanu333, 5/11/2019 10:14:24 AM RCom to File for Insolvency Re: Good case study to anyone from management RCOM insolvency is a great case for any management student from share of Rs.750 in 2008 to just Rs.17 today great example of 10 years of mismanagement. These real life case studies are great source to know what to do and... mzafi, 4/17/2019 10:10:11 AM Analyst: AT&T Made 'Major Strategic Error' on SVoD Plan Re: Nice Light reading and all recording of the videos have been done for the humans. The suspects of the videos and papercheap reviews are met on top of the classical items for the individuals. CRW_Cary, 4/12/2019 3:04:49 PM Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists Re: Congratulations, Wave2Wave Way to go, Wave2Wave team! bfreitas, 4/12/2019 9:15:06 AM Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists Re: Re: Content of the Proposal Hi Ray, Thanks for your reply. I understand this, and i think there is value in those articles that you mentioned. Just wonder through the ways in which these guys were selected is intel we can use. Best... [email protected], 4/12/2019 4:13:01 AM Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists Re: Re: Content of the Proposal Hi Bruno Thanks for asking. Over the next few weeks we will publish articles that highlight the best features of the submissions to show why they were shortlisted, but we don't publish the raw submissions for multiple... bfreitas, 4/11/2019 11:50:19 AM Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists Re: Content of the Proposal Are you planning on releasing the contents of the proposals so we should learn from the best competitors what are they doing in the field? It'll be nice to learn from them. Thanks. Regards, Br... rocket101, 4/5/2019 7:24:37 PM India's BSNL May Lay Off 31% of Staff – Reports Re: It's a JIO show!!! It's a JIO show!!! When the Goverment itself is openly changing policies for the likes of JIO, what can BSNL do? This is all being done intentionally to let BSNL stagnate and rut and JIO prosper. Indian Govermnet is shameless... Davidgille, 4/5/2019 2:12:32 AM Eurobites: ARM Eyes $600M Data Analytics Deal – Report Re: report on Eurobites The post offers a report on Eurobites: ARM Eyes $600M Data Analytics Deal. It says that in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom starts next stage of "super vectoring" squash; BT gives a boost to cyber security... PaulERainford, 3/19/2019 5:47:53 AM Not Much Hope for India's BSNL Re: Re: error in reporting You are correct - thanks. This has now been amended. Apologies for any confusion caused. avc176, 3/19/2019 4:44:05 AM Not Much Hope for India's BSNL Re: error in reporting In the last para It must be "..BSNL's slide into abyss.. "rather than "..RJIO's slide.." 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 [email protected], 3/12/2019 10:53:06 AM Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3 Re: Re: Putting it out there - but what if this was not Ericsson but another company? Um... How is Ericsson being given a pass by Light Reading? By reporting that it is facing charges of corruption? Sorry, I genuinely don't follow your point. bullschuck, 3/11/2019 3:57:09 PM Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3 Re: Re: Findings of corruption Please note the spam in the messages from samehfr, and alesasimpson, . Hakan, 3/11/2019 11:19:57 AM Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3 Re: Re: Putting it out there - but what if this was not Ericsson but another company? Come on !!! 15-20 yrs ago ?? You are doing exactly the same mistake you claim social media would do , not treating all players fairly... Ericsson claimed years and years that Huawei business prcatices are corrupt... riyabenjamin, 3/2/2019 12:20:58 PM RCom to File for Insolvency Re: A Great Case Study For MBA Students The RCom Insolvency is a great case study for management students in India. The company was very strong 10 years ago. The share price of RCom was close to INR 750 back in 2008 but now it is trading near a price of INR 17. In... More Message Boards		Security Now Zscaler Finds Security Issues Galore in IoT Traffic Larry Loeb, Author, 5/24/2019 The use of plain-text HTTP communication, outdated libraries and weak default ... (0) Strategic Security Equals Faster Digital Transformation Larry Loeb, Author, 5/23/2019 Survey finds that respondents who adopted a more traditional or reactive approach ... 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