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Key developments related to the Internet of Things (IoT), including M2M, IPv6 and services strategies.

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News & Views Most Popular Cable Sizes Up New Business Verticals & Vectors By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/6/2019 Light Reading's Alan Breznick and Jeff Baumgartner look at the future and past of cable business services. Post a Comment Carriers' 4G Maps Are Rubbish, but FCC Chief Proposes $9B for 5G Anyway By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/5/2019 A new FCC report found that Verizon, T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular provided inaccurate coverage maps, wildly overstating coverage, about 40% of the time. But the agency wants to dole out $9 billion to carriers for rural 5G anyway. Post a Comment Eurobites: Cellnex Buys 1,500 Tower Sites From Orange Spain By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/4/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: OBS connects Mars employees; broadcasting at the edge; Vodafone tunes into AWS Wavelength; more ETNO grumbling. Post a Comment Advertisement NB-IoT System Set to Detect Leaks in Water Mains By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/3/2019 Leak detection specialist Gutermann is starting an NB-IoT trial with Vodafone in the UK. Post a Comment Telefónica's €2B Growth Plan Fails to Excite By Iain Morris, News Editor, 11/28/2019 In its latest round of restructuring, the Spanish operator is setting up a Tech business with ambitious targets. Investors may feel they have been here before. Post a Comment Telefónica Unveils Major New Strategy, Identifies €2B in New Revenues By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/27/2019 Spanish giant has unveiled a new five-point plan that includes spinning off much of its Latin American assets and a go-to-market strategy that the operator believes can generate €2 billion in new revenues by 2022. Post a Comment Air France Exec on Private Wireless Networks By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/27/2019 At the 'Private Networks in a 5G World' event in London, Christian Regnier, Enterprise Technical Architect for Critical LTE/5G/IoT at Air France, talks about the evolution of the airline's private networks strategy and how it's embracing 5G. Post a Comment Advertisement Ericsson Hurls NB-IoT & Cat-M Into Spotlight & Lets Them Sweat By Iain Morris, News Editor, 11/26/2019 Like any doting parent, the Swedish equipment giant is expecting a lot from the NB-IoT and Cat-M technologies it helped to spawn. Post a Comment How Will Cable Business Services Keep Growing? By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 11/25/2019 With the commercial services engine clearly slowing down, where will cable operators turn for new growth as new technologies like SD-WAN and 5G emerge? Post a Comment Vodafone Supports IoT Customers in the US With Cat M By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/25/2019 Donaldson Company is an initial user for connected dust filtration systems. Post a Comment Ericsson Makes Bold Growth Predictions for 5G, Cellular IoT By Martha DeGrasse, Contributor, Light Reading, 11/25/2019 In its latest Mobility Report, Ericsson predicts 5G will account for 2.6 billion subscriptions and generate 45% of the world's total mobile data traffic by 2025. Post a Comment Sigfox Starts IoT Private Network Push By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/22/2019 The IoT startup will test its private area network tech in France in Q1 2020. Post a Comment Japan's NTT Hires BearingPoint to Fix BSS Shortcomings By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/21/2019 The operator says the European platform provider comes with several attractive qualities that could provide a spur in the enterprise sector. Post a Comment FCC Proposes C-V2X Mandate for Connected Cars By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/20/2019 In a win for companies like Ford and Qualcomm, the FCC's chairman proposes C-V2X as the 'language' that cars should use to talk to each other. Post a Comment Inside the Hunt for New 5G Revenues (Hint: Forget Phones) By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/19/2019 Companies, analysts and associations continue to try to suss out the revenue opportunities in 5G beyond phones. There are plenty of ideas but not much cohesion. Post a Comment China Mobile Goes Big on 5G Cloud By Robert Clark, 11/19/2019 The Chinese telco has revealed further details of its 5G enterprise strategy, and there is heavy emphasis on the cloud. Post a Comment Eurobites: Nokia Puts Its Network Functions on Amazon's Cloud By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/18/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: ETSI releases security specs; Virgin Media reacts to Labour's broadband plan; BT introduces the 5G ambulance. Post a Comment Verizon Tackles Industrial Asset Tracking With 4G & IoT By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/18/2019 Verizon puts together a Cat M1-based system that can track assets, send that information to the cloud, and view the status info on a map. Post a Comment Russian Carrier Megafon Tests Second-Gen NB-IoT Devices By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/15/2019 A new version of the NB-IoT standard supports faster speeds and 'push-to-talk' services, among other things. Post a Comment 1-Gig a Hot Seller for Vodafone Germany By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/14/2019 40% of new broadband customers opt for the company's DOCSIS 3.1-powered gigabit broadband service, according to company CTO Gerhard Mack. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Carriers' 4G Maps Are Rubbish, but FCC Chief Proposes $9B for 5G Anyway By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/5/2019 A new FCC report found that Verizon, T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular provided inaccurate coverage maps, wildly overstating coverage, about 40% of the time. But the agency wants to dole out $9 billion to carriers for rural 5G anyway. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Marvell Completes Sale of WiFi Connectivity Biz to NXP Friday, December 6, 2019 Sprint's Curiosity IoT Platform Goes to Detroit With Packet & EdgeConneX Monday, November 18, 2019 AT&T, Nokia Partner on IoT Development Site in Germany Thursday, November 14, 2019 Telit Announces 2 New NB-IoT Modules Monday, November 11, 2019 Renesas & Altair Collaborate for Cellular IoT Solutions Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Microsoft, Nokia Partner Across Cloud, AI & IoT Tuesday, November 5, 2019 Vodafone Business, América Móvil Sign IoT Deal Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Corning, Intel Team On In-Building 5G Networks Monday, October 21, 2019 Qualcomm to Put Microsoft's Azure IoT Operating System Onto Chips Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Cujo AI, AirTies Broaden Their Data Deal Monday, October 14, 2019 Sequans' IoT Chips Approved for Use by 3 Largest Japanese Mobile Operators Monday, October 14, 2019 Smart Transportation Testbed Gets Government Support Thursday, October 10, 2019 AirTies Debuts WiFi 6 Portfolio for Service Providers Wednesday, October 9, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Discovered in Enterprise-Grade VPN Larry Loeb, Author, 12/6/2019 Aviatrix, an enterprise VPN company with customers that include NASA, Shell and ... (0) Europe Starts to Build Its Own Secure Cloud Oliver Schonschek, Security Now News Analyst, 12/5/2019 The German Federal Government wants to join forces with other European partners ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News Telenet Tags SAM for IoT Home Security Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/5/2019 European cable operator partners with SAM Seamless Network to provide residential ... (0) Don't Count Out EPON as MSOs Mull Their Fiber Future – ADTRAN Exec Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/4/2019 Many Tier 1 MSOs have yet to choose between EPON and GPON, and their natural ties ... (1 Comment) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase CSPs Living in a Multicloud World Protecting the Mobile Network Core During Transition ... Amdocs: Redefining & Accelerating 5G Rollouts Antronix: Industry Leader for 40 Years & Counting Network Rising: DriveNets Adapts Hyperscaler Approach to ... 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 ... Vodafone Live NFV Use Cases Powered by Amdocs Sonus in VellOS Mellanox Open Composable Networks Network Security Orchestration Sonus in the Cloud Sonus Strategy Netronome's Server-based Networking Platform Nexius: The Strategy & Science of Data Analytics Overture Networks NFV Solutions ECI's Elastic Network Masergy: Transforming Enterprise IT Arbor Networks on ISP Traffic Visibility ECI's LightSec: Comprehensive Cyber Security Solution ECI’s LightApps: Intelligence for Networks Service Gateway Virtual Edition SDN Management & Orchestration in the WAN Sedona Systems: Multi-Layer Applications Platform NFV – a Catalyst for Business Services Growth Telefónica: In Search of Virtual Simplicity Affirmed Networks Highlights NFV in Mobile Core Close-up on ConfD NetNumber Founder on Managing Signaling Control Tail-f, Cisco & What the Future Holds Sonus Shakes Up SD-WAN Automate, Scale & Create With Juniper's vCPE Solution Metaswitch's New CEO Martin Lund Discusses His Role ActiveVideo's Cloud Virtualization Technology Nominum on Leveraging the Power of DNS to Deliver ... 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 For Self-Driving Cars, Exotic 5G Tech Will Run on Familiar Frequencies Stephen Lawson , Contributing Editor , 11/28/2019 Despite the hype, it looks like cellular bands below 6GHz will be the spectrum of ... (1 Comment) 5G & Autonomous Cars: Flashy Promise Meets Complicated Reality Stephen Lawson , Contributing Editor , 11/25/2019 5G networks could advance autonomous driving, but mobile operators, automakers ... (0) 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 ... (9 comments) Europe's Long Walk to 5G Iain Morris , International Editor , 7/11/2019 Europe's path to 5G is littered with regulatory and financial obstacles. But ... (3 comments) All Prime Reading

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