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News & Views Most Popular Eurobites: Telecom Italia Issues Profits Warning By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/18/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefónica plots asset sales in Central America; Oxford University says no to more Huawei cash; Telia board change; no-deal Brexit will curb BBC channel distribution. Post a Comment \| Read (0) IBM, Vodafone Strike $550M Cloud Deal By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/17/2019 US tech giant and UK telco team up to provide cloud and networking services to European business customers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Now Germany Gets the Huawei Heebie-Jeebies By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/17/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: OTE sells stake in Telekom Albania; Orange cuts ribbon on Guiana-Martinique link; WorldRemit sets up shop in South Africa. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Sigfox Still Shedding Top Execs, Including CTO – Sources By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/16/2019 The French IoT company has lost another two senior executives in recent months, according to sources, following a wave of departures in the past two years. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 If you think that a 33% voluntary turnover rate is normal in a start-up, then... Microsoft & Walgreens Fend Off Amazon With 7-Year Healthcare Partnership By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 1/15/2019 Microsoft and Walgreens Boots Alliance partner to transform healthcare delivery, as well as migrate most of WBA's IT infrastructure to Azure. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G Stuck in Slow Lane Beyond Consumer Biz By Iain Morris, News Editor, 1/15/2019 The next-generation mobile technology was supposed to be about new enterprise services opportunities. But where are they? Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: daveburstein Well done. I have confirming datapoints for most of your ideas. This is one... Sprint Gets Cozy With 5G Enterprise Testbeds By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 1/11/2019 Jan Geldmacher, president of Sprint Business, gets his customers ready for 5G applications with testbeds that help businesses put low-latency and high-bandwidth network applications to the test, giving them a leg up on IoT and other business deployments. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement The Leading Lights Awards Are Back! By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/11/2019 Yes, it's that time of the year again already, folks! Get cracking on your submission for Light Reading's annual awards before you catch MWC fever – there's a category (or three) for everyone! Post a Comment \| Read (0) CES 2019: Wireless Networks Will (Someday) Need to Make a Quantum Leap By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/11/2019 Need for a quantum-powered Internet isn't imminent or anything — it's far, far off — but let's go ahead and slap a '6G' label on it for now. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T Expands Edge Computing Testing to Enterprise Use Cases By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 1/10/2019 The carrier sees its 5G network technology and edge computing designs as useful to power everything from autonomous driving to video monitoring in smart cities. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: robertrafay Your readers may be interested to know that there is a tremendous amount of... Eurobites: Proximus Slims Down for Its Svelte Digital Future By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/10/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Colt targets the enterprise; Deutsche Telekom trials NB-IoT in apartment blocks; changes at the top of Eurofiber; Telenor settles Thai trouble. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ericsson Will Take $860M Hit to Prop Up Digital Services By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/10/2019 Shares in the Swedish equipment vendor fall sharply after it warns of write downs and further job losses at its troublesome digital services business. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw It is quite surprising that Ericsson Revenue Manager (launched in 2016) has... CES 2019: IBM CEO Touts 'What's Next' for Data, Computing By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/9/2019 Deep data, AI playing bigger role in creating more accurate weather forecasts worldwide. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: DHagar Good insights. IBM definitely has a "vision", if they can now put together... Eurobites: Landlines Are Finished in Finland, Says Telia By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/9/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Swedes are well connected; Nagra wins big at Telefónica; Deutsche Telekom ignores Christmas, presses on with network upgrade; Mobileye sees China's potential. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CES 2019: Comcast Secures the Smart Home By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/8/2019 Fraser Stirling, Comcast's SVP of digital home, devices & AI, explains how the new xFi Advanced Security service gets a fix on potential cyber threats that could pose a danger to home networks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Charter in Talks With Ring, Others, About New Smart Home Product By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/8/2019 Charter also in discussions with Arlo, Nest as cable operator looks to develop an integrated, white-label offering that will emphasize a self-installation model, sources say. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Samsung Issues Profit Warning By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/8/2019 Apple's not the only one suffering a slowdown. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Sky Takes a Stake in Synamedia By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/8/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Infracapital acquires half of SSE Enterprise Telecoms; Amazon teams up with HERE for connected cars; BBC plays catch-up with its catch-up service; TIM hires new trio; Ericsson tests 5G with T-Mobile US and Intel. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: GypsumFantastic Would rather the BBC had a public consultation about abolishing the TV licence.... Eurobites: Ericsson Seeks Jail for RCom Chairman Over Unpaid Debt By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/7/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: landlines dying a slow death in the UK; ARM boss takes home £22 million; Israeli V2X specialist lands Samsung deal; Teleste upgrades Telenet's HFC. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 8K TVs to Creep Into US Market in 2019 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/7/2019 Just 200,000 8K sets expected to ship this year, compared to 22 million 4K TVs, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 5G Stuck in Slow Lane Beyond Consumer Biz By Iain Morris, News Editor, 1/15/2019 The next-generation mobile technology was supposed to be about new enterprise services opportunities. But where are they? Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: daveburstein Well done. I have confirming datapoints for most of your ideas. This is one... Sigfox Still Shedding Top Execs, Including CTO – Sources By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/16/2019 The French IoT company has lost another two senior executives in recent months, according to sources, following a wave of departures in the past two years. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 If you think that a 33% voluntary turnover rate is normal in a start-up, then... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards daveburstein, 1/19/2019 6:24:23 PM 5G Stuck in Slow Lane Beyond Consumer Biz Re: Right on target Well done. I have confirming datapoints for most of your ideas. This is one I just found "Autonomous vehicles will be fully capable of operating without C-V2X" Don Butler, Ford On URLLC & 1 ms latency, have you heard any... brooks7, 1/19/2019 2:54:07 PM Sigfox Still Shedding Top Execs, Including CTO – Sources Re: Re: Is it worth reporting everytime a manager leaves? If you think that a 33% voluntary turnover rate is normal in a start-up, then you are wrong. Also note, this report talks about a C-level executive. Which if you scroll through other articles is reported on regularly... Gallis, 1/18/2019 8:50:49 PM Sigfox Still Shedding Top Execs, Including CTO – Sources Re: Is it worth reporting everytime a manager leaves? When you have 400 employees and 40 key employees in a high tech start up (i should call it a grown up now), you are bound to lose 1/3 (12 = 1 per month) every year because some can't stand the pressure, some have other opportunities... Sigfox Coms, 1/17/2019 12:27:07 PM Sigfox Still Shedding Top Execs, Including CTO – Sources Re: Thank you for being so attentive and faithful to Sigfox We have grown significantly over the last few years, with our network now covering 60 countries, 1 billion people and more than 6 million objects worldwide and it's only normal in such a fast growing market to adapt your... petercf, 1/16/2019 6:28:15 AM 5G Stuck in Slow Lane Beyond Consumer Biz Re: Re: 5G - Operators need to learn to sell into verticals Gabriel, I have seen AT&T assemble a manufacturing vertical last September, and believe Orange SA is doing likeiwse. I guess Vodafone should do soemthing given its expertise in M2M/IoT Peter Gabriel Brown, 1/16/2019 3:39:42 AM 5G Stuck in Slow Lane Beyond Consumer Biz Re: Re: 5G - Operators need to learn to sell into verticals Good comment pertercf. It's a tough challenge for operators to build teams to support verticals over the long-term -- e.g. how often does the electricty grid operator want a new comms supplier? Vendors, integrators... petercf, 1/15/2019 12:38:58 PM 5G Stuck in Slow Lane Beyond Consumer Biz Re: 5G - Operators need to learn to sell into verticals From work I have done the big stumbling block at the moment is that many, if not most, operators don't understand how to package, sell and deliver a 'service' - just handsets. That's means MNOs need to re-learn or start... [email protected], 1/12/2019 12:16:10 PM AT&T: 5G by End of Year, but No Commercial Launch Date Yet Re: Get ready to buy new phones ! The new iPhone 2020, or the Google Pixel 4 out in October 2019 ???? nobody knows !!!! Phil Harvey, 1/11/2019 9:54:22 AM AT&T Expands Edge Computing Testing to Enterprise Use Cases Re: Update This story was updated to reflect a more current and, frankly, more impressive title for the AT&T exec quoted. GypsumFantastic, 1/10/2019 8:56:51 AM Eurobites: Sky Takes a Stake in Synamedia Re: TV licence consultation? Would rather the BBC had a public consultation about abolishing the TV licence. An outdated stealth tax. They can then charge consumers to use their iPlayer like other OTT players, and at least people then have the choice... James_B_Crawshaw, 1/10/2019 7:10:44 AM Ericsson Will Take $860M Hit to Prop Up Digital Services Re: Software development issues It is quite surprising that Ericsson Revenue Manager (launched in 2016) has not generated any revenues. I guess they mean that whatever money they received from Veon, Ooredoo and T-Mobile Czech will be refunded and this... DHagar, 1/9/2019 6:03:18 PM CES 2019: IBM CEO Touts 'What's Next' for Data, Computing Re: IBM - The Future Good insights. IBM definitely has a "vision", if they can now put together the pieces and enable companies to build the capabilities for effective data use they will truly enhance the digitial transformation. ... SVP,CTO92681, 1/2/2019 9:18:34 AM Light Reading's 22 Most Popular 5G Stories of 2018 Re: Overhyped This article should become exhibit one in their next and perhaps more important retrospective, "The top overhyped stories or technologies of 2018". BalloonTomato, 12/26/2018 6:56:02 AM CableLabs Open Source IoT Project Shoots for Scale Re: Thank you This article is helpful for me. Thank you jerehada, 12/20/2018 3:18:59 PM GE: Digital Transformation Gone Wrong Re: Software is expensive Sobering tale for telcos as well. Was there too much effort was on sideware and hot air and not enough on the product? Do indutrial companies have the budgets to spend large amounts on software that has questionable, exagerated... 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