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News & Views Most Popular Sprint (Finally) Enters the NB-IoT Business By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/23/2019 Sprint is last of the big four mobile carriers to roll out an NB-IoT network in the US. Post a Comment Eurobites: Scrapping of Rights Issue Casts More Doubt on Swiss Sunrise-UPC Deal By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/22/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Three UK pilots LPWA network; Ericsson wants to accelerate 5G RAN with Nvidia; BICS extends European footprint. Post a Comment T-Mobile Flips Colorado in Pursuit of Sprint Merger By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/21/2019 After receiving new promises from both Dish Network and T-Mobile, Colorado joined Mississippi in reversing its position and supporting the proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile. Post a Comment Advertisement Startup Wants to Help ISPs Turn Smart Home Customer Care Into a Profit Center By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/21/2019 Fresh off a $9 million funding round, Sweepr aims to help its ISP partners offer customer care as a service to makers of smart home devices and appliances. Post a Comment The Wait for NB-IoT in the US By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/21/2019 T-Mobile is the only operator that has announced customers using NB-IoT so far. Post a Comment Podcast: Orange Silicon Valley's Will Barkis on Smart Cities By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 10/21/2019 Smart cities are taking shape in small ways, as the technology develops and makes its way to market. Orange Silicon Valley's Will Barkis discusses some of the newer tech he's seeing, where it might be used and privacy concerns that come up. Post a Comment Dish Network Seeks Companies to Build Its 5G Network By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/21/2019 Dish Network plans to release its third RFP for its planned 5G network, this one focusing on the physical work that will be required to install its antennas on top of cell towers. Post a Comment Advertisement Eurobites: BT Helps Steer Belfast Harbor Into Smarter Waters By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/18/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BBC disbands virtual reality team; Nokia powers 5G at Helsinki mega-mall; OBS adds IoT to greenskeepers' armory. Post a Comment Chickens & Eggs Frustrate Operators' Quest for 5G Revenues By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/17/2019 Yes, wireless operators in the US and elsewhere are building 5G networks. But how exactly they're going to make money from those networks remains a bit unclear. Post a Comment CBRS Vendors Finance Private LTE Networks to Prove Use Cases By Martha DeGrasse, Contributor, Light Reading, 10/17/2019 Two 3.5GHz CBRS equipment vendors, Connectivity Wireless and JMA Wireless, installed a private LTE network in the Angel Stadium ballpark in Anaheim, Calif., with the goal of showing how it might improve operations at the venue. Post a Comment Ericsson Lifts Outlook as It Targets a Bigger Role in China By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/17/2019 Swedish equipment vendor expects 2020 sales to be at least 9% higher than last year's figure and has also raised guidance for profitability. Post a Comment Google Launches Pixel 4 Smartphone By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/15/2019 All major US mobile operators will carry the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. Post a Comment Quectel Claims 5G Data Call With Millimeter-Wave IoT Module By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/15/2019 Quectel tests 5G IoT mmWave module, AsusTek slated to use it in next-gen laptops. Post a Comment Startup Celona Targets Private LTE & 5G for Enterprise By Martha DeGrasse, Contributor, Light Reading, 10/15/2019 Celona, a startup stemming from CommScope's purchase of Ruckus, is targeting the market for enterprises building their own private 5G and LTE wireless networks, eschewing WiFi. Post a Comment How NTT Started a Cycling Revolution By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/15/2019 The technology giant teamed up with one of the world's fittest men to push cycling to new limits. Post a Comment Post-ECOC 2019: Optical Networking Beyond the Thunderdome By James Kisner, Contributing columnist, 10/14/2019 It's like Mad Max in the optical networking space, with every group of participants – optical transceiver vendors, chip manufacturers, systems OEMs and even end customers – all fighting their own war. Post a Comment Eurobites: Openreach Talks Up the Fiber Effect By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/11/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT launches 5G service; Amsterdam Internet Exchange upgrades with Pluribus; Ericsson helps fight diabetes in the UAE. Post a Comment Europe Sounds Alarm About 'Single Supplier' 5G Deals By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/10/2019 Recent deals signed by the likes of Telia, Three and Telecom Italia are under an uncomfortable spotlight after the publication of a new report about 5G security. Post a Comment Seven Things We Learned at Cable-Tec Expo By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 The 10G future is in sight, HFC has gas in the tank, Comcast is getting serious about network virtualization, DOCSIS's pioneers get recognized and more from last week's show in The Big Easy. Post a Comment AT&T to Begin Standalone 5G Rollout Next Year By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/9/2019 AT&T plans to deploy standalone 5G in 2020, which will boost enterprise applications for 5G. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Chickens & Eggs Frustrate Operators' Quest for 5G Revenues By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/17/2019 Yes, wireless operators in the US and elsewhere are building 5G networks. But how exactly they're going to make money from those networks remains a bit unclear. Post a Comment Startup Wants to Help ISPs Turn Smart Home Customer Care Into a Profit Center By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/21/2019 Fresh off a $9 million funding round, Sweepr aims to help its ISP partners offer customer care as a service to makers of smart home devices and appliances. Post a Comment Dish Network Seeks Companies to Build Its 5G Network By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/21/2019 Dish Network plans to release its third RFP for its planned 5G network, this one focusing on the physical work that will be required to install its antennas on top of cell towers. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors 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 NTT DoCoMo Validates Altair's NB-IoT/Cat-M Chipset Monday, October 7, 2019 AT&T Certifies Altair/Murata Cellular IoT Module Thursday, October 3, 2019 Telus to Acquire ADT Canada for CAD$700 Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Operators Flock to GSMA's APAC IoT Partnership Programme Monday, September 30, 2019 NSF Adds Advanced Wireless Research Platform in North Carolina Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Nokia & Tekefonica Peru Sign Digitization Deal With Minera Las Bambas Friday, September 13, 2019 10G, Low Latency, IoT & Cable's 'GAP' Initiative Highlight Cable-Tec Expo's 'Innovation Theater' Thursday, September 5, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Two Threat Actors, One Targeted Threat Larry Loeb, Author, 10/22/2019 By combining, two threat actors leveraged their own specific areas of expertise ... (0) Cylance Discovers WAV Files Can Hide Malware Larry Loeb, Author, 10/21/2019 BlackBerry Cylance threat researchers Anuj Soni, Jordan Barth and Brian Marks ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News BBWN Bites: New Broadband Map Uses Census Blocks, Adds Prices Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/22/2019 Also today, TM Forum and friends tackle IoT interoperability; Wilson, N.C., gets ... (0) UNH-IOL Updates on CloudCO at #BBWF Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/22/2019 At the recent Broadband World Forum 2019 event, Lincoln Lavoie from the ... (0) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase 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 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 ... (10 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 ... (5 comments) Huawei Has Billions Riding on Claim to Be 5G Patents Powerhouse Iain Morris , International Editor , 4/2/2019 As both a licensor and licensee of cellular technology, Huawei has more at stake ... (3 comments) Amid the Rubble of L'Aquila, ZTE Tries to Rebuild Iain Morris , International Editor , 11/16/2018 China's ZTE is working hard to patch up its customer relationships after US ... (0) All Prime Reading

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CxO Spotlight - Executive Interviews

10/16/2019

Juniper CTO Talks About the Company's 5G Aspirations

When Bikash Koley jumped ship from Google to become the CTO of Juniper Networks in mid-2017, it was considered quite a win for the networking firm. Koley, who had ...