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News & Views Most Popular 'Cable' Heading Toward Extinction? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/22/2019 ACA has joined a growing list of industry companies and organizations that have dropped 'cable' from their names. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner I'd also be remiss in not mentioning the way MediaOne (eventually to become... Eurobites: Have Nokia-Branded Phones Been Sending Personal Data to China? By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/22/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: MEC and the connected car; Ericsson wants Poles to get their 5G act together; Deutsche Telekom teams up with EWE on €2 billion fiber rollout. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos By Iain Morris, News Editor, 3/21/2019 Google's new gaming platform could usher in a new age of cloud gaming, with ramifications for parents and telcos worldwide. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 Ever done it? The experience is awful compared to other platforms. seven ... Advertisement An Extra Week to Enter the Leading Lights By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/20/2019 You begged... we caved. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Google to Promote Android Search Rivals to Head Off Potential EU Action By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/20/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Merkel stays strong over Huawei; CityFibre reaches UK's south coast; Inmarsat confirms $3.3 billion takeover bid. Post a Comment \| Read (0) China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/19/2019 References to artificial intelligence, the edge and latency all make an appearance in the latest financial presentation from one of China's biggest telcos. That's a worry for the US. Post a Comment \| Read (9 comments) Latest Comment: ajwdct1 In some cases it certainly does (e.g. remote surgery in a village from a hospital... OneWeb's Ambitions Blast Off With $1.25B From the Likes of Qualcomm, SoftBank By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/18/2019 OneWeb scored another big round of funding to finance its big plan to launch hundreds of satellites into space and provide super-fast Internet services everywhere. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement 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 Eurobites: Maroc Telecom Relieves Millicom of Tigo Chad By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/15/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Everynet does LoRaWAN in Spain; RTL says no to joint streaming service with ProSiebenSat.1; Spotify's legal move makes waves. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Securing 5G Networks – The Commercial & Technical Realities By Jim Hodges, Principal Analyst – Cloud and Security, Heavy Reading, 3/15/2019 The focus on business readiness at Mobile World Congress served to reinforce the importance of fully addressing the business of security requirements. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T's Pacewicz: 'We See the Cloud Fragmenting Again' By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 3/14/2019 AT&T Business Chief Product Officer Roman Pacewicz describes how edge computing, 5G and network virtualization are required for next-generation applications that can deliver new business opportunities for the operator. Post a Comment \| Read (0) SKT Boasts 60% Cut in Latency With Edge Platform Move By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/14/2019 Reduction in data request delays could lead to new service opportunities for companies in South Korea. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Spain Shines, UK Lags in Latest Fiber Figures By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/14/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange spreads its fiber offer; GSMA attacks EU's connected-car technology roadmap; German Interior Minister urges caution on Huawei freeze-out. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Merkel & Huawei Hit Back at US Ambassador By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/13/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: UK sets out plan to curb online giants; Telia Carrier and Telxius combine on capacity; Deutsche Telekom tackles cybersecurity on connected cars. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Vodafone & IBM Spurn 'Clunky Handoffs' for Enterprise Partnership By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 3/13/2019 Cloud and connectivity are becoming two sides of the same business – a trend the telco and enterprise IT provider are looking to capitalize on. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telia, Ericsson & Volvo Use 5G for Industrial Remote Control By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/12/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Virgin touts "Intelligent WiFi"; the 5G possibilities of sports events; O2 says reggae is good for you. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Charter CEO Hints at Smart Home Management Service By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/11/2019 New offering is expected to debut this fall in Austin, Tom Rutledge says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) MWC19: Telecoms Is Back, Thanks to 5G By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/11/2019 Alan Carlton, managing director and VP at InterDigital Europe, believes "Telecoms is back!" as 5G graduates from vision to real products and experiences and enterprises probe into what 5G and IoT will mean to them. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Microsoft: 5G's Killer App 'Is Staring Telcos in the Face' By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 3/11/2019 Microsoft sees pervasive connectivity as the killer app for 5G – and Microsoft's golden ticket to becoming a major telco vendor. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: pavlovsdog The reason people like WiFi is that it doesn't count against Wireless data... Orange Exec on IoT's Key Verticals By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/11/2019 On the show floor at Mobile World Congress 2019, Emmanuel Routier from Orange Business Services talks about the key verticals for IoT application developments. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/19/2019 References to artificial intelligence, the edge and latency all make an appearance in the latest financial presentation from one of China's biggest telcos. That's a worry for the US. Post a Comment \| Read (9 comments) Latest Comment: ajwdct1 In some cases it certainly does (e.g. remote surgery in a village from a hospital... Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos By Iain Morris, News Editor, 3/21/2019 Google's new gaming platform could usher in a new age of cloud gaming, with ramifications for parents and telcos worldwide. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 Ever done it? The experience is awful compared to other platforms. seven ... 'Cable' Heading Toward Extinction? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/22/2019 ACA has joined a growing list of industry companies and organizations that have dropped 'cable' from their names. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner I'd also be remiss in not mentioning the way MediaOne (eventually to become... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Jeff Baumgartner, 3/23/2019 12:32:41 PM 'Cable' Heading Toward Extinction? Re: MediaOne, leading with 'Broadband" I'd also be remiss in not mentioning the way MediaOne (eventually to become part of AT&T Broadband and then Comcast) marketed itself in days of yore with a big focus on "broadband" and helped to lead to where we are today... brooks7, 3/22/2019 12:58:09 PM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact Ever done it? The experience is awful compared to other platforms. seven Norm, 3/22/2019 11:55:44 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact brooks7, people are playing fortnite on a phone already. brooks7, 3/22/2019 11:41:45 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact @Gabriel, I think that 4K and 8K video are DOA, so I don't think this is as big a deal as others. As we head to personal streaming services, I think screen sizes are going to shrink and we may see the end of the central... Gabriel Brown, 3/22/2019 10:59:57 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact I was being a tiny bit fliappant, but also a bit serious. Obviously, it would be a small addresable market if you need 1 Gbit/s connection. Google says you need ~25 Mbit/s for 1080 60FPS and probably quite a bit less in... richardalax, 3/22/2019 9:23:21 AM CableLabs Open Source IoT Project Shoots for Scale Re: thankful I m very thankful to you for sharing this amazing website with this incredible knowledge. brooks7, 3/22/2019 8:51:25 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact If you don't recall, this is an idea that has been tried before. It should not take Gigabit services, it is just hosting a video stream. Also this notion of all devices is not going to work. You are not... Gabriel Brown, 3/22/2019 6:08:12 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Stadia Impact Finally an app to give that 1 Gbit/s FTTH connection a workout. ajwdct1, 3/21/2019 5:20:27 PM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Does 5G Latency include the cloud network? In some cases it certainly does (e.g. remote surgery in a village from a hospital thousands of kilometers away), but in others it doesn't (any real time critical/ultra low latency IMT 2020 use case). For the latter,... iainmorris, 3/20/2019 12:18:27 PM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation I'm not sure if we are disagreeing or just talking about slightly different things. I know from recent discussions with service providers that several big operators in Europe expect only some of the latency improvements... ajwdct1, 3/20/2019 12:01:44 PM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation Let's agree to disagree Iain. All 5G low latency claims I've read or heard about refer to the 5G access network- not the cloud network which is carrying many different types of traffic. In my definition, latency... iainmorris, 3/20/2019 11:25:41 AM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation I'm not sure what point you're making. Industry-leading latency in a 5G future could provide an advantage whether it relates to access, core, transport or something else that comes out of a standards group. The article doesn't... ajwdct1, 3/20/2019 11:18:04 AM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation Slide 16 describess China Telecom's CLOUD NETWORK & Cloud led network integration (with other subnetworks like 5G Core-yet to be defined/specified). The company's cloud centric network is "industry leading in latency." ... iainmorris, 3/20/2019 11:13:19 AM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation It depends on your perspective. If you think 5G is just an evolution of 4G - a nice to have that will speed things up a bit but not make a radical difference on the services or productivity fronts - then I agree there isn't... Duh!, 3/20/2019 10:57:01 AM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation " To support rapid deployment of entirely cloud based 5G ✓Large bandwidth ✓Low latency" I read that as they're investing in a cloud architecture that will ultimately support eMBB and... More Message Boards		Security Now Facebook Exposes Millions of Unencrypted User Passwords Larry Loeb, Author, 3/22/2019 It's an internal matter – but it could affect millions of the social ... (3 comments) FIN7 Resurfaces With New Malware Techniques Larry Loeb, Author, 3/22/2019 The FIN7 group of cyber criminals is still going strong. (3 comments) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News ISP Opinion: Bring Back Net Neutrality Now 3/22/2019 Shrihari Pandit, president and CEO of 24-year-old Stealth Communications, shares ... 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