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News & Views Most Popular Finnish Startup Goes Underground to Measure Soil Conditions By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/9/2019 Finnish agricultural IoT startup Soil Scout works with DT on underground sensors, grabs an undisclosed round of funding. Post a Comment Verizon & NEC Pioneer Traffic Sensing on Existing Fiber By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/8/2019 Verizon says it could deploy the smart city traffic monitoring system nationwide in the future. Post a Comment Eurobites: Openreach Looks Further Down the Fiber Road By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/2/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone UK shares 4G spectrum to help bridge rural connectivity divide; Finnish president endures face-time with Trump to thrash out 5G options; smart lighting gets a bit smarter. Post a Comment Advertisement Amazon: From the Sensor to the Sidewalk By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 9/30/2019 Amazon readies its low-power protocol Sidewalk for long-term IoT and smart home projects. Post a Comment Amazon Intros 'Sidewalk' Protocol for Low-Power IoT Networks By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 9/26/2019 Amazon is building a wireless dog tracker as a reference implementation of the protocol. Post a Comment Sprint, Peachtree Corners Et Al to Launch 5G IoT Lab in Georgia By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 9/10/2019 Curiosity Labs relies on 5G for low-latency connectivity for automated vehicles, drones and more. Post a Comment Sigfox Partners With Alps Alpine for IoT Components By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 8/29/2019 The partners will build IoT devices like luggage-tracking 'bubbles' and roll cages fitted with trackers. Post a Comment Advertisement What Might the Demand Be for 5G in Manufacturing? By William Webb, Consultant and CEO of the Weightless SIG, 8/29/2019 Industrial IoT is often cited as a demand driver for 5G, but, asks William Webb, will many companies actually need 5G to meet their needs? Post a Comment Wi-Charge Readies Infrared Wireless Power System for IoT Devices By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 8/13/2019 Wi-Charge preps a wireless power system for IoT devices. Post a Comment CenturyLink Drops 'Several Hundred Million' Dollars on Edge By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/12/2019 CenturyLink is building out more than 100 initial edge compute locations across the US and providing hybrid cloud and managed services. Post a Comment Powercast's Power-Over-Air System Takes Off By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 8/9/2019 Powercast recieves FCC approval for retail applications for its wireless power transmission system for IoT and more. Post a Comment Eurobites: Ireland's Cubic Gets €23.5M Funding Boost By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/19/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: CityFibre takes fiber gig into 14 more cities; Millicom boosted by M&A; Hungary kicks off 5G auction process; Qualcomm fined. Post a Comment NB-IoT Gains Early Commercial Traction in the US By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 7/17/2019 Early NB-IoT services from T-Mobile, and more action from AT&T and Verizon as narrowband IoT starts its initial growth in the US. Post a Comment Eurobites: S&P Puts Vodafone on Creditwatch By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/17/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Tele2's earnings up 3% in Q2; Openet goes cloud-native for 5G; Inmarsat takeover comes under scrutiny. Post a Comment NB-IoT: Where Trash Can Become Treasure By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 7/15/2019 Sensoneo is deploying its trash management system in parts of the US with T-Mobile's NB-IoT. Post a Comment Helium Starts Selling IoT Hotspots in US By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 6/13/2019 Helium launches its P2P IoT hotspot, grabs another $15M in funding, aims to start a non-telco, low-bandwidth network in the US and beyond. Post a Comment AT&T Signs European LTE-M Roaming Deal By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 6/11/2019 AT&T inks a European LTE-M roaming deal for IoT with KPN, Orange & Swisscom. Post a Comment Scenes From Sprint's Big 5G Launch By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 5/31/2019 Hey, did Sprint just become the first US carrier to offer true mobile 5G? Post a Comment Big 5G Event Keynote: Sprint's Mishka Dehghan By Light Reading, 5/21/2019 Mishka Dehghan is vice president of 5G development for Sprint Business, and she talked about the future that we can enable with 5G at the Big 5G Event in Denver on May 8, 2019. Post a Comment MetTel's Fox: Enterprises Need to Find Business Case for 5G By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/20/2019 Many initial 5G deployments will be private networks on enterprise premises, and service providers will need to accommodate those needs, says MetTel CTO Ed Fox in conversation with Light Reading's Mitch Wagner. Also, Fox talks about how MetTel is going big on network functions virtualization (NFV). Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Sequans' IoT Chips Approved for Use by 3 Largest Japanese Mobile Operators Monday, October 14, 2019 NSF Adds Advanced Wireless Research Platform in North Carolina Wednesday, September 18, 2019 VMware Expands Telco & Edge Cloud Portfolio Tuesday, August 27, 2019 SK Telecom & Microsoft Partner on Information & Communications Tech Monday, May 13, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now What's New in the EU Security Market Oliver Schonschek, Security Now News Analyst, 10/18/2019 This October we visited the trade fair it-sa, which counts as one of the more ... (1 Comment) Unit 42 Finds the First Cryptojacking Docker Container Larry Loeb, Author, 10/17/2019 Palo Alto Network's Unit 42 has found the first cryptocurrency miner malware that ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News BBWN Bites: Connecting Africa to Cost $100B – World Bank Report Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/18/2019 Also today, Sparklight Business brightens enterprise WiFi, Eir bites into Apple ... (0) BBWN Bites: Builders Toss Nest Out of New Properties Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/17/2019 Also today, Tele2 reports earnings, pay-TV rises in Spain, India's government ... (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 Ingenu Revs Up IoT Rhetoric Iain Morris , International Editor , 5/18/2016 Ingenu is making a bold case for its RPMA technology in an increasingly ... (5 comments) China's Telcos at Heart of IIoT Plans Robert Clark , 3/16/2016 The Chinese government has tapped the telcos for some industrial IoT (IIoT) plans ... (1 Comment) Industrie 4.0: Rebooting Germany Iain Morris , International Editor , 2/16/2016 German industry needs a digitalization makeover. Can the Industrie 4.0 initiative ... (1 Comment) US Giants Carve Out Role in the Industrial IoT Sarah Thomas , Director, Women in Comms , 2/2/2016 AT&T and Verizon are taking different approaches to the Industrial Internet of ... 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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 ...