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News & Views Most Popular Eurobites: Beeline & Huawei Demo 5G's Potential With Russian Holocall By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/4/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange extends telematics deal; Telia goes smart metering; Ireland guns for Facebook. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: GypsumFantastic What about Holo Messaging, Princess Leia style? And I know which industry... Eurobites: Italy's 5G Auction Crosses €5B Mark By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/26/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Mobolize gets mobilized in Europe; Tele2 trumpets new IoT platform; Deutsche Telekom shares cybersecurity know-how with Germany army. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Synchronoss CEO Glenn Lurie: Delivering the New Mobile OS By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 9/21/2018 Glenn Lurie, CEO of software platform provider Synchronoss Technologies, has his work cut out for him. He's helping carriers navigate several possible growth opportunities, like IoT, messaging and personal cloud services. Check out this interview where Lurie discusses the company's newest partnership with AT&T and new proof-of-concept with a blockchain-based mobile payments service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement ZenFi Not Done Expanding Yet By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 9/17/2018 Today's close of its merger with Cross River Fiber marks entry into new markets, but that growth is expected to continue, both in buildout and buy scenarios, says the CEO. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Juniper Unveils Major Edge Cloud Push By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 9/17/2018 Vendor launches Contrail Edge Cloud, bringing a multicloud platform to the network's edge for 5G and much more and claiming a performance advantage in a small package. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Packet Lands $25M 'B' Round Funding By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 9/11/2018 Round led by new investor, Third Point Ventures, includes other newbies such as Battery Ventures and Samsung NEXT, and existing funders Softbank and Dell Technologies Capital Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T's Gilbert: AI Critical to 5G Infrastructure By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 9/7/2018 AI and machine learning are essential to scaling the deployment and configuration of the exploding numbers of cellsites needed for 5G, says Mazin Gilbert in the first of a two-part series. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw Heavy Reading yesterday published its own take on the opportunities for AI... Advertisement Sprint & Ericsson to Develop Global IoT Core, OS Platform By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 9/5/2018 Ambitious project promises global core and operating system that will support IoT on 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T Boosts Akraino With Code, Summit By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 8/23/2018 Carrier hosted two-day developer summmit for open source edge software project, after it released key seed code for major use case. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: DT Shutters Virtual Number Startup By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/21/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Sigfox teams up with Africa's Liquid; Nokia reveals 5G device licensing rates; United Internet buys Austrian web-hosting company; India's Ola motors into Wales. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Ericsson Pumps Up Its US 5G R&D By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/10/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Openreach reins in Gfast rollout; Fitch returns Nokia to investment-grade status; Huawei powers Fastweb's WiFi; UK smart meter program in crisis. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Tower Companies Brace for an Edge Computing Bonanza By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 8/7/2018 Cell towers represent a logical location for edge computing and their owners see major opportunity, once they figure out the business model. Two major operators are already on the move. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: litesabre60 Have Crown Castle and Vertical Bridge already acquired these thousands of micro... Spirent Making Big New Promises By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 8/2/2018 Veteran test and measurement firm seeks more strategic role in service assurance, 5G rollouts and cybersecurity. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Kontron Scoops Up Open Source Software Provider Inocybe By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 8/1/2018 Kontron will combine its white box hardware with Inocybe's open source software, including its open source SDN controller and other software. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Sigfox Loses CFO Martineau – Sources By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/30/2018 Olivier Martineau becomes the latest senior executive to leave the loss-making IoT company following an exodus of top-level managers in the last 18 months. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw I think things started to turn sour when Happiness Executive Fanny FISSOUNE... The Great Edge Computing Land Grab By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 7/25/2018 Schneider Electric, a major supplier to everyone in the data center space, sees a rush to identify and build out edge data centers that sit between the cell tower and a CO or regional data center. Post a Comment \| Read (7 comments) Latest Comment: DHagar @miles.m, there you go! That is exactly what I believe will develop are... Smart Cities: Orange Sticks Its Neck Out on Transylvanian Testbed By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/11/2018 Successful trials in the Romanian city of Alba Iulia could have big implications for Orange's European smart city strategy. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ericsson Massively Ups Cellular IoT Forecast By Iain Morris, International Editor, 6/12/2018 Swedish equipment vendor predicts sharp growth in the number of cellular IoT connections over the next few years thanks to the NB-IoT and LTE-M surge. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Clifton K Morris This should come as no surprise. Carriers will be able to take their subsidization... Eurobites: HMD Global Dials Up $100M for Nokia-Branded Phones Expansion By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/22/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefónica improves content experience for roamers; state of French telecom revealed; Swisscom leans on Huawei for IP core; UK government cool with Comcast/Sky merger proposal. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast, Hippo Offer Home Insurance With IoT-Powered Savings By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 5/22/2018 2010 called. It wants its business model back. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: kq4ym The trade-off of course is that to get that discount on insurance or other... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards GypsumFantastic, 10/5/2018 6:17:48 AM Eurobites: Beeline & Huawei Demo 5G's Potential With Russian Holocall Re: Holo Messaging? What about Holo Messaging, Princess Leia style? And I know which industry could make the most money out of that...the one that has always been a front runner on the internet :-) . lavender.arvixe.com, 9/8/2018 9:32:20 AM 4.5G Sets High Bar for 5G Re: 4.5G deployments growing strongly worldwide I am currently analyzing 4.5G (to a much lesser extent 5G) deployments country-by-country throughout the world. It has already become clear 4.5G is way ahead of any (mmWave) 5G almost everywhere. One gripe: many organizations... James_B_Crawshaw, 9/7/2018 2:31:42 PM AT&T's Gilbert: AI Critical to 5G Infrastructure Re: AI in Telecom Operations: Opportunities & Obstacles Heavy Reading yesterday published its own take on the opportunities for AI in telecoms. Networking is certainly getting more complicated with 5G and NFV but there is plenty of scope for AI to increase efficiency with current... MindCommerce, 9/7/2018 1:54:39 PM AT&T's Gilbert: AI Critical to 5G Infrastructure Re: AI in 5G a big Deal, especially for Security We agree that AI is a "Big Deal" for 5G, especially when it comes to security. As most of us know, 5G will enable massive IoT, and much of this will be part of distributed nodes as part of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC). Edge... DHagar, 8/8/2018 5:01:44 PM The Great Edge Computing Land Grab Re: Re: The Great Edge Computing Land Grab Printable Calendar @miles.m, there you go! That is exactly what I believe will develop are new "networks". Thanks for example. Plus, I believe the communications service providers will play a role - so we will have infrastruction,... litesabre60, 8/8/2018 12:01:09 PM Tower Companies Brace for an Edge Computing Bonanza Re: Micro data centers Have Crown Castle and Vertical Bridge already acquired these thousands of micro data centres? That's a lot of real estate, power, connectivity to be holding with no tenants. What do Crown Castle or Vapor IO know about... DHagar, 8/7/2018 5:29:30 PM The Great Edge Computing Land Grab Re: Re: The Great Edge Computing Land Grab @kq4ym, well stated! Absolutely! I believe the answers will evolve into a hybrid. There must be a foundation for existing locations (ie, cities), but "connected" in new and different networks. I believe... kq4ym, 8/7/2018 8:25:43 AM The Great Edge Computing Land Grab Re: Re: The Great Edge Computing Land Grab Location, location, location seems to still be holding up even in the world of computing and internet. While it's noted that "the arms race is basically on real estate right now," it will be interesting to see how local... James_B_Crawshaw, 7/30/2018 3:22:40 PM Sigfox Loses CFO Martineau – Sources Re: Not happy I think things started to turn sour when Happiness Executive Fanny FISSOUNE departed in July 2017. https://www.linkedin.com/in/fanny-fissoune-09113410b/ Since then Sigfox has not been a happy place to work. DHagar, 7/26/2018 5:59:17 PM The Great Edge Computing Land Grab Re: Re: The Great Edge Computing Land Grab Carol, outstanding. The view from towers will be interesting. That is very true on his broad view. I am beginning to believe there will be new roles and interrelationships as the edge computing is... Carol Wilson, 7/26/2018 11:31:16 AM The Great Edge Computing Land Grab Re: Re: The Great Edge Computing Land Grab Thanks. The thing I like about Joe Reele is that he has not particular axe to grind on how this all happens, since Schneider Electric is a vendor to just about everyone in this ecosystem. I thought his perspective was very... gregw33, 7/26/2018 10:07:58 AM The Great Edge Computing Land Grab Re: The Edge is a Real Estate Decision Carol, Excellent and timely article. I'm not going to jump in to the semantic arguements of what and where the edge is. However, if an application's edge needs a bunch of CPU's it needs a roof (and HVAC,... DHagar, 7/25/2018 5:21:58 PM The Great Edge Computing Land Grab Re: Re: The Great Edge Computing Land Grab Carol, Great blog and outline of the "changing" landscape and bi-directional networks that are resulting. The is more that we don't know, in that the future will be played out in different models, etc., than what... Clifton K Morris, 6/12/2018 2:42:56 PM Ericsson Massively Ups Cellular IoT Forecast Re: Not surprising This should come as no surprise. Carriers will be able to take their subsidization businesses model to new devices like refrigerators, TVs, and laptops. Remember in the 1990s when BestBuy knocked $400 off a computer's... kq4ym, 6/7/2018 7:25:49 AM Comcast, Hippo Offer Home Insurance With IoT-Powered Savings Re: Re: Hmm The trade-off of course is that to get that discount on insurance or other services is that some privacy may be given up as the IoT devices upload information to the providers who may or may not share that info with others.... 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