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News & Views Most Popular Cloud Bursts: Oracle Touts Telco Triumphs, Microsoft Proclaims Partnerships & More By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/17/2019 Oracle sells to Asian telco Circles.Life; Microsoft partners with Sony on gaming; VMware acquires Bitnami for multicloud, and more telco cloud news this week. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: UK Security Report Says Huawei Can't Be Trusted By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/16/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Bouygues gets off to a flier; Sunrise raises its earnings guidance; Vodafone/INWIT towers deal set for the summer. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Ofcom Calls Time on Customer 'Loyalty Penalty' By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/15/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: 3SS adds AI to the video mix; Insight TV pushes into MENA; the changing face of content consumption. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Eurobites: Vodafone UK Names the 5G Day By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/14/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone cuts dividend following €7.6 billion loss; Openet lands US Tier 1 gig; KPN invests in IoT startup Wirepas. Post a Comment \| Read (0) RFP Process No Longer Fit for Purpose – Report By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/14/2019 Outdated telco IT procurement processes cost industry more than $1 billion per year, according to findings of a report from industry body TM Forum, which asks if it's time to kill the RFP. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: BT Maintains Dividend Despite Revenue Slip By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/9/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom powers on in Q1; Sky invests in You.i.TV for cross-platform app development; back-of-the-net for BT Sport! Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Company of the Year (Public) By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/6/2019 Four companies have made the 2019 shortlist for this coveted award. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Orange Q1 Sales Dip in France Amid Tough Competition By Iain Morris, International Editor, 4/30/2019 The French telecom incumbent sees revenues fall at home for the first time in two years but still manages to grow earnings. Post a Comment \| Read (0) DriveNets Boasts Cloud-Native Router Breakthrough By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/17/2019 Israeli startup claims to be first to market with a disaggregated router that supports 400G-per-port throughput as it courts major telcos and takes on the router establishment. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Netflix Still Poised for Global Growth Despite Disney Threat By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/17/2019 Netflix is akin to a 'Blockbuster store in the cloud' while Disney+ will cater to families and fans of The Mouse's well-branded, highly recognized fare, analyst says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Netflix Nears 150M Subs, Shrugs Off New Competition From Disney, Apple By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/16/2019 OTT giant doesn't expect coming debuts of Disney+, Apple TV+ to have a material affect on Netflix's sub growth. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Disney+ to Debut November 12, Fetch $6.99 Per Month By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/12/2019 Pricing on Disney+ will vastly undercut that of Netflix, feature a vault of TV shows, movies and new original fare from big brands that include Marvel, Fox, Star Wars and Pixar. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/10/2019 Light Reading is delighted – nay, pumped – to announce the finalists for this year's Leading Lights Awards program, which is now in its 15th year. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: CRW_Cary Way to go, Wave2Wave team! ATSC 3.0 Declared 'Ready for Deployment' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/8/2019 Rollout of feature-packed, OTT-like next-gen signaling standard is critical to the survival of the broadcast TV industry, top Sinclair Broadcast Group exec says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CenturyLink Taps Streamroot for P2P Assist By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/4/2019 Says the P2P-focused agreement will help CenturyLink expand into hard-to-reach areas and augment, not replace, its global content delivery network. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Deutsche Telekom Pledges to Go Even Greener By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 4/1/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson bags 5G deal in Bahrain; Nokia unwraps Factory in a Box 2.0; UK operators investigate mast-sharing. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why Android TV Is Catching On With Pay-TV Operators By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/29/2019 Enabling in-app upgrades and transactions without paying a tax to Google has made Android TV's 'Operator Tier' particularly attractive, industry sources say. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: EU Sets Out Its 5G Security Stall By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/27/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT and ADVA make quantum leap; Openet rings Canada's Bell; T-Mobile Austria activates 5G. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Inmarsat Agrees to $3.4B Takeover Bid By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/25/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: new UK FTTH player raises £75 million; EU encourages data sharing, says no to US-led Huawei gear ban; Abu Dhabi hub targets UK startups. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: Theranos's Fall From Grace & Men Underpaid at Google By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 3/22/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Google announces that it underpaid men, not women; female founders fall harder when dethroned; Saudi Arabia espouses equality and gender balance; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards mzafi, 4/17/2019 10:10:11 AM Analyst: AT&T Made 'Major Strategic Error' on SVoD Plan Re: Nice Light reading and all recording of the videos have been done for the humans. The suspects of the videos and papercheap reviews are met on top of the classical items for the individuals. CRW_Cary, 4/12/2019 3:04:49 PM Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists Re: Congratulations, Wave2Wave Way to go, Wave2Wave team! bfreitas, 4/12/2019 9:15:06 AM Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists Re: Re: Content of the Proposal Hi Ray, Thanks for your reply. I understand this, and i think there is value in those articles that you mentioned. Just wonder through the ways in which these guys were selected is intel we can use. Best... [email protected], 4/12/2019 4:13:01 AM Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists Re: Re: Content of the Proposal Hi Bruno Thanks for asking. Over the next few weeks we will publish articles that highlight the best features of the submissions to show why they were shortlisted, but we don't publish the raw submissions for multiple... bfreitas, 4/11/2019 11:50:19 AM Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists Re: Content of the Proposal Are you planning on releasing the contents of the proposals so we should learn from the best competitors what are they doing in the field? It'll be nice to learn from them. Thanks. Regards, Br... Phil Harvey, 3/15/2019 3:30:47 PM Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards Re: entry fee discount DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil [email protected], 3/12/2019 10:53:06 AM Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3 Re: Re: Putting it out there - but what if this was not Ericsson but another company? Um... How is Ericsson being given a pass by Light Reading? By reporting that it is facing charges of corruption? Sorry, I genuinely don't follow your point. bullschuck, 3/11/2019 3:57:09 PM Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3 Re: Re: Findings of corruption Please note the spam in the messages from samehfr, and alesasimpson, . Hakan, 3/11/2019 11:19:57 AM Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3 Re: Re: Putting it out there - but what if this was not Ericsson but another company? Come on !!! 15-20 yrs ago ?? You are doing exactly the same mistake you claim social media would do , not treating all players fairly... Ericsson claimed years and years that Huawei business prcatices are corrupt... Cloud 4G, 2/20/2019 3:05:17 PM Huawei Bullish on Better Carrier Sales Growth in 2019 Re: Re: Is Huawei a security breach? The US NSA was reported to have broken into Huawei and taken files including source code according to slashdot. I do not consider a blog article about what came out of Snowden's release of NSA data as reliable... Cloud 4G, 2/20/2019 2:53:34 PM Huawei Bullish on Better Carrier Sales Growth in 2019 Re: Re: Irony alert That is ironically funny. I have yet to read of any documentation that a back-door to Huawei or ZTE servers exists. Huawei has submitted their equipment and source code to government authorities in Germany, and Saudi... lecastro, 2/20/2019 2:42:07 PM Huawei Bullish on Better Carrier Sales Growth in 2019 Re: Is Huawei a security breach? the market has doubts about the security breach that Huawei can generate but I have not seen a specific case that demonstrates that [email protected], 2/20/2019 1:29:35 PM Huawei Bullish on Better Carrier Sales Growth in 2019 Re: Irony alert With so much focus currently on whether Huawei might be an agent of the Chinese state and in some way provide access for third parties to communications networks around the world, it was somewhat ironic that the entrance... dwx, 2/18/2019 3:27:01 PM Cloud-Native Router Startup DriveNets Banks $110M, Takes on Cisco et al Re: Re: Smart I believe their initial use case is in Internet peering, where they are acting as an off-box control-plane speaking to the peers, and controlling hardware forwarding elements connecting peer to core as if they were a single... TucIm6tx, 2/18/2019 7:05:41 AM Cloud-Native Router Startup DriveNets Banks $110M, Takes on Cisco et al Re: Re: Smart Can you please explain what is the sweet spot the company had found? DNOS (AT&T) and CORD already exist. More Message Boards		Security Now Suppliers Cut Off Huawei Larry Loeb, Author, 5/22/2019 If Android is to 'fork' following Huawei's isolation, the enterprise needs to ... (3 comments) Does 'Client Hints' Leave Fingerprints? Larry Loeb, Author, 5/21/2019 New web standard allows third-party services to obtain in-depth details about ... (5 comments) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News BBWN Bites: ARM & BT Guard Against Huawei Ban Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 5/22/2019 British heavyweights ARM and BT opt to shut out Huawei: BT will not include the ... (0) Broadband Forum Opens Connected Home to Standards Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 5/21/2019 Organization extends popular TR-069 standard for use in smart homes, looking to ... 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