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News & Views Most Popular 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) 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) 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 Advertisement 5G4REAL: Israel Prepped for 5G With Next-Gen Apps By Light Reading, 3/15/2019 As a country known for innovation, Israel exhibited several exciting applications for a 5G future at MWC 2019, including a communications protocol that uses soundwaves, a new type of IoT sensor and augmented reality glasses for cyclists. 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) Nvidia Buying Mellanox for $6.9B By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/11/2019 Intel and Xilinx had also been linked with bids for the Ethernet and InfiniBand switching components giant. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: MTS Pays US Authorities $850M to Settle Uzbekistan Bribery Case By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/7/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Zain and Nokia WING it for IoT; MTN raises revenue, plans assets sale; Austria's 5G auction results. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Telco Cloud & 5G: Two Sides of the Same Coin By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 3/6/2019 Light Reading's Mitch Wagner and Kelsey Ziser discuss how the telco cloud will be impacted by 5G deployments and vice versa. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Nokia Wins on Two Fronts in Egypt By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 2/28/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ooredoo seeks AI boost for 5G rollout; Sunrise-Liberty deal agreed; BT creates jobs; IoT and athletic performance. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T & Microsoft Team at the Edge By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 2/26/2019 By delivering Microsoft Azure cloud services closer to the edge, AT&T aims to reduce latency and improve user experience for enterprise sites. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ericsson on Hook for $350M Payment to VEON After BSS Cock-Up By Iain Morris, International Editor, 2/26/2019 Swedish vendor forced to cough up after scrapping an IT product that VEON had been using. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Turkcell CEO: US Fear of Chinese AI Fuels Anti-Huawei Campaign By Iain Morris, International Editor, 2/26/2019 Boss of Turkish mobile operator comes out in support of Huawei and blames a tech arms race between the US and China for the backlash. Post a Comment \| Read (0) TIP Turns Three, Celebrates Production-Ready Mobile Network Technologies By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 2/25/2019 TIP demonstrates mobile network technologies moving out of the research phase and into the production stage at MWC. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Vodafone Deal a 'Huge Step' for Sedona Systems By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 2/21/2019 Transport network visibility and multivendor management startup Sedona has landed a breakthrough deal with Vodafone Group, adding to its Tier 1 successes. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Europe's Telcos Less Tight-Fisted Than Yanks By Iain Morris, International Editor, 2/21/2019 Europe is way behind in the development of 5G networks, say regional critics, but its big operators invest more of their revenues in capital expenditure than the Americans do. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Huawei Bullish on Better Carrier Sales Growth in 2019 By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 2/20/2019 Despite the current security-related concerns, the head of Huawei's carrier business group expects revenues to grow faster in 2019 than in the past two years thanks to early 5G revenues. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: Cloud 4G The US NSA was reported to have broken into Huawei and taken files including... Virtualization Can Mine New Revenues From Gateways & Modems, Startup Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/20/2019 Israel-based Inango claims its cloud/client 'Virtual Services' platform can enable service providers to layer on and sell additional services via memory-starved, in-home devices. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nearly 12% of Global Mobile Data to Ride 5G Networks by 2022 – Cisco Study By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/19/2019 5G will also represent about 3.4% of global connections by 2022 as 4G continues to dominate but begins to taper off as 5G activity picks up. Post a Comment \| Read (0) LeoSat CEO Envisions a High-Capacity, Low-Latency Backbone... in Space! By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/18/2019 But to get that global vision off the ground (literally), LeoSat must piece together a plan that spans technology, secures funding and cuts through a heap of regulatory red tape. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cloud-Native Router Startup DriveNets Banks $110M, Takes On Cisco et al. By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 2/15/2019 Vendor already has Tier 1 traction, a founder with track record of disruption, the backing of Bessemer and has Cisco, Juniper, Huawei and Nokia in its sights. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: dwx I believe their initial use case is in Internet peering, where they are acting... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards 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. TucIm6tx, 2/18/2019 7:03:40 AM Cloud-Native Router Startup DriveNets Banks $110M, Takes on Cisco et al Re: There are many discrepancies and question marks over DN’s Story: 1. If they have a design based on BCM ASICs, this is not going to be a cheap design. Claiming 90% cost reduction over Cisco, whereas Cisco has its own ASIC, is more the questionable 2. ... Sterling Perrin, 2/15/2019 9:36:09 AM Cloud-Native Router Startup DriveNets Banks $110M, Takes on Cisco et al Re: Smart This company has found the right spot where white box is appealing for telecom and VCs have recognized this. There's a long history of dumb VC money (see "Optical Networking" circa 1999) but this is a good bet - not a sure... richardpole1, 1/22/2019 8:53:56 AM The Leading Lights Awards Are Back! Re: Great content Saved to my job brooks7, 1/20/2019 4:48:26 PM Sigfox Still Shedding Top Execs, Including CTO – Sources Re: Re: Is it worth reporting everytime a manager leaves? @Gallis, In fact, I have worked for 2 tech startups. Even in the one that I was part of that I was managing through the sale of the company instead of bankruptcy did not have 33% voluntary turnover. In fact,... Gallis, 1/20/2019 4:35:02 PM Sigfox Still Shedding Top Execs, Including CTO – Sources Re: Re: Is it worth reporting everytime a manager leaves? @brook7 Clearly you have never worked in a tech start up. In a normal business this would plain wrong, in a tech start up this is just normal. Just wondering why LightReading only report this kind of boring news on Sigfox,... 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 ... 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