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News & Views Most Popular Eurobites: Brits Head Online for TV Fix By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/7/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Magyar Telekom names new CTIO; Turkcell hits more than 2 Gbit/s in 5G speed test; Ericsson reaches 24 live 5G networks; mobile money in South Sudan. Post a Comment Eurobites: GSMA Blasts Space Industry for Hogging 5G Spectrum By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/30/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Proximus guides for 'nearly stable' results; Ooredoo sees revenues shrink; Giffgaff fined; MTS gets new board members; and more. Post a Comment Eurobites: Virgin Media Raises Gigabit Stakes in UK By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/25/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: CityFibre sucks up to BoJo; O2 confirms 5G launch; Telefónica's net income slips in Q2, though its revenues rise. Post a Comment Advertisement Netflix Thinking Inside the Box By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/22/2019 Netflix is increasingly focused on getting its OTT app integrated into pay-TV set-tops and mobile devices as it seeks to maintain its rapid growth pace around the world. Post a Comment Cato Debuts 'Hands-Free' SD-WAN By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/16/2019 Cato offers self-service, co-managed and now fully managed options for its cloud SD-WAN service. Post a Comment Untapping the Opportunity in Sports OTT By Ivan Verbesselt, Senior Vice President Marketing, NAGRA, 7/15/2019 While sports content piracy is growing at an alarming rate, hurting the industry and dampening down the value of sports TV rights, solutions are available. Post a Comment Eurobites: Deutsche Telekom, Software AG Team Up for IoT Expansion By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/11/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone boss takes a £1.2 million pay cut; BT may cut its dividend to fund fiber rollout; ADVA connects in Kuwait. Post a Comment Advertisement 5G4REAL: These 3D-Printed 5G Antennas Are Cheap & Ready to Install By Light Reading, 7/5/2019 The expansion of 5G networks will require an unprecedented increase in the number of radio units, especially in urban environments. Post a Comment MobiTV Banks $50M More By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/1/2019 App-focused video streaming tech and distribution company says fresh round of funds will fuel global growth, further tech development. Post a Comment Edge Gravity Aims for Hyper-Scale By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 6/28/2019 Ericsson's distributed edge cloud unit is on a path to connect to 'multiple hundreds' of service provider partners in the coming months, new CEO Kyle Okamoto says. Post a Comment Eurobites: Ericsson, Telefónica Fire Up Private 5G Network for Mercedes-Benz By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 6/27/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia lands 5G deal with Zain in Saudi Arabia; Interxion launches IPO; telcos miss out on enterprise opportunities; Vodafone sponsors the world's smallest soccer league. Post a Comment Nokia Set for Recovery With 5G Update – Sources By Iain Morris, International Editor, 6/25/2019 Finnish equipment vendor may be heading for a strong second half and a big improvement in its market share as 5G software issues are resolved. Post a Comment Netflix Faces Global ARPU Headwinds By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 6/24/2019 A sizable and widening gap on domestic and international ARPU could negatively affect the premium value currently placed on Netflix's non-US subscription streaming business, analyst says. Post a Comment WiCipedia: How Disruption Will Affect Women & Int'l Tech Liberation Has Issues By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 6/14/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Girls in Tech makes biggest fundraising effort yet; Microsoft takes its Women in Cloud initiative on the road; women in developing countries pay the price for tech; and more. Post a Comment Eurobites: UK Tucks £40M Into 5G Testbed By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 6/13/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: UK textiles giant chooses Aryaka for SD-WAN; Israel's Pelephone gets with the eSIM program; DSZ Keymile lands UK FTTx gig. Post a Comment Ericsson Ups 5G Forecast by 400M Subs By Iain Morris, International Editor, 6/11/2019 5G is on a roll, says Ericsson, forecasting nearly 2 billion subscriptions in the next five years. Post a Comment Telco Staff Face Crisis as Cuts Claim 127K Jobs at Big CSPs Since 2015 By Iain Morris, International Editor, 6/6/2019 Communications service providers tracked by Light Reading have cut 7% of jobs since 2015, and reductions look set to continue. Post a Comment 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 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 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 More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Quickline, AirTies Team on Whole-Home WiFi Thursday, August 15, 2019 Orange Revenues Edge Up in Q2 Thursday, July 25, 2019 Cato Intros Full-Service SD-WAN Support Tuesday, July 16, 2019 DriveNets Adds $7M Funding from Microsoft, Seagate & Palo Alto Networks Vets Monday, July 8, 2019 Tomia Intros Cloud-Based Blockchain Settlement Platform Monday, June 24, 2019 Smartphone Display Shipments Slow Amid US-China Trade Friction Monday, June 24, 2019 AirTies Touts WiFi Win in Croatia Thursday, May 30, 2019 Ooredoo Qatar Picks Nokia for 5G Cloud Native Core Network Thursday, May 16, 2019 Retooled Apple TV App Debuts in 100+ Countries Monday, May 13, 2019 Bouygues Telecom Taps AirTies for Whole-Home WiFi Tuesday, April 30, 2019 DriveNets Unveils 400G Virtual Router Wednesday, April 17, 2019 AirTies Closes Deal for Techicolor's Home WiFi Software Biz Thursday, April 4, 2019 SCTE-ISBE Launches Critical Facilities Course Tuesday, March 26, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Fintech Startups Get Sloppy With Application Security Larry Loeb, Author, 8/20/2019 Some startups need to shape up or ship out. 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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 Piecing Together the 5G Big Picture Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 9/10/2018 For network operators, the evolution to a 5G architecture requires a strategy ... (3 comments) Atrinet Pivots, Tackles Hybrid Network Headaches Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 2/13/2018 Network management vendor revamps its strategy to promote itself as a telco cloud ... (0) How Radcom's Pricing Model Is Set to Disrupt the Market Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 2/7/2018 Radcom's VNF pricing model looks set to excite network operators and drain the ... (5 comments) Light Reading's 2017 Survey of Women in Comms Sarah Thomas , Director, Women in Comms , 9/18/2017 The results are in from Light Reading's first-of-its-kind survey, taking the ... (1 Comment) All Prime Reading

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Three CEO: We'd Rather Take Huawei Risk Than Miss 5G Rewards

Three UK has just launched a major 5G-led assault on the living room. If all goes to plan, the smallest of the country's four mobile network operators will emerge ...