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News & Views Most Popular Light Reading Hall of Fame 2019 By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/6/2019 We've added four names to the Hall of Fame this year. Find out who they are... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Blockchain for Telecoms Strategy By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/29/2019 Colt, Filament, Mobileum and Synchronoss Technologies all submitted standout entries for most innovative blockchain for telecoms strategy in this year's Leading Lights contest. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T Promotes Its 3 Pillars for Business 5G By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 1/22/2019 Mobile 5G, edge computing and fixed wireless are the special sauce for business 5G right now, according to AT&T. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Eurobites: Now Germany Gets the Huawei Heebie-Jeebies By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/17/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: OTE sells stake in Telekom Albania; Orange cuts ribbon on Guiana-Martinique link; WorldRemit sets up shop in South Africa. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: O2 Launches Massive MIMO Trials in London By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/23/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone tracks drones; TIM's spin-off puts 20,000 jobs at risk, says trade union official; Orange and MTN join forces on mobile money. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Netsurion's SD-WAN Plays to MSPs By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/10/2018 Managed service provider developed its own combined connectivity-security solution that it's selling direct and to other MSPs. Post a Comment \| Read (0) MWCA 2018: Ericsson Booth Tour By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 9/26/2018 Ericsson's Keith Shank gives us a quick tour of the vendor's sprawling stand at Mobile World Congress Americas, including a look at new medical device applications, city infrastructure and a holographic 'phone' call. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Eurobites: M&A Rumor Links ADVA With ECI By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 8/24/2018 Also in today's regional roundup: Gigabit broadband battle in Poland; Russians mull non-domestic Internet company tax; Dutch payment venfor on the tear; IBM's coffee drone. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Dilgin22 Right sir, the figure of 2.1 B is mind freaking. The main reason for illness... The World of Disney: StudioLAB Innovation, Cisco Collaboration & 5G Anticipation By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 8/21/2018 With technology partners and an eye toward 5G networks, the StudioLAB is helping Disney-owned content studios solve technical production problems and reach consumers in novel ways. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: blognhansuvn Yap Netflix Is Growing, but Don't Ask by How Much By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 7/16/2018 Netflix missed its subscriber forecast, which spooked investors, but the company's execs insist that nothing about the business has really changed. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: Phil_Britt It's taking a while, but at some time laws of numbers, debt, etc. have to catch... AT&T Buys AppNexus, Charts Ad Strategy By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 6/25/2018 Smarter advertising will leverage the telecom giant's content and wireless operators to 're-invent' how ads are done, says exec. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights: Only Days Left to Enter! By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/19/2018 Never mind the days, there are only HOURS remaining before the door closes on this year's Leading Lights awards deadline... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Is Paid Prioritization the New Privacy? By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 2/28/2018 Internet users have grown used to being tracked online, but will they ever accept the fact that some applications need special treatment by ISPs? Post a Comment \| Read (8 comments) Latest Comment: Joe Stanganelli @kq4ym: The other thing that a lot of people forget is that directors and officers... Who Puts Mobile Biz at Risk? It's You & Me By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 2/21/2018 Verizon's first-ever Mobile Security Index shows global professionals managing mobile devices for businesses fear their employees the most. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: 42Gears Even companies that opt for BYOD to save on hardware costs can ensure... AT&T Sharpens Edge With New Open Source Effort, Test Lab Launch By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 2/20/2018 Company announces new group within Linux Foundation and launches its edge computing test zone in Palo Alto. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telia Takes Its Packet Core to the Cloud With Nokia By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/17/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Sigfox confirms what LR knew; TIM re-starts talks over Canal+ JV; Italy's Enter offers SD-WAN services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) #MobileOnly Movement Targets FCC's Broadband Plans By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 1/4/2018 Grassroots effort trying to combat proposed changes in definition of broadband to include slower cellular data service. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 Dennis, Just live in an IOC property. They likely have Gigabit service.... Cryptocurrency Startup Courts Telcos, Launches ICO By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/12/2017 Telcoin is hoping to raise funds from an initial coin offering as it seeks telco partners that will use its cryptocurrency as part of their mobile money services. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: kq4ym As noted this is a controversial issue and while the number of unbanked may... Facebook's TIP Expands Its Influence, Except in the US By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 11/9/2017 The Telecom Infra Project is moving into areas such as AI and network slicing, as founder Facebook pushes universal connectivity. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: UdyRegan For reasons unknown, my mind is failing to come up with reasons that Facebook... Eurobites: Ekholm Continues Management Purge at Ericsson By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/7/2017 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson upgrades Mobily network in Saudi Arabia; Vodafone turns to V for Victory in the consumer IoT market; Nokia and Vodacom trial 5G technologies. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: ServiceS28721 Finally Mandersson is out, the main responsible of today's Ericsson situation. Better... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards MikeP688, 5/18/2019 3:39:48 PM Verizon's $4.4B AOL Buy a Digital Media Play Re: Re: Fascinating Times.... Thanks for the thought--what is interesting iw how Verizon has now pretty much "zero'd out" this play--hasn't it? Cheers... jonsnow1221, 5/18/2019 12:37:53 AM Verizon's $4.4B AOL Buy a Digital Media Play Re: Re: Fascinating Times.... By the post, we get to know how the Verizon is doing many changes in the field of technology and the thing is that I have also tried the application related to the 5g services. Epson error code e-01 ericbanaa19, 3/15/2019 6:19:54 AM Verizon's $4.4B AOL Buy a Digital Media Play Re: Digital Media Play The tv is a digital media just as plenty as a laptop is a virtual media. It serves as a medium for virtual content to play through it. For my part, the television is, in reality, a digital media. Television packages, movies,... Jacobarch02, 1/31/2019 9:43:54 AM Verizon's $4.4B AOL Buy a Digital Media Play Re: portion of the examination Subsequent to perusing a portion of the examination, I see the rationale, kind. I'm a bit too out-dated to become tied up with that system. Be that as it may, of course, do my assignment uk I'm not an investor of record,... blognhansuvn, 9/27/2018 6:25:44 AM The World of Disney: StudioLAB Innovation, Cisco Collaboration & 5G Anticipation Re: Re: Sweet sunnies, Phil! Yap Dilgin22, 8/29/2018 9:36:02 AM Eurobites: M&A Rumor Links ADVA With ECI Re: Re: Crictime Drone delivered coffee Right sir, the figure of 2.1 B is mind freaking. The main reason for illness in such people would be the lack of drinking water. MasterLobster, 8/29/2018 4:18:34 AM Eurobites: M&A Rumor Links ADVA With ECI Re: Re: Drone delivered coffee Well, one thing does not rule out the other. We cannot let poverty stop innovation. In fact, think about the innovation of drone delivery can do for the poor and those in need of aid. Drone delivery will extend the supply... James_B_Crawshaw, 8/27/2018 12:51:50 PM Eurobites: M&A Rumor Links ADVA With ECI Re: Drone delivered coffee Meanwhile 2.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water. http://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/water/ Phil Harvey, 8/21/2018 5:06:11 PM The World of Disney: StudioLAB Innovation, Cisco Collaboration & 5G Anticipation Re: Re: Sweet sunnies, Phil! They passed them out when we entered the city limits. I was told not to take them off or they'd show me how James Dean really died. Kelsey Ziser, 8/21/2018 5:04:07 PM The World of Disney: StudioLAB Innovation, Cisco Collaboration & 5G Anticipation Re: Sweet sunnies, Phil! Love the sunglasses, Phil! Use of drones for 3-D mapping is pretty cool. UdyRegan, 7/31/2018 12:17:54 AM Facebook's TIP Expands Its Influence, Except in the US Re: Re: Machine learning For reasons unknown, my mind is failing to come up with reasons that Facebook would want to have such artificial intelligence technology for its social media network. I mean as it is, we don't really need bots to monitor... Phil_Britt, 7/23/2018 2:51:35 PM Netflix Is Growing, but Don't Ask by How Much Re: Re: Final frontiers It's taking a while, but at some time laws of numbers, debt, etc. have to catch up to Netflix. While it likely has a better cushion (dedicated subscribers) than many others, at some point the debt will need to slow down. Phil Harvey, 7/17/2018 11:41:17 AM Netflix Is Growing, but Don't Ask by How Much Re: Re: Final frontiers Yeah, that's going to be a big deal when they have slowing growth and mounting debt as they take on foreign markets. They'll need to pay a dividend, perhaps, and really sell investors on the idea that what they have simply... mendyk, 7/17/2018 11:30:08 AM Netflix Is Growing, but Don't Ask by How Much Re: Re: Final frontiers Agree -- one question is how big the debt pile will grow as it tries to gain dominance in those Asian markets. If subscriber growth does level off (which is inevitable at some point), then "investor" attention will turn... Phil Harvey, 7/17/2018 10:51:19 AM Netflix Is Growing, but Don't Ask by How Much Re: Re: Final frontiers If they stick to their guns about not becoming a generic, stream everything company, the only play for them (assuming market saturation in the developed world) is to become a hit-making machine in India, China and the U.S. They've... More Message Boards		Security Now Zscaler Finds Security Issues Galore in IoT Traffic Larry Loeb, Author, 5/24/2019 The use of plain-text HTTP communication, outdated libraries and weak default ... (0) Strategic Security Equals Faster Digital Transformation Larry Loeb, Author, 5/23/2019 Survey finds that respondents who adopted a more traditional or reactive approach ... 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