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News & Views Most Popular Huawei Spending $1.5B Annually on AI Development By Robert Clark, 8/23/2019 The Chinese equipment giant is now ramping up its investments in artificial intelligence. Post a Comment Fresh Trouble for Huawei in India By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 8/23/2019 A right-wing organization wants India's government to ban Huawei and promote indigenous firms. Post a Comment The Murky Status of Russian 5G By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/22/2019 Behind the shady goings-on in Putin's state may lie a plan for Russian control of 5G technology. That would be a scary development for the country's big mobile operators. Post a Comment Advertisement Eurobites: Nokia Hires Ericsson Insider By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/22/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson tweaks top table; silly job titles just got sillier; Drei Austria schutz the Internet. Post a Comment Huawei Bans & Spectrum Delays Hit 5G Plans in Australia, New Zealand By Robert Clark, 8/21/2019 Operators in Australia and New Zealand have been forced to use existing spectrum and Western equipment vendors. Post a Comment When Is 5G Not 5G? When It's Not 100MHz, Says Three By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/20/2019 An advertising fracas over what counts as 5G draws attention to the industry's shortcomings. Post a Comment Three CEO: We'd Rather Take Huawei Risk Than Miss 5G Rewards By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/20/2019 The smallest of the UK's four mobile operators is forging ahead with its rollout of a home broadband service powered by Huawei's 5G equipment, despite government concern about the Chinese vendor. Post a Comment Advertisement Huawei Threatens Lawsuit Over WSJ Story By Robert Clark, 8/20/2019 Huawei denies reports that it worked with local Ugandan police to hack into the phone of an opposition activist. Post a Comment Huawei Slams US Blacklisting of Affiliates By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/20/2019 Chinese vendor lashes out at latest US measures while insisting that its business has not been affected. Post a Comment Another Huawei Scandal, Another Denial By Robert Clark, 8/15/2019 China's controversial equipment giant denies hacking into phones in Africa at the behest of political strongmen. Post a Comment How 5G & the Trade War Are Ringing the Changes for Ericsson By Robert Clark, 8/14/2019 The Swedish vendor is changing the way it delivers products and shifting production facilities. Post a Comment China Unicom Seeks 5G Ally to Cope With Buildout By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/14/2019 Revenues are down, spending is up, and 5G is on the horizon: A partner could ease the pressure for one of China's big players. Post a Comment Huawei Decision to Show if BoJo Is Presidential Poodle or British Bulldog By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/13/2019 The question of what to do about Huawei will show UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson why a no-deal Brexit is fraught with peril. Post a Comment Japan's Rakuten Mobile to Avoid Grand Entrance in October By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/9/2019 It has made a noise about its revolutionary network approach, but the Japanese company will make a low-key entry into the mobile market in October. Post a Comment Ericsson, Nokia at Front of Queue for Orange 5G Contracts By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/6/2019 The Nordic vendors built the French incumbent's domestic mobile network and that means they are likely to become its 5G suppliers too. Post a Comment Chinese Fight Losing Battle With Fake Basestations By Robert Clark, 8/6/2019 The curiously Chinese phenomenon of fake basestations is a long-running problem for the country's authorities. Post a Comment Vietnam Puts 5G on Fast Track By Robert Clark, 8/1/2019 Vietnam wants to be among the front ranks of operators bringing 5G technology to market and plans to rely on some local designs in preference to international suppliers. Post a Comment Huawei Defies US Ban With 23% Lift in H1 Revenue By Robert Clark, 7/30/2019 Smartphones power the Chinese vendor's first-half results, but doubts about its operating system cloud the future. Post a Comment AT&T's $984M Justice Department Deal Heats Up Rivalry By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 7/30/2019 AT&T nabs multi-year expansive agreement to modernize Justice Department networks, giving CenturyLink and Verizon black eyes. Post a Comment Nokia Warns of Possible China Pullback as Support for Local Vendors Grows By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/25/2019 Finnish vendor is assessing its China strategy as local operators turn increasingly to Huawei and ZTE. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Three CEO: We'd Rather Take Huawei Risk Than Miss 5G Rewards By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/20/2019 The smallest of the UK's four mobile operators is forging ahead with its rollout of a home broadband service powered by Huawei's 5G equipment, despite government concern about the Chinese vendor. Post a Comment Huawei Bans & Spectrum Delays Hit 5G Plans in Australia, New Zealand By Robert Clark, 8/21/2019 Operators in Australia and New Zealand have been forced to use existing spectrum and Western equipment vendors. Post a Comment The Murky Status of Russian 5G By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/22/2019 Behind the shady goings-on in Putin's state may lie a plan for Russian control of 5G technology. That would be a scary development for the country's big mobile operators. Post a Comment Huawei Threatens Lawsuit Over WSJ Story By Robert Clark, 8/20/2019 Huawei denies reports that it worked with local Ugandan police to hack into the phone of an opposition activist. Post a Comment When Is 5G Not 5G? When It's Not 100MHz, Says Three By Iain Morris, News Editor, 8/20/2019 An advertising fracas over what counts as 5G draws attention to the industry's shortcomings. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors VMware Reports $2.44B Revenue, Up 12% YoY, Acquiring Pivotal & Carbon Black Thursday, August 22, 2019 Inside Secure Switches Name to Verimatrix Monday, July 1, 2019 India's Vodafone Idea Inks 5-Year IBM Cloud Contract Friday, May 3, 2019 MoCA Introduces New Security Layer for Home Networking Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Friend MTS Tracks Online Piracy Consumption Wednesday, March 27, 2019 EC Pushes for Common EU Approach to 5G Network Security Tuesday, March 26, 2019 Inside Secure Closes $138M Verimatrix Buy Friday, March 1, 2019 Orange Buys 25-Year-Old UK Cybersecurity Provider Friday, February 1, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Nuclear Plant Security Compromised by Financially Motivated Insiders Larry Loeb, Author, 8/23/2019 Equipment at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine was used to mine cryptocurrency. (0) Newly Registered Domains Mean New Problems – Palo Alto Larry Loeb, Author, 8/23/2019 Why NRDs should matter to the security community. (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News Study Crashes Broadband's ARPU Party Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/22/2019 Findings from university researchers and The Wall Street Journal indicate that ... (1 Comment) FTTP or Next-Gen HFC? It's Complicated Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/21/2019 As cable operators weigh construction costs, the potential for service ... (1 Comment) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase New 5G Network Security Threats Sigma Systems at Digital Transformation World 2019 Ciena Talks Converged Interconnect Networks at Cable ... Red Hat Enterprise Linux: A Secure Foundation for the ... Viasat: Connecting the Unconnected LotusFlare: Awesome Digital Experiences to Drive Growth Source Photonics CEO: Vertical Integration & Lean Models ... 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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 ... 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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 Ericsson, Huawei & Nokia Are Facing an 'Oil Crisis' Upheaval Iain Morris , International Editor , 7/31/2019 Years of consolidation have left the global mobile network market largely in the ... (6 comments) Amid the Rubble of L'Aquila, ZTE Tries to Rebuild Iain Morris , International Editor , 11/16/2018 China's ZTE is working hard to patch up its customer relationships after US ... (0) Why BT's Security Chief Is Attacking His Own Network Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 7/17/2017 With the cybersecurity threat landscape shifting quickly and continuously, BT's ... (0) ETSI Gets Edgy About Mobile Iain Morris , International Editor , 9/19/2016 Interest is growing in the potential of mobile edge computing. But will it live ... (2 comments) All Prime Reading

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8/20/2019

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 ...