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News & Views Most Popular Eurobites: Three UK Plugs In 5G Home Broadband Service By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/19/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: KCOM acquisition finalized; Telia issues Russian spying disclaimer; France's digital tax feels the heat in Washington. Post a Comment Here's What Trump's Huawei Ban Cost US Firms in Q2 By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 8/16/2019 Several US companies put a dollar amount on the losses they incurred from President Trump's Huawei ban. Here's the tally. Post a Comment Cisco Sees 'Major Point of Weakness' in Service Provider Business By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 8/14/2019 Cisco's service provider business declined steeply in its most recent quarter. And Cisco isn't expecting a comeback soon, as 5G profits aren't in the near term for telcos, CEO Chuck Robbins says. Post a Comment Advertisement 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 CommScope Eliminates COO Slot as Arris Biz Struggles By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/8/2019 Departure of long-time Arris exec Bruce McClelland comes about four months after acquisition and as the unit grapples with an expected temporary decline in cable operator capital spending. Post a Comment Google Uses Wireless to Expand Fiber in Austin By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 8/6/2019 Google plans to use both fiber and wireless technologies to deliver Internet services in Austin, a first for the company. Post a Comment CableLabs Looks Outward With '4Front' Event By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/6/2019 Organization hopes to draw 1,500 for 4Front, a cross-industry event set for June 23-24, 2020, in Denver that will span areas such as gaming, broadband, healthcare, AI, automotive and security. Post a Comment Advertisement Eurobites: Telecom Italia Shrinks Again By Iain Morris, International Editor, 8/2/2019 Also in today's regional roundup: German broadband operators on the block; Android to get extra search tool options in EU; Brits lag on IoT; and more. Post a Comment Casa Sees Cable Spending Perk Up in Q2 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/1/2019 After a rough and tumble Q1, cable operators opened the spending spigots on network capacity a bit in Q2 even as many continue to explore and develop their next-gen access network strategies. 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 Podcast: The Fast-Moving World of SD-WAN By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 7/30/2019 Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser discusses the world of SD-WAN, why there are so many vendors and whether enterprise 'white glove' services are handled by butlers. 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 Is Light Communications a Solution in Search of a Problem? By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 7/30/2019 LiFi is the latest effort to bring optical wireless communications into the commercial communications networking fold. Post a Comment AT&T's Chokshi: Why Carriers Need Disaggregation at the Edge By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 7/29/2019 AT&T's Rupesh Chokshi says the case for disaggregated routers at the edge goes beyond the usual examples of increased business agility, network visibility and performance. Post a Comment Altice USA Nearing Sale of Lightpath Stake – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/29/2019 Potential deal with Stonepeak would involve a minority piece of fiber-fueled business services unit and value the Lightpath division at about $3 billion, Bloomberg says. Post a Comment Q&A With Dish's Charlie Ergen About His New 5G Strategy By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 7/26/2019 Dish's chief executive spoke with Light Reading about the company's 5G future, just hours after Dish announced a $5 billion agreement to purchase customers, spectrum and wholesale access from the combined Sprint and T-Mobile. Post a Comment Eurobites: Three Joins UK's 5G Price War By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 7/26/2019 Also in today's regional roundup: France takes a step closer to passing the 'Huawei law'; Sky Mobile joins the UK's 5G club; Telefónica's second quarter financials; and ECI unveils its first 5G-tailored product. 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 AT&T Video Sub Losses Hit Record Highs By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/24/2019 Company executives say their forthcoming 'thin-client' streaming video service and intensified focus on digital assets and 'long-term value' customers will save the day. But analysts have their doubts. Post a Comment Ciena Hopes to Accelerate Growth Under New Leadership in India By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 7/24/2019 The optical equipment maker has a new Indian boss with an eye on growth opportunities. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Eurobites: Three UK Plugs In 5G Home Broadband Service By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/19/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: KCOM acquisition finalized; Telia issues Russian spying disclaimer; France's digital tax feels the heat in Washington. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors FedEx Exec to Keynote Cable-Tec Expo 2019 Thursday, August 22, 2019 Cox, SCTE-ISBE Team on Coax Splicing Training Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Telemarketer Gets 63 Months in Prison for Call Center Scheme Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Cisco Reports $13.4B Q4 Revenue Up 6% YoY Wednesday, August 14, 2019 Consolidated Broadens 1-Gig Reach in New Hampshire Monday, August 5, 2019 DZS Lands 5G Anyhaul Deal from KT Friday, August 2, 2019 BT Reports Slight Dip in Fiscal Q1 Sales Friday, August 2, 2019 Atlantic Broadband Gains Franchise in Virginia County Thursday, August 1, 2019 Telefónica Reports Q2 Revenues Growth Thursday, July 25, 2019 Orange Revenues Edge Up in Q2 Thursday, July 25, 2019 CenturyLink Boosts Fiber Network in US, Europe Tuesday, July 23, 2019 Movistar Chile Boosts 4G Backhaul with Siae Micro Friday, July 19, 2019 EXFO Reports Fiscal Q3 Growth Thursday, July 11, 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. 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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 DT's Terastream: A Bigger Splash? Iain Morris , International Editor , 9/13/2018 Deutsche Telekom's once-ballyhooed Terastream initiative, which turned seven this ... (3 comments) Leading Lights 2018: The Finalists Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 4/11/2018 Light Reading is thrilled to announce the finalists for this year's Leading ... (0) Robot Wars: Telecom's Looming AI Tussle Iain Morris , International Editor , 3/14/2018 Telcos performing routine chores will be ripe for AI-based automation. But whose ... (4 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 ... 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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 ...