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News & Views Most Popular F5G: Huawei's Bid to Dominate Optical Access By Robert Clark, 10/14/2019 The Chinese equipment giant has a new plan for shaping the development of optical access technology. Post a Comment Post-ECOC 2019: Optical Networking Beyond the Thunderdome By James Kisner, Contributing columnist, 10/14/2019 It's like Mad Max in the optical networking space, with every group of participants – optical transceiver vendors, chip manufacturers, systems OEMs and even end customers – all fighting their own war. Post a Comment Eurobites: Openreach Talks Up the Fiber Effect By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/11/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT launches 5G service; Amsterdam Internet Exchange upgrades with Pluribus; Ericsson helps fight diabetes in the UAE. Post a Comment Advertisement Key Takeaways From 5G Transport & the Edge By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/11/2019 What were some of the key takeaways from Light Reading's 5G Transport & the Edge event in New York City? Two sober (just) editors chew the fat... Post a Comment Verizon to Use 'Integrated Access Backhaul' for Fiber-Less 5G By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/10/2019 Verizon plans to make use of a new technology that would allow the operator to deploy 5G transmitters into locations where fiber is not available. Post a Comment Eurobites: Sunrise, Huawei Claim 5G Speed Record By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/10/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: MVNO Effortel lands bank job; EU considers new 'security paradigm'; European lobby groups want more flexibility on privacy regulations. Post a Comment Altice Cooks Up RDK-Powered Broadband Gateways By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 Altice Labs has introduced a family of broadband gateways for DOCSIS and FTTP networks that utilizes an open source software platform managed by a joint venture of Comcast, Liberty Global & Charter. Post a Comment Advertisement China Optical Vendors Take a Hit From Fiber Glut By Robert Clark, 10/9/2019 Fiber saturation has dampened demand this year, but the arrival of 5G means the downturn may be short-lived. Post a Comment Eurobites: Telia & Nokia Launch 5G FWA in Finland By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/9/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nuage Networks finds SD-WAN love in Bahrain; Vodafone closes stores, but not in the UK; MegaFon sets up e-commerce JV with Alibaba and friends. Post a Comment The LiDAR at the End of the Tunnel By James Kisner, Contributing columnist, 10/8/2019 An analyst firm is at odds with industry execs on how quickly the market for LiDAR applications will take off. Several companies that supply the telco industry are making bets that LiDAR will pay off soon. Post a Comment Podcast: Pizza & the Potential of 5G & Edge Computing By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 10/7/2019 Mike Dano explains how Verizon and other service providers speaking at the 5G Transport & the Edge event are well positioned to talk about edge computing, transport and traffic routing. Post a Comment Eurobites: Openreach Trials New Approaches to FTTP By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/7/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: UAE's du happy with Huawei; Vodafone trials OpenRAN in the UK; Ericsson upgrades in Madagascar. Post a Comment Telecom Acronyms Going OTT (TAGO) By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 10/4/2019 LMAO @ SCTE. Post a Comment Frontier's Irwin on the Security Benefits of Managed SD-WAN By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 10/3/2019 DALLAS -- Scott Irwin, senior director of SD-WAN for Frontier Communications, explains how Frontier's customers are increasingly moving to a more centralized managed SD-WAN platform. Post a Comment Facebook's TIP Is Desperate to Add Friends By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/3/2019 Three and a half years after its birth, the Telecom Infra Project is trying to be more collaborative than confrontational. Post a Comment Eurobites: Deutsche Telekom & Audi Seek Vorsprung Durch 5G By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/3/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT lands Spanish government deal; Ericsson completes on Kathrein; Sparkle boosts its presence in Milan; French facial recognition. Post a Comment Eurobites: Openreach Looks Further Down the Fiber Road By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/2/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone UK shares 4G spectrum to help bridge rural connectivity divide; Finnish president endures face-time with Trump to thrash out 5G options; smart lighting gets a bit smarter. Post a Comment When Will Cable Need 10G? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/30/2019 No one knows exactly for sure, but one top industry network engineer believes cable operators will need access network capacities of 'at least' 10 Gbit/s by 2035. Post a Comment Why AT&T's Latest Open Source Contribution Matters By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/30/2019 AT&T has shared its distributed router specifications with the Open Compute Project and a leading disruptive data networking startup is flagging its support for the model. Post a Comment Eurobites: Nokia Touts Its Terabit in UAE By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/30/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: UK government promises £5 billion for broadband and mobile rollout in the sticks; private equity firms vying for Vivacom; Telefónica agrees deal with Spanish labor unions. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Verizon to Use 'Integrated Access Backhaul' for Fiber-Less 5G By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/10/2019 Verizon plans to make use of a new technology that would allow the operator to deploy 5G transmitters into locations where fiber is not available. Post a Comment Altice Cooks Up RDK-Powered Broadband Gateways By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 Altice Labs has introduced a family of broadband gateways for DOCSIS and FTTP networks that utilizes an open source software platform managed by a joint venture of Comcast, Liberty Global & Charter. Post a Comment Eurobites: Sunrise, Huawei Claim 5G Speed Record By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/10/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: MVNO Effortel lands bank job; EU considers new 'security paradigm'; European lobby groups want more flexibility on privacy regulations. Post a Comment Eurobites: Telia & Nokia Launch 5G FWA in Finland By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/9/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nuage Networks finds SD-WAN love in Bahrain; Vodafone closes stores, but not in the UK; MegaFon sets up e-commerce JV with Alibaba and friends. Post a Comment Key Takeaways From 5G Transport & the Edge By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/11/2019 What were some of the key takeaways from Light Reading's 5G Transport & the Edge event in New York City? Two sober (just) editors chew the fat... Post a Comment F5G: Huawei's Bid to Dominate Optical Access By Robert Clark, 10/14/2019 The Chinese equipment giant has a new plan for shaping the development of optical access technology. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Deutsche Telekom Picks Netcracker for Next-Gen OSS Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Casa Systems Goes Multi-Access at Cable-Tec Expo Thursday, October 3, 2019 DriveNets Touts Distributed Disaggregated Chassis Design Monday, September 30, 2019 Despite Rough Q2 for Cable, Global Broadband Access Gear Revenue Rises 3% Thursday, September 26, 2019 Stealth Offers Pop-Up Fiber Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Infinera Debuts Component for Coherent Subcarrier Aggregation Monday, September 23, 2019 Huawei Unveils Intelligent OptiX Network Strategy & New Product Series for Enterprises Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Acacia Unveils Coherent 1.2T Single-Chip, Single-Channel Module Thursday, September 12, 2019 NBN Deploys Infinera's Transcend Network Automation Solution Monday, September 9, 2019 Open Eye Consortium Unveils Single-Mode Spec Friday, September 6, 2019 Ciena Reports Sales Hike in Fiscal Q3 Thursday, September 5, 2019 ADVA Intros Cell Site Gateway for 5G Thursday, September 5, 2019 Adtran Powers Up Smart Grid Deal Wednesday, August 28, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now CISO No Longer the Last Word on Security – Radware Larry Loeb, Author, 10/14/2019 The rise of DevSecOps may be the reason that 70% of respondents to Radware's ... 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Viasat: Connecting the Unconnected LotusFlare: Awesome Digital Experiences to Drive Growth Source Photonics CEO: Vertical Integration & Lean Models ... MobiledgeX: Who Benefits From Edge Computing? Why Is 5G Different? VMware Service Assurance: Reducing Operational ... Architect Digital-Ready Infrastructures Using SDN & NFV Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... PacketFabric: Leading the Way in Highly Scalable Network ... Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... Semtech: LoRa Technology Enabling Proven, Flexible IoT ... Versa's CEO, Kelly Ahuja: Securing & Software-Defining ... How Lumina Is Redefining SDN Aryaka's Gary Sevounts: Advantages to Consuming SD-WAN ... Calix's Shane Eleniak: How Data Analytics & Software ... MobiledgeX's Jason Hoffman: State of the Edge The 5G Connectivity Challenge Network Intelligence & Automation in Mergers & Migrations Why Telcos Need an Elastic Services Platform Why Hardware Still Matters in the SDN Era Why Is Autonomous Operations Key to Your Network Evolution? Ribbon's Kevin Riley Talks New Company Brand, Latest ... 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 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 ... (6 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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Network Convergence Revolution to Drive Speed & Efficiency, CommScope CTO Says

New Orleans -- Cable-Tec Expo -- The wired/wireless network "revolution" is well underway, though the speed at which that revolution will proceed won't be constant. ...