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News & Views Most Popular Time to Enter the Leading Lights Awards 2020! By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/13/2020 Never mind the Oscars! The awards season is now properly underway with the launch of the Leading Lights 2020 program, so get cracking on your submission for Light Reading's annual awards before you get swallowed up by MWC madness. Post a Comment Axel Clauberg Quits DT to Join AWS By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/2/2020 Prominent next-generation networking executive leaves Deutsche Telekom to join Amazon Web Services (AWS). Post a Comment Comcast's Xfinity Mobile Warns of Slower Speeds During 'Network Congestion' By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/18/2019 Comcast plans to move its Xfinity Mobile customers to its 'second generation' plans in February. Those plans include an important new caveat: speeds will be slowed during periods of 'network congestion.' Post a Comment Advertisement Eurobites: Allez le Vente de 5G Spectrum! By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/18/2019 In today's regional roundup: The French government gives le lumière verte to the 5G license sale process; Huawei hints at European components production site; EE turns on its 5G service in six more locations (hello Sunderland!); Rohde & Schwarz's golden CATR reflector sees some action; mobile data prices in Africa; and more. Post a Comment Podcast: Orange's Samir El Rashidy on the MSI Difference By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 12/17/2019 Samir El Rashidy explains Multisourcing Service Integration (MSI) – Orange's approach to helping companies select and manage the right network services and technology suppliers. Post a Comment How Wireless Carriers Might Bring Private CBRS Networks Into the Fold By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/13/2019 Private wireless networks in the 3.5GHz CBRS band are all the rage, but they also represent an opportunity for the likes of AT&T and Verizon to dramatically improve their coverage inside smaller buildings. Post a Comment AT&T Exec Hints That '5G Evolution' Is Faster Than T-Mobile's 5G By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/12/2019 An AT&T executive hinted that forthcoming speed tests will find that AT&T's '5G E' branded connections are faster than T-Mobile's recently launched 5G service in its 600MHz spectrum. Post a Comment Advertisement Eurobites: London's Not Ready for 5G, Says Tech Lobby Group By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/10/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telecom Italia beefs up TV sports offer; Bearing Point/Beyond scores at Altibox; Ericsson's crystal balls; Boris bites back at the BBC. Post a Comment Eurobites: Putin Plans Russian App Revolution By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/3/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Trump threatens cheese war with France over tech titans tax; Sky plans major new TV studio; Nokia lands smart grid gig in Finland. Post a Comment MEF19: Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin on SD-WAN Adoption By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 11/27/2019 Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin discusses new SD-WAN research he presented at MEF19 in Los Angeles, and why it's significant that cloud providers aren't part of MEF (yet). Post a Comment Netrounds Joins Rakuten's Vendor Roster By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/26/2019 Swedish network assurance specialist selected by high-profile greenfield Japanese network operator Rakuten Mobile. Post a Comment MediaKind CTO: Adding Agility Will Shorten 'Feedback Loop' With Customers By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/22/2019 Allen Broome says initiatives are underway to extend the Agile model and form a tighter integration bond with customers that, in turn, will accelerate the development and debut of new features and capabilities. Post a Comment Japan's NTT Hires BearingPoint to Fix BSS Shortcomings By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/21/2019 The operator says the European platform provider comes with several attractive qualities that could provide a spur in the enterprise sector. Post a Comment How Is Telco Transformation Like Soylent Green? By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2019 It's all about the people. Post a Comment What Is the Biggest Threat to Today's Major Telecom Equipment Vendors? By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/19/2019 This is just one of the key questions the Light Reading team is pondering as we head into 2020. Post a Comment Ribbon Reels in ECI, Offloads CEO By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/15/2019 No wonder investors have panicked – Ribbon waves goodbye to its CEO as it announces an unexpected merger with transport network equipment specialist ECI Telecom. But why? Post a Comment Eurobites: Orange Plans New West African Backbone By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/13/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone Germany tones up with Amdocs; all change at Telecom Italia; Telia/Bonnier deal gets EU approval. Post a Comment Here Are the 25 Cities Where Dish Will Probably Build 5G First By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/12/2019 Dish promises to build a 5G network covering at least 70% of the US population by 2023. Based on new data from Tutela, here are the cities where Dish will probably start. Post a Comment Sprint's Roaming Fight With Shentel Heads to Arbitration By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/6/2019 Shentel, a Sprint affiliate, said it can't agree to new roaming terms with the operator, so they're heading into arbitration instead. According to analysts, $5 million hangs in the balance. Post a Comment What Europe's Top Telcos Are Doing with AI By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/6/2019 At the Telco AI Summit Europe event in London, Tractica Principal Analyst Mark Beccue talks about how some of Europe's largest telecom operators, including BT, Orange and Telecom Italia, are using AI tools to optimize network processes – and how it isn't all tied to 5G. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors EXFO Reports Fiscal Q1 Sales Gain Wednesday, January 8, 2020 Comcast Re-Ups With CSG for Billing Tuesday, December 17, 2019 PlaceIQ, FourthWall Team to Analyze Effectiveness of In-Store TV Ads Friday, December 13, 2019 Malaysian MVNO Deploys BSS From MDS Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Hansen Appoints Muderack as Comms Division CEO Monday, December 9, 2019 CSG's Acendon Platform Plays Role in New AMC Theaters On-Demand Service Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Comcast Adds WiFi Scheduling Tool to 'xFi' Platform Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Huawei & Catalyst Project Partners Win Award at TM Forum Digital Transformation Asia 2019 Thursday, November 14, 2019 Matrixx Adds Digital Commerce Solution to AWS Wednesday, November 13, 2019 AT&T Expands Deal With Amdocs Tuesday, November 12, 2019 Charter Connects With Plume's OpenSync Tuesday, November 12, 2019 Altice USA Revenues Inch Up to $2.44B in Q3 Tuesday, November 5, 2019 ZephyrTel Buys Accuris Networks for OSS/BSS Monday, October 28, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Reusing Code? Inspect It First Larry Loeb, Author, 1/21/2020 Microsoft is doing something concrete about container security with the release ... (0) FireEye Finds Mitigation of CVE-2019-19781 Comes With a Price Larry Loeb, Author, 1/20/2020 One threat actor is taking advantage of the current problems with Citrix ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News BBWN Bites: Liberty Global Seeks UK's OK for Wholesale Network Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 1/21/2020 Also in today's fixed-access broadband round-up, CityFibre to acquire ... (0) BBWN Bites: Australian Fires Spark Reconsideration of Copper Infrastructure Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 1/17/2020 Also on this Friday edition of BBWN Bites, NBCUniversal reveals Peacock's launch ... (0) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase CSPs Living in a Multicloud World Protecting the Mobile Network Core During Transition ... Amdocs: Redefining & Accelerating 5G Rollouts Antronix: Industry Leader for 40 Years & Counting Network Rising: DriveNets Adapts Hyperscaler Approach to ... 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 ... 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 Edge Computing Set for Big Role in 5G Vehicle Automation Stephen Lawson , Contributing Editor , 12/10/2019 If the cars of the future are self-driving, they'll most likely reach autonomy by ... (3 comments) For Self-Driving Cars, Exotic 5G Tech Will Run on Familiar Frequencies Stephen Lawson , Contributing Editor , 11/28/2019 Despite the hype, it looks like cellular bands below 6GHz will be the spectrum of ... (1 Comment) DT's Terastream: A Bigger Splash? Iain Morris , International Editor , 9/13/2018 Deutsche Telekom's once-ballyhooed Terastream initiative, which turned seven this ... (5 comments) NFV Is Down but Not Out Iain Morris , International Editor , 5/22/2018 NFV has failed to live up to the original expectations five years after it was ... (33 comments) All Prime Reading

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