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News & Views Most Popular Nokia Targets 1,330 Job Cuts in Europe By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/17/2019 Having previously revealed that 350 jobs would go in Finland, Nokia has indicated that another 980 are on the line in France and Germany. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: umbro tel Hi yes rajeev didn't accomplished nothing so far even is way to speak is not... Eurobites: Deutsche Telekom Denies T-Systems Asset Sale By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/16/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Turk Telekom tests Nokia's machine-learning technology for 5G; Orange and Groupama form home surveillance JV; reversal of fortune for Qualcomm in German court. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nokia to Slash 350 Finnish Jobs in Savings Drive By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/15/2019 Latest cuts form part of the Finnish vendor's plan to reduce annual operating costs by €700 million in the next two years. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement What Is Synamedia's Exit Plan? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/14/2019 'The right perspective is going public,' says company Chairman Abe Peled. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 PE would only be interested if this was an asset acquisition and a large number... The Leading Lights Awards Are Back! By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/11/2019 Yes, it's that time of the year again already, folks! Get cracking on your submission for Light Reading's annual awards before you catch MWC fever – there's a category (or three) for everyone! Post a Comment \| Read (0) CES 2019: Wireless Networks Will (Someday) Need to Make a Quantum Leap By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/11/2019 Need for a quantum-powered Internet isn't imminent or anything — it's far, far off — but let's go ahead and slap a '6G' label on it for now. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ericsson Will Take $860M Hit to Prop Up Digital Services By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/10/2019 Shares in the Swedish equipment vendor fall sharply after it warns of write downs and further job losses at its troublesome digital services business. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw It is quite surprising that Ericsson Revenue Manager (launched in 2016) has... Advertisement Canonical Girds Its Cloud-Native Loins as Containers Gain Traction By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/9/2019 Canonical's head of NFV is bullish about the shift towards cloud-native functions and the appetite for containers among network operators, but others are waiting to gain from that development too. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Apstra Bags Bloomberg in Its First Campus Deal By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/9/2019 The pioneer of intent-based networking is trumpeting a new deal that shows its technology has a role to play outside the data center. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Hostway & Hosting Merge for More Managed Cloud Muscle By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 1/8/2019 The hosts with the most are beefing up support for managed cloud services in five countries across three continents. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Christmas Hangover By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 1/2/2019 A 'bonkers' network management card had too much eggnog and caused a wave of service outages, including 9-1-1 service, in several states for several days during the last week of 2018. Post a Comment \| Read (19 comments) Latest Comment: f_goldstein Like many bugs in complex software, it is hard to test for and you don't know... New Open Workgroup to Accelerate Edge Computing By Simon Stanley, 1/2/2019 Developing an open architecture for domain-specific accelerators could empower service providers to accelerate edge computing and related applications. Post a Comment \| Read (0) New Open Workgroup to Accelerate Edge Computing By Simon Stanley, 1/2/2019 Developing an open architecture for domain-specific accelerators could empower service providers to accelerate edge computing and related applications. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Light Reading's 41 Most Popular Stories in 2018 By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 12/31/2018 Everything from enterprise strategies to 5G devices caught our audiences' attention during 2018. At a time when so many changes are bearing down on the telecom world, it's clear that a lot of us still have our heads in the cloud. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Huawei Expects 2018 Revenues of $108.5B By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/27/2018 In its annual message to the industry, a defiant Huawei boasts of an annual sales increase of 21%. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Analyst Upgrades Ericsson as Huawei Backlash Intensifies By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/20/2018 In today's regional roundup: Huawei's troubles could be good news for Ericsson; Enea lines up another acquisition; Orange Business Services lands smart meter IoT deal; Ciena heads to the UK countryside; and more Ericsson. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Duh! All of Huawei's major western competitors stand to benefit from Huawei and... CableLabs Unit Morphs Something Old Into Something New By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/19/2018 Kyrio has turned Go2Broadband service locator into a digital, hyperlocal service locator for cable resellers with plans to extend that capability to other service-oriented industries. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: jbtombes Looks like good re-use and enhancement of an existing asset. Amdocs CTO: How 5G Will Enable Charging for Specific Services, Rather Than Just Data By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/12/2018 Amdocs CTO on how the company will play a role in the move to 5G services. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: schlettie They can ask me to pay more $ for faster service, but it is not happening. I... Cisco: Fast-Evolving Enterprise Networks Create 'Huge' Telco Opportunities By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/11/2018 Until recently, enterprise networks could remain static for years, but now new devices and the cloud require rapid evolution, creating service provider opportunities, says Scott Harrell, Cisco enterprise networking business lead. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: MindCommerce A very timely article, because indeed enterprise and Communication Service... PCCW Global on the Need to Monetize the Edge By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/10/2018 On the sidelines of Light Reading's 2020 Vision executive summit in Lisbon, PCCW Global's Shahar Steiff talks about the key challenges facing network operators as they figure out their edge computing strategies. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: MindCommerce "We need to sell to customers directly" (like cloud providers). Do you see... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive What Is Synamedia's Exit Plan? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/14/2019 'The right perspective is going public,' says company Chairman Abe Peled. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 PE would only be interested if this was an asset acquisition and a large number... Nokia Targets 1,330 Job Cuts in Europe By Iain Morris, International Editor, 1/17/2019 Having previously revealed that 350 jobs would go in Finland, Nokia has indicated that another 980 are on the line in France and Germany. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: umbro tel Hi yes rajeev didn't accomplished nothing so far even is way to speak is not... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards umbro tel, 1/21/2019 4:56:26 AM Nokia Targets 1,330 Job Cuts in Europe Re: Re: Time to cut Rajeev Suri? What has he accomplished so far??? Hi yes rajeev didn't accomplished nothing so far even is way to speak is not convincing anyone inside the company. He seems to be someone outside the company, a speaker and not a CEO. Most of the traction on the market... juliahaiden43, 1/20/2019 11:43:39 PM DT's Terastream: A Bigger Splash? Re: Appreciated Really good article really appreciate your knowledge and found you as expert in it. rocket101, 1/17/2019 6:10:12 PM Nokia Targets 1,330 Job Cuts in Europe Re: Time to cut Rajeev Suri? What has he accomplished so far??? Time to cut Rajeev Suri? What has he accomplished so far??? Time for the spineless NOKIA board tp cut and banish Rajeev Suri once and for all. Nokia = Nokia Siemens + Alcatel + Lucent + whatver was left of the great... brooks7, 1/15/2019 3:01:13 PM What Is Synamedia's Exit Plan? Re: Re: Arris STB business PE would only be interested if this was an asset acquisition and a large number of the employees were left behind. It does seem like the kind of business (milking cash flow out of a long tail) that Platnum Equity would... James_B_Crawshaw, 1/15/2019 2:35:11 PM What Is Synamedia's Exit Plan? Re: Re: Arris STB business I doubt PE would be interested in that. Have you looked at Tecnicolor's share price recently? Humax or another Asian manufacturer is a more likely acquirer I think. Jeff Baumgartner, 1/15/2019 12:39:37 PM What Is Synamedia's Exit Plan? Re: Re: Private equity has to have an exit Good points. Going the IPO route does seem the least likely exit given the history you point to, plus the market conditions. At the same time, interested observers are wondering what might happen if CommScope does try to... komatineni, 1/14/2019 5:28:56 PM What Is Synamedia's Exit Plan? Re: Good luck ! Different times, changed market dynamics and wish Abe good luck. James_B_Crawshaw, 1/14/2019 4:24:55 PM What Is Synamedia's Exit Plan? Re: Private equity has to have an exit The most common exit for a PE investment is a sale to another corporate. The next most common is a sale to another PE firm. IPOs are the least common. OlsonWilson, 1/10/2019 7:48:22 AM College Professor Finds a Home in AT&T Labs Re: She's amazing! She is truly a great person and I am so proud of her! I've known her ever since she's been working with me on a lab report writing services at https://payforessayz.com/lab-report-writing-services/ as a writer. I am... James_B_Crawshaw, 1/10/2019 7:10:44 AM Ericsson Will Take $860M Hit to Prop Up Digital Services Re: Software development issues It is quite surprising that Ericsson Revenue Manager (launched in 2016) has not generated any revenues. I guess they mean that whatever money they received from Veon, Ooredoo and T-Mobile Czech will be refunded and this... MindCommerce, 1/6/2019 1:16:41 PM SMB Mobility: Cable's Next Big Chance? Re: Prime area for Cable MSO OTT based Offering Cable MSOs need not follow the traditional MVNO model of using incumbent MNO architecture. They can follow the OTT model (with whom them compete with for set-top based services) and use data-only from carriers. They can... f_goldstein, 1/4/2019 9:28:43 AM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old Like many bugs in complex software, it is hard to test for and you don't know it's there until it's too late. Especially when it's triggered by a hardware failure. There's a hardware failure mode in some routers wherein... Sterling Perrin, 1/4/2019 8:49:30 AM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old f_goldstein, Your explanation seems the most reasonable of the ones I've seen so far - i.e., the explanation does fit the cryptic CTL commentary. IF this is the explanation, one thing that puzzles me is that GMPLS is well-entrenched... Phil Harvey, 1/3/2019 6:48:34 PM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old CTL said it "can't confirm its authenticity and don't have any additional information to share." Which is not the same as, that's a fake, we didn't write it. Phil Harvey, 1/3/2019 6:02:55 PM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old I'll have to ask CTL but it has some of the exact phrases that they sent me in their email replies to my questions. More Message Boards		Security Now Microsoft Looks to Squash Bugs in its Azure DevOps Product Larry Loeb, Author, 1/21/2019 Microsoft's latest bug-hunting program is targeting the company's Azure DevOps ... 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