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News & Views Most Popular 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 (0) 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 (0) Advertisement Comcast Finds More Work for X1 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 Cloud-powered video platform is in 'extended trial period' with hotels, with more business- and sports-venue deployment models in the works. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How AI Is Being Put to Work at Vodafone By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/6/2018 Jayshree Kottapalli, group head of Analytics CoE (AI, Automation and Analytics) at Vodafone, talks about how Vodafone is using AI tools to mine the enormous volumes of data the operator collects. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Swisscom Rolls Into Private Blockchain By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/6/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Huawei finds solace in Portugal; French fiber pushes on; Colt expands in central and eastern Europe; VEON's new man in Ukraine; Nokia gets busy in China and Brazil. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Here's How CenturyLink Is Cutting Capex By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/6/2018 'Robust' spending scrutiny combined with synergies from its Level 3 merger is helping CenturyLink significantly reduce capital expenditure, its CFO says. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Architec73447 CTL is one of the top Cloud Enablers for AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure,... Advertisement Charter Unit Checks In With Up-Market Video Move By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/5/2018 Spectrum Enterprise teams with Moviebeam to beef up video offering for hotels. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice USA's Mobile Service to Be 'BYOD-Heavy' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/5/2018 But cable operator is still evaluating its pricing and business model for mobile as it prepares to launch service in 1H 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (0) SMB Mobility: Cable's Next Big Chance? By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 12/3/2018 In this video interview, Independence Research's Matt Davis examines the potential for cable operators to deliver mobile services to small-to-midsized businesses. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cloud Dynamics Underpin MYCOM OSI's Acquisition By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/30/2018 Why would a private equity company buy a telecom network assurance and optimization company? Because the cloud is where the money is. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw There is an interesting comment from the CEO in that article you linked to... So What Is a Telco These Days? By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/29/2018 Should a telco be a bank? Should they own media companies? Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: mhui0 But that keeps their equipment suppliers flush with orders. AWS Takes Aim at Oracle & Microsoft – With Telco Assistance By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/27/2018 AWS CEO Andy Jassy says enterprise are 'looking to flee' Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server – and the Philippines' Globe Telecom says they're one example of a company that moved off Oracle. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Terabyte Households Surge as Video Eats the Internet By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/27/2018 Broadband homes that consume 1 Terabyte-plus of data per month more than doubled, Cisco data shows. Will ISPs raise their data ceilings? Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: nelly.frd Cisco is forecasting that 4K/Ultra HD video will account for about 22% of global... MEF CTO Sees Key Role in Automation By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 11/26/2018 Pascal Menezes says defining key APIs between carriers and setting SD-WAN standards is MEF's way of helping drive automation and digital transformation process. Post a Comment \| Read (0) BT's McRae: Huawei Is 'the Only True 5G Supplier Right Now' By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/21/2018 Huawei gets the BT man's praise as he urges the other main mobile network vendors to shake off their legacy telco thinking. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The 5G Enterprise Conversation By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 11/20/2018 For enterprises, 5G opens up a new conversation with carriers – not just about what's possible on their new networks, but what they can do now to help businesses beyond providing connectivity. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast's Industrial IoT Platform Has Global Potential By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 'We're effectively IoT over the top,' machineQ exec says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Orange Pushing Multivendor SD-WAN By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 Orange Business Services is working with several vendors to develop multivendor SD-WAN expertise and counting on MEF application programming interfaces and definitions for SD-WAN to enable a single portal for its SD-WAN offering, says Franck Morales, vice president of marketing of connectivity services for Orange Business Services. In addition, its SD-WAN service will be built on four other pillars: native cloud connectivity, best-of-breed security, global services and future-proof solution. Post a Comment \| Read (0) DT: Pan-Net Producing Multivendor Apps By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/14/2018 Almost four years into building its pan-European cloud, DT is 'very close' to finishing the infrastructure and is rolling out cloud-based multivendor apps. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 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... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Franklines, 12/15/2018 1:56:23 AM Pacnet Offers Transport SDN Services Re: Printer support 123.hp.com The Options You Have to Fix Your Device The most widely recognized choice you have if there should be an occurrence of gadget breakdown is to attempt and fix the gadget yourself. In any case, this is a tedious... Gabrial, 12/15/2018 1:34:08 AM Pacnet Offers Transport SDN Services Re: 123hpcom I appreciate your determination in showing me I can do it! Thanking you 123.hp.com and 123.hp.com/setup schlettie, 12/12/2018 4:49:15 PM Amdocs CTO: How 5G Will Enable Charging for Specific Services, Rather Than Just Data Re: Re: Monetization They can ask me to pay more $ for faster service, but it is not happening. I am extremely familiar with the 5G-related 3GPP technical specs, and the means by which they are implemented, so I am aware of what the technology... DanJones, 12/12/2018 4:01:20 PM Amdocs CTO: How 5G Will Enable Charging for Specific Services, Rather Than Just Data Re: Re: Monetization Better hang onto for current phone/plan! 5G is all about being able to offer customers (consumer/businesses) with specific targeted services that they get asked to pay for (much easier to do on 5G than 4G). I don't know... DanJones, 12/12/2018 4:01:08 PM Amdocs CTO: How 5G Will Enable Charging for Specific Services, Rather Than Just Data Re: Re: Monetization Better hang onto for current phone/plan! 5G is all about being able to offer customers (consumer/businesses) with specific targeted services that they get asked to pay for (much easier to do on 5G than 4G). I don't know... schlettie, 12/12/2018 3:18:22 PM Amdocs CTO: How 5G Will Enable Charging for Specific Services, Rather Than Just Data Re: Monetization Sorry, but I already pay as much as I will ever pay for mobile service(s). I don't care if they start offering 100 Gbps to my devices, they are not getting another extra dime. tomaswilson, 12/10/2018 6:54:59 AM Automatic for the Operations People Re: Insightful Thanks for the insight and pray that good fortunes come to you. Tomas Johnson epoxy flooring near me Architec73447, 12/6/2018 1:52:57 PM Here's How CenturyLink Is Cutting Capex Re: Great article CTL is one of the top Cloud Enablers for AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloudm Oracle Cloud, ... The article explains why CTL's CTO Andrew Dugan recently received 4031 votes and ranks the No 1 - 300 more votes... mhui0, 12/2/2018 1:51:27 AM So What Is a Telco These Days? Re: Re: Debt Accumulation Machines But that keeps their equipment suppliers flush with orders. James_B_Crawshaw, 11/30/2018 5:49:54 PM Cloud Dynamics Underpin MYCOM OSI's Acquisition Re: Public Cloud hosted OSS There is an interesting comment from the CEO in that article you linked to Ray. He says "the company is likely to see 70% to 80% of its revenue stemming from the public cloud in the next few years." That's a surprisingly... Scott Raynovich, 11/30/2018 10:44:07 AM So What Is a Telco These Days? Re: Debt Accumulation Machines Ray, They are debt accumulation machines designed to pay very large exeutive bonsues and shareholder dividences with absolutely no long-term strategic direction. Guess I could file a story for that on LR next week, if... larrysm015, 11/30/2018 6:47:24 AM 8 Things We Didn't Know About Telecom Automation Until Last Week Re: HP Printer Error Hi, It's your blog posting is a very good response for any user or blogger. While using the HP printer, there is a time when a user faces some kind of issues. You can contact our website to click on HP Printer... nelly.frd, 11/29/2018 11:45:32 AM Terabyte Households Surge as Video Eats the Internet Re: Re: clipart png 2019 calendar printable calendar Cisco is forecasting that 4K/Ultra HD video will account for about 22% of global IP video traffic by 2022, compared to a mere 3% in 2017. Cisco also predicts that 62% of flat-panel TVs will be 4K-capable by 2020, a CAGR... cypherstream, 11/29/2018 10:05:59 AM Terabyte Households Surge as Video Eats the Internet Re: Re: Maybe not unreasonable? Game consoles will chew through 1TB+ easy these days. For example Microsoft's Xbox game pass is like the Netflix of Xbox one. You pay $10 a month for access to 100+ Games to play but the caviat is whatever games you want,... Duh!, 11/27/2018 1:55:11 PM Terabyte Households Surge as Video Eats the Internet Re: Maybe not unreasonable? Quick back-of-the-envelope calculation. Assuming an equal mix of HD and UHD, we can use 11.3 Mbit/s as the average video data rate. That said, 1 TB of data equates to just short of 200 hours of video, or six and a half hours... 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