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News & Views Most Popular Is Virtualization a DIY Deal for Telcos? By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/22/2018 Many larger network operators are bringing software development in-house, developing their own orchestrators and other tools, and using more open source to get the results they want, without vendor dependence. Post a Comment \| Read (0) BT's McRae on Operator-Led Innovation, Telemetry & Curiosity By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/22/2018 The BT executive shares his views on NFV, automation, in-house development, what he wants from his team and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Zen & the Art of OSS/BSS Transformation By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/19/2018 Zen Internet, an alternative ISP in the UK, has ambitious growth plans and is looking to a refresh of its back office software, including the introduction of SDN capabilities, to help achieve its goals. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Gabriel Brown Oh and Zen Internet is a cool name for an ISP. That's probably why I chose... Advertisement Comcast Wraps Up DOCSIS 3.1 Rollout By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/18/2018 Comcast says speed is still key, but emphasis is shifting to whole-home connectivity, control and the broader consumer experience. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: stownplayer Just like Charter , who has the same "gig" service they are going to lose customers... CSPs Still Puzzling Over NFV Business Case By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/18/2018 TM Forum Digital Transformation Tracker shows diversity of views on virtualization, with larger operators moving forward much faster, and many smaller companies struggling to make it pay. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Kirkby Signs Off on a High at Tele2 By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/18/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Com Hem socked by Boxer under-performance; Samsung buys Spanish AI startup; KPN invests in CUJO; Colt tunes in to blockchain for LSO Sonata. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3 By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/18/2018 Revelations about a corruption scandal that could land Ericsson with a hefty fine overshadowed the Swedish vendor's return to quarterly net profits for the first time since 2016. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: [email protected] This is a smart move, to be talking publicly about this now. It prepares customers,... Advertisement A Deep Dive Into CenturyLink's Operations Transformation & Roadmap By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/18/2018 For CenturyLink, transformation is about enhancing its business in terms of effectiveness, cost efficiency and customer experience. So how is it trying to achieve that? Post a Comment \| Read (0) Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/16/2018 There's friction and a fair amount of hot air in the open source NFV MANO world and it's not doing anyone any favors. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: vances History tells us victory goes to the popular choice. Linux was a technically... Is Open Source the Right Approach for NFV Orchestration? By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/15/2018 Open source MANO (management and orchestration) developments are providing network operators with something of a conundrum. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Colt Ready for Major NFV Push By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/12/2018 After years of developments and incremental advances, Colt is set for a major three-stage telco cloud deployment that will be a big step in its migration from a legacy hardware architecture to virtualized functions. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How to Prevent Your Data Lake From Turning Into a Swamp By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/10/2018 Collecting large volumes of data is one thing. Making sense of it is another. Post a Comment \| Read (0) PCCW's Hughes: Carriers Shouldn't Cling to the 'Standards Snuggie' By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 10/10/2018 Snuggies may be warm and familiar but PCCW Global's David Hughes says it's time for telcos to ditch the security blanket of clinging to legacy operations. Post a Comment \| Read (0) NFV Struggles With Its Six-Year Itch By Iain Morris, News Editor, 10/10/2018 Anyone attending this year's SDN NFV World Congress in The Hague could be forgiven for thinking it was a re-run of last year's show. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: sj0350 Trough is pronounced "troff". Slough (the town) is pronounced "SlOW",... Netcracker Launches Telco Cloud-as-a-Service By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/8/2018 Vendor offers an enterprise services software stack that can run on any cloud platform and already has Mexico's Telefónica Movistar as a reference customer. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Telia Carrier Vies to Be Prime Cloud Connector By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/5/2018 Cloud connections, not video or 5G, will be the global network operator's growth drive. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CenturyLink: NFV Meeting (Modest) Expectations By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/5/2018 Bill Walker says carrier never expected NFV to cause massive shifts early on, adding that it's replacing legacy at a pace that makes financial sense. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Open APIs: The Key to the Platform Business Model By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/5/2018 Communications service providers (CSPs) are working towards more open architectures as they develop their next-generation networks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Chinese Hardware Hack Threatens US Tech Supply Chain – Bloomberg By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 10/4/2018 Thirty companies, including Amazon and Apple, and the US government are threatened in the attack, according to a bombshell investigative report from Bloomberg. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwXEQYW0RSQ Some more follow-up on... Spirent CEO: Engineers Are Human, Too By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/4/2018 In the second part of his CXO interview, Eric Hutchinson talks about AI, cybersecurity and the humanizing factor of the test company's strategic shift. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Vishnu Goel Mr Hutchison as the new CEO of Spirent brings a fresh approach and vision to... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/16/2018 There's friction and a fair amount of hot air in the open source NFV MANO world and it's not doing anyone any favors. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: vances History tells us victory goes to the popular choice. Linux was a technically... Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3 By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/18/2018 Revelations about a corruption scandal that could land Ericsson with a hefty fine overshadowed the Swedish vendor's return to quarterly net profits for the first time since 2016. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: [email protected] This is a smart move, to be talking publicly about this now. It prepares customers,... Comcast Wraps Up DOCSIS 3.1 Rollout By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/18/2018 Comcast says speed is still key, but emphasis is shifting to whole-home connectivity, control and the broader consumer experience. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: stownplayer Just like Charter , who has the same "gig" service they are going to lose customers... Zen & the Art of OSS/BSS Transformation By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 10/19/2018 Zen Internet, an alternative ISP in the UK, has ambitious growth plans and is looking to a refresh of its back office software, including the introduction of SDN capabilities, to help achieve its goals. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Gabriel Brown Oh and Zen Internet is a cool name for an ISP. That's probably why I chose... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards jackpeter9051, 10/22/2018 8:02:31 PM The Mobile Network Is Becoming a Cloud Service Re: Re: VMWare? Yes, it is one of the most popular and attracting inventions in this age of technology and now the mobile networks are going to be served as the cloud service and it gives us a bunch of facilities like storing the data... Gabriel Brown, 10/21/2018 2:11:22 PM Zen & the Art of OSS/BSS Transformation Re: Re: Zen Internet Oh and Zen Internet is a cool name for an ISP. That's probably why I chose it. Gabriel Brown, 10/21/2018 2:07:52 PM Zen & the Art of OSS/BSS Transformation Re: Zen Internet I also was a subscriber to Zen Internet back in the day. And I concur, they had great support. I can't remember why I left. I think they increased their focus on small enterprise and ramped the price and service level ac... stownplayer, 10/20/2018 11:43:42 AM Comcast Wraps Up DOCSIS 3.1 Rollout Re: Re: DOCSIS 3.1 IRRELEVANT Just like Charter , who has the same "gig" service they are going to lose customers who want real symmetrical speeds to the likes of verizon, google, ATT, etc.... unless they aggressively upgrade their infrastructure to... alexblogsite, 10/19/2018 2:03:03 PM Juniper, Ericsson Team on 5G Transport, Security Re: Re: Juniper Ericsson 5G Also added to the RAN family: spectrum sharing software that enables radios to support 4G and 5G transmissions simultaneously and dynamically in the same spectrum band without degrading the performance of either. Ericsson... [email protected], 10/19/2018 9:50:31 AM Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3 Re: Putting it out there - but what if this was not Ericsson but another company? This is a smart move, to be talking publicly about this now. It prepares customers, partners and investors about what might come down the pipe and can only be seen as positive by the investigating authorities too....CEO... [email protected], 10/19/2018 7:40:01 AM Juniper, Ericsson Team on 5G Transport, Security Re: Re: what about see Ericsson Links 5G Hands With Juniper & ECI, Snubs Cisco & Ciena https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/ericsson-links-5g-hands-with-juniper-and-eci-snubs-cisco-and-ciena/d/d-id/745829 ChristopherJames, 10/18/2018 11:11:20 PM Nokia, Samsung Are Beating Ericsson in 5G Sales to AT&T, Says Analyst Re: Re: nowhere I imagine the competition is going to be very very tough. Everybody knows the value of good connectivity these days and if you're the one picked to host all of that power, then isn't that a very good place to be? Nokia and... rgrutza600, 10/18/2018 10:47:05 PM Comcast Wraps Up DOCSIS 3.1 Rollout Re: DOCSIS 3.1 IRRELEVANT It's hard to see how this is relevant to anybody, but a tiny portion of their customers that will pay $120/month for gigabit service. Comcast has priced the rest of its customers out of high speed service. Atlantis-dude, 10/18/2018 7:54:21 PM Juniper, Ericsson Team on 5G Transport, Security Re: what about csco Gabriel Brown, 10/18/2018 11:43:33 AM Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3 Re: Ericsson back in profit Ericsson ended the day 5% up, on a down day for the OMX. It's good see one of the systemically important wireless companies operating at a profit. vances, 10/18/2018 5:08:03 AM Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check Re: Mindshare History tells us victory goes to the popular choice. Linux was a technically poor and incomplete alternative to BSD but that only lasted as long as they enjoyed a lead in the amount of development tme devoted to the project.... [email protected], 10/18/2018 2:27:19 AM Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check Re: good stuff well this was something necessary and i am now hopefull a lot for the betterment. Businesses should open some of their techniques for the betterment of the people. They should prvoide something. Business can proper with... AHavang, 10/16/2018 9:23:59 AM Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check Re: A Vendor View Ray, Couple of thoughts. As a VNF vendor, we have to support all cloud platforms and all MANOs that customers support, unless we want to be excluded from their business. That is, a vendor can't rely on one single MANO... ChristopherJames, 10/16/2018 12:23:02 AM Avere Raises $20M for Hybrid Cloud Storage R&D Re: hi I think that it would be very interesting to see where some of these research findings will bring us. I imagine that there is a lot of potential in the cloud systems because of how it's associated with the future IoT systems.... 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