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News & Views Most Popular Podcast: The Fast-Moving World of SD-WAN By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 7/30/2019 Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser discusses the world of SD-WAN, why there are so many vendors and whether enterprise 'white glove' services are handled by butlers. Post a Comment AT&T's Chokshi: Why Carriers Need Disaggregation at the Edge By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 7/29/2019 AT&T's Rupesh Chokshi says the case for disaggregated routers at the edge goes beyond the usual examples of increased business agility, network visibility and performance. Post a Comment Eurobites: Three Joins UK's 5G Price War By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 7/26/2019 Also in today's regional roundup: France takes a step closer to passing the 'Huawei law'; Sky Mobile joins the UK's 5G club; Telefónica's second quarter financials; and ECI unveils its first 5G-tailored product. Post a Comment Advertisement Eurobites: Deutsche Telekom, Software AG Team Up for IoT Expansion By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 7/11/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone boss takes a £1.2 million pay cut; BT may cut its dividend to fund fiber rollout; ADVA connects in Kuwait. Post a Comment Cisco Looks to Acacia for Optics & Flexibility By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 7/10/2019 Acacia's pluggable optics help Cisco's routing business stay competitive and make its customer networks easier to operate, according to the head of Cisco's optical business. Post a Comment Cisco to Buy Acacia for Pluggable Optical Goodness By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 7/9/2019 Cisco said it would buy Acacia and the components vendor's current optical transport customers need not worry. The move is seen as positive overall, but one analyst explained why Arista should probably be more concerned than ADVA. Post a Comment The Story Behind Verizon's 5G Secret Weapon By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 7/9/2019 Verizon is spending billions on fiber to support its wireless 5G push. Post a Comment Advertisement Cybereason Details Operation Soft Cell: A Telco Security Disaster By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 6/25/2019 Security firm reveals an ongoing global attack against telecommunications providers that has been active since at least 2017 and involves a group believed to be working on behalf of the Chinese government. Post a Comment Huawei Slaps Verizon With $1B+ Patents Bill – Reports By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 6/13/2019 Chinese vendor ups the ante in battle with the US by reportedly demanding more than $1 billion in patent payments from the US carrier for the use of technology it has in its networks, reports the Wall Street Journal. Post a Comment Putting a Price on Latency: Startup Network Next Aims to Fix Internet Routing By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 6/9/2019 With things like Google Stadia and 5G putting a new focus on real-time connections, startup Network Next hopes its AdWords-inspired approach to Internet routing will catch on. Post a Comment Ciena Keeps Its Foot on the Gas in Q2 By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 6/6/2019 For its fiscal quarter ended April 30, Ciena showed more growth and some customer diversification, while continuing to add to its software portfolio. Post a Comment Huawei Router Prez Gets HiSilicon Job By Iain Morris, International Editor, 6/6/2019 Jeffrey Gao takes up new role as general manager of Huawei's in-house semiconductor business during a turbulent time for the company. Post a Comment Big 5G Event Keynote: Fireside Chat – Andrew Dugan, CenturyLink By Light Reading, 5/16/2019 CenturyLink CTO Andrew Dugan shares his views on 5G transport technology at the Big 5G Event in Denver on May 8, 2019. Post a Comment Volta Bigs Up Its Cloud Router, Claims 90% Savings vs Legacy By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/15/2019 Volta claims that moving routing intelligence to the cloud and running white boxes can slash costs compared with legacy equipment. Post a Comment Arista Ships Smarter 400G Routers By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/14/2019 Arista's second-generation 400G routers support built-in security, automation and telemetry for reduced capex and opex. Post a Comment 5G Potential Is All in the Timing By Stephen Lawson, 5/10/2019 The move to 5G will also disrupt carriers' timing systems as 5G's timing and clock synchronization requirements are much more strict. Post a Comment Leading Lights 2019: The Winners By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/6/2019 Find out which companies have taken home the 2019 Leading Lights Awards trophies. Post a Comment Nokia Suffers 5G Blues in Q1, Stock Slumps By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/25/2019 When the CEO and CFO say the quarter was 'weak,' you know it was bad: investors agreed. Post a Comment DriveNets Boasts Cloud-Native Router Breakthrough By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/17/2019 Israeli startup claims to be first to market with a disaggregated router that supports 400G-per-port throughput as it courts major telcos and takes on the router establishment. Post a Comment Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/10/2019 Light Reading is delighted – nay, pumped – to announce the finalists for this year's Leading Lights Awards program, which is now in its 15th year. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors DZS Lands 5G Anyhaul Deal from KT Friday, August 2, 2019 Pluribus Debuts Data Center Router Thursday, June 6, 2019 Arista Delivers 400G Routers for Cloud Network Transformation Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Nokia Reports Q1 Loss Thursday, April 25, 2019 DriveNets Unveils 400G Virtual Router Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Broadband Forum Unveils BNG Disaggregation Project Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Colt Deploys Cisco Gear to Bolster Its 5G Backhaul Offer Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Cisco Powers KT's Virtualized Mobile Packet Core Sunday, February 24, 2019 Sprint Adds to Backhaul Capacity With New Cisco Routers Sunday, February 24, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Nuclear Plant Security Compromised by Financially Motivated Insiders Larry Loeb, Author, 8/23/2019 Equipment at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine was used to mine cryptocurrency. (0) Newly Registered Domains Mean New Problems – Palo Alto Larry Loeb, Author, 8/23/2019 Why NRDs should matter to the security community. (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News Study Crashes Broadband's ARPU Party Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/22/2019 Findings from university researchers and The Wall Street Journal indicate that ... (2 comments) FTTP or Next-Gen HFC? It's Complicated Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/21/2019 As cable operators weigh construction costs, the potential for service ... (5 comments) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase 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 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) Evaluating Nokia's VNFs: Part 2 , 3/22/2016 Having previously tested and validated Nokia's IP Routing and Mobile Gateway ... (1 Comment) Validating Cisco's Threat-Centric Security Solutions , 2/22/2016 Independent test lab EANTC evaluated a range of Cisco security products – ... (0) Validating Nokia's IP Routing & Mobile Gateway VNFs , 2/9/2016 Two of Nokia's key virtual network functions (VNFs) have been put through their ... (8 comments) All Prime Reading

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8/20/2019

Three CEO: We'd Rather Take Huawei Risk Than Miss 5G Rewards

Three UK has just launched a major 5G-led assault on the living room. If all goes to plan, the smallest of the country's four mobile network operators will emerge ...