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News & Views Most Popular Marvell Goes Shopping to Sweeten 5G Story By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 5/20/2019 A couple of years removed from its $6B deal to buy Cavium, Marvell suddenly agrees to buy two companies so far this month. There's still 11 days left in May, folks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Securing 5G Networks: Control Plane Evolution By Jim Hodges, Principal Analyst – Cloud and Security, Heavy Reading, 5/20/2019 NetNumber's Jee Alkebsi and Heavy Reading's Jim Hodges discuss the recent 5G Security Market Leadership Study (MLS) and what network operators are doing to offer managed security services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Can Huawei Survive Trump? By Iain Morris, News Editor, 5/20/2019 The Chinese vendor's survival as an international force is now at stake following the latest moves by the US administration and tech companies. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Service Providers Can Take Control of IoT Security By Mike O’Malley, Vice President of Carrier Strategy and Business Development at Radware, 5/17/2019 As 5G networks begin to roll out, it is worth looking at how service providers can deliver high-value, high-margin security services in a way that no one else in the IoT ecosystem can match. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cisco's Happy, Despite Service Provider Decline By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/15/2019 Cisco's service provider business declined 13% in the third fiscal quarter, but overall revenue was up, so it was (metaphorical) high fives for everyone on Cisco's quarterly earnings call. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 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 \| Read (0) Eurobites: Vodafone UK Names the 5G Day By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/14/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone cuts dividend following €7.6 billion loss; Openet lands US Tier 1 gig; KPN invests in IoT startup Wirepas. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Eurobites: BT Maintains Dividend Despite Revenue Slip By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/9/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom powers on in Q1; Sky invests in You.i.TV for cross-platform app development; back-of-the-net for BT Sport! Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Orange Buys SecureLink for €515M By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/8/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: US consortium lands Ireland's National Broadband Plan gig; Telefónica sells 11 data centers; UK broadband speeds creep up. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Company of the Year (Public) By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/6/2019 Four companies have made the 2019 shortlist for this coveted award. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative SD-WAN Product Strategy (Vendor) By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/3/2019 Find out which vendors devised the most innovative SD-WAN product or platform during the past year. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Aryaka Racks $50M Funding for Global SD-WAN Expansion By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/1/2019 Aryaka's war chest now totals $184 million for its SD-WAN service, which runs on its own private network. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Blockchain for Telecoms Strategy By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/29/2019 Colt, Filament, Mobileum and Synchronoss Technologies all submitted standout entries for most innovative blockchain for telecoms strategy in this year's Leading Lights contest. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Security Strategy By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 4/28/2019 Fortinet, ZTE, CUJO AI and Colt all had standout entries for most innovative security strategy in this year's Leading Lights contest. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Swisscom & Ericsson Flip the 5G Switch By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 4/17/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone ad bends the giga-truth; Nokia and Nordic Telecom get mission-critical with LTE; Orange teams up on cyberdefense; Amazon hits trouble in Italy. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nyansa Takes AI-Driven IoT Security to the Cloud By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 4/15/2019 Networking startup Nyansa is adding Internet of Things security and management to its Voyance cloud-based application assurance service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Plotting the Path to OTT 2.0 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/11/2019 In a recap of Light Reading's 'Getting to OTT 2.0' panel at NAB 2019, Alan Breznick and Jeff Baumgartner note that the market is now focusing on profitability and containing piracy and password sharing. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telenor Buys DNA for Finnish Foray By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 4/9/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telekom Srbija and Ericsson virtualize the core; Cisco scores in Italy and France; Vodafone Egypt goes with Red Hat for cloud-based customer service upgrade; Three UK calls on Callsign for fraud prevention. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cujo AI's Peiro: Locked In on Home Network & IoT Security Market By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/1/2019 The startup, with Comcast and Charter in its corner, believes its AI and machine learning-driven analysis platform steers clear of data privacy concerns raised by those that rely on deep packet inspection tech. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Microsoft, Huawei Fix Security Issue in Huawei Laptops By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 3/29/2019 While Microsoft gives Huawei an attaboy for quick response to the security flaw, it's not a good look for Huawei. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Davidgille, 4/5/2019 2:12:32 AM Eurobites: ARM Eyes $600M Data Analytics Deal – Report Re: report on Eurobites The post offers a report on Eurobites: ARM Eyes $600M Data Analytics Deal. It says that in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom starts next stage of "super vectoring" squash; BT gives a boost to cyber security... lightreceding, 4/2/2019 1:08:10 PM How Citrix Delivers Applications Securely & Reliably in a Highly Connected World Re: How well does Citrix SDP protect against breaches Judging from the recent news on the security breach at Citrix I'd say that Manoj is over stating the capabilites of Citrix's Secure Digital Perimiter. jafrazer, 3/20/2019 5:13:35 PM Next Stop for Versa Networks – Europe Re: Versa Partners in UK and Europe Great overall summary of the SD-WAN market and Vesa's position - we're happy to work with global operators like Verizon, Tata Communications and Centurylink that promote and market Versa technology in the UK and pan-Europe. Our... R Clark, 3/14/2019 4:06:18 AM Huawei Stew Hits Boiling Point Re: What a mess "It's the wrong way to stop/Huawei from a 5G role." #badbonscott If the US weren't so totalistic about it this would work a whole lot better. open4g, 3/8/2019 12:50:04 PM US 'Miles Behind' China & UK on 5G, Says Vodafone UK's CTO Re: The 5G War that Isn't The 5G War that Isn't... or 'the Trumped up War on China'. Being a citizen of the USA and industry analyst that worked on the early stages of MIMO OFDMA based mobile networks (WiFi, WiMAX, 4G/4G-Advanced, 5G), I witnessed... Eric.Johns, 3/4/2019 9:52:29 PM Comcast Buys AI-Powered Cybersecurity Services Company Re: ComCast on a great path of expansion Comcast is doing wonderful in expansion things. The stock will be improving from current level, we are totally bullish on comcast 2020 vision. Jeff Baumgartner, 3/4/2019 11:59:50 AM Comcast Buys AI-Powered Cybersecurity Services Company Re: en vogue Sign o' the times -- Verizon I see has just closed its acquisition of ProtectWise, a Colo.-based provider of cloud-powered network detectiona and response services. JB harripaloheimo, 2/22/2019 7:44:53 AM MWC 5G-Gasm Risks Missing the Big Telecom Issues Re: Sustainable solution Coreorient - Liiteri helps businesses and consumers adopt more efficient and convenient ways for everyday tasks with the help of their local communities [email protected], 2/19/2019 2:28:17 PM Euro 5G Test Regime Would 'Slow Innovation' – Ericsson Re: The devops issue It's been pointed out, rightly, by our friend Keith Dyer, editor of The Mobile Network, that Bansal also noted in his response to the question that such a test program/regime 'giving a snapshot yes/no is of little utility... dmersch, 2/14/2019 3:14:19 PM MWC 5G-Gasm Risks Missing the Big Telecom Issues Re: MWC 5G Great article. It is clear once again many SPs will provision new service but miss the big new revenue opportunities because either a lack of vision or inability to appropriately leverage cloud technologies. miaeddarson, 2/9/2019 8:18:05 AM Nokia Replacing Huawei in Vodafone's German Core Re: Super post Very interesting post! Always use termplate to make your task easy and fast resignation letter templateand do not forget to customise it because it should not be duplicate to beat other people. Always try new and fresh notes... iainmorris, 2/9/2019 3:15:24 AM Re-Ingenu: An IoT Startup Is Born Yet Again Re: Re: Ingenu Babak Razi responded with the following comments: "Thanks for the comments Lawrence. Just to set the record straight -- we are not debunking Lora or SigFox -- we are passing along information coming from Lora and SigFox... LLM2M, 2/7/2019 12:16:59 PM Re-Ingenu: An IoT Startup Is Born Yet Again Re: Ingenu Iain, thank you for the excellent article. Just a few comments: "The Ingenu technology would cover the same area as a Sigfox network with a fraction of the sites". Provided they could actually do this (unproven so... brooks7, 2/6/2019 4:45:09 PM Huawei Pledges $2B to Address Security Concerns, Appease the Brits Re: Update on Huawei from China Uncensored 5 Ways Huawei Is Tied to China's "Belt and Road" seven Gabriel Brown, 1/29/2019 10:10:43 AM Nokia at Risk of China Ban – Analyst Re: Re: Simply not true Thanks for the comment Barry More Message Boards		Security Now Strategic Security Equals Faster Digital Transformation Larry Loeb, Author, 5/23/2019 Survey finds that respondents who adopted a more traditional or reactive approach ... (0) Suppliers Cut Off Huawei Larry Loeb, Author, 5/22/2019 If Android is to 'fork' following Huawei's isolation, the enterprise needs to ... 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