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News & Views Most Popular BT Lines Up Western Vendors to Replace Huawei as 5G Goes Live By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/22/2019 BT is now in core network trials with Cisco, Ericsson and Nokia, its CTO tells Light Reading, and may need to introduce a new RAN vendor. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: EE Gets to 5G First, Drops Huawei 5G Phones By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/22/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom's honeypots highlight hacker horrorshow; Ericsson sets up 5G hub in Moscow. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Big Data Is Slowly Paying Off for Axiata By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/21/2019 The Malaysian operator uses analytics to axe capital expenditure and is eyeing further benefits from the combination of network and external data. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Eurobites: Investment Up but Revenues Down for French Operators in 2018 By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/21/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: ZTE opens cybersecurity lab in Rome; coaxial startup lands Vodafone Germany deal; payback time for UK mobile operators? Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ailing Telecom Italia Gets Serious About Cuts By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/21/2019 The Italian phone incumbent is now so ruthlessly focused on efficiency it has started referring to employees as units. 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) Android App Developers Get '5G Mode' By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/17/2019 A new API from Qualcomm promises to give Android Q app developers information about how fast users' 5G phones will go. But don't expect a 5G 'killer app' anytime soon. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: pave_lmachala The statement about bandwidth APIs seems to be an incorrect one as Google has... Advertisement 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry By Iain Morris, News Editor, 5/16/2019 Failure to transform their businesses, highlighted at this week's Digital Transformation World event in Nice, is fast catching up with the telcos. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Gabriel Brown I tend to agree with James that the headline is inflammatory. A "car crash"... Eurobites: UK Security Report Says Huawei Can't Be Trusted By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/16/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Bouygues gets off to a flier; Sunrise raises its earnings guidance; Vodafone/INWIT towers deal set for the summer. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Rakuten CTO: We're Stronger, Faster & Cheaper Than You By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/15/2019 Japan's Rakuten is building what it says will be the first truly cloud-native mobile network, and its existing operators should be worried. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Ofcom Calls Time on Customer 'Loyalty Penalty' By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/15/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: 3SS adds AI to the video mix; Insight TV pushes into MENA; the changing face of content consumption. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon Exec Taps the Brakes on 5G for Driverless Cars By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/14/2019 5G-powered drones and AR/VR services? Sure. But Verizon's Adam Koeppe said that driverless cars running on 5G isn't something that's going to happen anytime soon. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T Taking Broadband Nationwide in 3-5 Years via Fiber & 5G By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/14/2019 AT&T's CEO said the operator will be able to offer a 'true, high-speed Internet network throughout the United States' in the next three to five years via fiber and 5G. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: davidhoffman5 Many of those 127 million will be choosing among various satellite offerings... 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) Telenor Chopped 10K Jobs Last Year, & It's Not Done Yet By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/13/2019 The Norwegian telco, whose operations span Europe and Asia, has taken a hefty axe to its workforce. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: UK's Public Safety Network Project Is a Car Crash, Says Govt Watchdog By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/10/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefónica's Q1; DT, Ericsson claim microwave breakthrough; Orange invests in fintech company; Telia brings IoT to logistics. Post a Comment \| Read (0) BT's Workforce: It's Not Shrinking as Fast as You Might Think By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/10/2019 The UK incumbent remains one of Europe's most bloated telecom operators, and that is unlikely to change under current cost-cutting plans. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 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) Telus CTO: 5G Is Letting Us Down By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/8/2019 Ibrahim Gedeon of Canada's Telus says there needs to be less focus on speed and more attention paid to real transformation. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: pete123 He is not very happy as a CTO and not inspiring. Maybe because he needs to... 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) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry By Iain Morris, News Editor, 5/16/2019 Failure to transform their businesses, highlighted at this week's Digital Transformation World event in Nice, is fast catching up with the telcos. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Gabriel Brown I tend to agree with James that the headline is inflammatory. A "car crash"... Android App Developers Get '5G Mode' By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/17/2019 A new API from Qualcomm promises to give Android Q app developers information about how fast users' 5G phones will go. But don't expect a 5G 'killer app' anytime soon. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: pave_lmachala The statement about bandwidth APIs seems to be an incorrect one as Google has... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards vigneshtech, 5/22/2019 6:59:00 AM Mobile Services Are Next Uber Trend Re: On Demand Taxi Solutions Great article. Our trend is beyond Uber who introduced a scintillating technology for people to book taxis. At the time, there are also other companies came into existence who build an on-demand taxi dispatch software for... pave_lmachala, 5/19/2019 10:53:10 PM Android App Developers Get '5G Mode' Re: Incorrect statement about bandwidth API The statement about bandwidth APIs seems to be an incorrect one as Google has opened the issue in bug tracker: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/132461546 MikeP688, 5/18/2019 3:39:48 PM Verizon's $4.4B AOL Buy a Digital Media Play Re: Re: Fascinating Times.... Thanks for the thought--what is interesting iw how Verizon has now pretty much "zero'd out" this play--hasn't it? Cheers... jonsnow1221, 5/18/2019 12:37:53 AM Verizon's $4.4B AOL Buy a Digital Media Play Re: Re: Fascinating Times.... By the post, we get to know how the Verizon is doing many changes in the field of technology and the thing is that I have also tried the application related to the 5g services. Epson error code e-01 susantem, 5/17/2019 9:39:51 PM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation It's hard to see anything that domestic operators in China (or elsewhere) are doing as a geo-political/industrial policy threat. It's not as if they are in direct competition with Verizon, Telfonica or NTT. It really doesn't... MindCommerce, 5/17/2019 12:08:25 PM Android App Developers Get '5G Mode' Re: Use Case for this Capability? Testing? Is the use case for this capability only testing? Any other purpose? Gabriel Brown, 5/17/2019 4:54:54 AM 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry Re: Re: Chief Paleontologist I tend to agree with James that the headline is inflammatory. A "car crash" seems an unlikely scenario for the telecom industry. There isn't evidence in this direction. Some challenges? Yes, for sure. Like always. On consumer... brooks7, 5/16/2019 7:43:46 PM 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry Re: Re: Chief Paleontologist @James_B_Crawshaw So, is it your opinion that Cell Phone bills are going to go up with the deployment of 5G? Otherwise, it is unclear to me how money gets made. We already have essentially 100%... James_B_Crawshaw, 5/16/2019 6:08:08 PM 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry Re: Chief Paleontologist Given the dinosaur reference perhaps we should be talking about paleontology instead of archaeology. But if you compare with the energy (electricity and gas) sector or financial services then telco IT doesn't actually look... davidhoffman5, 5/15/2019 3:45:36 PM AT&T Taking Broadband Nationwide in 3-5 Years via Fiber & 5G Re: Nationwide Broadband by AT&T Many of those 127 million will be choosing among various satellite offerings as much as is possible. It will not be as fast as symmetrical Gigabit FTTH, but it should be better than ADSL2+. JDonahue, 5/14/2019 12:23:50 PM AT&T Taking Broadband Nationwide in 3-5 Years via Fiber & 5G Re: Fiber Build Out Til He Retires That's likely another 6 years which would be pretty impressive. Aanu333, 5/11/2019 10:14:24 AM RCom to File for Insolvency Re: Good case study to anyone from management RCOM insolvency is a great case for any management student from share of Rs.750 in 2008 to just Rs.17 today great example of 10 years of mismanagement. These real life case studies are great source to know what to do and... rkscarse, 5/11/2019 8:58:41 AM Is Nokia Losing the 5G Race? Re: Re: Time to think again ... Thanks for the insight Barry. You're piece was so well written, concise, pointed, and fair... at least to my mind, just an investor. From my perspective, everything you wrote supported what Suri said, and confirms... pete123, 5/10/2019 12:09:36 PM Telus CTO: 5G Is Letting Us Down Re: Not inspiring He is not very happy as a CTO and not inspiring. Maybe because he needs to replace his Huawei in his network. Shareholders wont be happy with him. barry.french, 5/7/2019 5:31:17 PM Is Nokia Losing the 5G Race? Re: Time to think again ... I am a big fan of Light Reading and always appreciate the punchy writing and strong opinions. Even when I don't agree. And, in the case of this opinion piece, there are some things that I agree with but many... 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