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News & Views Most Popular Startup Wants to Help ISPs Turn Smart Home Customer Care Into a Profit Center By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/21/2019 Fresh off a $9 million funding round, Sweepr aims to help its ISP partners offer customer care as a service to makers of smart home devices and appliances. Post a Comment China Operators Brace for Portability By Robert Clark, 10/21/2019 Will the introduction of mobile number portability threaten China Mobile's dominant position? Post a Comment DT's Access 4.0 Team Loses Its Cherry & Hits the Eggnog By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/21/2019 The German operator has a long list of vendors identified for its software-enabled broadband access project. What could possibly go wrong? Post a Comment Advertisement Eurobites: Ericsson Adds Brain-Power to Its RAN Technology By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/21/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: VEON trials 5G in Kazakhstan; T-Systems launches private cloud trial with VMware; Openet and Evergent combine on BSS. Post a Comment EdgePresence Joins Rush to Build Mini Data Centers for Tower Companies By Sue Marek, Special Contributor, 10/21/2019 EdgePresence is joining a number of other data center providers in looking to build mini data centers in locations around the country. Post a Comment Dish Network Seeks Companies to Build Its 5G Network By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/21/2019 Dish Network released its third RFP for its planned 5G network, this one focusing on the physical work that will be required to install its antennas on top of cell towers. Post a Comment India's RJio Is Still Adding 10M Customers a Month By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 10/21/2019 The Indian operator continues to record dramatic increases in subscriber numbers, but customers are spending less. Post a Comment Advertisement Crown Castle: No Plans for Edge Data Centers By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/18/2019 Crown Castle's CEO said he doesn't see edge computing data centers 'playing a significant role in our long-term strategy.' Crown Castle's main rivals, American Tower and SBA Communications, are taking a different path. Post a Comment T-Mobile Strikes Exclusive Mobile Video Pact With Katzenberg's Quibi By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/18/2019 Deal arrives ahead of Quibi's launch next spring, and adds a new wrinkle to T-Mobile's video game plan. Post a Comment Verizon to Acquire More AWS-3, mmWave Spectrum By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/18/2019 Verizon is looking to purchase a number of spectrum licenses across the AWS-3 and mmWave bands, moves that show the operator continues to look for more spectrum holdings. Post a Comment Singapore Sets Aggressive Standalone Target as It Launches 5G Race By Robert Clark, 10/18/2019 Singapore is pressing ahead with its rollout of 5G technology based on the newer, standalone variant. Post a Comment WiCipedia: Why Women Leave Tech, Gen Z Wants to Disconnect & Aviation Equality By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 10/18/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Gen Z is skeptical of the future of tech; growing the number of women in aviation; women don't leave tech industry because of the actual work; and more. Post a Comment Eurobites: BT Helps Steer Belfast Harbor Into Smarter Waters By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/18/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BBC disbands virtual reality team; Nokia powers 5G at Helsinki mega-mall; OBS adds IoT to greenskeepers' armory. Post a Comment US 5G Industry to Investigate Supply Chain Security By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/17/2019 The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions is probing how to shore up security for the supply chain for 5G, action that arrives amid concerns over Chinese suppliers like Huawei and ZTE. Post a Comment Chickens & Eggs Frustrate Operators' Quest for 5G Revenues By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/17/2019 Yes, wireless operators in the US and elsewhere are building 5G networks. But how exactly they're going to make money from those networks remains a bit unclear. Post a Comment Surge of Streaming Options Triggers 'Subscription Overload' – Study By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/17/2019 But platforms that bundle streaming video services, backed by single sign-on systems, could benefit both OTT and pay-TV players alike. Post a Comment Altiostar Gets Telefónica Investment in Latest Open RAN Boost By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/17/2019 The US software company adds the Spanish telco to its impressive list of investors as operators scout for alternatives to the big kit vendors. Post a Comment Broadband World Forum: What's Beyond the Fiber? By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/17/2019 I've been in Amsterdam this week at the annual Broadband World Forum event – here's what sunk into my grey matter. Post a Comment CBRS Vendors Finance Private LTE Networks to Prove Use Cases By Martha DeGrasse, Contributor, Light Reading, 10/17/2019 Two 3.5GHz CBRS equipment vendors, Connectivity Wireless and JMA Wireless, installed a private LTE network in the Angel Stadium ballpark in Anaheim, Calif., with the goal of showing how it might improve operations at the venue. Post a Comment Ericsson Lifts Outlook as It Targets a Bigger Role in China By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/17/2019 Swedish equipment vendor expects 2020 sales to be at least 9% higher than last year's figure and has also raised guidance for profitability. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Chickens & Eggs Frustrate Operators' Quest for 5G Revenues By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/17/2019 Yes, wireless operators in the US and elsewhere are building 5G networks. But how exactly they're going to make money from those networks remains a bit unclear. Post a Comment Beware Systems Integrator Lock-In, Open Source Dependency By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/16/2019 Telcos are worried that systems integrators and open source will replace giant equipment vendors as a form of lock-in. Post a Comment The Evolution of Mobile Backhaul, Edge Computing By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/16/2019 Heavy Reading principal analyst Gabriel Brown discusses the latest trends in backhaul connectivity to support 5G strategies and the emerging importance of edge computing to mobile operators. Post a Comment US 5G Industry to Investigate Supply Chain Security By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/17/2019 The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions is probing how to shore up security for the supply chain for 5G, action that arrives amid concerns over Chinese suppliers like Huawei and ZTE. Post a Comment 5G Signal Boosters Show Up Ahead of Regulations By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/15/2019 FCC regulations haven't yet caught up with startups' 5G plans. Post a Comment T-Mobile Strikes Exclusive Mobile Video Pact With Katzenberg's Quibi By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/18/2019 Deal arrives ahead of Quibi's launch next spring, and adds a new wrinkle to T-Mobile's video game plan. Post a Comment How NTT Started a Cycling Revolution By Iain Morris, International Editor, 10/15/2019 The technology giant teamed up with one of the world's fittest men to push cycling to new limits. Post a Comment Verizon Wants a prpl Tinge to Its Residential Gateways By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/15/2019 Verizon is keen on a set of standard APIs for residential gateways that will enable new services to be offered to broadband customers and it wants other operators to support developments underway at the prpl Foundation. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Charter, Fox Ink New Carriage Deal, to Collaborate on Piracy Clampdown 1 hour and 45 minutes ago Petra Picks CommScope for Smart Streetlight Network 2 hours and 23 minutes ago Verizon's 5G Home Blows Into Chicago 4 hours and 18 minutes ago Comcast, Viacom Join ACE Friday, October 18, 2019 Verizon Releases New Enterprise VR Tech Friday, October 18, 2019 RCN, Grande & Wave Team With Sonos on Whole-Home Audio Thursday, October 17, 2019 Sprint/T-Mobile Deal Will Reduce Competition, Raise Prices, Slow Innovation, Rosenworcel Says Wednesday, October 16, 2019 IBM Reports Q3 Revenue $18B Down 3.9% Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Boingo Announces Virtualized Core & RAN for WiFi 6, CBRS & 5G Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Orby TV Picks Globecast for Broadcast Media Operational Services Wednesday, October 16, 2019 CSG Rolls Its BSS Into the Cloud, With Help From AWS Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Roku Adds Apple TV App, to Make Apple TV+ Available on November 1 Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Akamai Adds Security at the Edge Tuesday, October 15, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Cylance Discovers WAV Files Can Hide Malware Larry Loeb, Author, 10/21/2019 BlackBerry Cylance threat researchers Anuj Soni, Jordan Barth and Brian Marks ... 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10/16/2019

Juniper CTO Talks About the Company's 5G Aspirations

When Bikash Koley jumped ship from Google to become the CTO of Juniper Networks in mid-2017, it was considered quite a win for the networking firm. Koley, who had ...