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News & Views Most Popular Cable's Move Upmarket With Biz Services Still an Uphill Battle By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2018 Filled with special challenges, tackling the large enterprise market 'a long, slow slog' for cable operators, analyst says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Future Could Be Bright for 5G Operators – Northstream CEO By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/21/2018 Bengt Nordström, CEO and co-founder at industry consultancy Northstream, shares his views on the 5G business case for mobile operators but he warns that expectations need to be tempered. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Business: Taking New Angles By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2018 Cable's business services are still growing, but MSOs aren't standing pat as they pursue new areas and lines of business. Jeff Lewis discusses how Comcast is homing in on new opportunities such as SD-WAN, managed security services and the delivery of faster and faster speeds. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Eurobites: Genish Versus Elliott Gets Personal By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/21/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Alfa deploys Nokia's 4.5G tech; TalkTalk ups sticks, sets up fiber rollout arm; Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson provide campus network for Osram. Post a Comment \| Read (0) FCC OKs SpaceX to Launch 7,518 More Broadband Satellites By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2018 With the unprecedented number of low-earth orbit satellites on the way, FCC also pursues new rules designed to mitigate a growing space junk problem. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Worth noting -- Per the Washington Post, NASA has ordered a safety review of... Swiss Sunrise to Sunset Copper Broadband in Huawei-Led 5G Plan By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/20/2018 Swiss telco led by Olaf Swantee plans to substitute 5G for copper-based broadband services in suburban and rural areas. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Huawei Has Shipped 10K 5G Basestations Outside China By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/20/2018 Chinese equipment vendor is now selling 5G network equipment in Europe, the Middle East and South Korea, says its rotating chairman. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Is 5G Really 'Now' in Europe? By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/20/2018 If 'now' means it's almost with us, then yes. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Future of Cable Business Services: Covering the Bases By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/20/2018 After getting some baseball news out of the way, Light Reading's Alan Breznick and Jeff Baumgartner sum up their findings and observations from the recent 'The Future of Cable Business Services' event in NYC. Post a Comment \| Read (0) MEF SVP Dan Pitt: We're Ready for 5G By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 11/20/2018 MEF is already at work on 5G transport and its service enablement capabilities will also help in both fixed and mobile environments, says Dan Pitt, MEF senior vice president. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The 5G Enterprise Conversation By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 11/20/2018 For enterprises, 5G opens up a new conversation with carriers – not just about what's possible on their new networks, but what they can do now to help businesses beyond providing connectivity. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Telecoms.com Podcast: Africa, Italia, UK & US By Light Reading, 11/20/2018 This week, it's an intimate telecom tête-à-tête for two. Let's listen in... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Orange Targets SMEs With XGS-PON in Poland By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/20/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telia gets industrial with 5G in Oulu; Ovum and Three UK sing praises of 5G fixed wireless; Sky clinches second-tier soccer deal, but some clubs aren't happy. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cisco Renews Service Provider Focus at Partner Summit 2018 By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/20/2018 Light Reading's Mitch Wagner filed this report from Las Vegas, where he spoke to enterprise partners, telco CTOs and Cisco executives about the emergence of IoT, AI and 5G – and how those technologies are reshaping networking. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice One Levels Up By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/19/2018 2.0 upgrades to Altice USA's tack on cloud DVR capabilities, integration of YouTube Kids app, ability to restart shows from more networks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) ZTE, Samsung Battle for Wireless Market Share By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/19/2018 As operators start to invest in 5G networks, the Chinese and South Korean equipment vendors are eyeing a much bigger market presence. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Nokia, Telefónica Put 5G to Work on the Assembly Line By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/19/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Eutelsat does deal with Airbus; Hagberg joins top team at Tele2; CityFibre does Stirling work; UK's cybersecurity strategy slammed. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Telecom Italia Caught in Clash of Clans While Rome Burns By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/19/2018 The Italian incumbent's fifth boss in the past six years will have one of the hardest jobs in the global telecom industry. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon Acquires Security Tools From Vidder By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/19/2018 Verizon liked Vidder's technology so much it bought the company. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Telecom Italia Appoints New CEO By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/19/2018 There's another new name at the helm of Telecom Italia (TIM) – the appointment could herald an access network spin-off. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Google: Greene's out as Cloud Boss By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 Greene grew Google Cloud to a top enterprise cloud player. Oracle, meanwhile, is flailing in enterprise cloud, making ex-President Thomas Kurian a puzzling choice as successor. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: wanlord I watched her fireside chat with Aaron Levie at Box Works in 2016 and I was... FCC OKs SpaceX to Launch 7,518 More Broadband Satellites By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2018 With the unprecedented number of low-earth orbit satellites on the way, FCC also pursues new rules designed to mitigate a growing space junk problem. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Worth noting -- Per the Washington Post, NASA has ordered a safety review of... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Jeff Baumgartner, 11/21/2018 11:00:13 AM FCC OKs SpaceX to Launch 7,518 More Broadband Satellites Re: Possible wrinkle? Worth noting -- Per the Washington Post, NASA has ordered a safety review of SpaceX & Boeing "to evaluate the culture of the workplaces" set to start next year. Appears that the review ties into contracts to fly NASA astronauts... kelseywilson, 11/20/2018 8:59:25 PM Apple Adds Dual SIM Support to Select New iPhones Re: Re: Dual Sim Setup Many people will already have a nano-SIM card from their main carrier, in which case adding a second number involves adding a plan to the eSIM. If using a carrier app, the process is as simple as using that app to buy a... Hammerhead, 11/19/2018 2:12:03 PM CNN Sues Trump Administration Re: Re: WTF How is it "clearly out of their expertise"!?!? They are journalists as well. You "Trumpers" all back one another no matter how wrong you are, or how shitty the cause(Nazies, Lying, coverups, birther movements, Porn stars,... kelseywilson, 11/16/2018 9:50:31 PM The Mobile Network Is Becoming a Cloud Service Re: Cloud network I believe this trend will continue. These services and some others that do not entail sensitive data have been successfully delivered cross-borders and continents, without even enterprise customers necessarily knowing the... wanlord, 11/16/2018 6:03:51 PM Google: Greene's out as Cloud Boss Re: Green at Box Works 2016 I watched her fireside chat with Aaron Levie at Box Works in 2016 and I was floored by her incoherent answers. She was totally lost in the sauce and it was very awkward. Speaking of the Cloud, she was totally in one...... Marketin12124, 11/16/2018 4:20:07 AM Dish Awarded $90M in Video Piracy Case Re: Industrial Scale Piracy Thaks Jeff, this is a great little article that outlines the industrial scale of piracy we are seeing globally. Many of these pirates are operating at a level of sophistication that makes it harder for consumers to... kelseywilson, 11/15/2018 1:15:53 AM MWC 2018 Threatens to Be 5G New Radio Bore Re: Re: MWC 2018 In the demo, they are not only partitioning the radio access network (RAN) and mobile core network but also creating virtual networks across transport and infrastructure resources.So do they think MWC 2018 will be a 5G New... DanJones, 11/14/2018 5:41:34 PM Can 5G Spur Biz Where Tax Reform Failed? Re: Depends if 5G Home takes off? Depends off 5G home takes off for VZ, and they can figure a reliable user self install for the service too. FbytF, 11/14/2018 3:47:43 PM CNN Sues Trump Administration Re: WTF This is clearly out of your area of expertise and not why I subscribe, when I want to know what you assholes think about politics, I'll ask. GFY. parkardavid, 11/14/2018 8:07:47 AM FCC Tests Show WiFi Can Operate Safely in 5.9GHz Band Re: WiFi Test I have heard about this option. I also read about this when I found this option in the Router settings and got curious about this. But later found that it is an exciting and helpful feature to go with. The information... brooks7, 11/13/2018 1:38:03 PM Telecom Italia Ousts Its CEO Re: Re: These investors need to get a grip I think I would be more worried about Italy going bankrupt. seven Gabriel Brown, 11/13/2018 12:05:00 PM Vodafone Weighs Towers Sale, Swings to Net Loss for H1 Re: Re: Vodafone stock now up 7.75% Nice bump for the first earnings call for a new CEO and CFO. Fair to say expectations were pretty low, however. I posted a thread on Twitter as I listened in: https://twitter.com/Gabeuk/status/1062278072009932800 JDonahue, 11/13/2018 10:29:07 AM OTT-TV Gains Slow to a Crawl in Q3, but Cord-Cutting Does Not – Analyst Re: How is this Spam Post Below Still Up? The service being described is obviously illegal yet LightReading allows the post to remain? [email protected], 11/13/2018 9:06:54 AM Vodafone Weighs Towers Sale, Swings to Net Loss for H1 Re: Vodafone stock now up 7.75% Vodafone stock now up 7.75%... wowza! [email protected], 11/13/2018 6:16:55 AM Telecom Italia Ousts Its CEO Re: These investors need to get a grip This is a messy, shambolic boardroom battle that could cut the legs from under this important network operator. Vivendi and Elliott need to get their collective shizz together. More Message Boards		Security Now Geoblocking, Even at Low Levels, Restricts Internet Freedom – Study Larry Loeb, Author, 11/21/2018 A new research paper from the University of Michigan and Cloudflare finds that ... (0) IoT Security Problems Can Cost Enterprises Millions Jeffrey Burt, Editor & Journalist, 11/20/2018 A survey by DigiCert finds that the IoT is a priority for most companies, but ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News EANTC Joins Broadband Forum's Approved Lab List for CloudCO Tests Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/19/2018 The Broadband Forum has been lining up independent test labs for its CloudCO ... (0) Fujitsu's Rundberget Talks Frankly About Open Source Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 11/16/2018 Kirsten Rundberget, open strategy lead at Fujitsu Network, discusses the ... (0) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... 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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 Amid the Rubble of L'Aquila, ZTE Tries to Rebuild Iain Morris , International Editor , 11/16/2018 China's ZTE is working hard to patch up its customer relationships after US ... (0) DT's Terastream: A Bigger Splash? Iain Morris , International Editor , 9/13/2018 Deutsche Telekom's once-ballyhooed Terastream initiative, which turned seven this ... (2 comments) NFV Is Down but Not Out Iain Morris , International Editor , 5/22/2018 NFV has failed to live up to the original expectations five years after it was ... (33 comments) Leading Lights 2018: The Finalists Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 4/11/2018 Light Reading is thrilled to announce the finalists for this year's Leading ... 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