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News & Views Most Popular Boingo Hits Hard Times, Lays Off 16% of Workforce By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/13/2019 Boingo said it would stop investing in its retail and advertising business units and eliminate 80 positions as part of a cost-cutting restructure. Post a Comment How Cable Will Broaden Its Horizons for Biz Services By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/13/2019 David Strauss of Broadband Success Partners dives into new research that explores which new verticals, such as e-gaming and hospitality, will keep cable's business services engine humming in the years to come. Post a Comment Rockbot CEO Aims to Shake Up B2B TV By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/13/2019 Google-backed startup boots up OTT-delivered video service for restaurants, retail shops and other businesses that can complement (or possibly replace) TV services from cable and satellite TV providers. Post a Comment Advertisement How Wireless Carriers Might Bring Private CBRS Networks Into the Fold By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/13/2019 Private wireless networks in the 3.5GHz CBRS band are all the rage, but they also represent an opportunity for the likes of AT&T and Verizon to dramatically improve their coverage inside smaller buildings. Post a Comment Starry Eyes Commercial Market By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 12/13/2019 Starry Internet COO Alex Moulle-Berteaux discusses the fixed-wireless player's ambitious expansion strategy with 5G, including plans to pursue small business owners and people who work from their homes. Post a Comment Eurobites: Huawei Loses Telenor to Ericsson By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/13/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Labour defeat brings relief for BT; MTS goes all holographic; Orange Belgium launches 5G hub. Post a Comment Looking Back at 2019 in India: 5G Miss, AGR, Price Hikes & More By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 12/13/2019 India's telecom sector has witnessed a year of major developments in 5G, pricing, competition and M&A activity. Post a Comment Advertisement Cisco: Service Providers Are Getting Squeezed & We've Got the Cure By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/12/2019 Cisco claims it can help service providers break the trap of increasing bandwidth demands and declining revenue per user. Cisco's solution: a new networking architecture spanning silicon to software and services. Post a Comment AT&T Exec Hints That '5G Evolution' Is Faster Than T-Mobile's 5G By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/12/2019 An AT&T executive hinted that forthcoming speed tests will find that AT&T's '5G E' branded connections are faster than T-Mobile's recently launched 5G service in its 600MHz spectrum. Post a Comment Liberty Global Taps Teltoo's P2P Tech to Blunt OTT Video Spikes By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/12/2019 Cable op taps startup's P2P-assisted CDN platform to manage bandwidth and optimize OTT video quality amid streaming surges and unpredictable events that cause demands on the network to rise. Post a Comment 'Small Disruptions' Have Totally Changed Fixed Network Biz, Says Nokia CTO By Robert Clark, 12/12/2019 The arrival of new technologies and growing interest in WiFi have spurred activity in the fixed broadband market, says the Finnish vendor's technology chief. Post a Comment Telecom Industry Rift Widens Over Key 5G Security Issue By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/12/2019 Some of Europe's biggest operators are distinguishing between the core and the RAN as they build their 5G networks, but the region's biggest 5G vendor says the boundary is disappearing. Post a Comment Eurobites: Russia's MTS Does TIP Run By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/12/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Keymile lands FTTB deal with Wobcom; BT Sport offers OTT monthly pass; KPN sells consulting arm; Deutsche Telekom nurtures 5G startups. Post a Comment Nokia to Test 5G for Driverless Trains With Germany's Deutsche Bahn By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/12/2019 Finnish vendor lands a role with Germany's railway operator to begin testing a 5G standard designed specifically for trains. Post a Comment Focus on Mobile Margins, Profits Trump Need to Pump Big Volumes at Altice USA By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/11/2019 Ahead of ramp-up, Altice USA is working on enhancements and new features for its recently launched mobile product as company keeps initial marketing and other operating costs in check, Dexter Goei says. Post a Comment Vienna Views: Pics From the 2020 Vision Executive Summit By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/11/2019 Senior executives gathered in the Austrian capital for the latest Light Reading 2020 Vision Executive Summit to discuss what's right, what's wrong and what's next for the telecom sector. Post a Comment Eurobites: Orange Suffers Existential Crisis, Does Other Stuff By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/11/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: KPN invests in smart alarms; Telefónica vows to go carbon-neutral by 2050; Amazon bags Champion League rights in Germany. Post a Comment Hon Hai Plots Private Networks With Its Own 5G Kit By Robert Clark, 12/11/2019 Taiwan's manufacturing giant has big plans for 5G, and they don't appear to include the traditional 5G players. Post a Comment Telefónica Deutschland Makes Risky 5G Bet on Huawei By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/11/2019 German operator will also use Finland's Nokia to build its 5G network and has cut dividends to help fund the project. Post a Comment AT&T Targets Labor, Wireline Footprint in New Cost-Cutting Effort By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/10/2019 'Everything is on the table,' AT&T exec John Stankey says, with former Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow hired as the hatchet man to lead its cost-cutting efforts. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 2019: The Year Telecom Went Doolally About 5G By Iain Morris, News Editor, 12/10/2019 2019 will be remembered in telecom as the year when 5G arrived and industry hype went into overdrive. Post a Comment AT&T Targets Labor, Wireline Footprint in New Cost-Cutting Effort By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/10/2019 'Everything is on the table,' AT&T exec John Stankey says, with former Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow hired as the hatchet man to lead its cost-cutting efforts. Post a Comment Eurobites: Russia's MTS Does TIP Run By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/12/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Keymile lands FTTB deal with Wobcom; BT Sport offers OTT monthly pass; KPN sells consulting arm; Deutsche Telekom nurtures 5G startups. Post a Comment Telecom Industry Rift Widens Over Key 5G Security Issue By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/12/2019 Some of Europe's biggest operators are distinguishing between the core and the RAN as they build their 5G networks, but the region's biggest 5G vendor says the boundary is disappearing. Post a Comment How Wireless Carriers Might Bring Private CBRS Networks Into the Fold By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/13/2019 Private wireless networks in the 3.5GHz CBRS band are all the rage, but they also represent an opportunity for the likes of AT&T and Verizon to dramatically improve their coverage inside smaller buildings. Post a Comment Cisco: Service Providers Are Getting Squeezed & We've Got the Cure By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 12/12/2019 Cisco claims it can help service providers break the trap of increasing bandwidth demands and declining revenue per user. Cisco's solution: a new networking architecture spanning silicon to software and services. Post a Comment Boingo Hits Hard Times, Lays Off 16% of Workforce By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 12/13/2019 Boingo said it would stop investing in its retail and advertising business units and eliminate 80 positions as part of a cost-cutting restructure. Post a Comment Hon Hai Plots Private Networks With Its Own 5G Kit By Robert Clark, 12/11/2019 Taiwan's manufacturing giant has big plans for 5G, and they don't appear to include the traditional 5G players. Post a Comment Telcos Let FAANGs Into the Edge at Their Peril By Iain Morris, News Editor, 12/9/2019 Given the relative loss of value in the telecom industry, the recent edge deals involving AWS are risky moves for the operators involved. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors FCC Votes to Split 5.9 GHz Band Between C-V2X & WiFi Thursday, December 12, 2019 CenturyLink Sets Launch of WiFi 6 Gateway Thursday, December 12, 2019 Viasat Lights Up Home Satellite Broadband in Mexico Thursday, December 12, 2019 Cisco Launches 'Internet for the Future' Strategy & Silicon Architecture Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Silver Peak Scales SD-WAN Edge to 10,000 Sites & Beyond Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Liberty Global Teams With Teltoo to Boost Video Quality Monday, December 9, 2019 Qualcomm Announces XR2 Platform Using 5G & AI Thursday, December 5, 2019 Google Ventures-Backed Rockbot Launches OTT-TV Service for Businesses Thursday, December 5, 2019 Sparklight Business Rolls 1-Gig Across Footprint Thursday, December 5, 2019 Atlantic Broadband Brings Amazon Prime Video to Select TiVo Boxes Thursday, December 5, 2019 Viacom, CBS Complete Merger Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Comcast Sets Investor Meeting to Detail NBCU's Peacock Streaming Service Wednesday, December 4, 2019 Comcast Brings American Sign Language Support to Internet Essentials Program Wednesday, December 4, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Hardware Is the New Attack Surface – Forrester 12/12/2019 Attackers have already begun to breach security at the BIOS level, according to a ... 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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 Edge Computing Set for Big Role in 5G Vehicle Automation Stephen Lawson , Contributing Editor , 12/10/2019 If the cars of the future are self-driving, they'll most likely reach autonomy by ... (1 Comment) For Self-Driving Cars, Exotic 5G Tech Will Run on Familiar Frequencies Stephen Lawson , Contributing Editor , 11/28/2019 Despite the hype, it looks like cellular bands below 6GHz will be the spectrum of ... (1 Comment) A Kodak Moment May Await Ericsson, Huawei & Nokia Iain Morris , International Editor , 10/31/2019 There is a sudden urgency in service provider calls for more open and virtualized ... 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12/13/2019

Rockbot CEO Aims to Shake Up B2B TV

The same market disruption hitting residential pay-TV is providing a ripple effect across the landscape of video services for restaurants, taverns, retail outlets and ...