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News & Views Most Popular Light Reading's 22 Most Popular 5G Stories of 2018 By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/28/2018 2018 is the year that the next-generation wireless technology went viral. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: SVP,CTO92681 This article should become exhibit one in their next and perhaps more important... Light Reading's 23 Most Popular TV Stories & Interviews of 2018 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/28/2018 Light Reading's on-camera coverage during the year spanned a wide range of topics and technologies, from 5G and 4K to HDR, AI, automation, edge computing and more... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Open RAN, Open Innovation By Gabriel Brown, Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading, 12/12/2018 Next-generation networks need innovation in the radio access network and Open RAN developments are set to disrupt the market – in a good way. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement CommScope Still Hazy on Arris's CPE Biz By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/7/2018 CFO Alex Pease says broadband CPE is viewed as a 'strategic differentiator,' and struggles in the video set-top sector can be cost-managed. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Sprint CFO: No Rationing on Capex as Merger Looms By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 12/5/2018 Sprint's spend will benefit a combined network with T-Mobile, Sprint's Andrew Davies says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) ADVA Moves In on Small Cell Backhaul By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/5/2018 New tinier gateway is hardened for deployment on street furniture to provide backhaul for small cells, WiFi hotspots that will blossom with 5G densification, smart cities and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Smart Homes Making Botnets Feel Welcome – Nokia Report By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/5/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson and Telia test 5G in Stockholm; ADVA makes itself small; Safaricom trials tubular basestations; Yandex has a smartphone. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Altice USA's Mobile Service to Be 'BYOD-Heavy' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/5/2018 But cable operator is still evaluating its pricing and business model for mobile as it prepares to launch service in 1H 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Nokia & Qualcomm Trumpet 5G NR 'Milestone' By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/4/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: CityFibre teams up with Arqiva on small-cell infrastructure in London; Sky falls in on Skyworth; Deutsche Telekom tops network test in Germany; Amazon Prime lands on TIM set-tops. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Broadband Incumbents Should Be 'a Little Bit Nervous' About Starry – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/30/2018 Starry's millimeter wave-powered fixed wireless technology and biz economics 'appear to be working' as startup prepares to enter several more markets. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 I have seen WISPs that run Gigabit+ to large or high end MDUs already. ... Bill Shock: Orange, China Telecom Fret About 5G Energy Costs By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/26/2018 Leading telcos are worried about the power inefficiency of forthcoming 5G networks and the impact this could have on profit margins. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 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 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) LinkNYC Kiosks Could Become a Launch Pad for City 5G By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/19/2018 Link's president gives an indication of a 5G future for the WiFi kiosk company. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Fixed 5G a 'Supplement' to Home Broadband, Altice USA Exec Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/15/2018 But the next-gen technology will help service providers hit hot spots that require more capacity density. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why CommScope Wooed Arris By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/9/2018 'We certainly weren't out trolling or looking' to be acquired, Arris CEO Bruce McClelland says. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: jbtombes Seems like the $1b from Carlyle could decrease the debt, non? The CG has positioned... Is Arris the Answer to CommScope's Pain? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/8/2018 Arris deal presented 'best path' after CommScope analyzed how to rejuvenate its business and shore up its positioning for the 5G era, CEO says. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: bosco_pcs Not if you view this as a private equity special. ARRS got some valuable assets.... CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/8/2018 They expect the merger, valuing Arris at $31.75 per share with an eye fixed on the 5G era, to produce annual cost synergies of more than $150 million within three years. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Among other reax to the deal, Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold has downgraded... Cable, Mobile Prepping for CBRS – Analyst By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/30/2018 FCC said to have processed registrations for 15,000 CBRS sites in the US. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G in the USA: Fall Edition By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/26/2018 The 5G race between AT&T and Verizon heats up as we hit the last quarter of the year. But it's still mostly a war of words. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards SVP,CTO92681, 1/2/2019 9:18:34 AM Light Reading's 22 Most Popular 5G Stories of 2018 Re: Overhyped This article should become exhibit one in their next and perhaps more important retrospective, "The top overhyped stories or technologies of 2018". brooks7, 11/30/2018 5:46:46 PM Broadband Incumbents Should Be 'a Little Bit Nervous' About Starry – Analyst Re: Re: Urban Areas? I have seen WISPs that run Gigabit+ to large or high end MDUs already. There is a lot of work going on in small cells in that space (including new mesh stuff) for suburbs. I don't think you will see 1... Duh!, 11/30/2018 5:03:22 PM Broadband Incumbents Should Be 'a Little Bit Nervous' About Starry – Analyst Re: Re: Urban Areas? For now, they're focused on MDUs because of spectrum limitations. They're operating under special temporary authority in 39GHz for now, with plans to buy a bunch of 24GHz spectrum at auction and move the installed base into... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/30/2018 3:33:59 PM Broadband Incumbents Should Be 'a Little Bit Nervous' About Starry – Analyst Re: Re: Optimistic? It's more than fair to be skeptical about any overly-bullish view, whether it's about Starry or someone else, though what I gathered is that they believe Starry has a chance to have some success in their small corner of... mhollobow, 11/30/2018 2:48:00 PM Broadband Incumbents Should Be 'a Little Bit Nervous' About Starry – Analyst Re: Urban Areas? Aren't most residential buildings in urban areas multi-dwelling units? Unless you consider suburbs to be part of urban areas, I question the economics of Starry rooftop arrays and Beams in lower-density single-family home... DanJones, 11/30/2018 2:08:44 PM Broadband Incumbents Should Be 'a Little Bit Nervous' About Starry – Analyst Re: Optimistic? Seems a trifle too optimistic to me! Drymarchon7, 11/14/2018 4:31:24 PM American Tower, Ruckus Team on CBRS Deployment Re: How About Sharing The Relevant Apps This is a great announcement however, It would be great to expand the dialogue and share the target applications enabled at this venue jbtombes, 11/12/2018 12:04:28 PM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Re: Wot? Seems like the $1b from Carlyle could decrease the debt, non? The CG has positioned COMM for this deal, but the execs in Hickory have a history of thinking big. If they hadn't bought Andrew 11 years ago ($2.6b) I can't see... brooks7, 11/10/2018 11:35:41 AM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Re: Wot? Dan, Arris was trading over 40 P/E (way over). The business is not a high growth business that one would expect such a multiple on. And then CommScope paid a premium? Seems like an awful deal to me. Let's... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/9/2018 8:07:36 PM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Re: Wot? I'm curious to know what specific reasons they gave, but, yeah, it is noted that analysts went into downgrade mode in the wake of the deal. One of the issues is that both companies haven't been cueing up the Styx... DanJones, 11/9/2018 6:46:47 PM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Wot? Investment types I talked to yesterday thought this was a terrible deal. What's that about? bosco_pcs, 11/9/2018 3:10:36 PM Is Arris the Answer to CommScope's Pain? Re: Re: Necessary mistake? Not if you view this as a private equity special. ARRS got some valuable assets. It got Ruckus at a discount from AVGO when the latter bought BRCD. Carlyle, with its convertible and probably some debt in COMM could instigate... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/9/2018 1:49:06 PM CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris Re: Raymond James reax Among other reax to the deal, Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold has downgraded ARRS to Market Perform from Outperform ... He also noted that Q3 sales at Arris of $1.65B came a little under consensus of $1.71B and below... brooks7, 11/9/2018 8:55:48 AM CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris Re: Re: Strange Math It is all cash to existing shareholders. The stock portion of the transaction was at least the $1B sold to Carlyle. [In addition, The Carlyle Group, a global alternative asset manager, has reestablished an ownership... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/8/2018 11:40:09 PM CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris Re: Re: Strange Math Yes, Carlyle did take CommScope private in 2011, then re-IPO'd CommScope in 2013, and then "full exited" in late 2016. Direct from today's presentation deck: "CommScope was one of Carlyle's most successful investments ev... More Message Boards		Security Now Justice Department Indicts 2 Ukrainian Nationals With Hacking SEC Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 1/16/2019 The Justice Department has charged two Ukrainian nationals with hacking into the ... 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