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News & Views Most Popular Zayo's Brian Daniels: Getting Fiber in Place to Feed 5G Services By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 10/12/2018 The legislative environment now seems to have roadblocks up against fiber deployment, according to Brian Daniels, Zayo's senior VP of strategic networks. He said there's a need for standard fees and permanent processes to help multiple tenants use a city's light poles and other infrastructure so several carriers can efficiently provide competitive services in cities. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why Cable Keeps Feasting on Fiber By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 10/10/2018 In a new report published in partnership with SCTE/ISBE, Light Reading spells out what cable operators are doing with fiber now and what they plan to do with it in the future. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Network's Edge Is Being Redefined By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/28/2018 Maintaining visibility into the network is among the challenges faced as processing and compute creeps toward smaller and more numerous facilities and out to the CPE. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement MWCA 2018: Ericsson Booth Tour By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 9/26/2018 Ericsson's Keith Shank gives us a quick tour of the vendor's sprawling stand at Mobile World Congress Americas, including a look at new medical device applications, city infrastructure and a holographic 'phone' call. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Is Nokia Ready for 5G in North America? By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 9/25/2018 Nokia's head of North America, Rick Corker, gives us an update on the vendor's technical achievements in 5G, its announced wins with carriers and why the North American market is going to be so challenging and competitive as these networks roll out. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: WIG Raises £220M for Fiber, Small Cells Expansion By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/24/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telit seeks new CEO; DT embraces robots; new book sheds light on Nokia woes. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Vodafone UK: We'll Be Ready to Launch 5G in Mid-2019 By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/20/2018 UK mobile operator plans a 5G launch in cities and rural areas next year and aims to have 1,000 5G sites in operation by 2020. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Sprint's Ron Marquardt: Massive MIMO & Sprint's 5G Advantage By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 9/20/2018 As Sprint upgrades its network to handle more capacity for LTE, it is deploying massive MIMO antennas that provide the carrier a software-upgradable path to 5G services. Sprint's VP of Technology Ron Marquardt fills us in on the very latest, including a bit about why Sprint can use normal form-factor handsets for its network when 5G arrives. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How Viasat Keeps Its Satellites Flying After Others Crashed By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/20/2018 Now 32 years old, the satellite operator reckons it is poised for lift-off in markets where terrestrial technologies simply do not measure up. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Charter Chief Shrugs Off 5G Threat By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 9/14/2018 Speaking at a Goldman Sachs media conference, Charter CEO Tom Rutledge says 5G fixed-wireless networks won't be able to match cable's planned 10-Gig symmetrical speeds or economics. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon's Stone Says Initial Fixed 5G Will Need Truck Rolls By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 9/13/2018 Users initially won't be able to install fixed 5G services themselves, but despite the additional cost to Verizon of professional installation, the move makes sense. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon to Launch Fixed 5G Service on Oct. 1 By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 9/11/2018 '5G Home' will deliver fixed 300Mbit/s residential broadband service in parts of four markets this year, using Verizon's home-brewed 5G spec. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Federated Wireless Sets Plan for Massive CBRS Band Deployment By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/10/2018 FCC application outlines proposal that would include participation from multiple wireless and cable operators, tower companies, wireless ISPs and more than 80 rural carriers across nearly 16,000 deployment sites. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner As a point of clarification, Federated Wireless notes that the ESC Network... Starry Sets NYC Launch, Aligns With Real Estate Developer By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/7/2018 Startup set to expand reach for cap-free wireless broadband service that has been connecting with cord-cutters. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice USA's 'Full' MVNO Puts It in SIM City By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/7/2018 Operating the core network and owning the SIM card will lead to lower churn, pave the path to more control of the service and offer other benefits, CEO says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T's Gilbert: AI Critical to 5G Infrastructure By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 9/7/2018 AI and machine learning are essential to scaling the deployment and configuration of the exploding numbers of cellsites needed for 5G, says Mazin Gilbert in the first of a two-part series. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw Heavy Reading yesterday published its own take on the opportunities for AI... 5G Speeds Can't Match DOCSIS 3.1, Charter CFO Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/6/2018 But exec sees some 'edge use cases' where 5G will make more sense than wired connections. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: Clifton K Morris 5G will always be limited by the amount of licensed spectrum the carrier has,... Could 5G Revitalize the Thin Client Market? By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 9/6/2018 Boring ol' terminals are ready to make the leap into the next generation. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: DanJones Of course with tablets and chromebooks in the world we could all what actually... Charter's Spectrum Mobile Goes Full Market By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/4/2018 Charter adds iPhone models to device mix as cable operator moves past this summer's soft launch of mobile offering that's being bundled with broadband. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon Shows the Shape of 5G to Come By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 9/3/2018 Verizon gives Light Reading a taste of some upcoming 5G apps. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards kevinmyles, 10/3/2018 8:12:34 AM 3GPP Starts Study on 5G NR Spectrum Sharing Re: Opinion This study is important for our society. I wrote a detailed article at FoxiesEssay about this study and why it matters to me on a personal level. I believe that education is the most important thing for every p... brooks7, 9/28/2018 12:11:22 PM The Network's Edge Is Being Redefined Re: Man People ALREADY track to the CPE.... https://meraki.cisco.com/ They are not the only ones but are the biggest. seven Jeff Baumgartner, 9/10/2018 1:17:44 PM Federated Wireless Sets Plan for Massive CBRS Band Deployment Re: ESC Network clarification As a point of clarification, Federated Wireless notes that the ESC Network is slated to be completed in Q1 2019, but will be live ahead of its initial deployments in Q4 2018. JB Clifton K Morris, 9/7/2018 11:19:10 PM 5G Speeds Can't Match DOCSIS 3.1, Charter CFO Says Re: It’s all relative. Moore’s Law dictates chip speeds and processing power for signal Processors. 5G will always be limited by the amount of licensed spectrum the carrier has, along with which LTE/3GPP release the hardware supports. Today's 3GPP Release 12 introduced 256-QAM, which is similar symbol rate introduced... James_B_Crawshaw, 9/7/2018 2:31:42 PM AT&T's Gilbert: AI Critical to 5G Infrastructure Re: AI in Telecom Operations: Opportunities & Obstacles Heavy Reading yesterday published its own take on the opportunities for AI in telecoms. Networking is certainly getting more complicated with 5G and NFV but there is plenty of scope for AI to increase efficiency with current... MindCommerce, 9/7/2018 1:54:39 PM AT&T's Gilbert: AI Critical to 5G Infrastructure Re: AI in 5G a big Deal, especially for Security We agree that AI is a "Big Deal" for 5G, especially when it comes to security. As most of us know, 5G will enable massive IoT, and much of this will be part of distributed nodes as part of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC). Edge... Jeff Baumgartner, 9/6/2018 5:10:11 PM 5G Speeds Can't Match DOCSIS 3.1, Charter CFO Says Re: Re: Future proofing? The old (truthful) joke is that Speed Test is the present day killer app for 1-Gig, to your point that the vast majority of consumers don't need that kind of speed. But we'll see if these coming fixed 5G broadband offers... DanJones, 9/6/2018 3:31:23 PM 5G Speeds Can't Match DOCSIS 3.1, Charter CFO Says Re: Future proofing? You really don't need 1-gig for anything so far though, not yet anyway! DanJones, 9/6/2018 3:09:06 PM 5G Speeds Can't Match DOCSIS 3.1, Charter CFO Says Re: Future proofing? You really don't need 1-gig for anything so far though, not yet anyway! DanJones, 9/6/2018 3:02:40 PM Could 5G Revitalize the Thin Client Market? Re: Thin client Of course with tablets and chromebooks in the world we could all what actually constitutes a thin client now. Kelsey Ziser, 8/22/2018 4:27:15 PM Sprint's Marquardt on the 5G Sweet Spot Re: Re: 5G From Different Prospectives Glad to hear you'll be joining us! We heard some great questions from audience members last year which really elevated the discussion. Drymarchon7, 8/22/2018 4:24:31 PM Sprint's Marquardt on the 5G Sweet Spot Re: 5G From Different Prospectives Although this will no doubt be high level, it will be very interesting to listen to the different objectives, plans and architectural approaches when one considers the panel. 2 Tier 1 Mobile Network Operators, 1 3PO, 1 Open... DanJones, 8/15/2018 2:59:35 PM FCC Vote Could Cut 5G Small Cell Deployment Costs for US Operators Re: A DC Court has just stopped a stay on this revision of rules. This March revision of sitting wireless infrastructure rules can go ahead according to a D.C Court. Its supposed to cut around $1.6 billion of review costs from small cell deployment, according to Commissioner Carr. joydeepb1, 8/10/2018 5:20:04 AM Altice & Sprint Ink MVNO Deal Re: Growth of full MVNOs Advice on becoming a full MVNO to be more profitable is not restricted to cable MVNOs only. This must be true for any MVNOs in general especially those with large user population of outbound roamers. They need to look for... litesabre60, 8/8/2018 12:01:09 PM Tower Companies Brace for an Edge Computing Bonanza Re: Micro data centers Have Crown Castle and Vertical Bridge already acquired these thousands of micro data centres? That's a lot of real estate, power, connectivity to be holding with no tenants. What do Crown Castle or Vapor IO know about... More Message Boards		Security Now GreyEnergy Group Tied to Power Plant Attacks in Ukraine & Poland Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 10/18/2018 Research from ESET has uncovered a new group called GreyEnergy, which appears to ... (0) Your People Can't Secure Your Network? Try Tier 0 Automation Alan Zeichick, Principal Analyst, Camden Associates, 10/18/2018 Keeping up with modern security requirements requires a multi-prong approach. One ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News ADTRAN's 'Single Biggest EPON Award' Sets Stage for Growth Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/17/2018 Networking vendor beats analysts estimates, in part due to new 10-Gig EPON deal ... (0) Coop Gives a Damn About Infrastructure Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/16/2018 Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone Co. needs to replace its legacy system with a ... (0) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... PacketFabric: Leading the Way in Highly Scalable Network ... Accenture 5G Acceleration Services at Mobile World ... Semtech: LoRa Technology Enabling Proven, Flexible IoT ... Versa's CEO, Kelly Ahuja: Securing & Software-Defining ... How Lumina Is Redefining SDN Aryaka's Gary Sevounts: Advantages to Consuming SD-WAN ... Calix's Shane Eleniak: How Data Analytics & Software ... MobiledgeX's Jason Hoffman: State of the Edge Cisco's Yvette Kanouff: How We Get Real Results From ... 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 ... 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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 Leading Lights 2017: The Finalists Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 4/10/2017 Light Reading is proud to announce the finalists for this year's Leading Lights ... (1 Comment) ETSI Gets Edgy About Mobile Iain Morris , International Editor , 9/19/2016 Interest is growing in the potential of mobile edge computing. But will it live ... (2 comments) Ericsson Still Seeking M&A Targets Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 12/1/2015 The Swedish giant's head of strategy, Rima Qureshi, is always looking for new M&A ... (2 comments) 5G: Meet the Influencers , 4/23/2015 A primer on the numerous organizations – some standards-oriented, some regional ... 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