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News & Views Most Popular WiCipedia: AI's Data Mining Bias & Small Conferences Take More Risks By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 11/15/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Smaller conferences have edge; Hidden Figures ladies formally celebrated; AI is sexist; and more. Post a Comment Democrats Press FCC on Carriers' Sale of User Location Data By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/11/2019 A group of representatives in the House Energy and Commerce Committee reiterate request for a report from the FCC on wireless network operators' sale of customers' location information. Post a Comment WiCipedia: Tech Falls High in Happiness Index & the Blue Collar-AI Struggle By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 11/8/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Techies are pretty dang happy at work; AI's effect on female blue-collar workers; college students are majority female though tech workforce lags; and more. Post a Comment Advertisement Startup Volterra Takes On VMware, Red Hat With Its Multi-Cloud Pitch By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/4/2019 Volterra has $50 million funding in its pocket and a platform designed to enable operators and enterprises to deploy applications and network services across multi-cloud environments. Post a Comment WiCipedia: Waffles for Brains, MWC Female Keynoters & Tech Decision Makers By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 11/1/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Mobile World Congress LA releases stats on female speakers; Ernst & Young reveals blast-from-the-past training program; women are feeling less uncomfortable at work; and more. Post a Comment Aurora Insight Nets $18M in VC Funding for Spectrum Mapping Tool By Martha DeGrasse, Contributor, Light Reading, 10/25/2019 Startup Aurora Insight said it raised $18 million in a Series A round of funding from the likes of Alsop Louie Partners, True Ventures, Tippet Venture Partners, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Promus Ventures, Alumni Ventures Group, ValueStream Ventures and Intellectus Partners. Post a Comment Eurobites: GSMA Wants Europe to Catch the Millimeter Wave By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/24/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange promotes startups and more in Russia and Senegal; ADVA's Q3 hit by US trade policy; Deutsche Telekom defends its smart speaker set-up. Post a Comment Advertisement 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 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 Startup Celona Targets Private LTE & 5G for Enterprise By Martha DeGrasse, Contributor, Light Reading, 10/15/2019 Celona, a startup stemming from CommScope's purchase of Ruckus, is targeting the market for enterprises building their own private 5G and LTE wireless networks, eschewing WiFi. Post a Comment WiCipedia: Tech's Litigation 'Wake-Up Call' & Gates Donates $1B for Gender Equality By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 10/11/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Lawsuits may be tech's 'wake-up call'; coming out as trans in tech; Melinda Gates dedicates cash for a cause; and more. Post a Comment Forward Networks Raises $35M to Help Operators Check On Enterprise Networks By Martha DeGrasse, Contributor, Light Reading, 10/8/2019 Startup is hoping to sell telcos new technology to peek into the operations of enterprise networks. Post a Comment Billionaire Michael Dell Backs New Call for 5G in 12GHz Spectrum By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/8/2019 Through his family's private investment firm, billionaire Michael Dell is pushing the FCC to enact new rules that would allow 5G operations in the 12GHz spectrum band. Post a Comment Wireless Carriers Seed Inventors to Spur 5G Growth By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 10/7/2019 T-Mobile is the latest carrier to look for ways to encourage inventors and other entrepreneurs to develop new products and services for 5G. Post a Comment WiCipedia: Tech's Tipping Point, Speaking Up & Surging STEM Job Applicants By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 10/4/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Tech jobs at non-tech companies; speaking up at work; STEM jobs might not require tech-specific college degrees, and more. Post a Comment WiCipedia: WiC Hits the Road in Dallas & Apple Event Makes (Some) Diversity Headway By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 9/20/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Board diversification demands go worldwide; Apple event makes some headway on diversity efforts; AnitaB.org moves the gender equality needle, and more. Post a Comment WiCipedia: Tips for Female Conference Speakers & How Women Impact Product Dev By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 9/13/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Female conference-goers can maximize experience with engagement; girls are the future of security tech; more women needed in health tech industry; and more. Post a Comment Eurobites: Telia Appoints New CEO By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/12/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Helios Towers reignites IPO; 5G lands at Gatwick Airport; OBS lands IP deployment gig; fiber-to-the-social-housing. Post a Comment WiCipedia: The Whitest Black Candidates & Conferences Take a Political Stand By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 9/6/2019 This week in our WiCipedia roundup: Google is accused of whitewashing its diversity hires; tech conferences for women get political; the sponsor search continues; and more. Post a Comment WiCipedia: Podcast Recs, Interview No-Nos & Creating a Majority Female Tech Company By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 8/30/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: The podcasts that made our workweek; internship interviews are rife with inappropriateness for young women; how to create a majority female company; and more. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors DriveNets Adds $7M Funding from Microsoft, Seagate & Palo Alto Networks Vets Monday, July 8, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Phoenix Keylogger Rises & Steals Information Larry Loeb, Author, 11/21/2019 Keylogger first emerged in July 2019, and is packed with myriad ... (0) MSFT Jumps on DoH Larry Loeb, Author, 11/20/2019 Microsoft has announced that an upcoming version of Windows 10 will have support ... 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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 ... 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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 Ericsson, Huawei & Nokia Are Facing an 'Oil Crisis' Upheaval Iain Morris , International Editor , 7/31/2019 Years of consolidation have left the global mobile network market largely in the ... (10 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 ... (34 comments) Robot Wars: Telecom's Looming AI Tussle Iain Morris , International Editor , 3/14/2018 Telcos performing routine chores will be ripe for AI-based automation. But whose ... (6 comments) Light Reading's 2017 Survey of Women in Comms Sarah Thomas , Director, Women in Comms , 9/18/2017 The results are in from Light Reading's first-of-its-kind survey, taking the ... (1 Comment) All Prime Reading

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Meet the Execs Tapped to Build & Sell Dish's 5G Network

Dish Network last week announced it hired Marc Rouanne (of Nokia) and Stephen Bye (of Sprint) to build and sell its planned 5G network. Both executives spoke with ...