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News & Views Most Popular Eurobites: Huawei Washes Its Hands of Arrested Exec in Poland By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/14/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefónica chooses Wind River for UNICA NFV program; TIM shows interest in BT's Italian unit; Germany tightens the screw on Facebook. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Sprint Gets Cozy With 5G Enterprise Testbeds By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 1/11/2019 Jan Geldmacher, president of Sprint Business, gets his customers ready for 5G applications with testbeds that help businesses put low-latency and high-bandwidth network applications to the test, giving them a leg up on IoT and other business deployments. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Leading Lights Awards Are Back! By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 1/11/2019 Yes, it's that time of the year again already, folks! Get cracking on your submission for Light Reading's annual awards before you catch MWC fever – there's a category (or three) for everyone! Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Eurobites: Norway Contemplates Huawei Freeze-Out By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/11/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson achieve 40 Gbit/s over mmWave; rent stalemate threatens UK 5G rollout; Telenor Maritime welcomes new CEO aboard. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T Expands Edge Computing Testing to Enterprise Use Cases By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 1/10/2019 The carrier sees its 5G network technology and edge computing designs as useful to power everything from autonomous driving to video monitoring in smart cities. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: robertrafay Your readers may be interested to know that there is a tremendous amount of... Eurobites: Proximus Slims Down for Its Svelte Digital Future By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/10/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Colt targets the enterprise; Deutsche Telekom trials NB-IoT in apartment blocks; changes at the top of Eurofiber; Telenor settles Thai trouble. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Sky Takes a Stake in Synamedia By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/8/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Infracapital acquires half of SSE Enterprise Telecoms; Amazon teams up with HERE for connected cars; BBC plays catch-up with its catch-up service; TIM hires new trio; Ericsson tests 5G with T-Mobile US and Intel. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: GypsumFantastic Would rather the BBC had a public consultation about abolishing the TV licence.... Advertisement Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Christmas Hangover By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 1/2/2019 A 'bonkers' network management card had too much eggnog and caused a wave of service outages, including 9-1-1 service, in several states for several days during the last week of 2018. Post a Comment \| Read (19 comments) Latest Comment: f_goldstein Like many bugs in complex software, it is hard to test for and you don't know... Huawei Preps 'Security Transparency Center,' Gets Vote of Confidence From 5G Customer By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/21/2018 Huawei is continuing its push-back against its international critics with details of security testing facilities, while one of its customers in Korea talks of its confidence in the embattled vendor. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Liberty Global Offloads East European DTH Ops By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/21/2018 In today's EMEA regional roundup: Liberty Global sells eastern European satellite TV operations; 5G in Estonia; Vodafone needs a new auditor; taxing times in Finland for freelance Santas. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Analyst Upgrades Ericsson as Huawei Backlash Intensifies By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/20/2018 In today's regional roundup: Huawei's troubles could be good news for Ericsson; Enea lines up another acquisition; Orange Business Services lands smart meter IoT deal; Ciena heads to the UK countryside; and more Ericsson. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Duh! All of Huawei's major western competitors stand to benefit from Huawei and... Eurobites: €1.75B Plan for IoT, Connected Car R&D Gets EC Green Light By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 12/19/2018 In today's EMEA regional roundup: Euro giants to collaborate on multi-billion euro IoT and connected car chip/sensor developments; TIM and Sony Mobile forge 5G pact; Telefónica Germany and Nokia build their joint 'Early 5G Innovation Cluster' in Berlin; Open Fiber lands another broadband rollout tender; G+D Mobile Security boasts of Orange eSIM engagements; Altice and KKR have a Hivory; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cisco Sees Optics Innovation, Manufacturing Automation in Luxtera By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 12/18/2018 Why spend more than $600M on a company that makes optical transceivers? It wasn't just one product, but an entire automated manufacturing process that may help Cisco stay ahead of future bandwidth bottlenecks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Do Look a Huawei Gift Horse in the Mouth, UK Universities Told By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/13/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Bouygues forms FTTH provider; Telia legs it from Kazakhstan; Ericsson demos 5G NR in South Korea; VEON gets new CEO. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CableLabs Sues Buckeye Over Delinquent Dues By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/12/2018 MSO notified CableLabs of intention to terminate its membership in January 2018, but CableLabs cites that it requires at least three years notice. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner I still haven't heard from Buckeye on their reason for putting in notice, though... Powder Offering Powerful Wireless Testbed By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/12/2018 New project jointly funded by NSF and industry consortium brings the power of profiles and fast instantiation to testing of massive software projects. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Swisscom Rolls Into Private Blockchain By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/6/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Huawei finds solace in Portugal; French fiber pushes on; Colt expands in central and eastern Europe; VEON's new man in Ukraine; Nokia gets busy in China and Brazil. 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) 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) Eurobites: Wind Tre Socked by Iliad's Entry Into Italy By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/28/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: TIM makes 5G connection; ADVA targets the network edge; Nokia boosts in-home WiFi, Ofcom tackles UK directory enquiries scam. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards robertrafay, 1/15/2019 12:51:20 PM AT&T Expands Edge Computing Testing to Enterprise Use Cases Re: Edge Platforms are here today Your readers may be interested to know that there is a tremendous amount of innovation taking place at the edge from start-ups. Rafay Systems has an edge platform today and we operate a global CDN for Microservices infrastructure.... Phil Harvey, 1/11/2019 9:54:22 AM AT&T Expands Edge Computing Testing to Enterprise Use Cases Re: Update This story was updated to reflect a more current and, frankly, more impressive title for the AT&T exec quoted. GypsumFantastic, 1/10/2019 8:56:51 AM Eurobites: Sky Takes a Stake in Synamedia Re: TV licence consultation? Would rather the BBC had a public consultation about abolishing the TV licence. An outdated stealth tax. They can then charge consumers to use their iPlayer like other OTT players, and at least people then have the choice... f_goldstein, 1/4/2019 9:28:43 AM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old Like many bugs in complex software, it is hard to test for and you don't know it's there until it's too late. Especially when it's triggered by a hardware failure. There's a hardware failure mode in some routers wherein... Sterling Perrin, 1/4/2019 8:49:30 AM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old f_goldstein, Your explanation seems the most reasonable of the ones I've seen so far - i.e., the explanation does fit the cryptic CTL commentary. IF this is the explanation, one thing that puzzles me is that GMPLS is well-entrenched... Phil Harvey, 1/3/2019 6:48:34 PM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old CTL said it "can't confirm its authenticity and don't have any additional information to share." Which is not the same as, that's a fake, we didn't write it. Phil Harvey, 1/3/2019 6:02:55 PM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old I'll have to ask CTL but it has some of the exact phrases that they sent me in their email replies to my questions. f_goldstein, 1/3/2019 5:59:09 PM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old GMPLS comes to mind, because they were losing optical streams, and that's the usual approach to treating optical streams like BESQR cat videos. I am guessing that "third party" simply means the hardware vendor, not a real... Phil Harvey, 1/3/2019 5:40:04 PM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old And, if so, do you interpret CTL's statement of "third-party network management card" as someone who built a protocol stack for the systems vendor? Phil Harvey, 1/3/2019 5:38:52 PM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old So you think it was GMPLS signaling between optical transport devices? f_goldstein, 1/3/2019 2:54:04 PM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old The outage impacted optical services, not just packet service, but was caused by packets. That points to a control plane on an optical network that has something more elaborte than simple mangement commands. The packet of... brooks7, 1/3/2019 10:27:04 AM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old @Duh!, And that is why a failure would go so badly..... seven Duh!, 1/2/2019 10:49:57 PM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old X.25 is the absolutely last protocol suite I would ever associate with packet storms. Heavyweight flow control was one of it's main architectural principles. brooks7, 1/2/2019 7:14:36 PM Why CenturyLink's Network Suffered a Post-Christmas Hangover Re: Re: Reminiscent of TARP storms of old That is correct Phil. I recently looked at a network that had such gear still in place with an x,25 switch maker that went out of business 20 years ago or so. seven Edit: And yes it was used to connect to the... 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