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News & Views Most Popular Eurobites: EE, Virgin Media Fined £13.3M for Early-Exit Excesses By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/16/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: MTN, Ericsson carry out 5G trial in South Africa; Orange CFO hints at market consolidation in France; Telia buys IT services outfit. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telefónica & IBM Explore the Telco Potential of Blockchain By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/14/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson upgrades Telenor's core network; Iliad thrives in Italy but struggles in France; semi-autonomous barges float Nokia's boat. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Swisscom Bangs Its 5G Cowbell By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/9/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telenor tests 5G in Norway; former Orange man joins Vodafone board; China's Xiaomi enters UK; Telefónica offloads insurance arm. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Eurobites: KPN Lubricates Shell's Industrial Processes With a Squirt of 5G By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/6/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telia clears out of Kazakhstan; Openreach brings fiber to Nottingham and Belfast; EU divided over digital services tax. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Spectrum, Telus Team on Dynamic Services PoC By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/31/2018 MEF18 demo shows policy-driven dynamic services over multi-carrier networks Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast-Made Signal Meter Detects Signal Leak on Expo Floor By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/26/2018 Oh, and did you know that Comcast makes its own portable signal level meters, equipped with RDK-B, for its field techs? Post a Comment \| Read (0) Colt Automates Network Service Delivery With On Demand Portal By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 10/24/2018 Colt's Mirko Voltolini explains where the operator has seen success with its On Demand service platform, but also addresses why the traditional service delivery model still has staying power. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Deutsche Telekom to Swap Startup Investments With SK Telecom By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/22/2018 DT's edge computing startup MobiledgeX and SKT's quantum cryptography specialist ID Quantique to be the grateful recipients. Post a Comment \| Read (0) T-Mobile to Test 5G 'Dual-Connectivity' With Vendors By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/18/2018 T-Mobile wants ensure 'dual-connectivity' works, so that users can always remain connected on 4G or 5G, ahead of its 2019 5G launch. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T Readies More High-Band 5G Tests as Mobile Launch Nears By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 10/16/2018 The operator, however, is still planning to use fixed mmWave 5G basestations for its tests in Atlanta, Hawaii, and – most probably – Los Angeles. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: DanJones Makes ya wonder how mobile this coming launch will be, doesn't it? Huawei (Finally!) Gets 5G Invite From India By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 10/10/2018 Chinese vendor is now expected to participate in 5G trials in two cities after it previously missed out on an invitation. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: EE Trials 5G New Radio at London's Canary Wharf By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/5/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telia gets GET; Colt extends Dublin network; Net Insight reshapes top team; Deutsche Telekom smartens up facilities management. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Blant interesting Spirent CEO: Engineers Are Human, Too By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 10/4/2018 In the second part of his CXO interview, Eric Hutchinson talks about AI, cybersecurity and the humanizing factor of the test company's strategic shift. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Vishnu Goel Mr Hutchison as the new CEO of Spirent brings a fresh approach and vision to... Eurobites: Beeline & Huawei Demo 5G's Potential With Russian Holocall By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 10/4/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange extends telematics deal; Telia goes smart metering; Ireland guns for Facebook. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: GypsumFantastic What about Holo Messaging, Princess Leia style? And I know which industry... Eurobites: Telenor Takes NB-IoT Nationwide in Norway By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/28/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: the smell of 5G; augmenting the grim reality of Michael Bublé; Ericsson and Qualcomm claim 28GHz band breakthrough. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: TIM, Fastweb Fire Up 5G With Help From Huawei By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/25/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telia tees up 5G test network in Estonia; Vodafone brings Juniper into its SD-WAN fold; new blood for Ofcom. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Wirelessly Connected Cars Could Lead to Safer Roads By Light Reading, 9/21/2018 Qualcomm, Panasonic and Ford recently demonstrated 'cellular vehicle-to-everything' or C-V2X, which allows vehicles to remain in real-time communication with their environment. Light Reading's younger, frumpier sister site, TU-Automotive, took a ride to see the technology up close. Some say this new tech has the potential to reduce motor vehicles accidents by 80%. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Spirent CEO Eric Hutchinson: Out of the Labs, Into the Boardroom By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 9/14/2018 New initiative at test system specialist aims at making company more of strategic partner, while promising to make 5G rollouts more cost-effective and faster. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Vodafone Goes Large on NB-IoT By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/12/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone's 'Gigafast' broadband is switched on in Milton Keynes; Orange and Huawei trial 5G in Poland; Ofcom nabs BT boffin. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: EE Preps for 5G With Spectrum Conversion By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/11/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: France-IX partners up for cybersecurity; Sky invests in content management startup; Nokia demos 5G NR with Sprint. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Craig Mcmillan, 11/9/2018 8:46:53 AM How the Glass Ceiling Became a Window of Opportunity for Ixia CMO Re: Re: Inspiring article It is interesting to read your blog post and I am going to share it with my friends. DanJones, 10/16/2018 1:47:29 PM AT&T Readies More High-Band 5G Tests as Mobile Launch Nears Re: Mobile? Makes ya wonder how mobile this coming launch will be, doesn't it? Blant, 10/5/2018 9:50:57 AM Eurobites: EE Trials 5G New Radio at London's Canary Wharf Re: 1 interesting GypsumFantastic, 10/5/2018 6:17:48 AM Eurobites: Beeline & Huawei Demo 5G's Potential With Russian Holocall Re: Holo Messaging? What about Holo Messaging, Princess Leia style? And I know which industry could make the most money out of that...the one that has always been a front runner on the internet :-) . Vishnu Goel, 10/5/2018 1:16:48 AM Spirent CEO: Engineers Are Human, Too Re: Transformation of T&M business to Human Assurance! Mr Hutchison as the new CEO of Spirent brings a fresh approach and vision to his role.He not only outlines the test process and methodology of test assurances and end to end satisfaction,he goes a major step forward in linking... ChristopherJames, 9/18/2018 10:53:33 PM Infinera Shifts Up a Gear With Its Latest Optical Engine Re: hi In due time, there would need to be an upgrade that gets to be released by the company. Without any improvements, any ready technology that is currently owned might seem obsolete soon enough. Introducing something new that... kq4ym, 8/29/2018 9:44:11 AM The US May Yet Catch Its Global Peers in 4G Speeds Re: Re: Moving ahead at a moderate pace As noted, " As mobile apps embrace the world of 4K video streaming and virtual reality, speed will play a decisive role," and it will be interesting to see if the U.S. moves forward in the speed upward progression and... Michelle, 8/20/2018 2:17:13 PM The US May Yet Catch Its Global Peers in 4G Speeds Re: Moving ahead at a moderate pace This doesn't seem to be great news. I guess this is better than continuing to fall behind. ChiefMar76368, 8/10/2018 10:21:54 AM Digital Twins: A New Tool in the Network Management Arsenal Re: Borrowed idea - but with potential Thinking around the digital twin concet in telecom is for the most part borrowed from industrial context, with the same intent: avoiding having to send a person into the field to diagnose a problem (see JCB's example). In... kq4ym, 8/7/2018 8:32:58 AM Verizon Confirms Mobile 5G in 'Early' 2019 Re: Re: Hed quotes It may be interesting to watch for snafus as operators wait for devices from manufacturers as noted the infrastructure may be in place noting "but subscribers can't buy a compatible device, then all the promises of gigabit... James_B_Crawshaw, 8/2/2018 7:47:28 AM Eurobites: Altice Europe Pays the Price of Growth in Q2 Re: Altice It is always worth looking at share price plunges in context. Yes, Altice is down 10% today but it is up 120% since May when they delivered strong subscriber numbers and speculation mounted that the French regulator might... DanJones, 7/31/2018 1:41:27 PM Verizon Confirms Mobile 5G in 'Early' 2019 Re: Re: Hed quotes Nope only operation Joe Stanganelli, 7/30/2018 11:29:14 PM Verizon Confirms Mobile 5G in 'Early' 2019 Re: Re: Hed quotes @Dan: Ever play Surgeon Simulator? Phil_Britt, 7/29/2018 2:15:51 PM Verizon Confirms Mobile 5G in 'Early' 2019 Re: Re: Hed quotes To it's customers, Verizon is a vendor. darkducobu, 7/29/2018 1:54:42 PM Google & Netflix Launch 'Kayenta' for Cloud-Scale Continuous Software Delivery Re: Re: Full speed Software quality has a cost and necessarily for the subject of windows, the hardware and software configurations must be very different. In many companies, especially the one of the OS editor, between the tests carried out... More Message Boards		Security Now BlackBerry Acquiring Security & AI Firm Cylance for $1.4B Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 BlackBerry is continuing to move away from its smartphone legacy with the ... (0) Magecart Attacks Proving Persistent Problem for Online Retailers Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 A research report shows that one in five sites targeted by a Magecart attack ... 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