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News & Views Most Popular 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 Advertisement 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) Advertisement 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) Mohave Community College Does Disaster Recovery on a Shoestring By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 9/10/2018 Six months into taking a job as CIO at Mohave Community College, Mark Van Pelt watched the campuses' entire network go out for 72 hours. He knew that couldn't happen again. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Vendors Vie for 5G Laurels Ahead of MWC Americas By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/7/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: EU approves Apple's acquisition of Shazam; Deutsche Telekom's data fortress; streaming piracy plagues soccer World Cup. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telia Fires Up 5G in Helsinki By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/6/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vivendi slams Elliott's management of Telecom Italia; CityFibre goes with Calix for SDN bells and whistles; Deutsche Telekom gets biometric. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Colt Ramps Its Blockchain Efforts, Explores SDN Federation Use Case By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/4/2018 Network operator sees multiple opportunities to improve inter-carrier settlement management, SDN interoperability and more using blockchain technology. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Inventiveness & Pragmatism Pays Off in 5G Test & Measurement By Danny Dicks, 8/24/2018 As the market continues to push toward 5G, test and measurement (T&M) will expand, offering many more opportunities for T&M vendors. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Pedal to the Mobile: Verizon Completes 5G Drive Test With Nokia By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 8/21/2018 But, beyond tests, will Nokia announce 5G deployment deals with Verizon, like Ericsson and Samsung have done? Post a Comment \| Read (0) The US May Yet Catch Its Global Peers in 4G Speeds By Kevin Fitchard, Lead Analyst, OpenSignal, 8/17/2018 The US could start a steady climb back up the global rankings if more cities practice intensive spectrum management and make new LTE-Advanced upgrades. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: kq4ym As noted, " As mobile apps embrace the world of 4K video streaming and... Cogent CEO Dave Schaeffer: The World on a Fiber By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 8/16/2018 One way to look at how much the industry is changing is to spend some time with an executive – and a company – that has stuck to the same formula and industry view for almost 20 years. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Exponential-e Takes Virgin Atlantic Into the Cloud By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/16/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Swisscom's fixed-line challenge; MegaFon on the march in Q2; O2 sees the light; Virgin's fiber-to-the-crater. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 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? More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards 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... DanJones, 7/29/2018 1:21:35 PM Verizon Confirms Mobile 5G in 'Early' 2019 Re: Re: Hed quotes This wasn't a promise from a vendor though. More Message Boards		Security Now Why Killing Off TLS 1.0 & 1.1 Is a Good Thing Larry Loeb, Author, 10/17/2018 All good things must come to an end. Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla and Google have ... 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