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News & Views Most Popular Podcast: What's Changing in the Competitive World of SD-WAN By The Philter, 8/26/2019 Our series on the state of the SD-WAN market continues with a discussion on what's holding back some companies in the space and how standards and new technologies are advancing the cause of SD-WAN. Post a Comment NTT Revamps to Form Single Giant Global Service Provider By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 7/1/2019 Japanese operator pulls together multiple units to form a single international ICT service provider with annual revenues of $11 billion. Post a Comment Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Business Cloud Service By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 4/23/2019 Colt Technology Services, Comcast Business and Vonage all had stand-out cloud service offerings for business customers in the past 12 months. Post a Comment Advertisement Podcast: Building Smarter Cities By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 3/22/2019 In this podcast, Light Reading's Alan Breznick interviews US Ignite's Mari Silbey. Silbey, a former Light Reading editor, talks about bringing local governments and tech companies together to share smart city plans, infrastructure needs and new applications. Post a Comment Unified Office CEO: Would You Like Extra Services With That VoIP? By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 2/11/2019 CEO Ray Pasquale isn't in the VoIP business to lower the price of phone calls. He wants to give small businesses everything they need to know – from network analytics to pizza topping preferences – on one screen. Post a Comment Eurobites: French Regulator Fines Google €50M for Overstepping the GDPR Mark By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/22/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Com Hem launches mobile offer; TomTom sells Telematics unit to Bridgestone; more Huawei heebie-jeebies. Post a Comment Robocall Fix Not a Silver Bullet By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/13/2018 Shaken/Stir holds promise to authenticate calls and improve blocking services, but there are challenges and complexities to consider. Post a Comment Advertisement Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/7/2018 As the volume of annoying robocalls continues to rise, an industry-wide effort to authenticate calls across carriers hopes to satisfy regulators. Post a Comment Court Upholds Sprint's Victory in Old Patent Spat With TWC By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/3/2018 Decision arrives more than a year after a court ordered TWC to pay Sprint almost $140 million. Post a Comment Can 5G Spur Biz Where Tax Reform Failed? By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 11/14/2018 Enterprises have more cash but still move cautiously on next-gen services, says Verizon CFO, but 5G holds great promises for businesses. Post a Comment How Cablecos Can Turn From Victims to Victors By Jack S. Burton, Principal, Broadband Success Partners, 10/8/2018 In this last of a three-blog series, we will explore the potential for cable operators and other broadband providers to work with their OTT and access rivals. Post a Comment Behind the Scenes at Disney's StudioLAB By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 8/21/2018 Disney is using tech from Cisco and other partners to reach consumers in new ways. We take you behind-the-scenes at the StudioLAB, where Disney execs explain how 5G networks will unlock new opportunities in storytelling and content distribution. Post a Comment Get Off My Wireline Lawn! By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 7/17/2018 Consumers are now shifting away from wireline for broadband, as well as for phone, as more people either prefer wireless access or don't really care. Post a Comment FCC Poised to Gut '96 Telecom Act By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 7/3/2018 Smaller ISPs head to DC to fight for continued access to unbundled loops but compromise by large incumbents may spell doom for UNEs. Post a Comment Blocking China Mobile: Trump Team Is Missing a Trick By Robert Clark, 7/3/2018 Donald Trump's administration is denying China Mobile a US comms license on security grounds, but there's a much better reason to deny the giant Chinese operator access to the US market. Post a Comment Tackling the Fiber & CEM Gaps By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 5/29/2018 Spectrum Enterprise chief Phil Meeks spells out how his cable unit is addressing the connectivity and customer experience needs of businesses. Post a Comment AT&T CFO: Business Revenues Bouncing Back By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 4/26/2018 John Stephens tells financial analysts there's a positive trend in AT&T's business revenues, even with another quarterly decline. Post a Comment Eurobites: Ofcom Investigates VoIP Operator Vonage By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 4/5/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: TI Sparkle appoints key execs; Etisalat goes with Netcracker's NFV knowhow; Russian cable news. Post a Comment Leading Lights: Only Days Left to Enter! By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/19/2018 Never mind the days, there are only HOURS remaining before the door closes on this year's Leading Lights awards deadline... Post a Comment Is Business Voice Rapidly Fading? By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 3/15/2018 Voice is down significantly in the last two years, says one major consultant to Fortune 100 companies on communications. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Telemarketer Gets 63 Months in Prison for Call Center Scheme Tuesday, August 20, 2019 WOW! Revenues Dip in Q2 Amid Reduction in TV, Phone Subs Friday, August 2, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Hardware Is the New Attack Surface – Forrester 12/12/2019 Attackers have already begun to breach security at the BIOS level, according to a ... (0) Snatch Is Both Novel & Evil Larry Loeb, Author, 12/11/2019 The Sophos Managed Threat Response team found out that, where the Snatch ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News BBWN Bites: 'Internet Para Todos' Translates Into Mexican Opportunity for Viasat Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/12/2019 Also today, Windstream Wholesale signs mega-capacity deal, MTS joins TIP, Comcast ... (0) Cisco Offers Single Chip Approach to IP Transport Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/12/2019 STC, Comcast and NTT Communications are among the operators interested in using ... (0) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase CSPs Living in a Multicloud World Protecting the Mobile Network Core During Transition ... Amdocs: Redefining & Accelerating 5G Rollouts Antronix: Industry Leader for 40 Years & Counting Network Rising: DriveNets Adapts Hyperscaler Approach to ... New 5G Network Security Threats Sigma Systems at Digital Transformation World 2019 Ciena Talks Converged Interconnect Networks at Cable ... Red Hat Enterprise Linux: A Secure Foundation for the ... Viasat: Connecting the Unconnected LotusFlare: Awesome Digital Experiences to Drive Growth Source Photonics CEO: Vertical Integration & Lean Models ... MobiledgeX: Who Benefits From Edge Computing? Why Is 5G Different? VMware Service Assurance: Reducing Operational ... Architect Digital-Ready Infrastructures Using SDN & NFV 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 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 ... Vodafone Live NFV Use Cases Powered by Amdocs Sonus in VellOS Mellanox Open Composable Networks Network Security Orchestration Sonus in the Cloud Sonus Strategy Netronome's Server-based Networking Platform Nexius: The Strategy & Science of Data Analytics Overture Networks NFV Solutions ECI's Elastic Network Masergy: Transforming Enterprise IT Arbor Networks on ISP Traffic Visibility ECI's LightSec: Comprehensive Cyber Security Solution ECI’s LightApps: Intelligence for Networks Service Gateway Virtual Edition SDN Management & Orchestration in the WAN Sedona Systems: Multi-Layer Applications Platform NFV – a Catalyst for Business Services Growth Telefónica: In Search of Virtual Simplicity Affirmed Networks Highlights NFV in Mobile Core Close-up on ConfD NetNumber Founder on Managing Signaling Control Tail-f, Cisco & What the Future Holds Sonus Shakes Up SD-WAN Automate, Scale & Create With Juniper's vCPE Solution Metaswitch's New CEO Martin Lund Discusses His Role ActiveVideo's Cloud Virtualization Technology Nominum on Leveraging the Power of DNS to Deliver ... 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 ViaWest Looks East, North, After Shaw Acquisition Dan O'Shea , Analyst, Heavyreading.com , 4/14/2015 After being bought by Shaw Communications last year, regional data center ... (1 Comment) Disrupting Telefónica in a Small Way Michelle Donegan , 2/10/2015 As head of Communications Services and Product Innovation, Ian Small is inventing ... (0) What WebRTC Means for Telcos Sarah Thomas , Director, Women in Comms , 6/2/2014 Communication service providers are figuring out what role they can play in ... (4 comments) SK Telecom Sounds Off on WebRTC Sarah Thomas , Director, Women in Comms , 5/9/2014 Choi Jin-ho, manager of SK Telecom's ICT R&D division, offers Light Reading his ... 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MediaKind CTO: Adding Agility Will Shorten 'Feedback Loop' With Customers

Agile, a model based on iterative changes and small, quick releases, is table stakes for any software company. It's just how things get done these days as the older ...