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News & Views Most Popular 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 \| Read (8 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 Duh!, Agreed. I am one that screens every call unless I know the num... WiCipedia: 'Bull in a China Closet' Spirit & Unconscious Bias Is No Excuse By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 12/7/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Girl Scouts make STEM their mission; Forbes' list of 50 women in tech; unconscious bias is no excuse; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Adtran Buy Adds On-Prem Visibility By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/6/2018 New end-to-end view of customer network, including in-home WiFi, will speed troubleshooting and offer proactive service and sales potential, vendor says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement How AI Is Being Put to Work at Vodafone By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/6/2018 Jayshree Kottapalli, group head of Analytics CoE (AI, Automation and Analytics) at Vodafone, talks about how Vodafone is using AI tools to mine the enormous volumes of data the operator collects. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: mark1221 The thing is that the AI is being used in every work filed and it also makes... 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: FTTH Council Takes 'Fake Fiber' Fight to Brussels By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 12/3/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Accenture revives Telefónica; Telia's 5G robot; BT tees up new security boss; Deutsche Telekom digitizes breakdown recovery. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Orange Bank Job Is Going Europe-Wide By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/3/2018 The French telecom incumbent is taking its AI-powered, digital banking service outside France, with launches planned in Romania and Spain next year. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Cloud Dynamics Underpin MYCOM OSI's Acquisition By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/30/2018 Why would a private equity company buy a telecom network assurance and optimization company? Because the cloud is where the money is. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw There is an interesting comment from the CEO in that article you linked to... WiCipedia: 'Trusting One's Dopeness' & the Happiest Women in Tech By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 11/30/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Fidelity re-evaluates its gender breakdown; women in India are happiest in tech roles; Apple starts new training program for women in tech; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) So What Is a Telco These Days? By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/29/2018 Should a telco be a bank? Should they own media companies? Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: mhui0 But that keeps their equipment suppliers flush with orders. Bill Shock: Orange, China Telecom Fret About 5G Energy Costs By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/26/2018 Leading telcos are worried about the power inefficiency of forthcoming 5G networks and the impact this could have on profit margins. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: Gen Z Changemakers, MotherCoders & Keeping Women in Tech By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 11/23/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: UK to reach 1 million women in STEM; Gen Z brings change; how to keep women in tech; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Nokia, Telefónica Put 5G to Work on the Assembly Line By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/19/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Eutelsat does deal with Airbus; Hagberg joins top team at Tele2; CityFibre does Stirling work; UK's cybersecurity strategy slammed. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: Taking Names & How to Avoid 'Hurting Men's Feelings' By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 11/16/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Taking names and tweeting salaries for equality's sake; a satirical guide to being a woman in tech; Google walkout was a long time coming; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telefónica Hooks Up With Stratio to Bolster Big Data Offer By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/15/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange smartens up electricity network; Ericsson's car pool wants some EU love for C-V2X; GSMA not happy at German 5G spectrum conditions. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Acumos AI Project Is On Track but Lacking 'Apps' By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 11/14/2018 The Linux Foundation's Acumos AI Project has issued its initial release on schedule but its 'app store' is still rather bare. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Network Visibility & Data Veracity – the Keys to Operational Simplicity By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 11/13/2018 Operators need an accurate, up-to-date network and service topology view in order to determine the 'Eulerian path' of service configuration and implementation. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: All-Female Boards, Google 'Utterly Unprepared' & Insecure Men By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 11/9/2018 This week in our WiC roundup: Pro-life hackers; Google under pressure; all-female boards; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Telefónica's 'Pre-Crime' Unit Is Fighting Hurricanes & Sloppy Workmen By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/8/2018 The Spanish operator is using data and sophisticated algorithms to predict when hurricanes and careless roadworkers could strike. Post a Comment \| Read (0) What's Hot in Software-Defined Operations? By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/7/2018 Heavy Reading's James Crawshaw highlights the key debate topics from the Software Defined Operations & the Autonomous Network event in London, including the data analytics challenge in a 5G world and how service assurance appears to still be an afterthought in virtualization strategies. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 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 \| Read (8 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 Duh!, Agreed. I am one that screens every call unless I know the num... How AI Is Being Put to Work at Vodafone By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/6/2018 Jayshree Kottapalli, group head of Analytics CoE (AI, Automation and Analytics) at Vodafone, talks about how Vodafone is using AI tools to mine the enormous volumes of data the operator collects. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: mark1221 The thing is that the AI is being used in every work filed and it also makes... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards mark1221, 12/11/2018 12:58:20 AM How AI Is Being Put to Work at Vodafone Re: AI on Vodafone The thing is that the AI is being used in every work filed and it also makes the work more advanced and perfect and we can see that from the post as the AI is being used by the Vodafone. Many big companies are also making... brooks7, 12/10/2018 1:45:22 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Re: Do your job Duh!, Agreed. I am one that screens every call unless I know the number. seven Duh!, 12/10/2018 11:14:24 AM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Do your job It seems that Pai's principal objective is to avoid regulating the industries his agency is supposed to regulate. The robocall crisis* is a prime example of the reason that Congress gave the FCC the mandate to regulate the... tomaswilson, 12/10/2018 6:54:59 AM Automatic for the Operations People Re: Insightful Thanks for the insight and pray that good fortunes come to you. Tomas Johnson epoxy flooring near me lmorris, 12/8/2018 1:15:05 AM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Annoying I think everyone will agree that robocall is one of the most annoying thing that we have been facing since years ago. I personally never answer incoming calls now. 90% of them are coming from telemarketers and scammers who... pabutler17, 12/7/2018 5:11:27 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Re: Just an Idea The technology is there to make it easy to see who the originating carrier is but not a standard yet. That is SIP-T, when it is then ROBO is over. Until then I answer the calls and put my phone down, ties up... SilentP, 12/7/2018 3:32:10 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Just an Idea Until the technology can solve this problem, what if we all started answering these calls and simply saying, "loser"! This will start to overwhelm their call centers with the amount of calls that go through. The percentage... pabutler17, 12/7/2018 1:59:54 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Re: Spam wars? Its not the big Telcos making the money its the Lowest Tier carriers doing this, big carriers dont want the head ache of complaints. pabutler17, 12/7/2018 1:58:00 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Its not that difficult ! It's not rocket Science The Idea of the effort is a Joke, I run a cLEC and we get these calls and they are a pain in the butt! However, every call can be traced back to the customer who initates the call. Carriers just need to be able... Mitch Wagner, 12/7/2018 1:57:22 PM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Spam wars? Is it cynical of me to assume this is going to be like the spam wars of the 2000s, where so-called "legitimate businesses" can pay off the telcos to get their robocalls whitelisted, other businesses are blocked, and consumers... JosephbubuBush, 12/4/2018 8:52:41 AM Cisco Goes Back to School With Tetration Re: Re: Tetration in Action Automation of data processing is the basis of the new education system. I know that special search libraries are being created. They can help solve many problems. For example paperial.com safe , you are looking for the desired... mhui0, 12/2/2018 1:51:27 AM So What Is a Telco These Days? Re: Re: Debt Accumulation Machines But that keeps their equipment suppliers flush with orders. James_B_Crawshaw, 11/30/2018 5:49:54 PM Cloud Dynamics Underpin MYCOM OSI's Acquisition Re: Public Cloud hosted OSS There is an interesting comment from the CEO in that article you linked to Ray. He says "the company is likely to see 70% to 80% of its revenue stemming from the public cloud in the next few years." That's a surprisingly... Scott Raynovich, 11/30/2018 10:44:07 AM So What Is a Telco These Days? Re: Debt Accumulation Machines Ray, They are debt accumulation machines designed to pay very large exeutive bonsues and shareholder dividences with absolutely no long-term strategic direction. Guess I could file a story for that on LR next week, if... RituGupta, 11/26/2018 10:36:12 PM Mobileum Snaps Up Mobile Security Specialist Re: If you want your company to do well If you want your company to do well, you've got to have good people managing your company! I reckon that being able to court and attract the best experts in the field for any sort of industry is key to moving your business... 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