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News & Views Most Popular Eurobites: Kudelski, Sequans Chip In on IoT Security By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 6/19/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT opens SOC in Paris; HMD Global sends user data to Google's cloud; Nokia beefs up leadership team, negotiates eco-loan. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ovum Analyst on AI & Consumer Apps By Light Reading, 6/18/2019 At the TechXLR8 event in London, Ronan de Renesse, Ovum's Practice Leader for Consumer Technology and Media & Entertainment, talks to Informa Tech Chief Research Officer Clint Wheelock about the impact of AI on consumer applications and services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Evolution of AI for Telecoms By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 6/17/2019 At the AI Summit in London, Tractica Principal Analyst Mark Beccue says the telecom vendor community is getting its story together on the use of artificial intelligence tools and the link to 5G network slicing. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement WiCipedia: How Disruption Will Affect Women & Int'l Tech Liberation Has Issues By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 6/14/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Girls in Tech makes biggest fundraising effort yet; Microsoft takes its Women in Cloud initiative on the road; women in developing countries pay the price for tech; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Intel Bolsters Data Center Portfolio With Barefoot Acquisition By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 6/11/2019 Nick McKeown does it again – his data center switching startup is snapped up by Intel. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Three UK Promises 5G Services in 25 Locations This Year By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 6/10/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson settles with patents firm; Telefónica commits to fiber for everywhere in Spain by 2024; Finland's Elisa in analytics tie-up. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: FastCache Elisa seems to be reviving the playbook they developed way back with Comptel. ... Eurobites: Chinese Ban Could Cost Europe €55B, Warns GSMA By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 6/7/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: fiber takes a hold in France; Sharon White to step down from Ofcom; Channel 4 readies new ad data platform. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Eurobites: MegaFon Forms E-Commerce JV With Alibaba By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 6/6/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Norway 5G spectrum auction results; Dutch told to get tough on Huawei; Deutsche Telekom turns on IoT network; Ofcom commits to universal broadband service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CenturyLink's No Sweat Approach to AI By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 6/4/2019 US operator is moving toward a more proactive and predictive operational model as it uses AI tools to extract greater value from its data, but there are hurdles to overcome. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: ragavendra_udupa Great insights and realistic assessment of the industry situation WiCipedia: Fembots Create Gender Divide & Snap Tackles Culture Issues By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 5/31/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Nokia commits to pay equality; female AI assistants promote sexism; Snap's culture gets put in its place; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: Kelsey Ziser Probably! And I meant it less vindictive and more of a "see what you could... Eurobites: 'Sick' Day for EE as 5G Switch Is Flipped in UK By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/30/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia and Telecom Italia claim European data speed record; Brits' online angst; Colt calls on ADVA for Ethernet encryption. Post a Comment \| Read (0) China Mobile's Bold AI Plans By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/28/2019 As it approaches 1 billion subscribers, China Mobile plans to implement artificial intelligence throughout the network and its whole business. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: Recruitment Gender Bias, VC Cash Stash & Making Better Decisions By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 5/24/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Gender bias still an issue during recruitment; VC cash reserves for female-founded companies; hot job market draws in women; and more. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: ErynLeavens The Fundery database seems awesome! I know there are other databases as well... Mentor Spotlight: Glo Gordon Shines a Light on Boardroom Diversity By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 5/22/2019 Matrixx Software board member Glo Gordon addresses initiatives and legislation that will support more diversity in corporate boardrooms. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Big Data Is Slowly Paying Off for Axiata By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/21/2019 The Malaysian operator uses analytics to axe capital expenditure and is eyeing further benefits from the combination of network and external data. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why Telcos Need AI & Automation in 5G Networks By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 5/21/2019 Heavy Reading's James Crawshaw gives an overview of a session he chaired at the Big 5G Event on automation, AI and the immediate uses for telcos as their networks evolve. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiCipedia: Egg Freezing, Hormone Lunches & Back to Work With Babies... Oh My! By Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor, 5/17/2019 This week in our WiC roundup: Women in Comms steals the show in Denver; moms in tech hog the headlines; women are talked over in meetings (duh); and more! Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nice Work If You Can Get It... By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/15/2019 It's a tough job talking about telco transformation on the French Riviera in May, but someone's got to do it... so what are the big talking points from the TM Forum's Digital Transformation World event in Nice, France? Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T's Igor Glubochansky: Businesses Need Lower Latency Networks By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 5/14/2019 AT&T sees big promise in manufacturing, healthcare and retail, even before mobile 5G becomes available everywhere. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ciena: We'll Stop 95% of Network Outages By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 5/14/2019 Ciena's Proactive Network Operations is a closed-loop automation platform that service providers can use to predict and prevent service disruptions. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards FastCache, 6/11/2019 2:29:35 AM Eurobites: Three UK Promises 5G Services in 25 Locations This Year Re: Re: Polystar Elisa seems to be reviving the playbook they developed way back with Comptel. In that case it was about modernization of the operator operational support and charging system. Helsinki Telephone (Elisa today) established... James_B_Crawshaw, 6/11/2019 12:30:02 AM Eurobites: Three UK Promises 5G Services in 25 Locations This Year Re: Polystar That is a strange acquisition for a telecom operator to make. Is Elisa trying to turn itself into a software company? ragavendra_udupa, 6/4/2019 1:57:25 PM CenturyLink's No Sweat Approach to AI Re: Very nice insight Great insights and realistic assessment of the industry situation Kelsey Ziser, 5/31/2019 2:02:35 PM WiCipedia: Fembots Create Gender Divide & Snap Tackles Culture Issues Re: Re: Bezos' beneficiaries Probably! And I meant it less vindictive and more of a "see what you could have been doing with your money?" ... no one person needs billions of dollars. ErynLeavens, 5/31/2019 2:00:45 PM WiCipedia: Fembots Create Gender Divide & Snap Tackles Culture Issues Re: Re: Bezos' beneficiaries Hmm, or maybe she's just a better person? Kelsey Ziser, 5/31/2019 1:43:40 PM WiCipedia: Fembots Create Gender Divide & Snap Tackles Culture Issues Re: Re: Bezos' beneficiaries Ah good point, I didn't think of it from that perspective. Do you think part of it is a jab on her part? Like making a point that he should be more philanthropic? ErynLeavens, 5/31/2019 12:01:47 PM WiCipedia: Fembots Create Gender Divide & Snap Tackles Culture Issues Re: Re: Bezos' beneficiaries Oh totally. I don't think her philanthropy is a reflection on the company at all or that anyone is saying it is. If Jeff had donated his money that would be a different story potentially. Kelsey Ziser, 5/31/2019 11:50:26 AM WiCipedia: Fembots Create Gender Divide & Snap Tackles Culture Issues Re: Bezos' beneficiaries I'm all for philanthropy but I wonder how well Amazon warehouse employees are paid and treated in the first place. I saw a video but a former employee who said they're overworked, don't get many breaks, and have unreasonable... Vallat Immobilier Monaco, 5/28/2019 10:20:33 AM Leading Lights 2019: The Winners Re: Special Mention to Parallels Wireless Thank you for this list of winners, and special mention to Parallels Wireless for their HetNet Gateway software susancem, 5/24/2019 10:14:50 PM What Disney, Telcos & China's Social Credit System Have in Common Re: Re: I, for one, welcome our robot overlords Yes I believe that happiness levels have risen too. Forster, Orwell, Huxley, etc, all play an important role in making us aware of the risks of technology being used to subjugate us. But there is a bias in film and literature... ErynLeavens, 5/24/2019 1:06:20 PM WiCipedia: Recruitment Gender Bias, VC Cash Stash & Making Better Decisions Re: Re: The Fundery The Fundery database seems awesome! I know there are other databases as well for women in tech - there was one for female board members a while back. Good to see people banding together for the same goal. Kelsey Ziser, 5/24/2019 9:09:08 AM WiCipedia: Recruitment Gender Bias, VC Cash Stash & Making Better Decisions Re: The Fundery Nice to see more women re-entering the workforce. The Fundery database looks really cool -- great idea for supporting women entrepreneurs. jackdom, 5/21/2019 5:43:25 PM Adobe to Acquire Magento Commerce Re: Future of the B2B and B2C ecommerce solution leader Magento was the only "Enterprise" e-commerce solutions that were "single" in the market. The others (Demandware, Hybris, Sterling, ...) have been acquired in recent years by SAP, IBM ORACLE and SALESFORCE. There... susantem, 5/17/2019 9:39:51 PM China Telecom's Bid for 'Leading' 5G Latency Should Unsettle US Re: Re: No reference to low latency in China Telecom presentation It's hard to see anything that domestic operators in China (or elsewhere) are doing as a geo-political/industrial policy threat. It's not as if they are in direct competition with Verizon, Telfonica or NTT. It really doesn't... Mitch Wagner, 5/9/2019 10:29:28 AM Cloud Bursts: Arista Stumbles, Equinix Flies High, OpenStack Goes Ghostbusters Re: Re: Doom, not Clockwork Orange Ha! That's funny. My not playing video games is showing. Though I suspect the Doom level was based on Clockwork Orange. More Message Boards		Security Now Defense Discovered for Defending Against BGP Hijacking & Off-Path DNS Attacks Larry Loeb, Author, 6/20/2019 Certificate Authorities are continually getting requests from threat actors who ... (0) New 'IPStorm' Malware Uses Peer-to-Peer Network for Communication Larry Loeb, Author, 6/19/2019 It's a whole new headache for the security team. (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News Cable Access Network Shift Underway Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 6/19/2019 Harmonic's software focus and new strategy seem to be getting Wall Street's ... (0) BBWN Bites: Starry Spreads FWA Sunshine to Rural Broadband Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 6/19/2019 Having won big in the FCC spectrum auction, Starry expects to use fixed wireless ... (0) GO TO BROADBAND WORLD NEWS Telecom Innovators Video Showcase 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 ... 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