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News & Views Most Popular RJio Will Gain Most From India's Tariff Hike By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 12/6/2019 India's youngest and most aggressive operator could be the main beneficiary of an increase in prices. Post a Comment 5G Is a Chance to Change the Telco Monoculture By Robert Clark, 12/6/2019 Telecom operators have an opportunity with 5G to build diversity in their workforce. Post a Comment Huawei Ban in UK Still on the Table By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/5/2019 UK leader Boris Johnson links the use of Huawei to security concerns, raising the prospect of a partial or full ban on the Chinese vendor. Post a Comment Advertisement China Mobile to Operate National Blockchain Network By Robert Clark, 12/4/2019 The Chinese operator has teamed up with a credit card firm and other agencies to run a new blockchain network. Post a Comment South Korea Minister Demands More From 5G Operators By Robert Clark, 12/2/2019 South Korea's new ICT minister has urged the country's operators to do more on 5G development. Post a Comment Huawei CFO Paints Rosy Picture of Canadian House Arrest By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/2/2019 What does the financial chief of the world's biggest equipment maker do in Vancouver when international travel is no longer an option? Post a Comment China Mobile Just Isn't Into Private 5G By Robert Clark, 12/2/2019 China Mobile boffin says public networks are more efficient than private. Post a Comment Advertisement Huawei Ban in Australia Threatens 1,500 Jobs, Warns Chinese Vendor By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/2/2019 Huawei's payments to Australian telecom contractors will dry up in the next couple of years unless the government reverses its 5G ban, says the Chinese equipment giant. Post a Comment Chinese Operators Invest $427M in Number Portability Prep By Robert Clark, 11/29/2019 China is finally about to get mobile number portability and millions of consumers are expected to take advantage. Post a Comment Hon Hai Eyes 5G Prize as It Tips $328M Into APT By Robert Clark, 11/27/2019 The manufacturing giant is diversifying into 5G in a bid to become a technology services company. Post a Comment Netrounds Joins Rakuten's Vendor Roster By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/26/2019 Swedish network assurance specialist selected by high-profile greenfield Japanese network operator Rakuten Mobile. Post a Comment Ericsson Hurls NB-IoT & Cat-M Into Spotlight & Lets Them Sweat By Iain Morris, News Editor, 11/26/2019 Like any doting parent, the Swedish equipment giant is expecting a lot from the NB-IoT and Cat-M technologies it helped to spawn. Post a Comment Indian Telcos Find Some Relief By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 11/25/2019 Price rises and deferred spectrum payments should help operators that have been hit by a recent court ruling. Post a Comment Ericsson the Unready Loses KPN to Huawei By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/22/2019 The resurgent Swedish equipment vendor hits a speedbump in the Netherlands, whose largest operator preferred to go Chinese. Post a Comment China Joins Global Satellite Broadband Party By Robert Clark, 11/22/2019 A new fleet of Chinese satellites is expected to launch a pilot service in 2020. Post a Comment China Unicom Gets Cracking on 6G Terahertz By Robert Clark, 11/21/2019 Heard enough about 5G already? Fear not, because one of China's biggest operators is turning its attention to what comes next. Post a Comment Japan's NTT Hires BearingPoint to Fix BSS Shortcomings By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/21/2019 The operator says the European platform provider comes with several attractive qualities that could provide a spur in the enterprise sector. Post a Comment Senators Urge Trump to Name 5G Czar for US By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 11/20/2019 A group of Senators is urging the Trump administration to take a cohesive approach to 5G, warning that not doing so will give China an edge in the global move to the new wireless technology. Post a Comment Indian Telecom Industry Still in a Tough Spot By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 11/20/2019 India's government is working on a rescue package for its beleaguered service providers. That cannot come soon enough. Post a Comment What Is the Biggest Threat to Today's Major Telecom Equipment Vendors? By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/19/2019 This is just one of the key questions the Light Reading team is pondering as we head into 2020. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Huawei CFO Paints Rosy Picture of Canadian House Arrest By Iain Morris, International Editor, 12/2/2019 What does the financial chief of the world's biggest equipment maker do in Vancouver when international travel is no longer an option? Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors AWS Launches 'Wavelength' for 5G Edge Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Hengtong, APC Host Cable Conference Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Starz Sets International Streaming Expansion Monday, November 25, 2019 AIOps Phase III Showcased at Digital Transformation Asia Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Huawei's FDD Dual-Band Massive MIMO Achieves Scaled Rollout in Thailand Wednesday, November 20, 2019 1-Gig Available to 354M People Globally, Viavi Claims Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Nokia, Hitachi Kokusai Electric Team on 4G/5G Private Networks Monday, November 18, 2019 ThousandEyes Measures Performance for Amazon, Microsoft, Alibaba & IBM Clouds Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Focusing on 5G Integration, Hengtong Appears in PT Expo China 2019 Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Plume Notches J:COM Deal Thursday, October 31, 2019 Huawei Boots Up WiFi 6 Pilot Tuesday, October 29, 2019 FCC Drafts Rules to Bar Communications Companies From Buying From Huawei, ZTE Monday, October 28, 2019 Teridion Introduces Industry's First Compliant Cloud-Based Global SD-WAN Service to Mainland China Thursday, October 24, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Discovered in Enterprise-Grade VPN Larry Loeb, Author, 12/6/2019 Aviatrix, an enterprise VPN company with customers that include NASA, Shell and ... (0) Europe Starts to Build Its Own Secure Cloud Oliver Schonschek, Security Now News Analyst, 12/5/2019 The German Federal Government wants to join forces with other European partners ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News Telenet Tags SAM for IoT Home Security Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/5/2019 European cable operator partners with SAM Seamless Network to provide residential ... (0) Don't Count Out EPON as MSOs Mull Their Fiber Future – ADTRAN Exec Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/4/2019 Many Tier 1 MSOs have yet to choose between EPON and GPON, and their natural ties ... (1 Comment) 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 A Kodak Moment May Await Ericsson, Huawei & Nokia Iain Morris , International Editor , 10/31/2019 There is a sudden urgency in service provider calls for more open and virtualized ... (2 comments) Ericsson, Huawei & Nokia Are Facing an 'Oil Crisis' Upheaval Iain Morris , International Editor , 7/31/2019 Years of consolidation have left the global mobile network market largely in the ... (10 comments) Europe's Long Walk to 5G Iain Morris , International Editor , 7/11/2019 Europe's path to 5G is littered with regulatory and financial obstacles. But ... (3 comments) Huawei Has Billions Riding on Claim to Be 5G Patents Powerhouse Iain Morris , International Editor , 4/2/2019 As both a licensor and licensee of cellular technology, Huawei has more at stake ... (3 comments) All Prime Reading

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