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News & Views Most Popular Nokia 5G Kit 3 Months Behind Schedule in South Korea – Report By Robert Clark, 4/18/2019 Nokia's kit has displayed some problems in interoperability testing and in carrying heavy traffic loads, says local press report. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: ajwdct1 Again, 3GPP produces specs not standards & they say that on their website:... Netflix Still Poised for Global Growth Despite Disney Threat By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/17/2019 Netflix is akin to a 'Blockbuster store in the cloud' while Disney+ will cater to families and fans of The Mouse's well-branded, highly recognized fare, analyst says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Netflix Nears 150M Subs, Shrugs Off New Competition From Disney, Apple By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/16/2019 OTT giant doesn't expect coming debuts of Disney+, Apple TV+ to have a material affect on Netflix's sub growth. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Eurobites: Deutsche Telekom, BMW Try to Steer German Govt Away From Connected-Car WiFi By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 4/16/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: German auction latest; US takes 'softer' approach on Huawei front; how the Notre-Dame fire confused YouTube's algorithm. Post a Comment \| Read (0) China Probes Ericsson Over Licensing Complaints By Iain Morris, International Editor, 4/16/2019 The Swedish vendor's Beijing offices were raided on Friday after complaints were made about its licensing activities. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Is Huawei's Cloud Goal a Case of Castles in the Air? By Iain Morris, International Editor, 4/15/2019 Two years after announcing the launch of its public cloud business, the Chinese equipment giant has yet to prove it can challenge the web giants on the global stage. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Germany Holds Door Open for Huawei By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 4/15/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: CityFibre loses legal challenge; Video-streaming giants come under the UK regulatory microscope; new boss for Swisscom's blockchain unit. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Germany's 5G Auction Riches May Equal a Big Win for China By Iain Morris, International Editor, 4/12/2019 Spending in Germany's 5G auction has now reached a point where it could hinder the rollout of next-generation mobile services. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Disney+ to Debut November 12, Fetch $6.99 Per Month By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/12/2019 Pricing on Disney+ will vastly undercut that of Netflix, feature a vault of TV shows, movies and new original fare from big brands that include Marvel, Fox, Star Wars and Pixar. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Help Data Scientists & Get Behind Acumos, Says Orange Exec By Iain Morris, International Editor, 4/11/2019 The Linux Foundation's AI initiative could do with more telecom operator members if it is to make a real impact. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Samsung Pumps Up the Basestations in Korean 5G Market By Iain Morris, International Editor, 4/11/2019 Data provided by South Korea's Samsung does not look good for its mobile infrastructure rivals. Post a Comment \| Read (0) New Radios Could Slash Cost of Huawei 5G Ban By Iain Morris, International Editor, 4/10/2019 Features in the latest radios could end a nasty form of vendor 'lock-in' that may prevent an operator from using different 4G and 5G suppliers. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: iainmorris Paragraph 9 of this story has been updated since it was first published to... Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/10/2019 Light Reading is delighted – nay, pumped – to announce the finalists for this year's Leading Lights Awards program, which is now in its 15th year. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: CRW_Cary Way to go, Wave2Wave team! Colt's AI Trials Provide Good News for Humans By Iain Morris, International Editor, 4/10/2019 Colt reports mixed fortunes with four trials of AI technology and predicts that humans will be needed for a long time yet. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Telecoms.com Podcast: 5G, Tech Politics & Notspots By Light Reading, 4/9/2019 The usual suspects cast an eye over the first commercial 5G launches, political pressure on tech companies and the issue of 'notspots.' Post a Comment \| Read (0) Google Extends Support to AWS & Azure – Wait, What? By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 4/9/2019 Like the saying goes: 'If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.' Post a Comment \| Read (0) ATSC 3.0 Declared 'Ready for Deployment' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/8/2019 Rollout of feature-packed, OTT-like next-gen signaling standard is critical to the survival of the broadcast TV industry, top Sinclair Broadcast Group exec says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Volkswagen Plan Is Latest 5G Car Wreck for German Telcos By Iain Morris, International Editor, 4/8/2019 Plans by German carmakers to build their own 5G networks would deal a blow to operators that believe 5G will speed them into the enterprise sector. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Avoiding the Prepaid Death Spiral By Steve Polsky, Founder & CEO, Juvo, 4/8/2019 Operators that mainly serve prepaid customers must figure out a strategy for tackling churn. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Huawei 5G Ban May Cost UK £7B, Say Telcos in Panicky Report By Iain Morris, International Editor, 4/5/2019 A panicky report from the UK's mobile network operators seems to overstate the impact of banning Huawei on the UK economy. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Nokia 5G Kit 3 Months Behind Schedule in South Korea – Report By Robert Clark, 4/18/2019 Nokia's kit has displayed some problems in interoperability testing and in carrying heavy traffic loads, says local press report. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: ajwdct1 Again, 3GPP produces specs not standards & they say that on their website:... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards ajwdct1, 4/20/2019 11:06:34 AM Nokia 5G Kit 3 Months Behind Schedule in South Korea – Report Re: Re: That's too be expected from Nokia- too many cooks in the kitchen Again, 3GPP produces specs not standards & they say that on their website: "The 3GPP Technical Specifications (TS) and Technical Reports (TR) have, in themselves, no legal standing. They only become "official" when transposed... spoticdesigns, 4/20/2019 8:38:08 AM Pacnet Offers Transport SDN Services Re: CBD OIL https://cbdhempdrx.com/ cbdhempdrx.com cbdhempdrx cbd hemp drx cbd oil Clifton K Morris, 4/20/2019 12:11:03 AM Nokia 5G Kit 3 Months Behind Schedule in South Korea – Report Re: Re: That's too be expected from Nokia- too many cooks in the kitchen Thanks for the information. I had no idea IMT was in the process of fork-ing their own 5G standard when 3GPP has 5G plastered on their website. To your knowledge, are the standards compatible and/or planned to be recognized... suerudd, 4/18/2019 10:55:58 PM Strategy Analytics Unveils 2023 5G Global Market RAN Forecast Re: Global 5G Competitive Race by 2023 Check out the full complimentary Report here: http://bit.ly/2IqbL1y suerudd ajwdct1, 4/18/2019 7:46:50 PM Nokia 5G Kit 3 Months Behind Schedule in South Korea – Report Re: That's too be expected from Nokia- too many cooks in the kitchen If you recall, Nokia is a combo of Nokia-Siemens, Alcatel and Lucent- all of which were working on their own 5G implementations for years. That despite the ITU-R IMT 2020 RIT standard won't be completed till Nov 2020... mzafi, 4/17/2019 10:10:11 AM Analyst: AT&T Made 'Major Strategic Error' on SVoD Plan Re: Nice Light reading and all recording of the videos have been done for the humans. 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Over the next few weeks we will publish articles that highlight the best features of the submissions to show why they were shortlisted, but we don't publish the raw submissions for multiple... iainmorris, 4/11/2019 5:09:01 PM New Radios Could Slash Cost of Huawei 5G Ban Re: Paragraph 9 update Paragraph 9 of this story has been updated since it was first published to provide additional context that more accurately reflects Marcus Weldon's views. bfreitas, 4/11/2019 11:50:19 AM Leading Lights 2019: The Finalists Re: Content of the Proposal Are you planning on releasing the contents of the proposals so we should learn from the best competitors what are they doing in the field? It'll be nice to learn from them. Thanks. Regards, Br... rocket101, 4/5/2019 7:24:37 PM India's BSNL May Lay Off 31% of Staff – Reports Re: It's a JIO show!!! It's a JIO show!!! When the Goverment itself is openly changing policies for the likes of JIO, what can BSNL do? This is all being done intentionally to let BSNL stagnate and rut and JIO prosper. Indian Govermnet is shameless... James_B_Crawshaw, 4/5/2019 7:38:20 AM 'Lean NFV' Aims to Reignite Virtualization Re: Lean and mean "The Lean NFV approach relies on two technically straightforward design decisions: using an open-source KV store for coordination within NFV solutions (management components and VNFs), and using a plug-in approach to integration... yarn, 4/4/2019 5:34:43 PM 'Lean NFV' Aims to Reignite Virtualization Re: Why would it work this time? If lean NFV is trying to solve a problem that NFV introduced, than perhaps no NFV is even better? It seems to me that NFV with less specifications will only increase integration complexity because it leaves more open to... More Message Boards		Security Now Russian Hacker Group TA505 Found to Be Attacker of US Financial Firms Larry Loeb, Author, 4/19/2019 Israeli-based Cyberint has found evidence of remote access Trojans being used in ... 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