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News & Views Most Popular Analyst: SD-WAN Not Yet Zero-Touch By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 11/16/2018 Zero-touch provisioning and plug-and-play are still buzzwords where SD-WAN is concerned, but not reality, says VSG's Erin Dunne. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Orange Pushing Multivendor SD-WAN By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 Orange Business Services is working with several vendors to develop multivendor SD-WAN expertise and counting on MEF application programming interfaces and definitions for SD-WAN to enable a single portal for its SD-WAN offering, says Franck Morales, vice president of marketing of connectivity services for Orange Business Services. In addition, its SD-WAN service will be built on four other pillars: native cloud connectivity, best-of-breed security, global services and future-proof solution. Post a Comment \| Read (0) DT: Pan-Net Producing Multivendor Apps By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 11/14/2018 Almost four years into building its pan-European cloud, DT is 'very close' to finishing the infrastructure and is rolling out cloud-based multivendor apps. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement F&S: Survey Shows Enterprises Prefer Managed SD-WAN Services By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 11/14/2018 Enterprises are shifting to a carrier-managed version of SD-WAN, with only about a quarter of companies preferring a DIY approach, says Roopa Honnachari, industry director, business services and cloud computing for Frost & Sullivan's ICT practice. 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) SES CEO Plugs Satellite's Role in Global Ecosystem By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 11/14/2018 Satellite access will play a key role going forward in reaching distant locations more quickly than fiber can, providing access and wireless backhaul, enabling disaster recovery and backup and connecting mobile sites including cruise and shipping vessels, airplanes and more, says SES CEO John-Paul Hemingway. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Telefónica & IBM Explore the Telco Potential of Blockchain By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/14/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson upgrades Telenor's core network; Iliad thrives in Italy but struggles in France; semi-autonomous barges float Nokia's boat. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Colt's Voltolini on Service Automation By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/13/2018 Mirko Voltolini, global head of Network on Demand at Colt, talks about how the operator has automated the service delivery aspect of its Ethernet services but is still working on the significant challenge of automating the service assurance lifecycle. Post a Comment \| Read (0) PCCW Global: Blockchain Can Automate Inter-Carrier Connections By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 11/13/2018 Service interconnection is changing, requiring automation to handle commercial agreements at scale and blockchain can enable that, says Marc Halbfinger, CEO of PCCW Global. Post a Comment \| Read (0) AT&T's Goodell: MEF Moving Faster on API Solutions By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 11/12/2018 Josh Goodell, vice president of intelligent edge for AT&T, touts strong growth in SD-WAN deployment with 28,000 end points contracted thus far on a global basis. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Colt Exec Bigs Up Blockchain Benefits By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/12/2018 Fahim Sabir, Colt's director of architecture and development for Colt on Demand, explains how the use of blockchain can help to automate specific manual processes and save hundreds of working hours. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CenturyLink's Dugan: On-Demand Services Critical to Telco's Future By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 11/9/2018 CenturyLink is moving to 'as-a-service' model to support enterprise use of multiple cloud platforms, says Andrew Dugan, who is now the carrier's CTO. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Faster Mobile Will Not Justify €2.4B 5G Spectrum Fee, Says Telecom Italia Exec By Iain Morris, International Editor, 11/8/2018 Despite his high-speed name, Telecom Italia's Giuseppe Ferraris is concerned about any 5G business case based entirely on providing faster mobile connectivity to consumers. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: johnwright The 5g connection is coming and we all know that it is going to be the advanced... Spectrum: SD-WAN Is Coming Soon, but It's Complicated By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 11/8/2018 Satya Parimi of Spectrum Enterprise, says managed SD-WAN services are coming shortly following trials that revealed the complexity of deploying this new service. 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) New Website Promotes Automation, Announces First Partnership By Denise Culver, Online Research Director, 11/7/2018 Recognizing that service providers are heeding the hue and cry to automate or die, Light Reading has created a new online marketplace, Automation Exchange. 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) BT's McRae: Vendors Need to Support Automation or They're Out By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/7/2018 Vendors that want to get their technology deployed in BT's network will need to prove to the operator's chief architect that they can support his automation plans, he tells the Light Reading event audience. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How Red Hat Could Give IBM's Telco Strategy a New Lease of Life By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/5/2018 With telco cloud and open source developments playing a key role in network operator strategies, Red Hat's acquisition could bolster IBM's opportunities with communications service provider customers. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: bosco_pcs This CSP angle is a more substantive than most the run-of-the-mill IBM + Red... How CSPs Can Thrive in the 'Digital Darwinism' Era By Francesco Venturini, Managing Director, Global Communications & Media Industries, Accenture, 11/5/2018 Why CSPs should adopt an omni-channel approach to improve the customer experience and regain their competitive advantage Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards kelseywilson, 11/15/2018 1:15:53 AM MWC 2018 Threatens to Be 5G New Radio Bore Re: Re: MWC 2018 In the demo, they are not only partitioning the radio access network (RAN) and mobile core network but also creating virtual networks across transport and infrastructure resources.So do they think MWC 2018 will be a 5G New... johnwright, 11/12/2018 5:56:39 PM Faster Mobile Will Not Justify €2.4B 5G Spectrum Fee, Says Telecom Italia Exec Re: 5g The 5g connection is coming and we all know that it is going to be the advanced version of the 4g network, but saying that the faster mobile will not justify that can be a thing to look out for. many issues will create like... Atlantis-dude, 11/9/2018 8:31:52 PM MEF CTO: We're Living Up to Agile Promises Re: what would be a north-west api? kelseywilson, 11/6/2018 10:18:12 AM Ericsson CTO Talks 5G, Edge Computing & Machine Learning Re: Ericsson CTO talks 5G Ericsson has supported 5G capabilities in its hardware and software since 2015 and you've been working closely with major carriers in the US, Europe, and Asia. Over the last few years as the competition to get 5G deployed... peter morris, 11/6/2018 6:00:32 AM Ericsson CTO Talks 5G, Edge Computing & Machine Learning Re: Peter morris Excellent post. It was really informative. please keep sharing more Essay Writing services bosco_pcs, 11/5/2018 3:29:34 PM How Red Hat Could Give IBM's Telco Strategy a New Lease of Life Re: Great report w/ originality This CSP angle is a more substantive than most the run-of-the-mill IBM + Red Hat doing hybrid cloud bhah bhah bhah on TV. Those folks are suppose to be analysts who know everything about IBM and Red Hat but they are more... Iss, 11/5/2018 10:43:43 AM A Clear Path to Blockchain in Telecom Re: Identity Thank you for the article very useful. Can you elaborate more about the identity at the Telecom operator side? what is this? Atlantis-dude, 11/2/2018 2:32:01 AM MEF Executing on SD-WAN Specs, New APIs & Enterprise Council Re: any leading carriers that ve implemented these or r planning to? kelseywilson, 11/1/2018 10:23:12 PM MWC 2018 Threatens to Be 5G New Radio Bore Re: Re: MWC 2018 Of course, a solution is only as good or as agile as its weakest link. That's why true end-to-end network slicing is required. In our demo, we're not only partitioning the radio access network (RAN) and mobile core network... Atlantis-dude, 11/1/2018 1:56:21 AM MEF CTO: We're Living Up to Agile Promises Re: any big carriers that are replacing their internally developed models with these? daveoscar, 10/25/2018 8:00:16 AM MWC 2018 Threatens to Be 5G New Radio Bore Re: Homework Planner When its comes to the do the multiple complicated tasks in homework then students needs to make the schedule. To make everything prepared according to the syllabus Homework Planner is now available at reasonable amount. Gabriel Brown, 10/21/2018 2:11:22 PM Zen & the Art of OSS/BSS Transformation Re: Re: Zen Internet Oh and Zen Internet is a cool name for an ISP. That's probably why I chose it. Gabriel Brown, 10/21/2018 2:07:52 PM Zen & the Art of OSS/BSS Transformation Re: Zen Internet I also was a subscriber to Zen Internet back in the day. And I concur, they had great support. I can't remember why I left. I think they increased their focus on small enterprise and ramped the price and service level ac... vances, 10/18/2018 5:08:03 AM Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check Re: Mindshare History tells us victory goes to the popular choice. Linux was a technically poor and incomplete alternative to BSD but that only lasted as long as they enjoyed a lead in the amount of development tme devoted to the project.... mariavanquez87@gmail.com, 10/18/2018 2:27:19 AM Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check Re: good stuff well this was something necessary and i am now hopefull a lot for the betterment. Businesses should open some of their techniques for the betterment of the people. They should prvoide something. Business can proper with... More Message Boards		Security Now BlackBerry Acquiring Security & AI Firm Cylance for $1.4B Scott Ferguson, Managing Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2018 BlackBerry is continuing to move away from its smartphone legacy with the ... 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