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News & Views Most Popular 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) Follow the Money: Optical Trends From NGON 2019 By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/22/2019 The opening sessions of this year's NGON & DCI World event in Nice focused on money matters and automation but there was little appetite to discuss the impact of global trade tensions and the US clampdown on Huawei's supply line. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CenturyLink Dives Into Services Deployed at the Deep Edge By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 5/21/2019 CenturyLink's Kevin McBride explains why it's a 'great time to be wireline.' Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement 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) Ailing Telecom Italia Gets Serious About Cuts By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/21/2019 The Italian phone incumbent is now so ruthlessly focused on efficiency it has started referring to employees as units. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Sprint Goes Loco for 'Low Code' By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/21/2019 Sprint is using a 'low code' development platform to streamline business processes, including getting wireline customers online faster. Post a Comment \| Read (0) MetTel's Silber: 5G Transforms Business Models By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/21/2019 MetTel's Max Silber, the carrier's vice president of mobility, says 5G transforms business for both MetTel and its enterprise customers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement 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) MetTel's Fox: Enterprises Need to Find Business Case for 5G By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/20/2019 Many initial 5G deployments will be private networks on enterprise premises, and service providers will need to accommodate those needs, says MetTel CTO Ed Fox in conversation with Light Reading's Mitch Wagner. Also, Fox talks about how MetTel is going big on network functions virtualization (NFV). Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry By Iain Morris, News Editor, 5/16/2019 Failure to transform their businesses, highlighted at this week's Digital Transformation World event in Nice, is fast catching up with the telcos. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Gabriel Brown I tend to agree with James that the headline is inflammatory. A "car crash"... 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) Rakuten CTO: We're Stronger, Faster & Cheaper Than You By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/15/2019 Japan's Rakuten is building what it says will be the first truly cloud-native mobile network, and its existing operators should be worried. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Nice Turns Nasty as Vendors Face Fire Over Cloud-Native Claims By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/14/2019 The messages emerging from this week's Digital Transformation World sound depressingly familiar. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: susansem There are some vendors who do offer cloud-native software in the core but the... Arista Ships Smarter 400G Routers By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/14/2019 Arista's second-generation 400G routers support built-in security, automation and telemetry for reduced capex and opex. 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) Eurobites: Vodafone UK Names the 5G Day By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/14/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone cuts dividend following €7.6 billion loss; Openet lands US Tier 1 gig; KPN invests in IoT startup Wirepas. Post a Comment \| Read (0) RFP Process No Longer Fit for Purpose – Report By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/14/2019 Outdated telco IT procurement processes cost industry more than $1 billion per year, according to findings of a report from industry body TM Forum, which asks if it's time to kill the RFP. Post a Comment \| Read (0) At Boingo, Network Cloudification Drives Business Transformation By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/13/2019 Boingo is best known as the guys who get travelers online at airports, but that's just a small part of the business nowadays. Network virtualization has helped drive the transition. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Telenor Chopped 10K Jobs Last Year, & It's Not Done Yet By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/13/2019 The Norwegian telco, whose operations span Europe and Asia, has taken a hefty axe to its workforce. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cloud Bursts: F5 Closes NGINX Acquisition, IBM's Red Hat Buy Clears Hurdle By Mitch Wagner, Executive Editor, Light Reading, 5/10/2019 F5 and NGINX are one. Looks like the same will happen soon for IBM and Red Hat. And Docker gets a new posterior in the captain's chair. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry By Iain Morris, News Editor, 5/16/2019 Failure to transform their businesses, highlighted at this week's Digital Transformation World event in Nice, is fast catching up with the telcos. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Gabriel Brown I tend to agree with James that the headline is inflammatory. A "car crash"... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Gabriel Brown, 5/17/2019 4:54:54 AM 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry Re: Re: Chief Paleontologist I tend to agree with James that the headline is inflammatory. A "car crash" seems an unlikely scenario for the telecom industry. There isn't evidence in this direction. Some challenges? Yes, for sure. Like always. On consumer... brooks7, 5/16/2019 7:43:46 PM 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry Re: Re: Chief Paleontologist @James_B_Crawshaw So, is it your opinion that Cell Phone bills are going to go up with the deployment of 5G? Otherwise, it is unclear to me how money gets made. We already have essentially 100%... James_B_Crawshaw, 5/16/2019 6:08:08 PM 5G Car Crash Looms for Telecom Industry Re: Chief Paleontologist Given the dinosaur reference perhaps we should be talking about paleontology instead of archaeology. But if you compare with the energy (electricity and gas) sector or financial services then telco IT doesn't actually look... susansem, 5/15/2019 11:30:04 PM Nice Turns Nasty as Vendors Face Fire Over Cloud-Native Claims Re: Re: takes time for Core Software to be cloud native and to be mainstream. There are some vendors who do offer cloud-native software in the core but the trust, expertise and ability to offer end to end solutions across the network are lacking. Finally, the investments required to change over... komatineni, 5/15/2019 8:20:06 PM Nice Turns Nasty as Vendors Face Fire Over Cloud-Native Claims Re: takes time for Core Software to be cloud native and to be mainstream. It's rather easier to blame each other but it's all about money and business case. Operators want 'cheap' so to justify the transition or business case while vendors and current technology doesn't match the needs. Added... pete123, 5/10/2019 12:09:36 PM Telus CTO: 5G Is Letting Us Down Re: Not inspiring He is not very happy as a CTO and not inspiring. Maybe because he needs to replace his Huawei in his network. Shareholders wont be happy with him. 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. grrrific650, 5/6/2019 5:44:38 PM Cloud Bursts: Arista Stumbles, Equinix Flies High, OpenStack Goes Ghostbusters Re: Doom, not Clockwork Orange The Mirantis Model Designer levels are based on the Doom difficulty levels Mitch Wagner, 5/6/2019 12:27:21 AM Cloud Bursts: Arista Stumbles, Equinix Flies High, OpenStack Goes Ghostbusters Re: Re: Red Hat Logo I still think they should have gone with Slender Man. Kelsey Ziser, 5/5/2019 1:43:44 PM Cloud Bursts: Arista Stumbles, Equinix Flies High, OpenStack Goes Ghostbusters Re: Red Hat Logo I liked the old Red Hat logo...makes me think of Dick Tracy or some other detective. Gabriel Brown, 5/1/2019 3:27:03 AM Three UK to Cut Two Thirds of Tech Jobs in Digital Makeover Re: UK Mobile Market These cuts are pretty brutal. Must be tough for those people about to lose their jobs. But they are somewhat reflective of the market in the UK, which is very competitive. Example: We have two kids and one grandmother... rocket101, 4/27/2019 10:20:43 AM CenturyLink Shed 6K Workers During Crash Course Diet Last Year Re: Self Driving Network? Juniper needs to focus on increasing revenue and not coining terms Self Driving Network? Juniper needs to focus on increasing revenue and not coining terms. Juniper barely gets to 1 billion in revenue per quarter. This has been the trend for past several years, CEO afte CEO has not been... Mitch Wagner, 4/25/2019 4:50:10 PM Rackspace Names Third CEO in Two Years Re: Re: Managed Hosting to Cloud Hi, Sonal! Shoot me an email, please. wagner@lightreading.com sonalpuri123, 4/25/2019 4:26:22 PM Rackspace Names Third CEO in Two Years Re: Managed Hosting to Cloud Mitch, You may remember me as the CMO at Aryaka. I'm now at Webscale disrupting the Managed Hosting market using IaaS as the platform with software for all L4-7 services. Would love to catch up at your convenience. Cannot... brooks7, 4/25/2019 12:50:11 PM 5G Completely Absent From Tesla's Big Autonomous Driving Event Re: Taxi! Yes, it sounds like a great idea to allow some random person to go by themselves in my car. Nothing could possibly go wrong (insert here such levels of sarcasm that many people cover their ears in pain). I can't... More Message Boards		Security Now Suppliers Cut Off Huawei Larry Loeb, Author, 5/22/2019 If Android is to 'fork' following Huawei's isolation, the enterprise needs to ... (3 comments) Does 'Client Hints' Leave Fingerprints? Larry Loeb, Author, 5/21/2019 New web standard allows third-party services to obtain in-depth details about ... (5 comments) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News BBWN Bites: ARM & BT Guard Against Huawei Ban Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 5/22/2019 British heavyweights ARM and BT opt to shut out Huawei: BT will not include the ... 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