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News & Views Most Popular CenturyLink Adds Fiber to Fuel Datacenter, Cloud Growth By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 7/23/2019 Why more fiber? Cloud data center demand from webscale service providers, says CenturyLink's CTO. Post a Comment Podcast: ClearSky Data CEO Ellen Rubin Knows Where Your Data Is By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 7/16/2019 Ellen Rubin joins the Light Reading podcast to discuss edge computing and the new need for data management in more places as the world goes from static storage to mobile, multicloud madness. Post a Comment Cisco Looks to Acacia for Optics & Flexibility By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 7/10/2019 Acacia's pluggable optics help Cisco's routing business stay competitive and make its customer networks easier to operate, according to the head of Cisco's optical business. Post a Comment Advertisement Cisco to Buy Acacia for Pluggable Optical Goodness By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 7/9/2019 Cisco said it would buy Acacia and the components vendor's current optical transport customers need not worry. The move is seen as positive overall, but one analyst explained why Arista should probably be more concerned than ADVA. Post a Comment Cybersecurity Expert Sees Opportunity in Internet Growth, Consolidation By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 6/14/2019 The way to defend against DDoS and other attacks is changing, says Nokia's Craig Labovitz. That's because the Internet is getting bigger and smaller at the same time. Post a Comment Huawei Slaps Verizon With $1B+ Patents Bill – Reports By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 6/13/2019 Chinese vendor ups the ante in battle with the US by reportedly demanding more than $1 billion in patent payments from the US carrier for the use of technology it has in its networks, reports the Wall Street Journal. Post a Comment Ciena Keeps Its Foot on the Gas in Q2 By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 6/6/2019 For its fiscal quarter ended April 30, Ciena showed more growth and some customer diversification, while continuing to add to its software portfolio. Post a Comment Advertisement A Coherent Take on NGON & DCI World By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/23/2019 Heavy Reading's optical guru Sterling Perrin highlights some key trends from the NGON & DCI World event in Nice, including 'Beyond Coherent,' what 400ZR really means for the market, the latest on 5G transport and the FUDfest that is Huawei. Post a Comment Optical's Shifting Sands By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/21/2019 The global optical networking market has been worth in the region of $15 billion for the past year, but while that number has varied only slightly year to year, what has changed is the nature of the investments and who's splashing the cash. Post a Comment Big 5G Event Keynote: Fireside Chat – Andrew Dugan, CenturyLink By Light Reading, 5/16/2019 CenturyLink CTO Andrew Dugan shares his views on 5G transport technology at the Big 5G Event in Denver on May 8, 2019. Post a Comment Verizon's Wellbrock: RAN Is Fancy Radio That Rides on Fiber By Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Editor, 5/15/2019 The radio access network receives plenty of attention in 5G discussions, but Verizon's Glenn Wellbrock says those "fancy radios" require a strong fiber backbone. Post a Comment 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 Light Reading Hall of Fame 2019 By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/6/2019 We've added four names to the Hall of Fame this year. Find out who they are... Post a Comment Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Telecoms Product By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 5/4/2019 There are 11 (yes, count them!) shortlisted entries in this year's category for Most Innovative Telecoms Product (Optical/IP/Carrier Ethernet/FTTH). Post a Comment Nokia Suffers 5G Blues in Q1, Stock Slumps By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 4/25/2019 When the CEO and CFO say the quarter was 'weak,' you know it was bad: investors agreed. Post a Comment Who Else Should Be in the Light Reading Hall of Fame? By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 4/16/2019 Know your role. Take our poll. Help our editors finish arguing which set of executives, inventors and luminaries will be among this year's inductees into the Light Reading Hall of Fame. Post a Comment 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 Eurobites: Telenor Buys DNA for Finnish Foray By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 4/9/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telekom Srbija and Ericsson virtualize the core; Cisco scores in Italy and France; Vodafone Egypt goes with Red Hat for cloud-based customer service upgrade; Three UK calls on Callsign for fraud prevention. Post a Comment In Search of Optical Networking's 'Holy Grail' By James Kisner, Contributing columnist, 3/25/2019 The optical networking industry is at another inflection point, writes James Kisner, and the chalice some companies drink from next could point the way to everlasting revenue growth. Post a Comment Optical Networks for the Next Decade By Simon Stanley, 3/18/2019 The ON2020 group is looking to address the optical transport challenges presented by the predicted surge in user traffic on carrier networks. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Tejas Boosts US Team With Hire From Infinera Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Smartoptics Debuts New Passive Platforms Thursday, May 16, 2019 Blue Planet Prevents up to 95% of Network Outages With New Proactive Network Operations Solution Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Nokia Reports Q1 Loss Thursday, April 25, 2019 Colt Deploys Cisco Gear to Bolster Its 5G Backhaul Offer Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Microsoft & Facebook Launch Co-Packaged Optics Collaboration Thursday, March 14, 2019 Honoring Ciena's Kim Roberts, Recipient of the 2019 John Tyndall Award Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Ciena Reports Fiscal Q1 Revenue Hike of 20% Tuesday, March 5, 2019 Cisco Powers KT's Virtualized Mobile Packet Core Sunday, February 24, 2019 Sprint Adds to Backhaul Capacity With New Cisco Routers Sunday, February 24, 2019 Ciena Unveils WaveLogic 5 Tech Wednesday, February 20, 2019 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium Offers FEC Spec Tuesday, February 19, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Nuclear Plant Security Compromised by Financially Motivated Insiders Larry Loeb, Author, 8/23/2019 Equipment at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine was used to mine cryptocurrency. (0) Newly Registered Domains Mean New Problems – Palo Alto Larry Loeb, Author, 8/23/2019 Why NRDs should matter to the security community. (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News Study Crashes Broadband's ARPU Party Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/22/2019 Findings from university researchers and The Wall Street Journal indicate that ... (0) FTTP or Next-Gen HFC? It's Complicated Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/21/2019 As cable operators weigh construction costs, the potential for service ... (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 ... 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 ... 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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 DT's Terastream: A Bigger Splash? Iain Morris , International Editor , 9/13/2018 Deutsche Telekom's once-ballyhooed Terastream initiative, which turned seven this ... (3 comments) Leading Lights 2017: The Finalists Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 4/10/2017 Light Reading is proud to announce the finalists for this year's Leading Lights ... (1 Comment) Leading Lights 2016: The Finalists Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 4/20/2016 Light Reading is proud to announce the finalists for this year's Leading Lights ... (2 comments) Critical Infrastructure: Why Telecom Is Taking a Renewed Interest in the Utility Sector Dan O'Shea , Analyst, Heavyreading.com , 8/27/2015 Telecom vendors are taking an increasing interest in the utility industry's ... (4 comments) All Prime Reading

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Three CEO: We'd Rather Take Huawei Risk Than Miss 5G Rewards

Three UK has just launched a major 5G-led assault on the living room. If all goes to plan, the smallest of the country's four mobile network operators will emerge ...