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Key developments from the mobile backhaul sector, including synchronization.
By Sarah Reedy, Senior Editor, 12/26/2014
2015 is gearing up to be a big one for small cells: Operators are ready to move beyond the macro network, long-awaited vendor deployment announcements will begin to ...
By Sarah Reedy, Senior Editor, 12/22/2014
Small cells have long been on operators' roadmaps but more as a "next year" scenario, taking a backseat to macro network improvements. With recent traction in both ...
By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 12/4/2014
NEW YORK -- Future of Cable Business Services -- While the SMB market remains the "bread and butter" of Cox Business, the company is now making significant strategic ...
By Ken Wieland, contributing editor, 12/3/2014
If you thought the Ethernet standards world was settling down, think again. Two separate alliances, one featuring Brocade and the other Cisco, are developing ...
By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 12/2/2014
Connecting remote communities in rural areas in an affordable way has long been a tough challenge for all communications network operators, but UK mobile operator EE ...
By Sarah Reedy, Senior Editor, 12/2/2014
Verizon Wireless has tapped enterprise small cell vendor SpiderCloud to bring its first dual-band 4G small cells to its business customers and public venues, the pair ...
By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 11/25/2014
After 13 years without its own true mobile operations, BT is ready to open its wallet and acquire a UK wireless operator to make itself a fully formed telco once more.
By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 11/13/2014
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: CityFibre's dark fiber backhaul deal; Sky completes European acquisitions, tweaks name; drones latest!
By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 11/3/2014
Sprint's new CEO said the company will cut about 2,000 more jobs from its workforce, and there will be more changes in management too.
By Sarah Reedy, Senior Editor, 11/3/2014
LTE-Advanced has been making steady progress across the globe. More than 20 operators, including all of the big four in the US, have now deployed some aspect of the ...
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Eurobites: Ericsson Brings LTE-U to Small Cells
Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/6/2015
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: a cloud for mariners; Kabel Deutschland ...
Eurobites: Nokia Completes Panasonic Unit Acquisition
Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/5/2015
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telenor feels the anti-corruption heat; ...
Eurobites: Ericsson Brings LTE-U to Small Cells
Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/6/2015
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: a cloud for mariners; Kabel Deutschland ...
Eurobites: Nokia Completes Panasonic Unit Acquisition
Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 1/5/2015
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telenor feels the anti-corruption heat; ...
Amdocs Spies Growth In India
Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-chief, 12/26/2014
CEO hopes to announce new telco customers in India in the coming year.
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Robert Clark, , 12/22/2014
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Stephen Bye: Sprint's Network Visionary
Sarah Reedy , Senior Editor , 3/19/2014
Sprint CTO Stephen Bye has a huge network challenge ahead of him and a new ...
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Sarah Reedy , Senior Editor , 1/31/2014
Is the carriers' love affair with sports stadia connectivity on the wane?
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Amdocs' Mark Geere on Big Data Analytics

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Presentation by Mark Geere, Head of BDA Applications (CEM and Network) at Amdocs, on how to overcome the challenges in implementing big data analytics for service providers This presentation was recorded at Light Reading's Telecom Analytics World event in Atlanta, Ga.
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Amdocs' Mark Geere on Big Data Analytics

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An interview with Mark Geere, Head of BDA Applications (CEM and Network) at Amdocs, talking on the road to successful big data analytics in different SP domains. This interview was shot at Light Reading's Telecom Analytics World event in Atlanta, Ga.
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21Vianet on Huawei's Data Center Switch & SDN Solution

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21Vianet is China's largest third-party independent Internet equipment and service provider. The company now has 80 IDCs in more than 40 cities, providing services to more than 2,000 Internet enterprises.
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Huawei's Battery Switch Helps ACT Develop at Top Speed in the Indian Market

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Hara Prasad Kar, Chief Information Officer at ACT, speaks of the company's success in working with Huawei.
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Huawei's Datacom Products Attract Beetel to Become a Partner

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Sanjeev Patil, National Business Head of Network Division at Beetel, speaks about their experience with Huawei.
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AlcaLu Ups Its Cable Game

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Vik Saxema, CTO for Cable & Media at Alcatel-Lucent, talks about the vendor's developments for the cable operator market, including virtual CPE.
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Comlink Talks New Apps, Targets Healthcare

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Comlink COO John Summersett discusses his company's eight-state fiber network from Light Reading's 2020 Vision Executive Summit.
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Kordia Spies SDN Efficiencies

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Drew Gilpin, head of sales and marketing at New Zealand telco Kordia, sees SDN as a way to achieve a more efficient use of capital.
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Networks & IT: Now It's Strategic!

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At the 2020 Vision Executive Summit, cloud guru Joe Weinman talks about the strategic advantages that a combination of networks and IT can now deliver to enterprises of all types, including communications service providers.
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Integration Towards the Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Era

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NFV offers communication service providers a way to drastically simplify their network by decoupling software and hardware. This makes an organization more agile and it also reduces operational expenses. Today we're talking to Huawei and current analysis about how an operator can build an NFV platform with specific focus on how they can capitalize on the ...
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Amdocs CEO Interview

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Amdocs CEO Eli Gelman talks data analytics, global markets, acquisitions, NFV and the move to software virtualization, and more in a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with Light Reading.
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EE Talks Biz Transformation on Road to 5G

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EE's Director of Network Strategy David Salam discusses how data growth on its wireless network is driving business transformation and the move to 5G for the UK-based carrier.
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