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Content posted in April 2017
Putting AI to Work: A Conversation With Comptel's Niilo Fredrikson
The Digerati  
4/28/2017   30 comments
Comptel's Niilo Fredrikson explains how AI and machine learning can be leveraged to improve customer engagement.
Viacom 18's Vats Talks AR/VR, Video AI
The Digerati  
4/27/2017   18 comments
Sudhanshu Vats, group CEO of Indian broadcast and video conglomerate Viacom 18, shares his thoughts on AR/VR and artificial intelligence.
ETSI OSM Group Advances NFV Interoperability With Release TWO
Kelsey Kusterer Ziser  
4/27/2017   4 comments
ETSI Open Source MANO group has issued Release TWO, which includes improvements to interoperability, performance, stability and security.
Viu Gets Original, Just Like Everyone Else
Aditya Kishore  
4/27/2017   14 comments
Hong Kong incumbent PCCW launches new slate of original content for its Viu OTT service, joining an increasing number of OTT providers who recognize the value of original series.
AT&T's Chris Rice on ONAP's Key Challenge
The Digerati  
4/27/2017   6 comments
Chris Rice, senior vice president of AT&T Labs, isn't expecting VNF onboarding to be child's play, but he is hoping for simple processes that can be automated and replicated.
TDC's Kunstmann on VoD in Denmark
The Digerati  
4/26/2017   30 comments
TDC's head of OTT and VoD discusses the operator's services with Telco Transformation.
For AT&T, Cultural Transformation Begets Digital Data Transformation
Joe Stanganelli  
4/26/2017   21 comments
AT&T's Sarah Obermayer delivered a course at Light Reading's Upskill U on how to move from a dispersed to centralized analytics team.
How Innovative Billing Brought Netflix to Africa
The Digerati  
4/25/2017   48 comments
Kwesé's Joseph Hundah explains the challenges with billing and payments in Africa, and how the operator's innovative approach helped convince Netflix to launch in the continent.
AT&T's Chris Rice Details ECOMP & OPEN-O Merger
The Digerati  
4/25/2017   5 comments
Rice shares details of how the 8 million lines of code developed over three years for ECOMP is being brought together with the initial code release of OPEN-O.
Equinix Expects 'Massive' Scaling of Interconnection Model
The Digerati  
4/24/2017   12 comments
Equinix is preparing for the future by looking to massively scale its interconnection capabilities, and participating in open source processes and testing solutions such TIP.
Seen & Heard: Orange's Djingo Will Hear You Soon
Kelsey Kusterer Ziser  
4/21/2017   17 comments
Orange debuted its French-speaking Djingo digital assistant, which will be available to consumers early next year, at its annual Hello show in Paris yesterday.
Broadcasters Excited but Uncertain About ATSC 3.0
Aditya Kishore  
4/21/2017   14 comments
A recent survey highlights the optimism that ATSC 3.0 is generating among US broadcasters, but also the lack of knowledge and concerns about adoption.
Windstream 'Diverse Connect' Delivers Business Cloud Continuity
Elizabeth Miller Coyne  
4/21/2017   16 comments
Windstream's new Diverse Connect service aims to keep a customer's network endpoints connected and ensures the performance of mission-critical business functions.
CenturyLink on Simplifying the Path to Virtualization
Kelsey Kusterer Ziser  
4/20/2017   14 comments
During this Telco Transformation radio show, CenturyLink's Adam Dunstan will talk about the service provider's approach to making its network less complex while adding flexibility and automation.
EdCast's Mehta Talks Killer Apps for AR/VR
The Digerati  
4/20/2017   8 comments
AR/VR, like most nascent tech, needs a 'killer app' – and the 360-degree solution may lie in education.
Laplane: Orange Has Cloud Covered
The Digerati  
4/20/2017   12 comments
Orange Business Services recently teamed up with Huawei on a managed cloud offering.
Reinventing African TV: Econet's Hundah
The Digerati  
4/19/2017   25 comments
Econet Media's CEO, Joseph Hundah, talks to Telco Transformation about a new kind of TV service specifically designed for the African market.
GTT Deploys Managed SD-WAN Service
Kelsey Kusterer Ziser  
4/19/2017   2 comments
GTT is expanding its existing hybrid WAN services by deploying a new managed SD-WAN service.
AT&T's Volinsky: AI Is a Security Game Changer
The Digerati  
4/19/2017   9 comments
AI gives service providers the ability to go from reactive to proactive on security issues.
Live TV Still Key for Children's Broadcasters
Aditya Kishore  
4/18/2017   37 comments
New research from Nielsen demonstrates that live TV continues to dominate children's viewing despite the impact of other devices.
Vats on Voot: Viacom 18 Goes Agnostic
The Digerati  
4/18/2017   9 comments
As India undergoes rapid digital transformation, Indian media conglomerate Viacom 18 is using OTT to hedge its bets.
Hyperscale Operators Gain Majority Share of Cloud Services Market
Kelsey Kusterer Ziser  
4/17/2017   4 comments
New report by Synergy Research Group reveals hyperscale operators are taking the majority share of the cloud services market.
AT&T's Volinsky Talks About the Power of AI
The Digerati  
4/14/2017   26 comments
AI is the real deal now for service providers such as AT&T.
Netflix Comfortably Leads US OTT Market
Aditya Kishore  
4/13/2017   31 comments
Recent data from Comscore finds that nearly three out of every four OTT homes in the US have Netflix – to no one's surprise.
Red Hat's Jordan-Smith: Many Eyeballs on the Cloud
The Digerati  
4/12/2017   9 comments
Enterprise cloud will reach its full potential with open source solutions.
Rambles & Rants: TV Is Still Apple's Final Frontier
Aditya Kishore  
4/12/2017   24 comments
Apple is reportedly talking to premium US programmers about creating a package of premium-only services for the Apple TV in its latest bid to build a pay-TV strategy.
March Caption Contest Winners
Mike Robuck  
4/11/2017   160 comments
This month's cartoon caption contest focuses on artificial intelligence.
A1 Digital Dials in Digital Transformations
The Digerati  
4/11/2017   7 comments
As a newly formed subsidiary of Telekom Austria Group, A1 is looking to bring its digital products, cloud and IoT services to businesses across central and eastern Europe.
TV Subscribers Still Growing – informitv
Aditya Kishore  
4/11/2017   18 comments
The latest version of researcher informitv's Multiscreen Index finds that operators are still growing their subscriber base, despite cord-cutting in the US.
Online Video Outranks Messaging Among Teens – Google Study
Aditya Kishore  
4/10/2017   15 comments
New report from Think with Google finds that some teens are spending more time watching videos online than messaging.
OPNFV Crosses Into MANO With Danube
Mike Robuck  
4/7/2017   4 comments
Danube pushes OPNFV closer to its goal of having an end-to-end NFV platform for service providers.
TT Poll: Broadcasters Should Build Their Own OTT Services
Aditya Kishore  
4/7/2017   20 comments
Respondents to the latest Telco Transformation poll believe that broadcasters should develop their own OTT services and own the user experience from end-to-end.
China Mobile Ramps Up With ONAP
Mike Robuck  
4/7/2017   4 comments
China Mobile was drawn to OPEN-O for some of the same reasons that AT&T created ECOMP.
Vendor Lock-In: The Bogeyman in the Cloud
Joe Stanganelli  
4/6/2017   17 comments
Vendor lock-in may not be what you think it is.
Deutsche Telekom to Entertain in 4K
Aditya Kishore  
4/6/2017   13 comments
Deutsche Telekom says it will bring UHD channels to its Entertain TV service later this year, perhaps adding momentum to the relatively cautious deployment of UHD by pay-TV providers.
ONAP Takes Center Stage at ONS
Mike Robuck  
4/5/2017   4 comments
ONAP announces governing board at ONS.
Donovan: AT&T Closes In on Tipping Point With Virtualization
Mike Robuck  
4/5/2017   14 comments
Indigo marks the third phase of AT&T's network transformation.
NBC's Black Is Ready to Play
The Digerati  
4/5/2017   10 comments
Eric Black, head of Playmaker Media and CTO of NBC Sports Group Digital, talks to us about ensuring high QoE when streaming at scale.
AT&T Boldly Goes Into White Box Switching
Mike Robuck  
4/4/2017   7 comments
AT&T teamed up with several vendors for a coast-to-coast trial of white-box switching.
Kwesé Takes New Approach to African TV
Aditya Kishore  
4/4/2017   16 comments
Telecom company Econet's new media service is taking a different approach to pay-TV in Africa, according to CEO Joseph Hundah.
ONS: State of the Union for Open Source
Mike Robuck  
4/3/2017   7 comments
While open source projects and software-defined networks have enjoyed big growth spurts there are still hurdles to overcome en route to large-scale production deployments.
Linux Foundation's Joshipura: 5G Demands Cloud Automation & Big Data
The Digerati  
4/3/2017   4 comments
The time is now to start automating for 5G, Joshipura says.
Build or Buy: The CDN Dilemma
Aditya Kishore  
4/3/2017   16 comments
A panel discussion at the recently concluded TV Connect event exposed the differences in content delivery approaches being used by content distributors today.




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