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The name "KEVIN" always seems to be associated with the MOON in film and television. It's something I observed while doing research for a couple of my previous posts which discuss the astrological sign of CANCER that is ruled by the MOON. In order for this post to click, please read my previous posts here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here for more KEVIN, the MOON, and CANCER connections.
In my previous posts, I had noted that CANCER rules the fourth HOUSE called "The HOUSE of HOME." It rules the HOME, FAMILY, heredity, the MOTHER, and the FATHER. When I started writing this post, we were under the sign of CAPRICORN, which is CANCER's polar opposite in the zodiac. Stay tuned for more CAPRICORN/CANCER connections throughout this post.
The event that sparked my writing of this post occurred while I was watching the Netflix Original Series "Bloodline." There is a character named KEVIN Rayburn on the show. While watching one of the episodes, my boyfriend Jim (another synchromystic and code-cracker) noted in one scene that there was a shot of the full MOON. A split-second before it happened, he predicted a future shot and exclaimed, "Watch, they'll probably show KEVIN." When this happened, I had no choice but to start writing a piece about this special connection.
KEVIN is played by Norbert Leo BUTZ/(BUTTS). In one scene at 11 minutes (11 = K for KEVIN) into the episode, we see KEVIN MOONing the camera. He refurbishes BOATs for a living. **Hang onto BOAT; we will return to FISH and BOATs here momentarily.**SISSY SPACEk (a CAPRICORN GOAT born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1949), plays the role of KEVIN's MOTHER. She is married to JACK FISK in real life. In one of my previous posts, I mention how FISK means FISH in Danish. The Bloodline story centers around a FAMILY in a FISHing town. We will return to HER, SPACE, FISH, and the name JACK here shortly. KEVIN's FATHER (Robert Rayburn) is played by Sam SHEPARD (born under the Chinese year of the SHEEP/November 5, 1943). He dies during the season, which makes sense because we are currently under the Chinese year of the SHEEP/ram/GOAT, and are about to transition to the Chinese year of the MO[O]Nkey on MO[O]Nday February 8, 2016.The Rayburn FAMILY owns a BEACHside hotel called the Rayburn HOUSE in the FLORIDA<–(**Save this for later!!**) KEYS that has been in business since 1968. 1968 was the Chinese year of the MO[O]NKEY or SHEEP, depending on exactly what month the business started. This is code for the signs transitioning from GOAT/SHEEP/RAM to MO[O]NKEY. The character DANNY (KEVIN's brother) is the "black SHEEP" of the FAMILY. A younger version of DANNY resembles a MO[O]NKEY. This character is played by actor Ben Mendelsohn, who is an Aries RAM born April 3, 1969. Although he isn't born under the sign of the MO[O]NKEY, he is born on the cusp of the ROOSTER/MO[O]NKEY. In one episode, DANNY attends a COCK(ROOSTER) fight.KEVIN and DANNY reside in the FLORIDA KEYS. When put together, the letters "P" and "F" make up the shape of a skeleton KEY. PF Chang's is a CHINESE restaurant, leading us back to the CHINESE year of the MO[O]NKEY.
The BAIT shop is a symbol throughout this series. In my previous post, I mention how the Hebrew letter BET (pronounced "BAYT") means HOUSE. In the scene below, notice how DANNY is SMOKING in front of the BAIT shop that is decorated with CRABS. For more about these specific connections, you have to read my previous post. We will mention the name DANNY here again in a moment. DANNY resides in the FLORIDA KEYS where ORANGEs are grown. Please read my previous post here for this to make sense. ORANGEs are a main ingredient in CHINESE cuisine (e.g. ORANGE CHICKEN). TANGerines and ORANGEs are symbols of luck according to CHINESE tradition. They are normally placed at a DOORway or within a common area to usher in good luck for the new year.
Vinz Clortho of the GHOSTBUSTers (**We will return to GHOST here shortly; CANCER rules the BUST**) film was known as the "KEYmaster of Gozer." He is a demi-god and loyal MINION (MOONion) who obeys "The Destructor." ZUUL is known as "The GATEkeeper" (a.k.a. "MINION of Gozer"/We open GATES with KEYS), leading us back to the upcoming films ZOOLander 2, and GHOSTBUSTers (being released during the year of the MO[O]NKEY) starring Kristen Wiig, another CANCER/MOON resonator.
In the HOME Alone movie series (1 and 2), the lead character's name is KEVIN. KEVIN is played by actor MACA[QUE]lay Culkin, who was born the Chinese year of the MO[O]Nkey (1980). A MACAQUES is any MOO[N]key of the genus MACAca. In the original film, his character is left HOME alone by his parents (MOTHER and FATHER). His MOTHER is played by Catherine O'HARA/HERA.
In the movie poster above, MACA[QUE]lay Culkin's character KEVIN has his hands on his face, which APEs the famous "three wise MO[O]Nkeys."
In his older years, MACAulay Culkin has come to resemble a MO[O]Nkey.The burglars in the film are played Joe PESCI and DANIEL STERN. PESCI is code for PISCES, the FISH, another WATER sign like CANCER. A STERN is the rear part of a BOAT. We catch FISH from the BOAT. During CANCER/the DOG Days of SUMMER, the flooding of the Nile took place in Ancient Egypt. The people would use BOATs to travel down the Nile River when it flooded. During a full MOON, tides are higher than average, and FISH tend to feed more. A nickname for DANIEL is DANNY. DANNY is another name associated with the MOON. We shall return to DANIEL STERN momentarily.
HOME Alone 2: Lost in New York was released in the year 1992. 1992 was the Chinese year of the MO[O]Nkey. In the movie poster above, take note of how the "e" in Home Alone is not capitalized. If we take that "e" and put an MC in between the number "2," we get E = mc 2. Macaulay Culkin's initials are MC. In one of my previous posts I mention something about E = mc 2 in relation to the MOON. Furthermore, a capitalized "E" represents the scales of MAAT. When the "e" is not capitalized, it is unbalanced. These scales sync back to Ancient Egypt and the mythological story of THOTH, because he was the BABOON/(MO[O]Nkey)-headed deity who was married to MAAT. He was originally a MOON god, and his symbol was a MOON disk. He stood on either side of RA's BOAT.
The famous candy REESE'S PIECES is really RHESUS PISCES. As mentioned in one of my previous posts, a RHESUS (MACAQUE) is a type of MO[O]Nkey. The candy was featured in the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, (a film released during the year of the DOG/1982). E.T.'s favorite candy is REECE'S PIECES. If one looks closely, E.T. resembles a MO[O]Nkey. In one of the famous scenes from the film, E.T. is seen riding his CHARIOT<–(**Hang onto this!!**) across the MOON. They dress E.T. up as a GHOST for Halloween.
In another scene from the film E.T., the alien watches John WAyNE<–(**Hang onto this!!**) KISS Maureen O'HARA/(HERA). KISSing and the sign of CANCER/HERA are connected, and you can read about that here. E.T.'s main goal is to "phone HOME." This leads us back to the famous Michael JACKson (also born the year of the DOG/1958, and whose name almost sounds like MA[i]C[h]AQUE[l]), who is the (JUPITER) MOONwalker. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is also an audiobook narrated by Michael JACKson. The main protagonist's name is MA[i]C[h]AQUE[l] in E.T. MJ and Joe PESCI starred in the 1988 film MOONwalker. PESCI leads us back to MACA[QUE]ulay Culkin (HOME Alone). Culkin and MJ (both Virgo virgins) were very close friends years ago. JACKson had a pet MO[O]Nkey named BUBBLES. A personal sync for me is that my first DOG's name was also BUBBLES.
Actor Peter COYOTE, a relative of the DOG/wolf, played agent "KEYS" in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
MACAQUE is pronounced MA–COCK. A COCK is a ROOSTER. The ROOSTER follows the MO[O]Nkey in the Chinese zodiac. The DOG follows the ROOSTER in the zodiac.
Alicia KEYS was the musical guest on SNL in 2001. The show's host was REESE WitherSPOON. SPOONs are SILVER, a color associated with the MOON. This syncs up with the famous NURSERY RHYME "Hey Diddle Diddle," where the SILVER SPOON makes an appearance. REESE WitherSPOON's first film was The Man in the MOON. Her character's name was DANI Trant. The plot of the movie takes place in the SUMMER of 1957. If we rewind back to the beginning of that year, it is the year of the FIRE MO[O]NKEY.
Let's get back to KEVIN. The Wonder Years television show's theme is all about the sign of CANCER. The main character's name is KEVIN ARNOLD. KEVIN's voice is narrated by the same DANIEL STERN who starred in HOME Alone. STERN was born in MARYLAND. In my previous posts about CANCER, I noted how MARYLAND is HOME of the CRAB and the Orioles BAseBAll team. The CRAB is ruled by CANCER, that is ruled by the MOON. STERN was in Rookie of the Year, a movie about BAseBAll (released on JULY 9th).<–(**Hang onto this date!!**) It also starred another DAN, DAN Hedaya. STERN was also in a television series called HOMEtown, and the films How to Kill Your Neighbor's DOG, and HOUSE of Lies. He was in a television series called DANNY. He was the voice of Mr. Packenham on Hey ARNOLD, which is KEVIN's last name on The Wonder Years.KEVIN ARNOLD's FATHER on the show's name is JACK. As most syncheads already know, JACK is a name associated with JUPITER. The name JACK syncs us back to another NURSERY RHYME called "ThIS IS the HOUSE That JACK BUILT, because HOMEs and BUILDINGS are associated with the sign of CANCER/HERA and the MOON. DAN (Lauria) is the real-life name of JACK on The Wonder Years.
In one episode of TWY, KEVIN and JACK BUILD a tree HOUSE.
HOUSE MUSIC adopted the famous saying ("The HOUSE that JACK BUILT/The JACK That HOUSE BUILT"), and MUSIC leads us back to (JACK) JUPITER.
The plot in the movie The HOUSE That JACK BUILT is about a man named JACK who buys a small APARTMENT BUILDING and MO[O]ves his FAMILY into the APARTMENTs. For more about APARTMENT BUILDINGS in relation to the sign of CANCER and the MOON, read my previous posts here and here.
Take note in the photo below how the Arnold family is standing in front of their HOME. They are also standing in front of their CAR. The CAR relates back to the CHARIOT CARd in the tarot deck, which represents the sign of CANCER.
Fred Savage ("KEVIN") was born under the sign of CANCER (JULY 9, 1976). Take note in the photo below of how KEVIN is holding a BAT. The BAT was referenced in my previous post. One thing I will add in this post is that the MOOn is exalted in TAURUS. BAT, being a cow goddess from Ancient Egypt, is representative of both signs (CANCER and TAURUS) because of this exaltation. Just another CANCER/TAURUS connection…
Season 6's intro of TWY has [N]eil [A]rmstrong standing on the MOON. The show takes place between the years of 1968-1973. This was an era of time in which the first men walked on the MOON (Neil Armstrong/Buzz Aldrin in JULY of 1969). KEVIN's MOTHER's name is [N]orma [A]rnold. NANNA/SIN was the god of the MOON in Mesopotamian mythology.
Observe the photo above. Either Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin's profile resembles that of a MO[O]Nkey, particularly a BAboon.Former president "JACK" KENNEDY had just finished his presidency, and was no longer living when the plot of TWY took place. KEVIN Arnold, Winnie Cooper, and Paul PFeiffer are introduced during the SUMMER of 1968 (year of the MO[O]Nkey, and under the sign of CANCER) as they are about to enter the newly renamed Robert F. KENNEDY Junior High School. (RFK was assassinated in 68). Robert's nickname is "BO[O]BBY." For more of BOOBY/BOBBY, read here. In season 2, KEVIN plays R. F. KENNEDY in his school play. One of former President KENNEDY's famous quotes is, "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the MOON and returning him safely to Earth…" Stay tuned for more KENNEDY here in a moment.KEVIN's brother's name is WAyNE (played by Jason HER[A]vey). WAyNE, as mentioned in my previous post here, is an action named for the MOON. WAyNE's nickname for KEVIN is "BUTThead." KEVIN is the name of the lead minion in the M[OO]Nions movie. Minions leads us back to Gru and KEVIN O'Leary of SHARK Tank who he resembles. KEVIN O. shares a birthday (JULY 9th) with Fred Savage. KEVIN's favorite saying on SHARK Tank is, "How do I make MO[O]Ney?" SHARK Tank leads us back to SHARK Week which takes place under the sign of CANCER.
KEVIN COSTNER is a CAPRICORN born on JANUARY 18, 1955, the polar opposite sign of CANCER. His spouse's name is CINdy SILVa (sounds like SILVER). Several of Costner's films have included a BAseBAll theme, e.g. "Field of DREAMS" (CANCER is the sign that's associated with DREAMS), "[B]ULL [D]urham (24)," "Chasing DREAMS," "For Love of the Game," and "The Upside of ANGer." In "The Upside of ANGer," his character's name is DENNY (sounds like DANNY). In a majority of these films his character is a pro BAseBAll player. In my previous post, I mentioned how we play BAseBAll with a BAT.
He was also in "Dances with WOLVES." WOLVES, or DOGS, (DOG Days) howl at the MOON.
He was in "WATERworld," in which the antagonists were called "SMOKERs."
He was in "Thirteen Days," in which he portrayed a top advisor to JFK. Matthew Dunn plays KEVIN O'Donnell in the same flick. The actor KEVIN O'Donnell plays a role in this same film.
KEVIN COSTNER was in SILVERado (a film released under the sign of CANCER/JULY 12th), which also starred KEVIN Kline (who we shall return to momentarily), as well as DANNY Glover.
Let's take a trip to outer SPACE with KEVIN SPACEy. His initials are KS, which sounds like "KisS," (just add an "IS"/ISIS) and I just mentioned (above) how KisSing is tied to the sign of CANCER. He was in a movie called "MOON," (released under the sign of CANCER/JULY 10th) in which he was the voice of a robot named "GERTY." GERTIE (played by Drew Barrymore/DB/42) is the name of the sister to MA[i]C[h]AQUE[l] from E.T. GERD is an acronym for Gastroesophageal reflux disease. GERD (a.k.a. "acid reflux disease") is a "chronic symptom of mucosal damage caused by STOMACH acid coming up from the STOMACH into the ESOPHAGUS." Again, as mentioned in my previous posts, the sign of CANCER rules the STOMACH, ESOPHAGUS, and the digestive system.
He was in [A]merican [B]eauty = AB. Reverse the AB to get BA, and add the two together to get ABBA = FATHER in Hebrew. KEVIN SPACEy's character in the movie is a FATHER. CANCER rules the HOUSE, which is all about the FATHER. Speaking of FATHER, he was in "FATHER of Invention." He was also in a movie called "DAD."
Let's get back to American Beauty. I recently watched it, and there are too many codes resonant to the sign of CANCER/the MOON that I find relevant to this post. This film is produced by DREAMworks. In my previous post, I mentioned how this company is tied to the sign of CANCER/the MOON. Annette Bening co-stars in the film alongside SPACEy. Her initials are also AB. I have written about Annette Bening before in a previous post also in relation to the sign of CANCER. She plays the role of the MOTHER, and she sells HOMEs for a living (realTOR). SPACEy plays "Lester BURNham," which brings us back to the RayBURN family from "Bloodline," and BERNie Sanders (see my previous post here). In the film, his daughter saves up for a BOOB JOB, which mirRORs a scene from another SPACEy flick entitled, "Casino JACK." In Casino JACK, he is also a FATHER, and he catches his daughter looking at a celebrity magazine about BOOB JOBS.
69 = CANCER's sigil.
Other SPACEy films that are characTAURistic of the MOON/CANCER include "Iron Will," (a story about a DOGsled race), "Henry and JUNE," (CANCER takes place during the DOG Days and the month of JUNE), and "HorriBULL BOSses 1 and 2." HorriBULL BOSses also stars JASON BAT[E]man. The first film (HB) was released during CANCER (JULY 8, 2011). The second film (HB2) was released at the end of the JASON (July, August, September, October, November) months in November (November 26, 2014).
He was also in "The Organ Grinder's MO[O]Nkey," in which the lead characTAUR's name as well as his real life's name is RHYS (REESE/REECE's PISCES/RHESUS). Actor Daniel Craig plays the role of "BUBBLES." Staying on the subject of MO[O]Nkeys, specifically GORILLAS, SPACEy was the narrator of the TV series "GORILLA School."
He is in "HOUSE of CARds." He lends his voice in the upcoming film "BOSs BABY" by DREAMworks Animation. He has a film coming out next year entitled "BABY DRIVER." Again, CANCER rules the WOMB where the BABY is HOUSEd. DRIVER/DRIVING takes place in a CAR or CHARIOT. Please note in the slide below how the HOUSE of CARds poster resembles the CHARIOT CARd in the tarot. See how SPACEy is sitting in a CHAIR (CHA[I]Riot)?
SPACEy was in the film "K–PAX," in which he plays an alien from outer SPACE. "PAX" means "PEACE" in Latin, which relates back to the TRANQUILITY BAse on the MOON. PEACE is SYNCnonomous with TRANQUILITY. The TRANQUILITY BAse is where the first humans walked on the MOON during the APOLLO 11 missions. (K=11 for APOLLO 11).
In one scene of K–PAX, KEVIN SPACEy eats a whole BA–NAN[N]A. APOLLO 11 syncs up with the film APOLLO 13, a film about the MOON which doesn't star KEVIN SPACEy. However, it does star another CANCER (born JULY 8, 1958) KEVIN BAcon. Bill PAXton plays alongside BAcon in this film.
KEVIN BAcon brings us BAck to "Footloose," because your feet are loose due to the absence of gravity on the MOON. This brings us back to the original MOONwalker Michael JACKson who transitioned during the sign of CANCER (JUNE 25, 2009).
BAcon starred alongside KEVIN COSTNER and Joe PESCI in "JFK." As we just learned, JFK was the first president who wanted to put a man on the MOON. This was one of his biggest accomplishments. One of his biggest failed missions was the BAy of Pigs. Pigs relate back to BACON, because he resembles a Pig. The film JFK brings us back to SISSY SPACEk, because she also starred in it. She also resembles a Pig.
SISSY SPACEk was in J. FK, and she's married to Jack FisK. If we add an "IS" (ISIS) between the letters F and K, we get FISK. SPACEK = SpaceX. SpaceX is a SPACE Exploration Company. Take note how in the photo below, there appears to be a hidden LAMPshade in the logo. For more of that, you can go here, or here. The first manned flight of APOLLO was in 1968, leading us back to SPACEk and the year the Rayburn HOUSE from Bloodline was established (1968).
In SPACE, they wear SPACE suits made out of KEVlar. keV stands for KiloElectron Volt. Remember above when we decoded the E = mc2 from the movie poster for Home Alone? Read below to see the connection between E = mc2, keV, and SPACE.
Jumping back to KEVIN SPACEy, he narrated a documentary titled "The Day KENNEDY died."
BAcon lent his voice for a character named "Ren McCormack" (his same character from "Footloose") in Robot CHICKEN. In the video below, take note of how his character speaks to PIG-Pen. I made the connection that CHICKEN is associated with the sign of CANCER in one of my previous posts. At the time, I hadn't figured out why. I have come to the conclusion that CHICKEN is code for the year of the ROOSTER in the Chinese zodiac, which is the sign that comes directly after the MO[O]Nkey. The sign that follows that in the Chinese zodiac is the DOG, and he was in "My DOG Skip," which is a film about a JACK Russell Terrier. BAcon was born the Chinese year of the DOG. In "My DOG Skip," he plays the role of a FATHER named "JACK."
He was in "She's having a BABY," "White WATER SUMMER," as well as "QuickSILVER." QuickSILVER came out on February 14, 1986, which was the Chinese year of the TIGER. February 14 = 214/JUPITER, and his character's name is JACK.
[K]EVIN [K]line (11:11) is our next MOON resonator. He was in "The JANUARY Man," a film released under the sign of CAPRICORN (JANUARY 13, 1989). CAPRICORN takes place in JANUARY, (CANCER's polar opposite in the zodiac/TroPic of CANCER/TroPic of CAPRICORN). His character's name is "Nick StarKEY." This film also stars Alan Rickman, who recently passed away a day after The JANUARY Man was released–JANUARY 14th (2016).
"Life as a HOUSE" is another one of his flicks. This is about a FATHER who is diagnosed with terminal CANCER and takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son. His character's name is George MO[O]Nroe.
He's in "French KISS," "A MidSUMMER Night's DREAM," (MN=3.14/π) and "A FISH called Wanda." In French KISS, his character's name is "LUC," a name associated with the MOON. Like the name "LUCY," which I discussed here, here, and here, it means "light." In "A MidSUMMER Night's DREAM," his character's name is "Nick BOTTOM"<–(BOTTOM=BUTT). "A FISH Called Wanda" was released under the sign of CANCER (JULY 15, 1988).
KEVIN Hart is another CANCER born on JULY 6, 1979. He stars in a film called "The WEDDING Ringer." If you read my previous post, I mentioned how most WEDDINGs take place during the month of JUNE under the sign of CANCER.
He also plays himself (KEVIN) in the comedy TV series "The Big HOUSE." The show AIRed in April (A[I]Ries) of 2004–the year of the MO[O]NKEY. Remember in my last post I mentioned how we use KEYS to open up our HOMEs? He starred alongside Faizon L♡VE (H[E]ART and LOVE), who is also a CANCER (born JUNE 14, 1968) born the year of the MO[O]NKEY.
He is currently filming "The Secret Life of Pets," a movie I briefly mentioned in my previous post. I mentioned how his character saves a DOG with an ORANGE CARrot he TURNs into a KEY. It will be released in the SUMMER during the DOG Days under the sign of CANCER. The plot takes place in an APARTMENT BUILDING. The film is by the same company (Illumination Entertainment) that created "Despicable Me 1 and 2," as well as "Minions/(MOONians)." For more decoding and connections with those films, please read my previous posts here, here, and here. This film also stars BOBBY (BOOBY/BREAST) MO[O]yNihan, who voices the character ("Mel") whom Hart's character saves.
Take note how the DOOR (that we open with a KEY) and the DOG are the main focus in the MO[O]vie poster below.
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This Christmas has mostly been about recovering from minor arthroscopic surgery to correct a torn meniscus in my left knee. My stitches came out on 19 December and I had hoped to do a lot of writing because, coincidentally, my husband and two grown-up children have been visiting a close family friend in Australia for two weeks so I've had the house to myself. The truth is, not a lot of writing has been done and I've missed my noisy, demanding, distracting, annoying but totally fantastic family very very much – far more than I thought I would – and they're not back until January 4!
But I have established a kind of routine, including exercising to increase and improve my mobility post-op, and I have completed some boring but necessary jobs that I've been putting off for far too long. These include donating old poetry magazines to charity shops, reshelving poetry books that have been piled on the floor and making room for my own books by putting some of the children's books into storage. I know, exciting stuff.
Exercising on a new static bike – a present from husband, Andrew – has been a wonderful opportunity to listen to the radio. In fact, rediscovering the vast catalogue of dramas and dramatisations available on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4Extra (via the BBC Radio iPlayer app which I connect to my Bluetooth speaker) has been one of the key pleasures of my holiday. Cycling away on my bike, I've listened to and enjoyed dramatisations of Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and ghost stories by M R James. I'm now listening to readings of Sylvia Plath's Letters. I can't help but feel inspired by her energy, her hard work, her ambitions, her hopefulness, even knowing how badly everything turned out in the end for her.
I'm catching up with these recent issues of poetry magazines:
and I've finished reading Helen Dunmore's novel A Spell of Winter (I've been carrying it around for years) which I found rather bleak. I'm now reading Elizabeth Taylor's Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont.
I'm attached to Elizabeth Taylor's writing because it was reading her novel Angel on a holiday in Brittany ten years ago – again a book that I'd carried with me for years without ever reading – that set me reading and writing again, after a long spell of not being able to read or write, after my children were born. My recent knee operation, my general lack of speed and thoughts of my ageing body are making me empathise with the elderly Mrs Palfrey and her fellow inhabitants of the Claremont Hotel perhaps a little too readily. I admire the way Taylor writes about age and ageing very much.
I'm also dipping into these hefty volumes. Lifting them and carrying them from bed to sofa to bed counts towards my daily exercise regime.
On TV, again using BBC iPlayer, I'm remedying my ignorance of classic novels by watching filmed adaptations of them. Emma and Brideshead Revisited are two I've enjoyed. I finally watched Alan Bennet's The Lady in the Van which I thought was wonderful and I also liked Agatha and the Truth of Murder (on Channel 5) – a new dramatic variation on what happened during Christie's eleven day disappearance in 1926. Click and Collect (BBC One) was warmhearted and fun and, on Netflix, I was blown away by Alfonso Cuarón's Roma (reviewed in the Guardian here) a biographical film about the director's childhood in Mexico City. I should warn you that there is a devastating scene of a stillbirth in this film. I am hopeless at describing what anything is about, as you have probably realised, so I urge you to read the review and see the film. Although it has been released through Netflix, there are some cinema showings – I would certainly love to see this film on the big screen.
So, more or less, you now have some kind of idea of what I've been up to in recent weeks. There has been some writing and perhaps this blog post will prick my own conscience into accomplishing more before my beautiful family return home. Best wishes to you all for a reasonably happy and healthy New Year.


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What if, instead of worrying about the world and its expectations, we focused on only a couple of key items and let the rest of world just . . . go on its way?
Think about that: maybe there's only a handful of things we really need to worry about, and as for the millions of other demands the world makes upon us we just ignore them.
Wouldn't that be amazing?
My friend clued me into "Essentialism," which redefines minimalism and suggests that we should "discern what is absolutely essential, then eliminate everything that is not." Greg McKeon argues that we get too caught up in the non-essentials: "non-essentialism is this idea that everything has to be done and that you have to do it all. Everything is equally important so therefore I have to try to do it all. That's an idea — if I can do it all, I can have it all."
But what if we don't bother with doing it all? Why would we want it all anyway?
What if we quit following every news outlet, every fashion, every new-and-latest thing, every competition and demand for our attention, and focus instead on only a few ESSENTIAL points?
We'd be a heckuva lot happier!
Consider how simpler life would be if we:
- stopped fretting that our houses aren't up to date (no, you don't have to put shiplap on every wall),
- that our kids aren't excelling in every sport/musical instrument/dance/karate/theatrical production (freeing up afternoons and weekends),
- that we're not on top of every trend (anyone remember how fast Pokemon Go came and went? Men's rompers will go the same way, so don't give them another thought).
- And what if we let the world go on its way . . . without us?
I think about life in the 1800s, how people focused on survival, their immediate family and neighbors, their little communities, and had no idea what the gossip was on the other side of the state or the world. They could think about real things, urgent things, important things.
Whereas we think about silly, petty, and divisive things.
But we don't have to. We can center our lives on very few priorities and shut out everything else.
So what would those priorities be? How about the only thing that really matters: developing Christlike attributes.
To become like Him is the main reason we're on this earth, going through this trial of life to see what our hearts really want, and to see how we can become more like Him. And you know what? I'm thinking more and more that being like Christ is the best and only worry I need.
And that "worry" isn't even a concern. Look what He said in Matthew 11:
28 Come unto me, all ye that labor [to keep up with the demands of the world] and are heavy laden [with the world's expectations], and I will give you rest [because we set that all aside].
29 Take my yoke upon you [and throw off what the world expects of you], and learn of me [instead of the world]; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls [because I teach the peaceable things of the kingdom].
30 For my yoke is easy [way easier than anything the world demands], and my burden is light [lighter than anything the world shoves upon you].
And that's all there is to it.
People assume that because I have nine kids I'm constantly busy and harried. But the truth is–and sometimes I'm embarrassed to admit it–I'm not. Quite often I can spend hours each day in pursuits I enjoy–writing, reading, researching–because we don't bother with the non-essentials.
My kids aren't involved in many activities; we don't run around endlessly every afternoon from one thing to another–I let them entertain themselves like some 1970s throwback mom. I don't demand perfect grades from them (grades aren't an indicator of future success anyway), but I let them push themselves, which they do.
My house isn't spotless or trendy (I've got better things to do), I make simple meals for dinner, and, frankly, I'm pretty relaxed most of the time. I almost feel guilty about that . . . but then I decide I don't need to bother with worldly guilt, either, and let the feeling go.
We take care of each other, study the gospel, go to church, play together, educate each other and . . . that's about it. Easy.
I am, however, trying to increase the amount of time I spend on others, trying to find additional ways we can be of service, because that's really the purpose of life: taking care of others as Christ did.
The apostle James put it in simple terms:
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction [taking care of the vulnerable and needy around us], and to keep himself unspotted from the world [ignore the world]. ~ James 1:27
That's it. Only two things, just like Christ said to the lawyer in Matthew 22:
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind [not giving any of your heart, soul, or mind to the world which will treat you cruelly].
38 This is the first and great commandment [which will keep you unspotted and unburdened by the world].
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself [by taking care of the vulnerable and needy].
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets [and you need not bother about anything else].
Simple, sweet, and satisfying! (Unlike the world.)
We can do that. Anyone can do that.
And we should, because consider these words of Christ:
36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall again the whole world [be accepted by it, follow its trends and demands religiously], and lose his own soul? [Worldliness kills the soul—simple as that.] ~Mark 8:36
I'm not saying it's easy to shut out the world. I've been working on doing that for quite some time now, trying to cut off more and more connections to it, especially through social media. Our family quit TV and radio some years ago (just getting rid of advertisements significantly increased peace in our lives). There are still many aspects I struggle with, and likely will my entire life. It's hard to live in the world and not have some of it rub off on you, like trying to squeeze between muddy elephants without getting dirty.
Purposely not doing what everyone else around you is can be a little disconcerting. Sometimes I suffer from FOMO: fear of missing out. But just because the crowd is insistent, just because you feel the need to be like everyone else, you don't have to be. This image, which I ran across many years ago, has seared deeply into my soul. I want to be that guy.
I'm discovering that when I ask God how I can step further away from the world so that I can be closer to Him, He gives me ideas, nudges me away from distractions and gently prods me toward more important activities. He wants me and my family to be unspotted, and He wants to ease our burdens. I have full confidence that He can get us all the way where we need—and want—to be, because, awesomely, He's already done it himself:
"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace [because haven't you grown weary of keeping up with the world yet?]. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world [and so can you]." ~John 16:3
"You look so tired, Young Pere. So weary, my sweet boy. Did you ever have a day of peace in the world?"
"No," he sighed. "Not that I remember."
"Then isn't it time to let go of the world?"
~Book 8 (Yes, there's a book 8!)


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Lawrence Coburn
Lawrence Coburn is the Founder and CEO of DoubleDutch (www.doubledutch.me), whose suite of mobile enterprise apps includes Hive (www.doubled Lawrence Coburn is the Founder and CEO of DoubleDutch (www.doubledutch.me), whose suite of mobile enterprise apps includes Hive (www.doubledutch.me/hive), the first contextual CRM.
"How could I move the crowd
First of all, ain't no mistakes allowed
Here's the instruction, put it together
It simple ain't it but quite clever"
– Rakim (track)
The commercial promise of geolocation services has long been in their alleged ability to move the crowd – to mobilize hordes of people and direct them to a particular store, a particular deal, a particular local business.
Anybody reading this blog has surely heard the anecdotes:
"Imagine a local bar that is having a slow Tuesday night and can blast out a drink special to nearby consumers…"
"Imagine the bakery who has some scones that will go stale unless they are sold right now…."
"Imagine the hotel that has last minute cancellations and would gladly offer the room at half price…"
These anecdotes make sense conceptually, and people tend to get really excited about the story of how geolocation can change local commerce. But can geo services actually drive consumers to a place that was not already in their plans?
Gowalla, Vayner Media, and The New Jersey Nets teamed up to try and answer this very question.
In the world of geo anecdotes, The New Jersey Nets are like the empty hotel, filled with rapidly rotting scones, facing a slow Tuesday night during an ash cloud induced apocalypse. They had an awful year, and weren't particularly fun to watch. Competition to give away free tickets to their games was likely intense.
Faced with this daunting task, Gowalla ramped up a campaign for the Nets (VaynerMedia's client) to A) Try and put some warm bodies in the seats who wouldn't have otherwise been there; B) Get people buzzing about a team that doesn't generate a lot of buzz.
Here's what they did:
– Gowalla dropped 250 pairs of virtual Nets tickets at sports themed venues within 75 miles of The Nets' arena
– People discovering the virtual tickets after checking in were able to cash them in for real tickets for a Monday night game
– During the game, Nets memorabilia was also offered for check-ins
The case study cites a lot of positive outcomes – positive brand sentiment in the days preceding the game, lots of happy winners, and 76 bodies (out of 500 free tickets) with their associated food, beverage, and parking spend in the seats who wouldn't otherwise have been there.
It's not a Groupon type firehose of a local traffic, but it's not bad either especially when you consider it's hard to dream up a worse fit than artsy, early adopter Gowalla users and Nets fans.
We should watch this type of campaign closely.
Groupon and the collective buying guys are proving emphatically that local merchants will trade discounts for volume. If geolocation services can move the crowd, there is surely a revenue model there – and more critically, that local merchants might be willing to pay end users to use services like Gowalla and Foursquare.
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Come and check out these and some of the other new books and materials (or at least new to us) for younger and juvenile readers added to our library collection…
What Are Little Boys Made Of? by Robert Neubecker
A beautifully illustrated picture book about what to do when the lights go out in the big city. Check out this nice review by Rick Moody in The New York Times, and a message from the author and a book trailer on his website.
The Little Brute Family by Russell Hoban and illustrated by Lillian Hoban
The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg
Titus' Troublesome Tooth by Linda Jennings and Gwyneth Williamson
Ned And The General: A Less About Deployment by Ron Madison
A Good Night For Freedom by Barbara Olenyik Morrow and illustrated by Leonard Jenkins
Here In Space by David Milgrim
The Artist Who Painted A Blue Horse by Eric Carle
Camping Day by Patricia Lakin and illustrated by Scott Nash
Castle Of Shadows by Ellen Renner
Ellray Jakes Walks The Plank! by Sally Warner and illustrated by Jamie Harper
The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens Of A Tale by Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright, with illustrations by Barry Moser
Dragonbreath: Revenge Of The Horned Bunnies by Ursula Vernon
How Not To Run For President by Catherine Clark
How To Beat The Bully Without Really Trying by Scott Starkey
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Every Second Something Happens: Poems For The Mind And Senses, selected by Christine San José and Bill Johnson, and illustrated by Melanie Hall
Jack And The Box by Art Spiegelman
Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers In Classic Poems by J. Patrick Lewis and illustrated by Michael Slack
The Arrow Finds Its Mark: A Book Of Found Poems, edited by Georgia Heard and illustrated by Antoine Guilloppé
Parkour by Dan Edwardes
Brothers At Bat: The True Story Of An Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team by Audrey Vernick and illustrated by Steven Salerno
Faith: Five Religions And What They Share by Richard Steckel and Michele Steckel
Around The World On Eighty Legs by Amy Gibson and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri
The Fastest Game On Two Feet And Other Poems About How Sports Began by Alice Low and illustrated by John O'Brien
Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems by Kristine O'Connell George and illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
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I wish God taught us most when things are going well! But God's training school is more typically on the backside of the desert.
Photo Credit: Vu Bui (Creative Commons)
In 1987, the Lord spoke to Tony, my husband, and me, telling us both independently that we were to move to the States. We were naively excited about the opportunity, assuming that the Lord wanted to take the ministry we had with doctors, nurses and others in the caring professions in the UK and see it expand there, as it had into several other nations.
Six months later, we, our four young kids and twelve of the largest boxes the airline would allow, arrived in Austin, TX, where a church had offered us premises from which to run the ministry. Other than that, we knew no one. Meanwhile, the Lord got on the next plane back to the UK–or at least, that was what it felt like. We loved the States–the wide open spaces of Texas were so different to the concrete jungle of London's East End. But no one wanted to employ two unlicensed physicians, we didn't fit into the American church landscape–even the good church we were attending was so different to the non-religious and vibrant life we were accustomed to. Worst of all, God stopped speaking to us. It seemed the heavens were like brass.
We were in the desert. God's training school for us.
Don't get me wrong. We had good times too. But the sense of God's blessing on our lives was gone, and after a few years, it felt as though this was going to be permanent.
For a few months, the house we had sold at a profit in the UK supported us. Then ministry travel overseas brought in just about enough money to survive. When that dried up, we had to make a living somehow, so we did the most menial jobs. We sold door-to-door and at flea-markets and eked out a survival with the assistance of our families. Not very dignified for two doctors, but oh, so good for us.
Seven or eight years into this, I had one brief experience that gave me hope. It was as though, for ten brief minutes, the Lord drew back the curtains, and I could see that all we were going through was for his glory and his purposes. But then the mists rolled in again. I lost the understanding of what he was doing, but the memory of that moment kept me going.
What did we learn?
- We learned that God is good all the time, even when it doesn't feel like it and everything is going wrong
- We learned to get rid of the "Christian welfare" mentality–that somehow, because we'd been in "full-time ministry" we were entitled to support from others
- We learned that even if God never spoke to us again, or never used us again, we still had to trust him. (Like Job, even though he slay me, yet will I trust him)
- I had to learn that grumbling and complaining (and I did my fair share) just gives in to the enemy
- We came to understand that our motives for Christian ministry were very mixed–we had to die to the desire for limelight and significance
- We had to learn to be content in whatever circumstances we found ourselves
I wish we were faster learners, and even now I don't know if we have fully learned the lessons! It took nine, very long, very painful years before God brought us out of the wilderness. Many times we were tempted to move back to England, where at least we could earn a decent living, but whether it was stubbornness or sheer stupidity, we never did so.
Finally God started speaking to us again.
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Top Republican says Palin unready
Senator Chuck Hagel could be influential with independent voters
Senior Republican Senator Chuck Hagel has voiced doubts about Sarah Palin's qualifications for the vice-presidency.
John McCain's running mate "doesn't have any foreign policy credentials", Mr Hagel told the Omaha World-Herald.
Mr Hagel was a prominent supporter of Mr McCain during his 2000 bid for the US presidency, but has declined to endorse either candidate this year.
He was opposed to the Iraq War, and recently joined Mr McCain's rival Barack Obama on a Middle East trip.
'Stop the nonsense'
"I think it's a stretch to, in any way, to say that she's got the experience to be president of the United States," Mr Hagel told the Omaha World-Herald newspaper.
And he was dismissive of the fact that Mrs Palin, the governor of Alaska, has made few trips abroad.
"You get a passport for the first time in your life last year? I mean, I don't know what you can say. You can't say anything."
This kind of thing will have an effect on independents
Mr Hagel also criticised the McCain campaign for its suggestion that the proximity of Alaska to Russia gave Mrs Palin foreign policy experience.
"I think they ought to be just honest about it and stop the nonsense about, 'I look out my window and I see Russia and so therefore I know something about Russia'," he said.
"That kind of thing is insulting to the American people."
Justin Webb says Mr Hagel's opinion of Mrs Palin will have an effect on independent voters.
A senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Mr Hagel was a close ally of Mr McCain, but the two men parted company over the decision to go to war in Iraq.
Mr Hagel skipped this year's Republican National Convention in favor of a visit to Latin America.
Mr Hagel's decision to accompany Mr Obama this summer on a trip to Iraq and Israel, as part of a US Congressional delegation, led to speculation that he would throw his support behind the Democratic nominee.
However, a spokesman for the Nebraska senator insisted in August that "Senator Hagel has no intention of getting involved in any of the campaigns and is not planning to endorse either candidate".


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That's right folks, today is the big 4-5, which oddly seems a lot more momentous than the big 4-0 did. Turning 40 was the impetus for this whole fitness journey to begin for me — I wanted to get "fit before 40" so I started training for my first sprint triathlon. And now here I am five years later, having done 29 races total in that time: three triathlons, seven marathons, six half marathons, three 10Ks, four 8Ks, five 5Ks, and one one-mile race.
I've been thinking a lot about which race(s) to do next and I finally settled on the local Turkey Trot in November that raises money for the school district. I'm running about 20 miles per week right now so a 5K seems a manageable race distance. Of course, just my luck when I age up into the 45-49 age group, I choose a race that only has a 40-49 category — ha!
I'm still plugging away at the 50 push-ups challenge and the 30-day abs challenge from darebee.com. My 45th birthday started off this morning with 50 push-ups broken up into sets of 10, 20, 10, and 10! The challenges totally intimidate me and each day I wonder whether I'll be able to complete the sets. I told myself in the beginning that if I couldn't complete the day's sets, no big deal, I would just take the next day as a rest day and then try those sets again. But here I am on day 22, and I haven't had to skip a day! Trust the training and you might just amaze yourself, right? After the 50 push-ups I did 52 full sit-ups, 230 flutter kicks, and a 2 minute 50 second plank. (Question: How do you count flutter kicks? Do you count one rep each time either foot goes down — right leg 1 left leg 2), or do you count one rep each time your right foot goes down, or do you go big with the four count military/CrossFit style? I've compromised with the middle — so I count each time my right heel approaches the ground). The push-ups and ab work all took about 15 minutes and to pass the time during the plank I watched the drops of sweat drip off my body onto the mat below (sorry for that imagery, but it just goes to show how killer these challenges are!)
After I had some coffee and a piece of whole wheat toast with peanut butter, I headed out for eight super easy miles of running. I just cruised along and listened to my audiobook (I use the OverDrive app to get books from my library and I'm listening to the audio version of Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 1: The Sword of Summer).
Then 'cause it's my birthday and I can take a hot bath after a long run if I want to, I soaked in the tub while I listened to a little more of the book. Then I had some more coffee and some scrambled eggs with cheese on top (again, another birthday treat. Usually I top my eggs with avocado and salsa but heck, I made it to 45, I might as well live it up with some full-fat cheese).
Now I'm hanging out and reading No Summit out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits, a book my teenager loved and recommended to me. It's great so far — I'm enjoying climbing Mount Kilimanjaro vicariously, without all the danger and effort and rainy weather.
Mike and the girls are out grocery shopping for supplies to make me a special birthday dinner. The girls chose a recipe from the cookbook my sister gave me as a present: Runner's World Meals on the Run: 150 energy-packed recipes in 30 minutes or less. The cookbook is as awesome as I hoped. If you're a fan of The Runner's World Cookbook: 150 Ultimate Recipes for Fueling Up and Slimming Down–While Enjoying Every Bite then you should definitely get this one too.
I'm feeling loved and pampered today. Check out these bracelets my younger daughters made me:
I can't wait to enjoy my dinner meal (it's a surprise — I don't know which recipe they chose) and then we'll probably all go swimming in the pool after dinner, including Roxy!
She hasn't figured out that she can jump in and swim, but she likes to hang out on the first two steps and play with the girls with her tennis ball in the water. I hope you all are having a fabulous weekend!
I'm serious, for those of you who have done flutter kicks, how do you count them??
Do you like to jump up an age group? Are you saving a big race for when you move up groups? I love jumping up an age group and I've always believed there's something great about every age anyway. I haven't saved a big race for turning older — in fact I was determined to qualify for Boston in the 40-44 age group before I bumped up to 45, but I do admit it was nice getting that extra 10 minutes once I did move up groups for Boston 2017!


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Before we start the mitten tutorial, I want to share my favorite story from the mitten class. Marie was using a sweater that belonged to her grandmother. She was making mittens for all 5 of her sisters from the sweater, so they could all have a memory keepsake of their grandmother. Sniff, goosebumps, smile. Love it!
If you go to the new and improved version in the link below, the link to the pattern isn't working, so you can download the old pattern here.
Click here for my new and improved version of this mitten tutorial.
So many possibilities~ Have fun!
First choose and old sweater. For your warmest mittens, it should be at least 60% wool, but it works with many other sweaters as well.
Use your pattern to cut 2 of each piece from the sweater and 2 of each piece from some fleece for the lining. Make sure you are cutting opposite pieces so you will have a right hand and a left hand.
Also, cut 3 or 4 inches from the bottom of each sleeve to use for the cuff of the mitten.
Cut off a sleeve and open it.
You can get 2 mitten top pieces from each sleeve.
This is what your mitten pieces will look like so you will have a right and a left.
Next, sew pieces 1 and 2 (the two thumb pieces) together. Starting at one notch and ending at the next. Right sides together.
To make sure you have a right and a left, make sure you place them on top of each other like this:
Notice piece 1 (the rounded piece) is on the bottom and piece 2 (the flat piece) is on the top.
Then, placing right sides together. Stitch the thumb pieces to the mitten top by sewing around the entire edge.
Now repeat this process with the fleece lining pieces.
Turn the fleece lining pieces inside out and attach the cuffs, right sides and rough edges together. (Remember, the cuffs are the 3 or 4 inches you cut from the bottom of each sleeve.) Then stitch around the rough edges.
Once the edges are stitched together, turn the lining inside out again.
And turn your piece mitten right side out.
Place your hand inside the lining section and slide it into the mitten section.
Fold the cuff over the bottom of your mitten.
Attach a button to hold all the sections together.
And you've got a great new pair of mittens. Oops, how'd that hat get in there? For directions on how to make the hat, check out my hat tutorial.
You can download the mitten pattern here.


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This week in our WiC roundup: Barbara Liskov reigns as queen of code; female leaders don't have support, even from women; zebras push unicorns aside; and more.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: 5G's Bastille day; T-Systems gets edgy; O2 does security deal with Sophos; Macron won't pick on Huawei.
At the 'Private Networks in a 5G World' event in London, Mikko Uusitalo, chairman and CEO at Ukkoverkot, talks about the operating and partnership model that has helped the company deploy 26 private networks in the past 24 months.
China is finally about to get mobile number portability and millions of consumers are expected to take advantage.
Bikash Koley has tendered his resignation and will leave at the start of 2020, with his seat reportedly set to be filled by another former Google technologist.
In its latest round of restructuring, the Spanish operator is setting up a Tech business with ambitious targets. Investors may feel they have been here before.
What's the point of gigabit 5G speeds if you can't get connected anywhere?
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Proximus appoints new CEO; Salt takes earnings hit; Ericsson bags new deal with Orange.
French operator dismisses latest speculation about a merger with its German counterpart.
With Carbon Black now firmly in the fold, VMware says its aggregate security segment will represent about $1 billion of business this year.
Spanish giant has unveiled a new five-point plan that includes spinning off much of its Latin American assets and a go-to-market strategy that the operator believes can generate euro 2 billion in new revenues by 2022.
Boundaries between cable ops continue to blur as TDS Telecom makes a competitive move in Spokane, Wash.
At the 'Private Networks in a 5G World' event in London, Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown discusses the role that mobile operators could play in the burgeoning private networks market.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT's Openreach to issue FTTH equipment tender; Virgin Media raises the broadband bar in Reading; CityFibre reportedly seeks to revamp its Vodafone deal; the continuing European adventures of Huawei.
Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin discusses new SD-WAN research he presented at MEF19 in Los Angeles, and why it's significant that cloud providers aren't part of MEF (yet).
At the 'Private Networks in a 5G World' event in London, Christian Regnier, Enterprise Technical Architect for Critical LTE/5G/IoT at Air France, talks about the evolution of the airline's private networks strategy and how it's embracing 5G.
MediaTek says its first 5G silicon will arrive in commercial smartphones by Q1 2020.
The European service provider slams decisions to give spectrum to companies that have not traditionally operated networks as concern grows about the telco role in private 5G networks.
The manufacturing giant is diversifying into 5G in a bid to become a technology services company.
After a three-year run, the R&D organization has halted its 'Fiterator' program for startups amid bigger changes underway at CableLabs's UpRamp unit.
Germany's biggest operator is under pressure to show that private 5G remains a growth opportunity for the telco business.
Swedish network assurance specialist selected by high-profile greenfield Japanese network operator Rakuten Mobile.
At the Private Networks in a 5G World event in London, Deutsche Telekom's senior VP of 5G Campus Networks, Antje Williams, explains how the German operator is seeking to develop new business opportunities by providing public and private wireless network services to enterprises in multiple verticals.
At the 'Private Networks in a 5G World Event' in London, Ovum analyst Dario Talmesio discusses the business opportunity for mobile network operators in delivering 4G and 5G private networks to enterprises.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Tele2's Croatian deal comes under scrutiny; Orange takes its bank to Spain; TIM agrees euro 350 million EU loan to support 5G rollout.
Edge computing, 5G and the cloud are drivers of and enablers of multivendor SD-WAN services, said Heavy Reading's Jennifer Clark, in a discussion about the progress of SD-WAN standardization.
Like any doting parent, the Swedish equipment giant is expecting a lot from the NB-IoT and Cat-M technologies it helped to spawn.
Hangover? What hangover? This week the below-par podders put late-night carousing behind them to talk AT&T, India and 5G deals.
The pair expect to launch silicon, to be used by Dell and HP, in early 2021.
Premium programmer launches new direct-to-consumer service in Brazil, France, Germany, Mexico and the UK, with plans to expand into almost two dozen more countries in 2020.
To profit from the private network opportunity, operators need to become experts on the needs and business drivers of their enterprise customers.
With the commercial services engine clearly slowing down, where will cable operators turn for new growth as new technologies like SD-WAN and 5G emerge?
NYC, Miami, Minneapolis and Seattle join a list of US markets to trial AT&T's new OTT-delivered pay-TV service that uses a 4K-capable Android TV device.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Enreach buys Masvoz for UC expansion; French government raises the floor on 5G auction; Orange sells its Niger subsidiary.
The Russian operator is abandoning Ukraine to focus more keenly on digitalization efforts at home.
Price rises and deferred spectrum payments should help operators that have been hit by a recent court ruling.
Donaldson Company is an initial user for connected dust filtration systems.
In its latest Mobility Report, Ericsson predicts 5G will account for 2.6 billion subscriptions and generate 45% of the world's total mobile data traffic by 2025.
AT&T discloses lowband 5G plans, but warns speeds won't be much faster than 4G.
AT&T and T-Mobile are both launching 5G this year. However, their customers will have to decide whether they want to buy phones that support lowband 5G or highband 5G. They can't buy ones that do both.
Allen Broome says initiatives are underway to extend the Agile model and form a tighter integration bond with customers that, in turn, will accelerate the development and debut of new features and capabilities.
Heavy Reading's Gabriel Brown takes stock of the recent TIP Summit, praising the progress made by the industry body but highlighting some blind spots.
Many enterprise customers want to operate their own SD-WAN, but they risk driving into a ditch.
The resurgent Swedish equipment vendor hits a speedbump in the Netherlands, whose largest operator preferred to go Chinese.
A new fleet of Chinese satellites is expected to launch a pilot service in 2020.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: KPN provides coverage to North Sea oil rigs; ITU identifies 5G spectrum; more Telia staff changes; Cobham goes deeper underground.
This week in our WiC roundup: A new startup school offers scholarships for women; the humble JPEG has a sordid past; UK pay is falling behind for minorities; and more.
The Liberty Media exec and cable and media titan also believes that Discovery is positioned to win in the streaming game, thanks to its massive library of owned content and global distribution rights.
Internet para Todos (IpT) in Peru promises to sport wireless networking technologies backed by both Facebook and Google – the implications of this development for the global wireless industry are significant.
The IoT startup will test its private area network tech in France in Q1 2020.
Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner and Alan Breznick discuss the key themes from Cable Congress and Cable Next-Gen Europe in Berlin, finding there's a renewed focus on 1-Gig speeds and the fixed mobile network.
Free, ad-supported streaming service boots up new awareness campaign amid a subscription VoD frenzy being dominated by Disney, Apple, WarnerMedia and NBCU.
Verizon grabbed Snapchat this week, while AT&T grabbed Purdue University and The Washington Post. But does this make 5G innovation inevitable or is it a sign of a technology in search of an application?
A combination of factors have given mobile operators an alternative way to execute their network plans thanks to developments initiated by the likes of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), but alternative options always bring new challenges.
Shekar Ayyar, GM Telco Edge Cloud, VMware, in conversation with Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, Light Reading on how CSPs can participate in the Cloud Economy from Core to Edge.
Heard enough about 5G already? Fear not, because one of China's biggest operators is turning its attention to what comes next.
Dunne explains why enterprises are interested in utilizing managed SD-WAN services to simplify deployment and continued management of the service.
The operator says the European platform provider comes with several attractive qualities that could provide a spur in the enterprise sector.
The European operator reveals the rationale behind its shock decision to put its entire European footprint up for tender.
It's all about the people.
On Day 2 of MEF19, Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin highlights how MEF's carrier members are early adopters in SD-WAN. Meanwhile, Perrin, along with Heavy Reading's Jennifer Clarke discuss the implications of bringing cloud computing providers into the MEF ecosystem.
But if the industry at large supports MEF specifications and commits to certified SD-WAN services, how will service providers and vendors differentiate in an already crowded market?
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Openet expands; Orange launches own-brand 5G smartphone; BT turns Purple for business WiFi; HERE signs up to 5G industry group.
Microsoft honcho says Office 365 transformed enterprise networks. Bold claim – but partly true.
But according to one investment firm, the cable company is struggling with network quality on its mobile offering, despite having deployed 19,000 small cells to help boost coverage.
The managed SD-WAN market is also predicted to exceed $6.5 billion by 2023 - a massive leap for such a new technology, says Honnachari.
In a win for companies like Ford and Qualcomm, the FCC's chairman proposes C-V2X as the 'language' that cars should use to talk to each other.
Verizon executives said they are pleased with the company's 5G progress, and promised Verizon would continue on the course it set earlier this year.
Enterprise customers struggle with too many SD-WAN choices, says Robert Victor, Comcast Business SVP of product management.
A group of Senators is urging the Trump administration to take a cohesive approach to 5G, warning that not doing so will give China an edge in the global move to the new wireless technology.
UK Labour Party comrades Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell seem to have forgotten that telecom staff need paying.
They quietly settle a lawsuit in which CableLabs alleged that the Ohio-based operator breached its contract after it stopped paying quarterly dues to CableLabs in early 2018.
The web giant's AI, analytics and cloud deal with Vodafone continues a trend of operators turning to the major cloud platform players for scale and flexibility.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT disconnects Prince Andrew; Orange gets more network visibility with ThousandEyes; EE brings 5G to 14 more towns and cities.
Our MEF19 coverage simmers with more food analogies as Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser and Phil Harvey recap the show activity around LSO APIs and how carriers are using blockchain to speed up settlements.
India's government is working on a rescue package for its beleaguered service providers. That cannot come soon enough.
Verizon took the wraps off detailed, street-level 5G coverage maps, which helped to blunt criticisms from the likes of T-Mobile. However, the maps also highlight the scale of Verizon's massive 5G undertaking.
A new test from edge computing startup Edgegap helps highlight the potential of the technology to dramatically improve the multi-billion dollar video game space.
Companies, analysts and associations continue to try to suss out the revenue opportunities in 5G beyond phones. There are plenty of ideas but not much cohesion.
Disney says there's 'no indication of a security breach on Disney+,' as it appears that some accounts have been compromised when consumers use the same credentials and passwords across multiple online accounts.
This is just one of the key questions the Light Reading team is pondering as we head into 2020.
MoffettNathanson is skeptical that AT&T can hit financial guidance in 2020 and beyond and doubtful that AT&T's mobile business will be able to fully make up for struggles at its video and wireless business units.
By defining and certifying services and service providers, MEF aims to build SD-WAN's market momentum.
The core of the mobile network is fundamentally changing. The standard EPC framework is transforming into a virtualized EPC framework, with a move away from proprietary and standalone operating systems with single-vendor software stacks to open standards-based architectures that are dynamic and scalable.
Japan's most famous billionaire is at it again with talk of artificial intelligence and global power, but his latest joint venture is no FAANG, despite what he says.
The Chinese telco has revealed further details of its 5G enterprise strategy, and there is heavy emphasis on the cloud.
SD-WAN specialist launches suite of 'SmartServices' and introduces a regional connectivity option to complement its global network.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange turns to Fortinet for secure SD-WAN; ADVA interconnects in Austria; UK gets new 5G working group; BT combines with NHS on blood donation.
Authorities once again extend the temporary trading license for US companies doing business with Huawei, leaving the Chinese vendor and its suppliers mired in business uncertainty.
This week: Labour's (would-be) broadband revolution in the UK; AfricaCom takeaways; and Vodafone's OpenRAN announcement at the TIP Summit.
Nokia is putting some numbers on its private wireless networks business, reflecting the hopes the company has for this emerging market.
Google rolls out Network Intelligence Center to help operators optimize virtual networks.
Is it a pizza or a pie? Light Reading's Mitch Wagner and Phil Harvey muse on fun food analogies, MEF's new SD-WAN certifications and why service providers need standards.
5G and edge computing could untether today's VR goggles and make them less bulky. Already AT&T and Verizon are making serious investments in this space.
The FCC said that the Commission – not the C-Band Alliance – will conduct an auction of C-Band spectrum for 5G. But how that's all going to happen is not clear.
Denver-based regional sports network claims Comcast is trying to drive Altitude out of business and seize control of the area's TV sports market, possibly with its own network.
Vivint Internet had some grand fixed wireless ambitions in 2015 that didn't pan out. Now, with a new strategy and management team, Vivint is preparing to take another run at it.
Light Reading's podcast features guest Sunil Khandekar, who examines where the SD-WAN market might be headed in 2020, as well as the potential impact of standards on the market.
As AT&T pours billions into the HBO Max, the new streaming service is poised to net 51 million US-based subs by 2025, slightly ahead of the company's own forecast.
Mike Sievert to become new CEO on May 1, 2020.
In our latest survey conducted in partnership with SCTE-ISBE, Light Reading examines how cablecos are using fiber now and how they aim to use it in the future.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: ETSI releases security specs; Virgin Media reacts to Labour's broadband plan; BT introduces the 5G ambulance.
Verizon puts together a Cat M1-based system that can track assets, send that information to the cloud, and view the status info on a map.
Cambodia and Vietnam are pursuing very different strategies in their 5G launches.
Sunrise Communications, the second-largest telecom operator in Switzerland, reported third-quarter service revenue growth of 2.0%.
No wonder investors have panicked - Ribbon waves goodbye to its CEO as it announces an unexpected merger with transport network equipment specialist ECI Telecom. But why?
Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have cooked up a broadband scheme that could form a modern-day appendix to The Communist Manifesto.
Asian demand and OTT firms are driving a surge in cable investments.
Independence of systems integrators thrust into the spotlight as Indian SI is accused of favoring Altiostar, in which it owns a stake, despite its claims to be 'vendor-agnostic.'
This week in our WiC roundup: Smaller conferences have edge; Hidden Figures ladies formally celebrated; AI is sexist; and more.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia expands with VMware; TalkTalk boost profits; BT lands sports rights.
Synchronized with its new Disney+ promo, Verizon is also selling the 'Stream TV' device as a standalone to other customers for $69.99.
They probably won't see the light of day in the real world, but the Labour Party's 'free fiber for all' plans have certainly raised a few eyebrows in the UK.
Intelsat - one of the European satellite companies hoping to profit from the sale of C-Band spectrum for 5G - lost half its market value this week. But what will happen next is anyone's guess.
A new test of Verizon's 5G network in U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis showed plenty of horsepower, but more importantly it also showed impressive coverage.
A new version of the NB-IoT standard supports faster speeds and 'push-to-talk' services, among other things.
One of the developing world's biggest operators runs up data service losses in Malaysia and is looking to the Facebook-led initiative for help.
'EN-DC' is the technology that allows 5G connections to run simultaneously with 4G connections. The results help highlight why the industry is moving to a new generation of wireless.
40% of new broadband customers opt for the company's DOCSIS 3.1-powered gigabit broadband service, according to company CTO Gerhard Mack.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefonica COO supports consolidation; Nokia and AT&T collaborate on IoT in Germany; smart speakers in smart homes.
The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has launched an online exchange that highlights which vendors have products that meet TIP requirements, a move that is looking increasingly relevant to operator network strategies.
With manufacturers like Audi and Bosch testing 5G in an industrial setting, the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) is hoping to supercharge the space. But some are cautioning patience.
Initial demand for new direct-to-consumer streaming service has already surpassed some analyst expectations.
The industry is not making progress on reducing the cost of 5G power supply, says a top executive at the Chinese operator.
Service providers' declines were matched by a global spending pause as Cisco reported disappointing results for its most recent quarter.
5G could eventually connect everyone and everything. But a growing number of researchers are highlighting potential security holes in the standard.
AT&T and T-Mobile are both going to launch lowband 5G sometime this year. But the similarities between their strategies mostly stop there.
Losses were even worse, at about 1.8 million, when OTT-TV service providers were removed from the subscriber equation.
Name and structure change coming to industry organization reflects the move to gigabit-class speeds over converged fixed mobile networks and the need to provide a unified voice to Europe's policymakers.
The UK-based operator stunned onlookers in Amsterdam today with news it is issuing a tender for a possible redesign of its entire European network.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone Germany tones up with Amdocs; all change at Telecom Italia; Telia/Bonnier deal gets EU approval.
In addition to financial damages, consent judgement also hits Omniverse with a permanent injunction.
Cable's competitive and complementary relationship with 5G, the industry's progress with distributed access networks and its flirtation with a 10-Gig future will also be hot topics at this week's Cable Next-Gen Europe event in Berlin.
As Telefonica moves towards the deployment of TIP mobile transport network routers in Europe and Latin America, widescale white box efforts signal a significant step towards greater carrier-class options for network operators.
The new-look network already has 450,000 subscribers and costs far less than traditional infrastructure, says Telefonica.
Union Wireless said it will cost up to $110 million to get Huawei equipment out of its network. And that's not the only problem.
This week on the pod: events, dear boy, events. Oh, and fiber innovation in Latin America.
MobileNation offers wireless service in parts of Tennessee and Kentucky, and may be close to shutting down. The company isn't answering questions.
After buying several telcos, GTT looks to offload 'non-strategic' assets as it aims to provide networking services to large and multinational clients.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson, Swisscom and Qualcomm team up on spectrum sharing; Telkom SA announcement prompts takeover talk; Telecom Italia's edge cloud takes flight.
MSO is powering a new Advanced In-Home WiFi with OpenSync as it pushes ahead with a plan to develop a broader smart home product and ecosystem.
Takeover activity, 5G investments and unfriendly Indians are weighing heavily on the UK-based operator's financial performance, but at least revenues inched up.
Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser interview Juniper CEO Rami Rahim about his thoughts on 400G, where AI will matter in the enterprise and what it will mean for service providers.
Disney is going all out on its new direct-to-consumer streaming channel, which has just launched in the US. Will all the company's dreams come true?
Dish promises to build a 5G network covering at least 70% of the US population by 2023. Based on new data from Tutela, here are the cities where Dish will probably start.
WeWork may be looking at Legere as a clean-up CEO candidate for the troubled startup.
SoftBank and Rakuten report losses on investments in US firms, but one is a far more troubling prospect than the other.
A group of representatives in the House Energy and Commerce Committee reiterate request for a report from the FCC on wireless network operators' sale of customers' location information.
Helium users spend $495 on a hotspot to create a low-power, wide-area IoT network in the US that now is in 425 cities in the country.
The telecom ecosystem is failing just as 5G swings into view.
Also in today's EMEA roundup: Zain chooses Ericsson for 5G buildout in Bahrain; Sky and the BBC get cozy; Vodacom profits up; Africa's broadband future.
Finnish equipment vendor signs frame agreements with Chinese operators that could lead to lucrative contracts next year.
Dish Network hired Marc Rouanne (of Nokia) and Stephen Bye (of Sprint) to build and sell its planned 5G network. Here's what they have to say about that.
Programmer looking at direct-to-consumer streaming service that would aggregate Discovery's programming and target US consumers who don't subscribe to pay-TV.
Can the ageing Italian operator and young American Internet giant find success at the edge of the network?
T-Mobile's 'Uncarrier' announcements didn't sway Sprint merger opponents, according to Wall Street analysts.
US cableco reports industry-best profit margins again after wrapping up its $526 million acquisition of Fidelity Communications last month.
The new OTT service, set to debut on November 12, represents a key piece of the puzzle as Disney plows ahead with a plan to transform itself into a direct-to-consumer streaming giant.
This week in our WiC roundup: Techies are pretty dang happy at work; AI's effect on female blue-collar workers; college students are majority female though tech workforce lags; and more.
Slamming Nokia's 5G lag, the Chinese vendor is in a bullish mood about its own 5G opportunity.
The Italian phone incumbent announced a strategic alliance with Google on the development of edge computing services as it reported a further dip in sales.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Netnod pushes 400GE ports; EU Google-taming isn't working; C-V2X Plugtest revs up in Malaga.
Companies including EdgeMicro and Vapor IO have are building real, live, commercial mini data centers for edge computing. But what happens next is anyone's guess.
Ahead of plan to separate its products and intellectual property/licensing business by April 2020, TiVo expects to announce some leadership slots post-split in the coming weeks.
A $15 phone plan and free 5G access for first responders are among T-Mobile's latest sweeteners to help get its Sprint merger closed.
Dish makes key hires and proposes a $1 billion capital raise as company looks to push ahead on a wireless and mobile future that hinges on the T-Mobile/Sprint merger.
Led by gains at Sling TV, Dish added 148,000 net video subs in Q3, the first time the company has posted a positive pay-TV number in almost two years.
Europe's largest cable operator suffers continued revenue declines, largely due to steep video subscriber losses in its UK home market and Belgium.
The 600MHz 5G launch will cover 200 million people in the US.
Over 60% of 121 survey respondents listed 'better security' as a primary driver for managed SD-WAN services.
As it continues to play catch-up with Harmonic, CommScope says its virtual CCAP is in trials with cable ops and is slated for a commercial launch by the end of the year.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BritBox launches in the UK; Intracom lands last-mile connectivity deal in South Africa; ARM still plans growth, despite quarterly loss.
Digital Realty is launching a global data center architecture to help enterprises move data anywhere in the world.
Should people be worried about the impact that artificial intelligence deployments will have on the jobs market? Tractica Principal Analyst Mark Beccue shares his views.
The German operator recorded sales growth at all its operating units bar the ailing T-Systems business but blamed Germany's spectrum auction for its decision to cut dividends.
Viaero has stepped forward as another rural provider that will build AT&T's FirstNet network in rural parts of the US. The only problem is that Viaero currently uses a lot of equipment from China's Huawei.
Stock drops as losses accelerate, streaming player revenues dip versus Q2 and Roku sees a $5 million 'headwind' coming from expenses linked to its acquisition of ad-tech company dataxu.
Move allows Xfinity Flex customers to connect to the operator's new streaming service with retail-bought devices and sidestep additional fees for Comcast-supplied gateways.
Shentel, a Sprint affiliate, said it can't agree to new roaming terms with the operator, so they're heading into arbitration instead. According to analysts, $5 million hangs in the balance.
Operators need to tread carefully amid widespread suspicion and warnings that more advanced AI systems will trigger upheaval.
At the Telco AI Summit Europe event in London, Tractica Principal Analyst Mark Beccue talks about how some of Europe's largest telecom operators, including BT, Orange and Telecom Italia, are using AI tools to optimize network processes – and how it isn't all tied to 5G.
The Chinese equipment giant has not held direct talks with any US company about the licensing of its 5G technology, says the company's founder.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Germany wavers on Huawei; Ofcom appoints interim boss; Jurassic Fibre lumbers into action; Zen gets GB pound 20 million to take on the big boys.
A1 has developed an AI tool that could reduce the bill for 5G network deployment, ease planning and even lead to commercial opportunities with other service providers.
At the Software-Driven Operations event in London, BT's OSS Senior Solution Architect Manager Jose Domingos talks to Heavy Reading's James Crawshaw about the use of open source code to develop the UK operator's latest network monitoring tools.
Company expects mobile sales volumes to ramp up as it extends sales of its new mobile product beyond brick-and-mortar stores to online and digital distribution channels.
The deal, now approved by the FCC, commits the duo to covering 97% of US citizens with 5G within three years.
AT&T agreed to pay $60 million for throttling its unlimited data customers in 2014 without telling them about it.
One of the biggest providers of telecommunications services to inmates in prisons is preparing to test a private LTE network in 3.5GHz CBRS spectrum. But for what?
Vodafone Idea is the third major carrier in India to plan an NB-IoT network.
Artificial intelligence has helped BT to speed up its fiber deployment and spot cyber attacks. Just don't expect too much.
But cable modem and router supplier sees brighter days ahead as manufacturing shifts to Vietnam and as Zoom prepares to refresh its product lineup in 2020 and open up direct sales channels with MSOs.
Verizon's Oliver Cantor says enterprise customers are looking to run their own applications on the universal CPE servers that house the operator's virtual network functions.
The Frankenstein's monster of the telco world hopes fresh investments and an overhaul of its digitalization strategy will make it more attractive to investors.
VMware wants to help telcos launch services faster in multi-cloud environments.
Amdocs' 5G Fast portfolio accelerates efficient and scalable 5G deployments with software-driven automation, innovative analytics tools, and cross-equipment-vendor solutions for planning, design, integration, acceptance and optimization. We provide solutions that redefine how service providers approach 5G rollouts.
The Chinese operator has encountered new roadblocks in the US market.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange launches commercial 5G in Romania; Colt extends relationship with Microsoft; Hungary has no beef with Huawei.
The $575,000 in total fees levied for a single August 2018 outage that lasted more than an hour and affected six states is aimed at CenturyLink and a contractor, West Safety Services
Arista takes its turn trying to make deploying networks as fast and easy as rolling out cloud applications.
Under the pod spotlight this week: smartphone numbers; the Indian telecom soap opera; and Google's decision to buy Fitbit.
A price war in the wireless industry could be brewing, and some analysts think that Verizon could suffer the most.
Philo's low-cost, entertainment-focused OTT-TV offering should fit well with consumers who are creating their own video streaming bundles that don't rely on traditional pay-TV, Andrew McCollum says.
Today's 5G customers can boast of having the latest and greatest, but next year their phones are going to be rendered obsolete by the launch of 5G in lowband spectrum.
Under attack by US authorities and facing supply chain constraints, the Chinese equipment giant is worried about kitchen affairs.
Seattle Fire is one of 9,000 public safety agencies that have signed up to use FirstNet, the First Responder Network platform that AT&T is building.
Sprint touts 16 million people covered by its 5G network, as it hopes T-Mobile merger will close early in fiscal 2020.
Kevin McBride explains advancements the service provider has made in its automation, back office and orchestration systems.
Led by broadband adds, WideOpenWest sees best sub growth in six quarters. Competitive cabler also getting some operational benefits from its whole-home WiFi offering with eero.
Volterra has $50 million funding in its pocket and a platform designed to enable operators and enterprises to deploy applications and network services across multi-cloud environments.
With service providers installing so much fiber in their plant right now and seemingly no end in sight, the need for automated test solutions will only keep growing.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Sky creates 1,000 new jobs in UK; Europe lags North America in smart-home race; UK delays decision on Huawei until after general election.
The long-suffering emerging-markets giant has warned investors that a turnaround at its ailing Russian business will take some time.
The acquisition is expected to close in May 2020, according to MKM Partners.
Amid a global firestorm around Chinese vendor Huawei, a small US wireless network operator called Viaero is asking the FCC for permission to test more equipment from the Chinese supplier.
The US maker of optical components has had a remarkable turnaround in the last few months.
US equipment vendors ranging from Samsung to Airspan to Ericsson offered a firm 'no' or 'no comment' when it comes to whether they would license Huawei's 5G equipment.
Arista's stock was down 25% Friday as it warned of a spending hiatus by a 'cloud titan' - apparently Facebook.
The startup will build up its enterprise IoT suite and add to its enterprise and product teams with the money.
A new report indicates that the FCC is preparing to take action on Ligado's spectrum, a move that could ultimately free up more spectrum for the likes of Verizon or Charter.
Stock plunges 34% after lackluster Q3 lowlighted by Casa's struggling cable business as MSOs slash or delay spending. Plus, an analyst covering Casa is agitated by management's 'reduced communication.'
AT&T's plan to convert legacy HBO subs to its new SVoD service could accelerate cord-cutting and create friction with pay-TV providers that remain key distributors for HBO and other WarnerMedia-owned channels.
What did our analyst colleagues and fellow editors think of all the big booths, meetings and crowded corridors?
This week in our WiC roundup: Mobile World Congress LA releases stats on female speakers; Ernst & Young reveals blast-from-the-past training program; women are feeling less uncomfortable at work; and more.
One of India's biggest operators has played down speculation it wants to quit the Indian market after service providers were hit with huge penalty payments by government authorities.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Blue Label Telecoms unimpressed with Cell C; Vodafone plans to sell 'ethical' phones in Europe; Safaricom has a good half-year.