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Palo Alto Networks combines with Ataya, Celona, Druid, others on private 5G security

Palo Alto Networks has said its 5G security software is now pre-integrated into the private 5G offerings from a number of core network and other service providers. The initial intake covers products from Ataya, Celona, Druid Software, NETSCOUT, NVIDIA, and NTT DATA. It is...

Will 5G Change the World? Heather Broughton, NETSCOUT (Ep. 62)

Network slicing can be a game changer for communications service providers (CSPs), allowing them to offer new services to their customers and generating new revenue. Heather Broughton, AVP Marketing Service Provider Solutions, NETSCOUT, discusses the current state of 5G network slicing and where she...

#TBT: Telecom M&A: NetScout, MasTec and more; Mobile broadband use rises; Hype and hope for smart grids … this week in 2014

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! NetScout makes major...

To sell 5G SLAs, CSPs need complete network visibility and telco-grade accuracy (Reader Forum)

With the ongoing roll-out of 5G standalone networks, wireless carriers find themselves tasked with meeting heightened service quality and performance expectations. In an era where service degradation or network failure is simply not an option, especially for mission-critical applications like autonomous vehicles, telemedicine and...

Will 5G Change The World? David Callisch, Celona (Ep. 58)

Celona Marketing Director David Callisch goes through the idea that private cellular is a software and access play, and looks at the rise of cellular for use cases where Wi-Fi is not sufficient. He also highlights Celona's expansion into the red hot European private...

Will 5G Change The World? Will Townsend, Moor Insights & Strategy (Ep. 57)

Will Townsend, vice president and senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, discusses 5G hype vs. reality, the ongoing transition from Non-standalone 5G to Standalone 5G, and what T-Mobile US is doing with network slicing. Townsend also discusses his interest in how bridging the...

Will 5G Change The World? Sean Kinney, RCR Wireless News (Ep. 56)

In this special episode of Will 5G Change the World?, the tables are turned as guest host Catherine Sbeglia Nin, managing editor at RCR Wireless News, interviews RCR's Editor in Chief Sean Kinney. Kinney reflects on how the 5G as a world-changing force narrative...

How concerned should carriers be about 5G reliability and security? (Reader Forum)

Open RAN and vRAN — along with multi-access computing (MEC) — are enabling the creation of highly-distributed 5G networks to support a plethora of new applications that require ultra-low latency, very high bandwidth, ultra-reliability and greater device density. Unfortunately, history shows us that even the...

Network slicing – How carriers can find greater ROI for 5G (Reader Forum)

Network slicing enables differentiated services Communication service providers (CSPs) know that nothing is predictable with networktraffic. The changing nature of network patterns is a challenge when providing thealways-on services that discerning clients demand. To address these challenges, 5G network slicing combines the coverage of large, publicnetworks with the...

Will 5G Change the World? Dr. Vikram Saksena, Netscout (Ep. 55)

Listen to this Episode For the first part of the conversation with Netscout's Dr. Vikram Saksena, check out Episode 51 of this podcast. We pick up the conversation around how operators, and other partners, are working to bring 5G to vertical enterprises. This discussion looks...

Will 5G Change the World? Vikram Saksena, Netscout (Ep. 51)

In this episode of Will 5G Change the World? Netscout's Vikram Saksena talks through how 5G can drive enterprise digital transformation. This conversations includes a look at the role of spectrum access liberalization, the role of operators and hyperscalers in the equation, and how enterprises want to consume 5G and the services it enables. This episode is presented in partnership with Netscout.

Ericsson, Netscout offer cloud-based 5G packet data processing

Swisscom is putting the 'world-first' tech to work in its newly deployed 5G network, Ericsson said Ericsson on Tuesday announced a collaboration with network performance app developer Netscout and Swiss telco Swisscom, to produce a new cloud-based solution aimed at “dramatically increasing” 5G service assurance,...

‘War, religion and politics’: Real-world conflicts play out in cyberattacks, Netscout report finds

New Netscout report says botnets are "more potent than ever before" Geopolitical tensions involving Russia and Ukraine are being reflected in cyberattacks, while botnets "continue to evolve at a frightening pace," according to a new security report from Netscout. Netscout, which draw the anonymized...

Netscout revenues rise, losses narrow

5G RF planning helps to drive Netscout's quarterly revenue Network assurance and security company Netscout reported revenue gains of nearly 10% for the quarter ending June 30 and narrowed its net loss compared to a year ago. President and CEO Anil Singhal told analysts on...

NetScout White Paper: Optimizing the RAN to Get the Best 5G User Experience

Are subscribers getting the user experience that 5G promises? Plenty of reports tell us how impressive the speed and latency of the 5G RAN can be. But the subscriber experience can be less than stellar – or at least less uniform. Subscriber experience is...

Test and Measurement: Verizon set to tune its C Band modeling

Verizon is gearing up for a nationwide effort to test C Band spectrum in order to tune its models for deployment. The carrier was granted permission by the Federal Communications Commission this week to use a 30 kilohertz slice of C Band spectrum at...

Netscout: DDoS attacks hit a record ‘new normal’ as cybercriminals exploit pandemic conditions

Netscout observed a record 10 million dedicated denial of service (DDos) attacks in the second half of 2020, and the lessons it distilled from the resulting data are pretty bleak: Even as the world grappled with the impacts of a global pandemic, cybercriminals were...

Strengthening next-generation 5G networks in 2021 (Reader Forum)

Mobile network operators are investing heavily in next-generation 5G architecture. This new, more modern infrastructure puts enormous pressure on businesses to generate additional revenue. Even with subscriber taxes that offset the cost of high-speed 5G data, service providers must contend with perpetually decreasing profits.   But...

Protecting the network edge is essential in 2021 (Reader Forum)

Investment in the edge enables ISPs to offer a wide range of new services while creating more efficient network operations and infrastructure. But, with the attack landscape more volatile than ever, service providers will need to evolve their security strategies in 2021.  Over the past...

DDoS attacks saw “radical change” and record levels in the first half, Netscout says

Netscout: COVID-19 "added rocket fuel to the growth in DDoS attacks" Cyber threats are shifting rapidly as attackers respond to the changing network conditions driven by the global coronavirus pandemic. In new analysis of dedicated denial of service attacks during the first half, network monitoring...

Why NFV still matters in a 5G world (Reader Forum)

Service providers are launching new services faster than ever before and upgrading networks to fit the new 5G ecosystem. As they streamline offerings and build out advanced use cases, they’re getting help from an unexpected source: network function virtualization (NFV). While many operators have completed...

Test and Measurement: NI reports a record quarter

National Instruments reported record numbers for the quarter and full year. Revenues for the fourth quarter were $367 million, up 2% year-over-year, and a quarterly record, according to the company. NI CEO Alex Davern said that he was proud of the company's "ability to grow...

Mobile security trends to expect in 2020 (Reader Forum)

Network monitoring and security issues are nothing new for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), but the game has changed; new threats, risks and opportunities are emerging now, re-focusing mobile operators on the need for end-to-end security both across and within their environments. Consistent Quality of Experience...

Not a Fluke: NetScout’s enterprise network testing assets emerge as NetAlly

Today marks a fresh start for a test business that has been a part of several companies in recent years, and now gets a chance to stand on its own. NetScout has spun out the enterprise Wi-Fi and wired testing business that was previously part...