There’s been a lot of talk in recent weeks regarding facial recognition technology. Much of the conversation has centered on privacy concerns. Other aspects concern the technical flaws in the software, which impacts the technology’s accuracy. Sti...read more
So … let’s talk about bots. You’ve probably heard about them already … most likely connected to social media and the 2016 presidential election. But, do you know what they are? Or what makes them so dangerous? Let’s review: What...read more
In 2000, Google famously incorporated a simple catchphrase into its corporate code of conduct: “Don’t be evil.” The idea, said Google, was that “everything we do in connection with our work at Google will be, and should be, measured agains...read more
Huawei has dominated telecom news since the arrest last December of the Chinese vendor’s CFO in Vancouver. Since then, the US Commerce Department has restricted Huawei’s access to US-built tech components, including Google’s Android ecosystem. ...read more
After taking the Indian telecom scene by storm to reach the pinnacle (by subscriber base) in just three years of commercialization, Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio) is all set to spread its wings into the booming Indian cloud market. In a 10-year deal wit...read more
Tencent posted its 2Q19 earnings on August 14, 2019. MTN Consulting's one-slide review is now available for download: MTN Consulting - Earnings snapshot 2Q19 - Tencent - Cover Image: Tencent President Martin Lau (source: Tencent)...read more
Introduction In the last few years the demands from webscale network operators (WNOs, Figure 1) on transmission network architectures have changed considerably. From pure raw capacity requirements and lower costs, webscale players now prioritize h...read more
Network disaggregation is one of those topics that is hard to build an audience around. The appeal of it mostly is on the cost side. It’s not short and enticing like “5G”. And it means different things to different people, even within the same ...read more
Whether you've joined the #deletefacebook camp or not, it's hard to deny that Facebook has dug a deep hole for itself this time. Yesterday's NYT report was a harsh assessment of the company's trustworthiness. It's worse when combined with the late...read more
It’s a battle between the emerging giant of the east and the pioneers of the west in the highly competitive Indian cloud computing market, as Alibaba prepares to take on the “big three”: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. The Chinese ecommerce b...read more