DECEMBER 2018

Issue Theme: TOP TRENDS

Pipeline's December 2018, Top Trends issue will focus on the trends driving the world of information, communications and entertainment (ICE) technology. The world is continuing to change, and we want to know what you see as the leading trends that will continue to shape the landscape in the near future.

Some potential article topics include:

• The Top 2018 Trends
• 2019 Trend Predictions
• Harnessing the power of AI
• Blockchain in telecom
• Big data security
• Fleshing out the AI ecosystem
• AI and process hyper-automation
• Systems-driven agility
• Next-gen analytics
• Zero-touch automation across the customer lifecycle
• Analytics and the customer experience
• Aggregating and visualizing data
• Exploring the telco cloud
• Virtualizing the network and network functions
• Leveraging software-defined networking
• The death of B/OSS and what's next
• 5G: deployments and use cases
• Top telecom innovations
• Supporting and monetizing AR/VR/XR
• Video, TV and the content grab
• Transforming into digital service providers
• Increasing profitability
• Top threats to service provider operations
• Confronting new security threats
• Combating fraud
• Protecting the business: revenue assurance
• Capitalizing on IoT market opportunities
• NB-IoT networks
• Emerging telecom regions and markets
• Mergers & acquisitions among both carriers and vendors
• Vendor Spotlight: highlighting a leading technology provider (Sponsored)
• Thought Leaders: highlighting perspectives from industry thought leaders (Sponsored)
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These topics are only the beginning. We want your perspective on the technology, trends, and solutions that are shaping the future of integrated communications and entertainment. Pick a topic above or suggest your own below!

JANUARY 2019

Issue Theme: NETWORK TRANSFORMATION

Pipeline's January 2019 issue will focus on network transformation, including leveraging new cloud, abstraction, virtualization and network technologies. CSPs are under considerable pressure to establish networks that support future growth, run at a lower cost and enable better and stronger performance. The potential benefits of network transformation are many and profitability is key. However, transformation-related growing pains are abundant. We’ll explore all of that and more in this issue.

Some potential article topics include:

• Defining the network of tomorrow
• Network predictions for 2019 and beyond
• 5G Deployments
• The fiber imperative for 5G
• Providing ubiquitous coverage
• Enabling mission-critical QoS
• Maximizing network coverage
• Transforming the Broadband Access Network
• Network Data Visualization
• Network testing and troubleshooting
• Eliminating latency for superior QoS
• SDN use cases
• Delivering carrier-grade SDN
• Orchestration for NFV
• The dangers, pitfalls, best practices of VNF onboarding
• Self-optimizing networks
• AI & self-aware networks
• Closed-loop automation in hybrid networks
• Cloud and Virtualization Standards
• Optimizing Cloud Computing
• Top Trends in Cloud
• Securing the Cloud
• Assuring networks in the Cloud
• Leveraging networks to provide the best digital user experiences
• Edge Computing
• Mining Network Data
• Leveraging Blockchains
• The capabilities and limitations of open source
• Key network transformation considerations
• Service design: putting networks to work
• Monetizing next-gen networks
• Securing next-gen networks
• Virtualized IP Multi-media Subsystems
• Cloud flexibility, scalability, and responsiveness
• Vendor Spotlight: highlighting a leading cloud/virtualization solution provider (Sponsored)
• Thought Leaders: highlighting perspectives from industry thought leaders (Sponsored)
• Pitch a topic by clicking the button below

These topics are only the beginning. We want your perspective on the technology, trends, and solutions that are shaping the network of the future.