Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson set out to prove mmWave suitable for ‘fiber-like’ backhaul

Setting out to prove the viability of using millimeter wave for wireless backhaul, Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson achieved a millimeter wave link with a data…

Europe launches new AI initiative to begin catch-up mission

This month has seen the launch of the European Commission’s AI4EU project, an initiative to create an AI-on-demand platform for Europe and challenge for leadership in this blossoming segment.

US operators belatedly act to protect user location data

AT&T and Verizon announced that they will terminate all remaining commercial agreements that involve sharing customer location data, following a report exposing the country’s mobile carriers’ failure to control data sharing flow.

Huawei R&D faces export ban in Silicon Valley

The US Commerce Department has refused to renew an export licence at a Huawei subsidy in Silicon Valley, meaning China cannot access new developments at the site.

DT and Ericsson hit 40 Gbps over millimeter wave

Operator group Deutsche Telekom and kit vendor Ericsson got together in Athens to claim a new record for wireless backhaul.

Report: Apple developing 3 new iPhones

With sales of its latest iPhones lackluster, most notably in China, Apple is reportedly developing three new iPhone models to be released in the fall.

Huawei's Silicon Valley R&D arm faces export ban

Huawei, which has been banned in the U.S. and other countries, is facing another hurdle that's related to its U.S.-based R&D subsidiary.

Sprint initiates first 5G data call on 2.5 GHz

The successful test comes as Sprint inches toward launching mobile 5G service in the first half of this year.

AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint react to location breach

The U.S. wireless industry has been caught in a fresh scandal.

EdgeConneX tackles edge data center wholesale model

While the "edge" has been a prominent buzzword in telecommunications for several years now, EdgeConneX has been living on the edge for some time.

DT, Ericsson MmWave Backhaul Test Hits 5G Latency Targets

The test produced round-trip latency of less than 100 microseconds (0.1 milliseconds) and a data transmission speed of 40 Gb/s.

Huawei’s Got 99 Problems and Futurewei’s One

And Poland arrested a Chinese Huawei employee and charged him with spying for Beijing.

SDxCentral's Weekly Roundup — January 11, 2019

AWS purchases a disaster recovery startup; Synchronoss and TBSCASoft build blockchain for telecom operators; Red Hat releases a new version of its enterprise workflow framework.

Sprint Trumpets 5G Data Call on 2.5 GHz Spectrum

Sprint takes the next step on its path toward the launch of 5G services in the first half of 2019, seemingly with or without T-Mobile.

Sprint Gets Cozy With 5G Enterprise Testbeds

Jan Geldmacher, president of Sprint Business, gets his customers ready for 5G applications with testbeds that help businesses put low-latency and high-bandwidth network applications to the test, giving them a leg up on IoT and other business deployments.

FCC 28GHz 5G Auction Bids Now at $695.04M

The 5G auction carries on, with bid increases slowing, as the FCC holds 138 licenses outstanding.

Amazon Joins OTT's Big Free-for-All

'IMDb Freedive' will aid Amazon's streaming platform strategy, but did the new AVoD service miss a big opportunity?

Why India Is Unlikely to Ban Huawei

While the Chinese vendors have been excluded from some other markets, India will probably not follow suit.

CES Is Only a 5G Scene-Setter for MWC

As far as 5G goes, the main event will be in Barcelona.

AWS's DocumentDB Takes Aim at MongoDB

Amazon declares war with launch of DocumentDB, a MongoDB-compatible document database that doesn't use MongoDB code.

CES 2019: Wireless Networks Will (Someday) Need to Make a Quantum Leap

Need for a quantum-powered Internet isn't imminent or anything — it's far, far off — but let's go ahead and slap a '6G' label on it for now.

Eurobites: Norway Contemplates Huawei Freeze-Out

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson achieve 40 Gbit/s over mmWave; rent stalemate threatens UK 5G rollout; Telenor Maritime welcomes new CEO aboard.

The Leading Lights Awards Are Back!

Yes, it's that time of the year again already, folks! Get cracking on your submission for Light Reading's annual awards before you catch MWC fever – there's a category (or three) for everyone!

Huawei's Head of Sales in Poland Arrested

An employee for French telecom operator Orange was arrested at the same time. Curiously, one report said the actions of the accused didn't have anything to do with Huawei at all.

Sprint Gets Cozy With 5G Enterprise Test Beds

Jan Geldmacher, president of Sprint Business, gets his customers ready for 5G applications with test beds that help businesses put low-latency and high-bandwidth network applications to the test, giving them a leg up on IoT and other business deployments.

CES 2019: 5G Under Glass

You could look at, but not touch, the (mostly) prototype 5G devices on the show floor at CES in Las Vegas.

The foldable phone will reportedly be with us next month

It’s been rumoured for months and an ambition of the industry for years, but it seems Samsung is almost ready to unveil a foldable phone in a few weeks times.

Apple iPhone sales plunged by 20% in November – Counterpoint

Facing more affordable competition from the Chinese brands, the iPhone’s total sales suffered a 20% decline in November, with the cheaper XR model outselling the more expensive models, according to an update from Counterpoint.

Bloomberg Chose Apstra’s Network Monitoring for Its London Broadcast Facility

Bloomberg’s network engineers are using Apstra’s software to gain visibility across the network fabric supporting the building's media production systems.

Samsung sets stage for battle on Apple's home turf

Samsung is taking its battle with Apple straight to the iPhone maker’s home turf next month.

EU Advisor tells France to forget about global ‘right to be forgotten’

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has given his opinion on the ‘right to be forgotten’ conflict between France and Google, and its good news for the ‘do no evilers’.

Cloud Security Acquisitions, OneLogin $100M Funding Round Preview What’s In Store

The opening days of 2019 also saw Sophos purchase cloud security startup Avid Secure and Akamai Technologies reach a deal to acquire Janrain.

Google, Amazon lead the way on new data centers in 2018

There's no question that hyperscale service providers have an insatiable appetite for data centers, which was borne out in a recent report.

Martello Technologies Uses SD-WAN to Optimize IoT Systems

The work is part of its participation in the Blackberry and L-Spark Accelerator Program, a program building network performance management technologies for IoT.

Ericsson calls BS on its full-stack BSS

Kit vendor Ericsson has started the year by writing down almost $700 million to account for the fact that its latest BSS efforts have turned out to be a non-starter.

AMD President Says Its Next Epyc Server Processor Is the ‘Best the World Has Ever Seen’

Advanced Micro Devices, under the direction of its President and CEO Lisa Su, garnered some big headlines in 2018 for both its technology advances as well as its growing stock price.

TriggerMesh Clears Serverless Bridge Between AWS Lambda, Knative

“We just opened up every Lambda function to run on Knative,” said Mark Hinkle, co-founder of TriggerMesh. “That’s a huge ecosystem.”

FirstNet subscriber base jumps 70% in less than 3 months

FirstNet, a nationwide broadband network dedicated to public safety, has increased its subscriber base by 70% since late October 2018.

T-Mobile US bags another million, while AT&T makes doubles down on 5G claims

It’s been a busy day on the US side of the pond as T-Mobile US reported its full-year subscription figures, while AT&T promised a nationwide 5G rollout with few details.

Samsung’s network team talks 5G at CES

CES isn’t exactly known for wireless infrastructure, but Samsung made 5G networks a part of its presence here.

Colt launches cloud-based Microsoft portfolio of services

Colt Technology Services announced Thursday that it's blending its voice and data networks with Microsoft's suite of products for enterprise…

Ericsson Takes $687M Charge to Overhaul BSS Unit

Ericsson said last year that its "full-stack, pre-integrated" approach to BSS was not working and adopted a new strategy. More measures are now required to meet 2020 profitability targets.

Equinix CEO: Interconnection Biz Booming, Edge Remains ‘Real, Strategic Question’

Equinix’s software-defined interconnection platform now has 13,000 virtual connections, according to CEO Charles Meyers.

CES 2019: Cable's 10G Tech 'Will Work'

Early trials prove that Full Duplex DOCSIS tech is real and poised to help cable operators deliver symmetrical 10-Gig speeds on their widely deployed HFC networks, top industry execs say.

AT&T's New Nationwide, Mobile 5G Timeline

The carrier said it would offer nationwide 5G services by 2020 and its spectrum choice reveals some critical details about its coverage plans and its ability to compete with T-Mobile.

CenturyLink CEO: Outage Could Have Been Bigger

CenturyLink's President and CEO Jeff Storey, in a meeting with investors this week, said his company's December 2018 network event was minimized, in part, because of the carrier's network architecture and how it integrates acquisitions.

Ericsson Will Take $860M Hit to Prop Up Digital Services

Shares in the Swedish equipment vendor fall sharply after it warns of write downs and further job losses at its troublesome digital services business.

Tidelift: We Support the Long Tail of Open Source Projects

Tidelift looks to provide support for a broad range of open source projects that don't already have corporate sponsors, as well as provide 'meaningful' income to open source developers.

Eurobites: Proximus Slims Down for Its Svelte Digital Future

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Colt targets the enterprise; Deutsche Telekom trials NB-IoT in apartment blocks; changes at the top of Eurofiber; Telenor settles Thai trouble.

Vodafone Spain to Cut up to 1,200 Jobs

Spanish part of the Vodafone empire launches a consultation with employee representatives, warning that up to a quarter of jobs could disappear as it struggles to boost profitability.

CES 2019: The Phony 5G Wars

Recapping the tech-fest in Vegas, Light Reading's Dan Jones, Mike Dano and Jeff Baumgartner discuss the clash between US mobile operators over what is – and isn't – true 5G, and cable's '10G' tilt.

AT&T Expands Edge Computing Testing to Enterprise Use Cases

The carrier sees its 5G network technology and edge computing designs as useful to power everything from autonomous driving to video monitoring in smart cities.

Network Virtualization Pioneer Guido Appenzeller Exits VMware

Appenzeller says he's probably leaving the networking industry.

AT&T’s Donovan says competitors ‘frustrated’

AT&T CEO John Donovan is glad to be top of competitors’ minds after AT&T “frustrated” them by being first to launch a commercial mobile 5G service.

The reselling of personal data goes from strength to strength

In spite of the many moral panics of 2018, the abuse of personal data shows no sign of abating at the start of 2019.

InterDigital says Huawei is setting a dangerous precedent with patent lawsuit

Huawei might have filed a lawsuit challenging the royalties, but InterDigital CEO thinks the saga could have a much more damaging and wide-ranging impact on the industry.

VCs are spending more on less, how will that impact innovation?

CB Insight has released its latest quarterly report on venture capitalist funding claiming new records are being spent in terms of total cash, but trends are leaning towards the bigger players.

Windstream's consulting arm gives it a leg up in retail sector

Windstream may not be among the biggest service providers in the U.S., but it does have a retail consulting firm that's a key differentiator.

Google unveils Assistant delights at CES

It wasn’t going to be long before Google stole the show with a horde of updates to the virtual assistant. And in fairness, some of them look pretty useful.

Google Assistant aims for dominance at CES

Google announced new features, dozens of product integrations and an expansive plan to create a wider platform for its virtual assistant at CES.

Samsung imposes Facebook on its smartphone customers and blocks uninstall

Smartphone giant Samsung has apparently struck a deal with Facebook to force the installation of the app on its phones.

Enterprises Spent $125B on IT Infrastructure in 2018, Says Synergy Research

While Cisco maintained its dominance in the enterprise infrastructure market, HPE beat out the vendor in the data center server segment of the market.

AT&T Touts 5G, SDN Progress as Job Cuts Loom

The job cuts are planned to begin later this month at 10 of AT&T's operational hubs across the country.

T-Mobile posts ‘best Q4 ever’ in preliminary results

T-Mobile says it broke multiple records during the fourth quarter of 2018, posting its "best quarter ever in total net customer additions."

75% of the telecoms industry think 2019 will be a great year

Three quarters of the respondents to the latest Telecoms.com Annual Industry Survey feel positive or fantastic about the industry’s prospects in the new year.

Mission Difficult: Cleaning up Zuckerberg’s image

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has promised a quest down the digital highways to make himself more visible as the PR machine attempts to save the company’s brand.

8 key software-based networking trends for 2019

Software-based networking such as SDN and NFV has enabled significant changes in leading communication service provider networks.

Verizon 5G Home’s Relationship Status With Cable? It’s Complicated

Verizon wants to be cable operators’ “best long term partner,” but its 5G Home service targets these same companies.

Verizon Wireless says it has plenty of unused spectrum for 5G

Verizon Wireless is confident it doesn’t need more spectrum to achieve its 5G goals.

Lowenstein: U.S. operator strategic priorities for 2019, part 2

Mark Lowenstein helps us kick off 2019 with his assessment of the key strategic priorities for the leading U.S. wireless operators.

ZTE Rises Above Political Woes With Core 5G Network Claim

Huawei and ZTE have gained unwelcome notoriety on the global stage of late, but in their home market of China at least they are able to move ahead with 5G development plans.

Verizon's Vestberg touts 5G's potential

Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg used his CES keynote to talk all about 5G: Verizon’s leadership position, strategic partnerships and its expansive potential.

CES 2019: IBM CEO Touts 'What's Next' for Data, Computing

Deep data, AI playing bigger role in creating more accurate weather forecasts worldwide.

Canonical Girds Its Cloud-Native Loins as Containers Gain Traction

Canonical's head of NFV is bullish about the shift towards cloud-native functions and the appetite for containers among network operators, but others are waiting to gain from that development too.

Podcast: Apple Warns Things Might Get Boring

Apple isn't selling as many iPhones as it previously expected, but is that a reason to think the company is in big trouble?

2019: Samsung Gets Busy With 5G in US

In 2019, Samsung will help AT&T with mobile 5G and break out its millimeter wave frequency box.

Eurobites: Landlines Are Finished in Finland, Says Telia

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Swedes are well connected; Nagra wins big at Telefónica; Deutsche Telekom ignores Christmas, presses on with network upgrade; Mobileye sees China's potential.

Apstra Bags Bloomberg in Its First Campus Deal

The pioneer of intent-based networking is trumpeting a new deal that shows its technology has a role to play outside the data center.

Huawei Controlled Firm That Sold to Iran – Reuters

A Reuters report uncovers documents that establish close links between Huawei and companies that breached US sanctions through deals in the Middle East.

CES 2019: IBM CEO Touts 'What's Next' for Data, Computing

Deep data, AI playing bigger role in creating more accurate weather forecasts worldwide.

T-Mobile Breaks Records Again With 2.4M New Connections

The fastest-growing operator in the US is still putting its smartphone rivals to shame. But with 5G and a potential Sprint merger on the horizon, how long can such growth last?

Verizon's 5G CES Keynote: T-Shirts, But No Beef

Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg's keynote centered on the 'eight currencies' of 5G, but offered little in the way of new insight into Verizon's plans for network rollouts and 5G-powered devices.

AT&T's 5G Exec Outlines a New Round of Layoffs – Report

A decline in legacy services prompts more cuts at AT&T, though the carrier said it is hiring in growth areas of the company.

AT&T's Donovan Defends the Carrier's 5G Fibs

The exec said the dodgy label is all about indicating to subscribers that they are no longer connected to a 'traditional' 4G network.

AT&T’s 5G false start backfires

The attempt by US operator AT&T to rebrand LTE-A as 5Ge has quite rightly left it open to ridicule.

Investment bank thinks Vodafone could be in trouble

RBC Capital Markets has released an investor note warning Vodafone might be in a spot of bother following years of restructuring, M&A, as well as the risk associated with up-coming spectrum auctions.

Verizon Gets Frisky in 5G Feud With AT&T

Verizon's CTO implores the 5G ecosystem to not confuse customers by using the 5G label on networks that do not use 5G technology.

Carriers rush to announce 5G smartphones at CES

The rush to 5G is on and the nation’s big four wireless carriers are clamoring to be first with a 5G smartphone on their network.

AT&T is now effectively lying to its customers

AT&T customers might have noticed a new symbol appearing in the top corner of their devices and for those who aren’t paying attention, they might be duped into thinking the telco is offering 5G connectivity.

AT&T, Nokia team up on RAN controller software platform

AT&T is working with Nokia to develop an open source software platform for the RAN Intelligent Controller that aligns with the O-RAN Alliance.

Samsung warns sales and profits are going down the toilet

Korean giant Samsung has become the latest major tech company to warn about significant under-performance towards the end of 2018.

The connected car takes pole position at CES

With the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas, it perhaps shouldn’t come as much of a surprise the connected car is stealing the headlines at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

Chiplets: The Way to Beat Moore’s Law?

First came the disaggregation of software from hardware. Now comes the disaggregation of functions on a chip.

AT&T, Nokia Tighten 5G Focus on O-RAN, Akraino

The specific work is on developing a software platform for the RAN Intelligent Controller. That platform code will accelerate the deployment of open source software for the 5G radio access network.

Lowenstein: U.S. operator strategic priorities for 2019, part 1

Industry analyst Mark Lowenstein helps us kick off 2019 with his assessment of the key strategic priorities for the leading U.S. wireless operators.

Huawei accuses InterDigital of patent violation

Huawei is suing InterDigital, a mobile technology research and development company, for allegedly violating an obligation to license patents.

Containers are a work in progress for telcos

Last year, Kubernetes took center stage in the telecommunications industry as the primary means for managing containers, but there's still work to do.

Alibaba Buys Open Source Big Data Firm Data Artisans for $130M

Alibaba has been one of the largest contributors and users of Data Artisans’ open source data processing framework since 2016.

Samsung, LG warn of sales decline during Q4 2018

Two of Apple’s largest competitors, Samsung and LG, have also reported lower-than-expected sales for the final quarter of 2018.

GitHub Rolls Out First Major Update Post-Microsoft Acquisition

The updates include free access to private repositories that are targeted at small developer teams, and a combination of its cloud and on-premises enterprise offerings.

Intel, Facebook Develop New AI Chips

The chip giant also unveiled 10nm silicon for data center servers and 5G wireless access base stations and at a CES 2019 news conference.

GSMAi Consumer Survey Ratchets Down the 5G Hype

As 5G hype builds, a new report aims to dampen the mood with a cautionary warning that some consumers are not yet that enthused about the innovative services 5G may bring.

Bluetooth SIG forms new Smart Home Subgroup

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced the formation of a new Smart Home Subgroup focused on smart home and related applications.

Certification for Wi-Fi 6 coming in Q3

The Wi-Fi Alliance announced that its Wi-Fi Certified 6 program will be coming online in the third quarter of 2019.

Etisalat picks startups for AI, blockchain scale-up program

Four companies were selected to take part in the "Future Now" scale-up program, which includes access to Etisalat Digital's resources and…

SK Telecom Showcases 5G-Based Media and Mobility Technologies at CES 2019

SK Telecom today announced that it will participate at CES 2019 held in Las Vegas from January 8 to11, 2019 to showcase media and mobility technologies in the 5G era.

Charter in Talks With Ring, Others, About New Smart Home Product

Charter also in discussions with Arlo, Nest as cable operator looks to develop an integrated, white-label offering that will emphasize a self-installation model, sources say.

Eurobites: Sky Takes a Stake in Synamedia

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Infracapital acquires half of SSE Enterprise Telecoms; Amazon teams up with HERE for connected cars; BBC plays catch-up with its catch-up service; TIM hires new trio; Ericsson tests 5G with T-Mobile US and Intel.

Comcast Uses AI to Clamp Down on Cyber Threats

New Xfinity xFi Advanced Security service, which uses AI and machine learning techniques to identify and lock down threats on the in-home WiFi network, fetches $5.99 per month.

Verizon, AT&T Spar Over 5G Service Names, Marketing

New ads call attention to the industry's longstanding practice of calling everything something that it's not, based on new tech specs that no one measures up to yet.

Masergy CEO: How We'll Get to $1BN

James Parker steps in with a mandate to triple the company's managed services revenue, even as competition in the space grows.

Samsung Issues Profit Warning

Apple's not the only one suffering a slowdown.

Hostway & Hosting Merge for More Managed Cloud Muscle

The hosts with the most are beefing up support for managed cloud services in five countries across three continents.

BT Looks More Bloated Than Ever

Despite announcing plans for 13,000 layoffs last May, the UK operator is now bigger than ever, and it generates far less in per-employee revenues than most of its regional peers.

CES 2019: Comcast Secures the Smart Home

Fraser Stirling, Comcast's SVP of digital home, devices & AI, explains how the new xFi Advanced Security service gets a fix on potential cyber threats that could pose a danger to home networks.

Infracapital secures SSE Enterprise Telecoms stake

Infracapital has become the latest investment firm to secure a stake in the increasingly popular connectivity industry with a £380 million investment in SSE Enterprise Telecoms.

Garmin has a go at reigniting smart watch enthusiasm

To date, it seems only the fitness brands can make the smart watch segment work for them, and while attention might have been diverted elsewhere recently, Garmin is having another crack.

Alexa turns to HERE to crack the car market

Amazon is collaborating with navigation platform HERE in order to get its Alexa voice UI into the car of the future.

Headcount: The Latest in Firings, Hirings, and Retirings — January 7, 2018

Mesosphere names a new CEO to replace its co-founder; Indian software provider Sterlite Technologies hires new execs; Lattice Semiconductor expands its leadership team.

Consensys and AMD Build Blockchain-Based Cloud Infrastructure

The new company, called W3bcloud, is developing data center products to support blockchain-based workloads and applications.

Qualcomm hooks up with Las Vegas on C-V2X

The city of Las Vegas, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada and Qualcomm are implementing C-V2X communication in Las Vegas.

Ford reinforces its commitment to C-V2X

Ford announced its commitment to deploy cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in all of its new vehicle models in the U.S. beginning in 2022.

Huawei unveils new ARM-based chipset and server

Huawei is attempting to move on from last year's turbulence by announcing a new server and chipset at its Shenzhen media conference.

Cable tees up 10G at CES

The cable industry has kicked off this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas by outlining its vision for delivering 10-gigabit data speeds.

Apple takes not-so-subtle dig at competitors over privacy at CES

Apple is using this week’s CES conference to make a bold statement in a rather uniquely Apple fashion.

Opposition to T-Mobile/Sprint merger grows

The 4Competition Coalition, an alliance against the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, has gained the support of two rural wireless carriers and WISPA.

T-Mobile initiates first 5G video and data session on 600 MHz

T-Mobile says it has completed the world’s first 5G video call and data session on 600 MHz during a test in Las Vegas with Ericsson and Intel.

Samsung reckons its new smartphone UI is more intuitive than ever

The latest user interface for Samsung smartphones – One UI – tries to account for larger screens while avoiding excessive clutter.

Huawei launches Kunpeng 920 chip to bag big data and edge computing

Huawei has unveiled a new ARM-based CPU called Kunpeng 920, designed to capitalise on the growing euphoria building around big data, artificial intelligence and edge-computing.

P&G brings FMCG utopia to CES

The first tech show of the year has traditionally featured companies outside of its core constituency and CES 2019 is no exception.

Huawei Works With Arm, Not Intel, on New CPU

Huawei says it will still continue its long-term strategic partnerships with Intel, but that computing demands have become more diverse.

Radware Snaps Up ShieldSquare for New Bot Management Product Line

ShieldSquare provides an API-based service that leverages machine learning to detect and eliminate “bad bots” from a variety of applications.

Sprint and T-Mobile Throw More 5G Pieces on the Table

Sprint is touting a new Samsung device while T-Mobile completed a 5G data session with Ericsson and Intel.

Former Red Hat CEO Backs Tidelift’s $25M Series B

The startup's business model works like this: companies pay Tidelift a subscription, and in return they receive support for the open source projects they use from the developers who created and maintain these projects.

Bouygues Telecom Signals 5G Progress as France Gets Its Ducks in Line

France may have been propelled to the 5G race by the U.S. and South Korea, but its 5G roadmap and competitive mobile players support its ambition to play a leading role.

iChief’s Samsung tie up is long overdue

The first (proper) week in January always promises a deluge of stories from CES and the opening gambit is a content-based partnership between Samsung and Apple. Some might say a long-overdue one.

Researchers explore applications for Google's Soli radar

Researchers in Scotland have already been experimenting with the technology and working to improve object-sensing accuracy.

AirTies boasts ties with Broadcom on Wi-Fi 6

The collaboration is designed to enable operators that adopt Broadcom’s Wi-Fi 6 chipsets to access AirTies’ software and in-home Wi-Fi management.

Visteon showcases V2X module for DSRC, cellular

Visteon is offering what it believes is the industry’s first V2X module to work with Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) or cellular networks.

LTE-M Smart IoT tracker approved for use on Verizon

Sequans Communications and Polymer Logistics announced that the Polymer Logistics Smart IoT Tracker is approved for use on the LTE-M Verizon network.

NCTA Trademarks '10G'

Move over, 5G. CableLabs and Cable Europe also get behind the brand they'll use to identify the industry's push toward HFC networks that can deliver speeds of 10 Gbit/s.

Huawei Kicks Off 2019 With New ARM Chipset & Server

The Chinese equipment giant has announced its biggest collaboration yet with UK-based ARM as it targets growth in the cloud and data services market.

Apple's Walls Come Tumbling Down With Samsung TV Tie-Up

A TV alliance between the iPhone maker and the South Korean tech giant points to a weakening of Apple's position as a hardware and software giant.

Eurobites: Ericsson Seeks Jail for RCom Chairman Over Unpaid Debt

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: landlines dying a slow death in the UK; ARM boss takes home £22 million; Israeli V2X specialist lands Samsung deal; Teleste upgrades Telenet's HFC.

LR Teams With SCTE on Webinar Series

In close partnership with SCTE|ISBE, Light Reading will host and produce 'Live Learnings for Professionals' seminars on cable tech topics each month, starting with a January 17 webcast on improving the home networking experience.

8K TVs to Creep Into US Market in 2019

Just 200,000 8K sets expected to ship this year, compared to 22 million 4K TVs, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

DCMS launches new initiative to bring elderly into digital

The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced the launch of a new initiative to help older and disabled people get digital skills and reap the benefits of the digital era.