Is Neuromorphic Computing the Key to Faster, Greener AI?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an increasingly compute intensive process. Depending on the model, it can take a cluster of thousands of GPUs days, weeks, or even longer to train. But what if it didn’t have to? What if we built computers that worked more like our brains?

What's the story? The $22 billion Andromeda spectrum auction

On this episode, we talk with Light Reading's Mike Dano about all things spectrum auctions, including the 'Andromeda' auction, which just wrapped up with $22 billion in bids. We also get into broadband mapping and how spectrum could be used to tackle the digital divide.

Eurobites: Private equity rivals consider joint bid for TIM – sources

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Proximus helps out with electric vehicle charging; Tele2 connects the electric road; BT moves into new global HQ.

Is Open RAN Too Little, Too Late for 5G?

If there’s one mobile network technology more overhyped today than 5G, open radio access network (RAN) architecture has to be it.

Salt hails strong Q3 amid fiber network concerns

Switzerland-based operator reports strong Q3 revenue growth, but fiber ambitions face a setback after Swisscom ruling.

Ericsson's $6.2B Vonage deal has befuddled investors – no wonder

Vonage's relevance to 5G is questionable and shareholders will be asking if the cash would have been better spent elsewhere.

Behind China's huge 5G numbers: Fast rollout and low prices

China's 5G rollout remains a story of government-mandated deployment and rock-bottom fees.

RAN momentum checked by supply chain squeezes – Dell’Oro

Analyst firm expects 2022 RAN spend to grow only 3% year-on-year, after two years of double-digit increases.

Reliance Jio lost 19M users in September

The Indian telco giant's customer base is shrinking as rural subscribers and customers treating it as a second SIM quit service.

Eurobites: Nokia and Yadro combine on basestations in Russia

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: ETSI secures smartphones; CityFibre shows some 800Gbit/s backbone; Atos and OVHcloud extend partnership in France.

Orange CEO quits after fraud conviction

The 'affaire Tapie' has finally forced Orange's Président Directeur Général to step down after 11 years.

Vodafone sticks a wind turbine on a mobile mast

The UK operator is pioneering an innovative solution to the problem of running power to mobile sites in the countryside.

Brightspeed execs talk strategy for $2B makeover of Lumen assets

A trio of former Verizon executives is looking to take lessons learned from the operator’s Fios rollout to build an even better network under the Brightspeed name, as part of Apollo Global Management’s $2 billion effort to transform ILEC assets it purchased from Lumen Technologies.

VMware posts revenue jump from subscriptions, SaaS

VMware posted an 11% year-over-year jump in revenue to $3.19 billion for the third quarter of its 2022 fiscal year, driven by strong growth in subscription and software-as-a-service sales numbers, the company announced Tuesday afternoon.

Naver Cloud completes application for Private 5G frequency: The 5G network will be used in Naver's second office building, etc.

Naver Cloud announced on the 24th that it has completed a frequency application for the ‘Private 5G frequency allocation for 5G mobile communication’ announced by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT).

Daily Roundup: Armis Ranked Fastest Growing Cybersecurity Software Company

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AT&T, Verizon to temporarily turn down 5G power to address FAA worries

'We will ... adopt these precautionary measures to allow for additional time for continued analysis,' the two companies wrote of their plans to reduce the power of their 5G networks.

Streamers bump Black Friday bargains to spur sagging sub growth

AMC+, Disney+, Paramount+, Discovery+ and many others push Black Friday discounts to get larger subscriber numbers in the plus column.

After missing 4G and 5G, HAPS supporters now target 6G

Japan's SoftBank hopes to raise money for 'capital expenditures, research and development, business operations and other areas' in its High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) business.

Can VMware Win at Cloud-Native Apps?

VMware has long since won the software-defined data center war with analysts estimating upwards of 80% of virtualized workloads run on the vendor’s software. But can the virtualization giant also win at cloud-native applications? On the company’s third-quarter fiscal 2022 earnings call this week, VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram said the answer is yes.

Nutanix Builds Airbnb-Style Hybrid Cloud Platform

Nutanix wants to be the Airbnb of hybrid cloud. To this end, the software vendor is working to strengthen its ecosystem partnerships with Red Hat and Citrix and extend its cloud stack from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Microsoft Azure and other public clouds. 

Fab news with new $17B Texas Samsung chip plant

With a new fab to open in late 2024, Samsung takes its total US investment to $47 billion, and pockets generous subsidies after a fierce bidding war.

Nokia caught in telco schism over open RAN

The Finnish equipment vendor rejects the charge its software works only with its own hardware and finds an ally in BT.

Samsung Unveils $17B Texas Chip Fab

Samsung Electronics this week announced a $17 billion semiconductor fab destined for Taylor, Texas, ending months of rumors regarding the foundry operators U.S. expansion plans.

Spectrum-sharing task force chair: 'It really doesn't have to be a spectrum fight'

As the commercial 5G industry and the US military begin working to share spectrum in the lower 3GHz band, the head of the National Spectrum Coalition task force on the issue remains hopeful.

The future of fiber optic innovation: Part II

The next 50 years of optical communications will most likely be dedicated to addressing key fundamental challenges to make the optical expansion more efficient and practical, and to make these predictions even riskier (and more fun).

Fraud could drag down Biden's broadband ambitions – report

'There are many more EBB-enrolled households that claimed they have a dependent child at certain CEP schools than students who are actually enrolled in those schools,' warned the FCC's inspector general.

EU acts to tackle might of 'gatekeeper' platforms

The Digital Markets Act takes a further step towards the goal of ending 'unfair practices of big online platforms.'

Eurobites: Orange's Richard found guilty in Tapie case

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telenor divests Open Universe, FTTH assets; Vivendi has no plans to exit TIM; ADVA recommends Adtran bid to shareholders.

Was Vonage Ericsson’s Best Play for Enterprise?

Now that the dust has settled on Ericsson’s seemingly out-of-nowhere $6.2 billion acquisition of Vonage, it’s worth considering other potential companies Ericsson could have targeted. Could that $6.2 billion in cash have been better spent on other enterprise companies, software vendors, or equipment manufacturers more directly involved in mobile network infrastructure?

Swiss carriers outpace UK, US on 5G speeds – RootMetrics

Swisscom in pole position on speed and availability, according to the latest report.

FCC report flags fraud in Emergency Broadband Benefit program

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking steps to verify that households participating in its Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program are in fact eligible for support, after the agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) flagged several instances of obvious fraud.

Orange looks to add fixed line assets in Belgium with VOO deal

Orange revealed its Belgian subsidiary has entered into exclusive talks to purchase a majority stake in cable operator VOO from Nethys, as part of a bid to strengthen its convergence strategy in the country.

Closing in on Telecom’s Open Future

With the proliferation of global 5G availability, a new era of telecommunications is being brought into existence. Communication Service Providers (CSPs) have a once in a decade opportunity to go beyond connectivity and deliver a host of new services to enterprises across every industry. While 5G is the focal point for this new chapter in telecom’s history, the network transformation taking place to enable its application is equally important — perhaps even more so.New territory means new complexity To capitalize on the potential of 5G, the telecom industry must overcome deep technical and strategic challenges including:

Daily Roundup: Ericsson’s $6.2B Vonage Acquisition Mystifies Analysts

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Comcast may move Hulu content to Peacock

Comcast's NBCUniversal unit is reportedly weighing whether to pull much of its content from Hulu and make it exclusive to Peacock to boost that streaming service.

Armis Ranked Fastest Growing Cybersecurity Software Company

IoT security vendor Armis is one of the fastest growing companies in North America — and the fastest growing cybersecurity software company — according to Deloitte’s annual North America Technology Fast 500, which ranks the continent’s fastest-growing companies in the technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech sectors.

'Dangerous' Cisco Bug Douses Firewalls, Opens Gates

A bug discovered this week in Cisco’s Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) and Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) firewalls could lead to denial-of -ervice (DoS) attacks, warned Positive Technologies threat researchers.

Dish Network officially teams up with Rakuten

Dish Network said it will use Rakuten Symphony's observability framework to collect telemetry data from its network functions in order to support the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Wireless industry report says 5G FWA could connect 43% of rural US

A new industry report from Accenture, commissioned by CTIA, the wireless industry association, makes the case for serving the rural US with fixed wireless, noting that with billions available for broadband, it's 'key to acknowledge that 5G FWA is a future-proof technology.'

Xiaomi profits collapse as fortunes reverse

The Chinese smartphone maker faces a components crunch, domestic competition and souring technology investments.

Telefónica turns to Wipro for 5GC automation in Germany, Brazil

If all goes to plan, Spanish group will then roll out Indian tech's firm CI/CD/CT solution to Spain and the UK.

Doom for Zoom boom, as CEO looks to enterprises

Zoom beat expectations but still saw its slowest growth since 2018.

IBC cancels December show in Amsterdam

IBC 2021, a big annual media tech event usually held in Amsterdam in September, becomes the latest trade show to succumb to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Charter's Spectrum Enterprise goes on the offensive

Enterprise services unit of Charter boots up new brand identity and a campaign focused on fulfilling 'unreasonable' requests of large businesses and stealing away share from incumbent service providers.

How and why T-Mobile sidestepped mmWave 5G

Only about half of the phones T-Mobile sells support mmWave 5G, according to Counterpoint Technology Market Research. As a result, T-Mobile counts 3.5 million non-mmWave 5G customers.

Eurobites: Telefónica does some blue-skies thinking on broadband

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Kcom uses ADVA's optical transport; Enea lands private network gig in Taiwan; Brits love drones, says BT research.

Rare earths shortage roiling supply chain

Soaring rare earth prices are disrupting the global supply chain and another source of geopolitical tension between China and the US.

Red Hat Stakes SASE Claim With OpenShift Orchestration

Red Hat wants a piece of the secure access service edge (SASE) pie, but probably not in the way you think.

Orange Belgium starts talks on VOO, enfin

The Belgian operator has been interested in buying the Nethys-owned cableco since at least 2018.

Germany reckons open RAN is risky business

One of Germany's government agencies has released a report arguing that open RAN is far less secure than traditional network infrastructure.

Bluepeak wants to turn flyover states into fiber country

The central U.S. appears to have caught the eye of equity investors, with Bluepeak becoming the latest privately-funded fiber company to plot a major expansion there.

FCC calls for industry input on Affordable Connectivity program

A sprawling infrastructure bill passed by Congress earlier this month grabbed headlines for setting aside $65 billion for broadband. Now, it seems the hard work of getting that money out the door has begun.

Cable One preps network for DOCSIS 4.0 as it eyes 10G future

Cable One is laying the groundwork for DOCSIS 4.0, completing a series of network upgrades it hopes will smooth its eventual deployment of the technology and, ultimately, its path to 10 Gbps.

Daily Roundup: Half-Baked Business Models Hamper 5G’s Potential

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Ericsson’s $6.2B Vonage Acquisition Mystifies Analysts

Analysts today are mostly perplexed by Ericsson’s agreement to acquire Vonage for $6.2 billion, particularly with respect to how the deal reinforces the radio access network (RAN) vendor’s push into the wireless enterprise market.

Ericsson shells out $6.2B for Vonage

CEO Börje Ekholm optimistic about creating a new and lucrative 5G API market in the enterprise space through its biggest ever acquisition.

AST SpaceMobile warns of possible launch delays

AST SpaceMobile had hoped to launch its third satellite on a SpaceX rocket sometime early next year. But the company warned it might need 'additional time for ... testing and final launch preparation.'

Fixed wireless, LEO satellite broadband best suited for unserved and underserved areas – study

Performance data from Comlinkdata/Tutela indicate that T-Mobile Home Broadband and Starlink are as good as VDSL, stomp on DSL, but generally fall short of terrestrial HFC and fiber services.

EU slaps anti-dumping tariffs on China optical cable firms

The European Commission has finally made a judgement against Chinese vendors for anti-competitive behavior.

Why CISOs Need IaC Security (Hint: Developers Aren’t Slowing Down)

Infrastructure as code (IaC) can be a boon to developers that want to create applications fast without manually configuring resources for these apps. It uses code to automatically manage and provision things like servers, storage, databases, networks, and logs, and this saves time and money by removing the manual component.

India's Airtel hikes prepaid tariffs by 25%

In a widely anticipated move, India's second-largest service provider, Bharti Airtel, has announced it is raising prepaid tariffs for all plans by 20-25%.

Eurobites: Telenor explores Thai merger

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Intracom tests PtMP with 5G service providers; Telia's 5G drives timber project; WhatsApp tweaks privacy policy.

Verizon to gain around 20M new mobile customers any day now

Reuters reported that the FCC's four commissioners will approve Verizon's purchase of América Móvil's TracFone shortly. The prepaid provider counts a total of around 20 million customers.

Telecom Italia faces $12.2B privatization bid from KKR

Shareholder Vivendi is said to oppose the offer, rating it too low.

Ericsson, Nokia line up new CTOs in North America

Michael Murphy in August moved over to Nokia's fierce rival, Ericsson, and is now that vendor's North American CTO. Murphy is being replaced by David Eckard, VP of strategy and technology for North America at Nokia.