FCC unveils plans for US 5G spectrum auctions

The FCC has released the procedures for the upcoming spectrum auctions in the US, across various bands ranging from 24 GHz through to 47 GHZ.

FCC unveils plans for US 5G spectrum auctions

The FCC has released the procedures for the upcoming spectrum auctions in the US, across various bands ranging from 24 GHz through to 47 GHZ.

Cisco forks out $2.35bn for Duo – the acquisition train thumps on

Cisco has announced its intent to acquire Duo Security for $2.35 billion in its quest for more subscription based deals.

Cisco forks out $2.35bn for Duo – the acquisition train thumps on

Cisco has announced its intent to acquire Duo Security for $2.35 billion in its quest for more subscription based deals.

Dish: Our 5G network is for the good of the U.S.

Dish’s Charlie Ergen said that the FCC should support his company’s efforts to build out a 5G wireless network.

FCC passes new OTMR rules to speed 5G deployments

The FCC voted yesterday on rules that it says will speed and deepen the rollouts of new networks, including 5G.

Promise made: Spirent uncloaks new strategic business initiative

Spirent is moving its testing and assurances capabilities into service provider and enterprise networks with its new business initiative.

Verizon, Moto intro Z3 smartphone with 5G clip-on modem

Verizon's 5G plans clarified a bit this week as it and Motorola introduced the moto z3 and announced the 5G moto mod.

Casa, Intraway team up on vCCAP demo

Casa Systems and Intraway will be showing off multilevel orchestration of virtual CCAP at next week's CableLabs Summer Conference.

Hyperoptic unveils UK expansion plans after raising £250mn

Full-fibre broadband provider Hyperoptic has unveiled plans to expand its services to an additional 50 towns and cities through the UK after it completed a debt raise of £250 million.

Hyperoptic unveils UK expansion plans after raising £250mn

Full-fibre broadband provider Hyperoptic has unveiled plans to expand its services to an additional 50 towns and cities through the UK after it completed a debt raise of £250 million.

Spirent Sharpens Its Focus on 5G and Lifecycle Service Assurance

In the first half of 2018, Spirent boasted a number of 5G development wins and partnerships, including one with China Mobile.

Wireless carriers on 802.11ax sidelines

Wireless operators are mostly watching from the sidelines when it comes to the latest generation of Wi-Fi, 802.11ax.

Arista Lifts Its Mojo by Acquiring a Cognitive WiFi Company

At first blush, a WiFi acquisition seems a little far afield for a data center switching company. And Jefferies analyst George Notter expressed that same sentiment. But Arista makes a good argument for it.

Huawei ships 95mn smartphones in H1 and start eyeing up No.1 spot

The Huawei Consumer business unit has had a bit of a boast, claiming to have shipped more than 95 million smartphones across the first six months as it leap-frogs Apple to second place in the market share rankings.

Nutanix Boosts Its Cloud Stack With $165M Frame Acquisition

Adobe, Siemens, VMware, and Autodesk, are some of Frame’s customers using the infrastructure-agnostic platform to deliver apps from the cloud.

Segment Struggled With Microservices, Went Back to Monolith

The data aggregation platform provider jumped in early on using microservices but found scaling and monitoring challenges actually hurt productivity.

Apple makes minor dent in smart speaker segment after £1 trillion valuation

While Apple CEO Tim Cook was declaring the company is now the first to exceed the mystical $1 trillion market valuation, new research suggested its HomePod speakers were nothing more than an also ran.

Apple makes minor dent in smart speaker segment after £1 trillion valuation

While Apple CEO Tim Cook was declaring the company is now the first to exceed the mystical $1 trillion market valuation, new research suggested its HomePod speakers were nothing more than an also ran.

SDxCentral's Weekly Roundup — August 3, 2018

Huawei's first half of 2018 revenues increased 15 percent year over year; Harbor joins CNCF; Linux Foundation and Hyperledger continue to grow.

ARM Spells Out Its New IoT Platform — Pelion

The company says the Pelion IoT Platform “definitely complements our chip design business.”

Dish: We Can Meet Wireless Buildout Schedule

Says it's 'on track' to complete the first phase of a 5G-capable network by March 2020.

Sling TV Sputters in Q2

Growth at the OTT TV service slows, but Dish shares surge as company loses fewer higher-margin satellite TV subs than expected.

CSPs See ROI From Virtualization Despite Continued Frustrations

More than 60% of communication service providers (CSPs) in this focus group are not sure how they will automate the orchestration of services that include both physical and virtual resources.

Apple's $1 Trillion Luxury Prison

The iPhone maker has become the world's first public company with a $1 trillion valuation, but is it really justified?

Altice USA: 'Wait Till Next Year!'

Fourth-biggest US MSO is laying the groundwork for a fresh wave of subscriber and revenue growth next year with FTTH buildout, uber set-top rollout, 1-Gig deployments and MVNO deal.

Eurobites: KPN Taps Ericsson for 5G Test Drive

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Hyperoptic raises £250 million for fiber expansion; Arcep gets tough on 4G; new economics wonk at Ofcom; Amazon's little tax miracle.

WiCipedia: Jobs That Matter, Fembot Overlords & Tech Aids in Work-Life Balance

This week in our WiC roundup: Women need to hold more patents; summer camp opportunities for girls; Scandinavia nails work-life balance; and more.

Technetix Taps Arris Vet for Americas Push

Sandy Howe takes reins of America's division as company targets opportunities fueled by cable's migration to distributed access network architectures.

Indian Optical Market Will Outpace China – Nokia

Finnish equipment vendor says India's optical networking market is booming thanks to soaring usage of mobile broadband services.

Three looks to complimentary brands to focus on retention

Three has announced the launch of a new two-year partnership with EasyJet to build out its loyalty programme for customers.

T-Mobile US hits 21 consecutive quarters of 1mn subscription adds

Another three months have passed and yet again we are reporting about the eccentric John Legere and his unique use of punctuation cooing over 1.6 million net additions to T-Mobile US subscriber numbers.

T-Mobile US hits 21 consecutive quarters of 1mn subscription adds

Another three months have passed and yet again we are reporting about the eccentric John Legere and his unique use of punctuation cooing over 1.6 million net additions to T-Mobile US subscriber numbers.

Fortinet CEO Cites 7-Figure SD-WAN Win on Q2 2018 Earnings Call

The security company’s impressive growth results boosted its stock and put it on track to beat its previous closing high.

Wireless enjoys biggest jump in more than 20 quarters: analyst

The wireless sector enjoyed its biggest quarter-over-quarter jump in service revenue in five years, according to Chetan Sharma Consulting.

FCC establishes procedures for 28, 24 GHz auctions

The FCC established bidding procedures for the upcoming 28 GHz and 24 GHz auctions.

AT&T's Mazin Gilbert: How to build next-gen networks

For Mazin Gilbert, vice president of advanced technology and systems at AT&T Labs, edge networking is just a piece of the larger next-gen networking puzzle.

Watershed moment: should mobile operators be worried we talk less?

A new report from Ofcom claims users in the UK spoke 2.5 billion minutes less on their mobile phones, down by 1.7% in 2017, the first such decline in history.

Postpaid or prepaid doesn’t matter if you nail experience – Three UK CEO

While many telcos are keen to convert customers to valuable postpaid contracts, Three CEO Dave Dyson doesn’t believe the type of payment is relevant, as long as you keep your customers happy.

NAI to businesses caught in tariff war crossfire: We can help

Manufacturer NAI is helping companies in the industrial technology, telecom, data and medical sectors deal with the accelerating tariff dispute with China.

Cisco ups its security game with deal to buy Duo Security

Cisco has broadened the reach and depth of its security portfolio with today's news that it's buying Duo Security.

14% of U.S. households could go all wireless: study

The increasing speed of wireless has created a landscape in which 14% of U.S. households are in a position to cut their wired connection.

Cisco-Google Hybrid Cloud Love Fest: Real Deal or Hype?

When the hybrid cloud product, based on Kubernetes, launches this month it will face stiff competition from other similar services, including Google’s own GKE On-Prem.

T-Mobile, Sprint Race to 5G as Merger Looms

Both carriers remain committed to spending billions on their respective 5G deployments.

Amazon Plots Its Departure From Oracle by 2020

Adding insult to injury, Amazon’s foray into data center technology poses a competitive threat to Oracle.

Zenlayer SD-WAN Connects the Middle Mile of Networks

The SD-WAN newcomer believes that high quality connections in the middle mile — between data centers and clouds — will be a key component of future networks.

Boingo acquires MDU firm Elauwit

Boingo Wireless says its acquisition of Elauwit Networks is highly complementary to its Wi-Fi business.

CBNL ready to support millimeter wave auction winners

CBNL is one of the many companies that will be keenly watching the FCC’s upcoming 28 GHz auction and subsequently the 24 GHz auction.

Cisco Buys Duo Security for $2.35 Billion

Acquiring the two-factor authentication startup boosts Cisco’s cloud security portfolio and its intent-based networking strategy.

Maybe Fitbit can be more than just a niche exercise product

Fitbit might not be turning in the results of yesteryear, but riding the wave of Versa to beat analyst expectations demonstrates there might be mass-market appeal for the brand.

Maybe Fitbit can be more than just a niche exercise product

Fitbit might not be turning in the results of yesteryear, but riding the wave of Versa to beat analyst expectations demonstrates there might be mass-market appeal for the brand.

So much for ‘Don’t be Evil’ as Google bows to China censorship – sources

Many of the internet giants managed to put principles before profits when dealing with China, but willpower does seem to be fading as Silicon Valley attempts to work around the Great Chinese Firewall.

So much for ‘Don’t be Evil’ as Google bows to China censorship – sources

Many of the internet giants managed to put principles before profits when dealing with China, but willpower does seem to be fading as Silicon Valley attempts to work around the Great Chinese Firewall.

Nutanix Acquiring Frame, for Desktop-as-a-Service

Nutanix is climbing the cloud stack by acquiring Mainframe2, aka "Frame," which delivers cloud-based Windows desktops and applications.

Verizon's First 5G Mobile Device? It's a Snap!

Verizon says Moto's 5G module will support its gigabit-speed mobile 5G, which is coming in 2019.

Nokia, Samsung Miss Out as Three UK Gives 5G Job to Huawei

Three UK has picked Huawei over existing radio access network suppliers Nokia and Samsung to build its 5G network.

Cisco Takes Security Beyond the Enterprise Network With $2.35B Duo Buy

Cisco is looking to make it less scary for enterprises to live in the world of public clouds, BYO devices and end users who aren't employees.

T-Mobile Promises 'A Lot of Firsts' for New OTT TV Service

But company remains vague on how it intends to change the pay-TV game almost eight months after acquiring Layer3 TV.

Amazon Prime Video to Stream to Comcast's X1 Boxes

Deal expands on similar set-top integrations Comcast has implemented with Netflix and YouTube.

Rudderless VEON Keeps Digital on Down-Low

The emerging-markets operator is focusing on the humdrum business of connectivity and keeping quiet about some of its ill-fated 'digitalization' efforts.

Evernote: The Cloud Gets You Closer to Customers

Moving to the cloud lets engineers get close to customer problems, rather than struggling with infrastructure, says Evernote Chief of Staff Ben McCormack.

Mirantis & Fujitsu Building 4-Petaflop Supercomputer & Research Cloud in Japan

The research cloud will run OpenStack, an example of that software's future in specialized cloud settings, including high-performance computing, says Mirantis co-founder and CMO Boris Renski.

Eurobites: Altice Europe Pays the Price of Growth in Q2

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Three makes progress in Q2; Brits love smartphones, but not for talking into; telcos and e-sports.

Huawei's Eric Xu: 5G Polar Codes Were a 70-Year Relay Race

The world's first 3GPP-compliant, polar code supported 5G system was launched at Mobile World Congress on February 22, 2018. It was jointly developed by Huawei and Vodafone, as Huawei Rotating Chairman Eric Xu explains.

Arris Financials Clipped by Component Shortages

Arris misses its Q2 numbers and cuts financial guidance for 2018 as a component crisis continues to put stress on its key CPE business.

Spirent Making Big New Promises

Veteran test and measurement firm seeks more strategic role in service assurance, 5G rollouts and cybersecurity.

T-Mobile says it will score more new customers this year than expected

T-Mobile said it expects to acquire more new customers during the course of 2018 than it previously expected.

Apple, a perfect example of what can be achieved through customer loyalty

The telco world is filled with companies who are constantly chasing new customers, but considering the success of Apple focuses on sweating the brand, should executives be looking inwards more often.

Second RFP released for PAWR program

The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office is releasing a second RFP to design and operate research platforms.

6 new developments in the U.S. tower industry

Comments from the nation’s tower companies are key to discerning what the nation’s wireless carriers are doing with their networks in the runup to 5G.

Orange Business Services' Isch on the importance of APIs

APIs are playing key roles in carriers' network services and interactions with customers, according to Orange Business Services' John Isch.

New Ofcom rules aimed at preventing telcos abusing consumer procrastination

New alerts to remind us when we approaching the end of the minimum contract period seemed to be directed at telcos who take advantage of procrastinating customers.

iPhone X drives Apple growth past analyst expectations

Apple has reported its quarterly results for the three months ending June 30, collecting an eye-watering $585 million in revenue a day over the period.

iPhone X drives Apple growth past analyst expectations

Apple has reported its quarterly results for the three months ending June 30, collecting an eye-watering $585 million in revenue a day over the period.

Amid growth in service revenue, Sprint tests sales strategy

Sprint reported growth in wireless service revenue, its first such growth sequentially in more than four years.

Kontron Acquires Inocybe, Will Compete Against Lumina Networks

Inocybe’s SDN controller will run on Kontron white-box hardware. And Kontron also gets Inocybe’s enterprise customer base.

AWS Cloud Share Slips as Competitors Claw at Its Lead

The worldwide IaaS market grew 29.5 percent in 2017 to total $23.5 billion, up from $18.2 billion in 2016, according to Gartner.

Baidu rolls out another quarter of strong profit

Baidu has released financials for the last three months with its news product leading the charge for the Chinese search giant.

Headcount: The Latest in Hirings, Firings, and Retirings — August 1, 2018

Nutanix President Sudheesh Nair exits to become CEO of a startup; CenturyLink's VP of SDN leaves; Ariel Dan promoted to Cloudify CEO.

CenturyLink Gives Customers a Direct Link to IBM Cloud

This cloud collaboration is part of a bigger partnership between the two firms. CenturyLink already supports other IBM services such as its business resiliency and managed cloud platform.

NEC Bolsters Traffic Management Platform to Handle 5G Speeds

The TMS platform works with software-defined networking to allow mobile operators to manage network traffic at speeds in excess of 5 Gb/s.

Smartphone shipments down but Huawei has something to cheer about

Shipments of smartphones across the second quarter of 2018 were down 1.8% year-on-year, though Huawei managed to sell enough devices to leapfrog Apple into second place on the rankings table.

Travis Ewert exits CenturyLink

Last Friday was Travis Ewert's last day as CenturyLink's vice president of software defined network services and big data.

Serverless Battles Vendor Lock-in With Beta Platform

The company also scored $10 million in Series A funding to further expand development of the platform.

T-Mobile: 5G Lets Us Take Broadband Across America

T-Mobile plans to take on the cablecos and others with a massive 5G push to bring broadband and video to the home.

Amazon Ditching Oracle by 2020 – Report

Larry Ellison loves to insult AWS, but Amazon isn't going to put up with it much longer.

Charter's 'Inside-Out' Wireless Plan Starts to Take Shape

Cable op introduces 802.11ax router alongside plans for a more advanced in-home small cell that will also sport LTE and IoT antennas.

ZTE Ban & Iliad Entry Blow Wind Tre Off Course

Italy's second-largest operator blames competition and US measures against its Chinese supplier for earnings setbacks in the first six months.

Sprint's Massive MIMO 'Lynchpin' for 5G

Sprint says it has a few massive MIMO arrays live in market, which is key to Sprint's mid-band mobile 5G push in 2019.

Amdocs Hits $1B Sales Mark in Q3, Names New CEO

OSS company hits revenue targets and says global business boss Shuky Sheffer will succeed Eli Gelman as CEO later this year.

Google VP: Small Failures Drive Big Success

Developers need tools that let them make fast, incremental changes to cloud applications, says Google's Adam Seligman, VP of developer relations.

AT&T, Policy Leaders Tout National Cybersecurity Protections

The DHS National Cybersecurity Summit brought together a wide range of stakeholders across government, industry and academia to discuss collective efforts to battle cyber attacks. AT&T, in particular, stood out as it fretted about losing the 5G technology lead to Europe and China.

New Video Options Emerge for Indie Cable Ops

Creating a new IP-delivered, multiscreen pay-TV service or bundling in an existing OTT TV service are among the alternatives that smaller cable ops are weighing as they grapple with the growing cord-cutting trend.

BT's Next CEO: Odds Lengthen on Garfield, Swantee New Favorite

Former EE boss our favorite to succeed Patterson as BT boss as odds lengthen on Garfield and internal candidates.

Kontron Scoops Up Open Source Software Provider Inocybe

Kontron will combine its white box hardware with Inocybe's open source software, including its open source SDN controller and other software.

Eurobites: Activist Investor Elliott Stirs Things Up at Vodafone

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: big business wants an earlier copper switch-off in UK; Deutsche Telekom's pre-paid IoT offer; KPN invests in cybersecurity startup.

Ericsson vs. Nokia: Who's Ahead in 5G Right Now?

Market reaction suggests Ericsson is now racing ahead of Nokia, but the contest between them is finely balanced.

Updated: Verizon service shuts down for MVNO Rok Mobile

Rok Mobile confirmed that it is no longer using Verizon’s network, adding that customers on Verizon’s network will need to port their service.

Lowenstein: The rest of 2018 will be much more interesting than the first half

From the standpoint of activity that impacts customers, the first half of 2018 was sort of meh.

CityFibre research says UK is doing terrible job at connectivity

Research commissioned by serial-moaner and sh*t-stirrer CityFibre claims the UK is falling way back in the connectivity ranks, with broadband slower than on Madagascar.

Report: Network automation market will top $7B by 2024

With a projected market of more than $7 billion by 2024, automation is becoming a big business for telcos, vendors and enterprises.

ONF gearing up for edge cloud, 5G

Following up on the launch of a new strategic plan in March, the Open Networking Foundation is now taking a hard look at edge cloud and 5G initiatives.

Verizon rejects claims that it ‘grossly overstated’ its rural coverage

Verizon issued a fairly scathing response to claims that the company “grossly overstated” its nationwide 4G LTE coverage, particularly in rural areas.

Slowdown, don’t know what you’re talking about – Huawei

Huawei has reported its numbers for the first half of 2018, defying any trends there is a slowdown in the global telecoms and technology industry.

The story of how T-Mobile and Sprint reached a merger deal

On Monday, Sprint and T-Mobile filed their S-4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

LoRa bags Tencent as backer

Chinese internet giant Tencent is the latest company to join the LoRa Alliance, adding credibility to the technology which has perhaps been viewed as substandard to NB-IoT.

LoRa bags Tencent as backer

Chinese internet giant Tencent is the latest company to join the LoRa Alliance, adding credibility to the technology which has perhaps been viewed as substandard to NB-IoT.

Charter opens up on mobile spending and discussions with Sprint

Cable giant Charter reported its second quarter results, and offered a clear peek into the millions of dollars it is spending to enter the mobile industry.

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Eliminates Data Center Roller Coaster

The amusement park’s IT team selected Cohesity's hyperconverged appliance and software-defined storage after a run-off against Rubrik.

Senator floats new ideas for US regulation, criticizing inability to adapt

Democratic Senator of Virginia Mark Warner and his staff have penned new ideas for the US technology regulatory environment, pointing the finger at inadequacies and weaknesses in the current system.

Senator floats new ideas for US regulation, criticizing inability to adapt

Democratic Senator of Virginia Mark Warner and his staff have penned new ideas for the US technology regulatory environment, pointing the finger at inadequacies and weaknesses in the current system.

Istio Hits 1.0, but Testing, Education, and Adoption Challenges Remain

The platform has strong backing from Google, Red Hat, and IBM, but lacks official support from AWS and Microsoft.

Harmonic Advances Its Virtual Cable Access Technology

The company told investors it now has 400,000 cable modems operating in the field with its CableOS network virtualization technology. That’s an increase from 200,000 last quarter.

GE Wants to Ditch Its Digital Assets

GE Digital and its Predix IoT platform were once considered key to the future of the company and expected to generate $15 billion in software sales by 2020.

S9 halts Samsung run of progress but semiconductors stand strong

Samsung’s run of reporting record quarterly results has come to an end as sluggish sales for its flagship S9 device hit a wall.

S9 halts Samsung run of progress but semiconductors stand strong

Samsung’s run of reporting record quarterly results has come to an end as sluggish sales for its flagship S9 device hit a wall.

KT Launches South Korea’s First AR Mobile Shopping Service

KT, South Korea’s largest telecommunications company, has launched the country’s first-ever mobile shopping service paired with AR technology.

Apple Stops Taking Businesses for Granted

After a long history of treating business users with benign neglect, Apple is touting enterprise customers and partnerships as strategic to delivering record-setting third-quarter results.

How Lumina Is Redefining SDN

Less than a year after being spun off from parent company Brocade, Lumina Networks has secured over $10 million in Series A funding and caught the attention of industry juggernauts such as AT&T and Verizon. Lumina COO Nitin Serro talks about the future of SDN, and how Lumina is changing the landscape for everyone in the game.

Charter Still Content With No Content

Unlike such other US pay-TV giants as AT&T and Comcast, Charter still sees no reason to bulk up and diversify with major video programming assets.

Is GE Selling Its Digital Business?

GE is now looking to sell off pieces of its industrial Internet of Things business, after trying to build it into a top-10 software company, according to reports.

Charter to New York: We Ain't Going Anywhere

Charter Chief Tom Rutledge says company plans to fight state PSC order to sell all its New York cable systems and leave the state behind.

IBM & Google Launch 'Istio' Cloud Software, but Amazon & Microsoft Skip the Party

Istio, an open platform for connecting, managing and securing Kubernetes microservices, hits version 1.0 on Tuesday. But can it fly without Amazon and Microsoft?

Equinix Grows as Its Enterprise Strategy Takes Hold

By making more cloud/IT resources available in its IBXs, Equinix is moving well beyond data center and interconnection to play a strategic role for large enterprises in the hybrid cloud space.

Eurobites: Fastweb Buys Tiscali's Fixed-Wireless Biz, 5G Spectrum

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telenor CEE sale gets EC approval; Vivendi reveals Telecom Italia write-down; Liberty Global completes Austrian sale.

Harmonic Still Seeking Scale for Its Virtual CCAP

Showing that the virtual CCAP era is still in the early phases, Harmonic says its new CableOS platform is delivering broadband service to about 400,000 cable modems worldwide.

Huawei Shrugs Off Challenges With Surge in H1 Profit

Chinese equipment vendor maintains rate of sales growth and boosts profitability despite an array of competitive and regulatory challenges.

Europe gives thumbs up to Telenor simplification sales

The European Commission has given its blessing for Telenor to offload assets in Eastern Europe to Dutch financial and investment group PPF.

Awake Security CEO Jumped Ship at Cylance to Build a New Unicorn

Rahul Kashyap joins Awake from endpoint security company Cylance and says while endpoint has seen all the action over the past couple of years, “the network is where the opportunity lies.”

Prepare yourself for the wave of 5G wins, first up, Nokia and T-Mobile

With the US striding confidently and vocally towards 5G, Asia quietly building the enterprise business units and Europe patiently watching for errors, prepare yourself for numerous emails and declarations about 5G customer wins.

Prepare yourself for the wave of 5G wins, first up, Nokia and T-Mobile

With the US striding confidently and vocally towards 5G, Asia quietly building the enterprise business units and Europe patiently watching for errors, prepare yourself for numerous emails and declarations about 5G customer wins.

Turnium Using Mature SD-WAN Platform to Target Juniper, HPE Customers

The platform uses technology from Multapplied that is used in a white label form by Comcast, Rogers Communications in Canada, and Fusion Broadband in Australia.

Report: Amazon Web Services stretches its lead for cloud revenue

Amazon Web Services' robust second-quarter earnings helped keep it atop the cloud provider standings, according to a report by Synergy Research Group.

Is wireless competitive? AT&T, Verizon say yes—but others disagree

AT&T and Verizon argued that the wireless industry is competitive, but not everyone in the industry is seeing the same picture.

AT&T is building toward an autonomous network

AT&T's Mazin Gilbert has a lot of balls in the air when it comes to juggling the telco's virtualization and open source initiatives.

T-Mobile gives Nokia $3.5B award for 5G equipment

T-Mobile put a dollar figure against its 5G plans, announcing that it will pay $3.5 billion to Nokia over the coming years to deploy 5G equipment.

ComSearch maps C-Band earth station registrations

ComSearch has found there are more than 1,300 newly registered earth stations, in addition to over 4,000 existing sites.

New York revokes approval for Charter’s Time Warner acquisition, two years on

The New York State Public Service Commission decided to revoke its approval for Charter Communications’ $55 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable in 2016, claiming the former’s failure to live up to its promises.

28m net adds – Jio numbers really are quite remarkable

Reliance Jio has reported its numbers for the last three months, and it does make for some very interesting reading.

ARM Strengthens Its IoT Portfolio With $600M Treasure Data Purchase

Its push into IoT is undoubtedly initiated by ARM’s parent company SoftBank, which is investing billions in technologies including IoT through its SoftBank Vision Fund.

IBM Trials Blockchain Platform With Barclays, Citi

The company also scored a $140 million digital banking deal with Thai bank Krungsri.

Silicon Valley’s ugly duckling starting to blossom

Despite being one of the first social media networks to disrupt the way we communicate, Twitter has never really gleamed the rewards of the connected economy, but perhaps this is changing.

ZTE Slashes Q1 Bottom Line by $1B

That swing was attributed to the impact of being banned from purchasing U.S. components and $1.4 billion in total fines ZTE agreed to pay to the U.S. government to lift the ban.

Digital Twins Start to Gain Foothold in Enterprise Monitoring, Management

Software AG recently released a digital twin framework based on its management and monitoring platform. But according to Gartner VP Marc Halpern while digital twin technology is at peak hype, it still has a while to go.

Ericsson 5G gear used in auto antenna trial

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo is claiming the world’s first 8 Gbps 5G communications with a vehicle equipped with glass-mounted antennas in a 28 GHz field trial with…

Indian report on data protections leave consumers open to abuse

The Indian Government has released a paper to address the inadequacies in data protection and privacy legislation, proposing some ‘interesting’ exemptions, to leave the matrix open to abuse.

Indian report on data protections leave consumers open to abuse

The Indian Government has released a paper to address the inadequacies in data protection and privacy legislation, proposing some ‘interesting’ exemptions, to leave the matrix open to abuse.

‌Nokia Scores $3.5B 5G Contract With T-Mobile

The announcement comes just days after Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri admitted the company lost some of its Verizon business in certain markets.   

Loon highlights value of mobile carrier partnerships in Puerto Rico

Loon is urging the FCC to consider innovative alternatives when it comes to rebuilding mobile services in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Softbank and Yahoo team up to crack mobile money in Japan

Softbank and Yahoo Japan have announced the formation of a new joint venture, PayPay, to launch a QR-based smartphone payment services in Japan by November.

CBRS band inches closer to deployment

The FCC moved a step closer to making the 3.5 GHz CBRS band commercially operational.

New York State Tells Charter to Get Out

State PSC revoked its 2016 approval of Charter's acquisition on Friday and ordered Charter to file plans within 60 days to sell all its New York cable systems to another provider.

Nokia Reels In $3.5B 5G Deal With T-Mobile US

Nokia's $3.5 billion 5G deal with T-Mobile US is the Finnish vendor's biggest 5G deal so far and proves the importance of its 'end-to-end' portfolio, says the company.

Eurobites: ARM Eyes $600M Data Analytics Deal – Report

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom begins second phase of 'supervectoring' rollout; BT beefs up cybersecurity in India, loses more TV sports content.

Sigfox Loses CFO Martineau – Sources

Olivier Martineau becomes the latest senior executive to leave the loss-making IoT company following an exodus of top-level managers in the last 18 months.

Google Pushes Enterprise Strategy Beyond the Cloud

With recent initiatives in Internet of Things and on-premises software, as well as its open source, AI and security strengths, Google Cloud Platform is finding its place in a hot market.