AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon CTOs give their takes on 5G

If you really want to know what 5G is, just ask the CTOs of the four major wireless service providers in the U.S.

IBC 2018: The smart home is a myth – don’t believe the hype

The vision of the smart home is powerful for the digital economy but don’t believe the hype, right now it’s a fragmented minefield of complication and frustration.

The FDA certified Apple Watch is still not a medical device

The new Apple Watch has been cleared by the FDA to sell as a low-grade health tracking device but is not producing medical grade data.

The elite of global telecoms is finally revealed

The shortlist for the Global Telecoms Awards 2018 has been unveiled, identifying the companies, products and initiatives that have defined the industry over the past year.

Charter’s CEO downplays the 5G threat

The CEO of Charter Communications said that he is not concerned about the mobile industry’s 5G push.

IBC 2018: New content, new markets, new partners – the Netflix growth plan

Netflix is one of the largest technology companies on the planet, but there is still mountains of room for growth over the next few years.

OpenDaylight's Fluorine release streamlines edge, cloud environments

The OpenDaylight Project announced its ninth platform release this week, which includes various improvements to cloud, edge and wide area network use cases.

Is South Korea the next country to snub Huawei?

SK Telecom is apparently not using Huawei at all for its 5G roll out and this could be indicative of a broader shift in sentiment in the country.

Wireless Execs High on 5G Distributed Network Architecture

Virtualization is the key to making new 5G use cases a reality, according to top tech chiefs at U.S. wireless operators.

Juniper CTO Bikash Koley talks NFV, cloud native, software

Juniper Networks is using a playbook similar to that of its rival Cisco as it works toward becoming more of a software-centric company.

Cloud Storage Startup Wasabi Scores $68M, Brings the Heat to Amazon

The company claims its cloud storage costs less than one-fifth the price of Amazon S3 and is more than six times as fast.

SDxCentral's Weekly Roundup — September 14, 2018

Microsoft introduces Azure DevOps; OpenDaylight releases Fluorine ; and Sprint and Nokia collaborate on 5G.

T-Mobile lines up more small cells and fiber backhaul for 5G

The nation’s third-largest wireless network operator announced the expansion of a deal with Crown Castle to add more small cells to its network.

Here are 6 things you missed at MWC Americas 2018

This year’s fall trade show was a relatively pivotal one for the wireless industry. But what did we actually learn?

MWCA Day 2 Recap: '5G' Rolls Out & We Roll On

Still weary from walking in LA, Light Reading’s Phil Harvey and Dan Jones look straight into 5G and offer an artistic interpretation of carrier deployment strategies.

Eurobites: Orange Bolsters African Presence With Subsea Deal

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom goes big in Bavaria; new MVNO targets hearing-loss sufferers; why telco customer experience (often) sucks.

So Long, & Good Luck With That

After almost two decades at Light Reading, it's time for a different optical adventure.

Spirent CEO Eric Hutchinson: Out of the Labs, Into the Boardroom

New initiative at test system specialist aims at making company more of strategic partner, while promising to make 5G rollouts more cost-effective and faster.

IBC2018: What MediaKind Did Next

The (nearly) former Ericsson media business is doubling down on platform innovation, including the use of blockchain, as it preps for independence. But will that be enough?

Italy Wraps Up Sale of 700MHz Spectrum for 5G, Raises €2B

Italy's auction of 700MHz spectrum has raised €2 billion, with Telecom Italia, Vodafone and Iliad picking up the valuable concessions.

Charter Chief Shrugs Off 5G Threat

Speaking at a Goldman Sachs media conference, Charter CEO Tom Rutledge says 5G fixed-wireless networks won't be able to match cable's planned 10-Gig symmetrical speeds or economics.

Microsoft Buys AI Startup Lobe, to Feed Human Brains to Machines

Lobe makes drag-and-drop AI development tools to fill dire shortage of trained AI engineers.

Who's Doing What in the CBRS Band?

FCC filings shed light on mix of initial deployment proposals targeting the emerging, shared 3.5GHz band.

Arista Acquires Metamako to Boost Low-Latency Networking

Metamako deal brings FPGA networking technology and with founders who have backgrounds in ultra-low latency hardware, software and algorithmic trading.

GSMA: 5G Adoption in US and Canada Will Outpace Asia, Europe

The GSMA Mobile Economy report predicts that there will be 200 million 5G mobile connections in the U.S. and Canada by 2025, putting it ahead of Europe and key Asian markets.

We’re patient enough to make money from video – MediaKind

With major players scarpering away from video as quickly as possible, MediaKind is confident there is money to be made, you just have to be patient enough.

AT&T’s wireless chief silent on 5G but talks up video business

AT&T’s David Christopher didn’t use his MWC Americas appearance to talk about the operator’s pending launch of mobile 5G technology.

AWS Offers Affirmed Networks’ Virtual EPC as a Hosted Service

The service is targeted to mobile virtual network operators, cable operators that want to provide a mobile service, and traditional mobile operators that want to expand outside of their footprint.

Panel: 5G driving O-RAN but benefits can be seen in 4G

5G makes the move to an open RAN architecture more urgent, but that doesn’t mean operators need to wait for 5G to see the benefits of an open system.

Nokia joins Ericsson in bailing out of video

Diversification seems to be out of fashion as Nokia announces the sale of most of its IP video business to Canadian private equity group Volaris.

VNF revenues to top $16.4B by 2022—report

After a somewhat rocky start, virtual network functions are poised to grow to $16.4 billion in revenues by 2022, according to an IDC report.

IBC 2018: Let’s get figital

We’re not 100% sure how to spell it, or whether it is actually a thing yet, but appealing to the fidgety younger consumer could be the key to cracking the content market

Samsung Rides OpenStack, Container Environment for 5G

The vendor is taking advantage of OpenStack and virtualization platforms like containers and the container environment.

AT&T's Mazin Gilbert: Open source tech is great, convergence is key

AT&T's Mazin Gilbert said open source groups are tying into each other to advance technologies within the telecom industry and beyond.

X marks the slot as Apple moves to eSIM

Every new Apple iPhone is an X thanks to the launch of the XR, XS and XS Max, with the pricier ones being the first iPhones to support eSIMs.

Arista Acquires Metamako, a Provider of Low-Latency FPGA Products

Metamako provides 4 nanoseconds of latency, advancing the “race to zero.” The acquisition will boost Arista's product line targeted at financial services.

Samsung Leads Datrium’s $60M Series D Round

Datrium says its software simplifies hybrid cloud compared to traditional storage systems and hyperconverged infrastructure.

IBC and TM Forum play match-maker for telco and media ecosystem

With convergence becoming an unavoidable buzzword throughout the telco industry, the telco and media ecosystems will have to learn to become playmates.

Lenovo and NetApp Launch Storage Products, New Company in China

The new Lenovo-branded products will combine NetApp’s all-flash data management and storage software with Lenovo’s servers.

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint team up to kill passwords

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint announced a project to create a more effective and efficient identification and authorization system.

AT&T’s Mike Zeto touts smart city progress

LOS ANGELES — AT&T is starting to make serious progress in its smart cities business, according to AT&T’s Mike Zeto.

Ericsson: ‘We are open to openness’

Ericsson has been a big believer in the 3GPP standards process and not as gung-ho when it comes to open source initiatives, but that could be changing.

Barefoot Responds to the Demise of Marvell’s Programmable Chip

Barefoot says its Tofino chip is used for more than just “niche” applications, and the P4 programming language gives it gravitas.

Cisco’s Open vRAN Alliance Says Its End-to-End System Is Ready to Roll

The Open vRAN Alliance assembled products from different vendors to create an open vRAN system that can take the place of single-vendor RAN solution.

AT&T pursues integrated SIM for IoT

AT&T is working with vendors on a strategy to enable IoT modules to power smaller, less costly and more energy-efficient devices.

Virtualization Is Core to Sprint Curiosity IoT Platform

The IoT platform uses virtualization to push more processing capabilities to the edge of the network and a dedicated operating system to help the platform “come alive.”

KT Gears Up for World’s First Commercial 5G Network

KT is gearing up to develop and achieve its vision of the world’s first and best next-generation commercial wireless network on a nationwide scale.

T-Mobile, Tele2 Merger in Netherlands Hits EC Opposition

Deutsche Telekom lashes out at regulatory objections to the proposed deal and says the combined entity would bring 5G to the Netherlands much faster.

Apple: It's the End of the SIM as We Know It

The days of prying open the back of your phone and fiddling around with tweezers may be coming to an end. But what would the end of the physical SIM mean for the average telco?

MWCA Day 1 Recap: 5G Is Here…?

Phil Harvey, Gabriel Brown and Mitch Wagner bring you the truth about 5G from downtown LA.

IBM Defies Data Gravity

IBM is looking to beat network bandwidth constraints by bringing analytics to the data, rather than vice-versa.

Verizon's Stone Says Initial Fixed 5G Will Need Truck Rolls

Users initially won't be able to install fixed 5G services themselves, but despite the additional cost to Verizon of professional installation, the move makes sense.

Eurobites: UK Vows to Keep EU Roaming Free Post Brexit

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia shows off 8K UHD streaming over 5G; BT gives container port added backbone; 5G goes into the woods.

Just Like Ericsson, Nokia Flogs Majority Stake in Its Video Biz

Finnish vendor will retain a minority stake in the video business as it follows in the wake of Ericsson and Cisco to become the third big network vendor this year to sell video assets.

A Phased Approach to AI Adoption in Network Operations & Maintenance

To meet the goals of network quality, customer experience and cost containment, operators will need to embrace even more intelligent forms of network maintenance.

Equinix CEO Charles Meyers Sees NFV, 5G Opportunities Ahead

The data center giant will pursue business opportunities in NFV, IoT, and 5G services, according to the new CEO.

Apple adds eSIM to new iPhones

Apple on Wednesday announced that its newest iPhones—the iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max and iPhone XR—will support eSIM technology.

Europe approves tough new digital copyright position

The European Parliament has voted to adopt a position on copyright rules that opponents inevitably fear will break the internet.

VMware Plans to Bring More AWS, Other Cloud-Native Services on Prem

VMware’s Rajiv Ramaswami says the virtualization company wants to bring more cloud-native services into customers’ on-premises data centers.  

Affirmed Networks launches ‘Mobile Network as Service’

Affirmed Networks announced that its virtualized Evolved Packet Core is now available to mobile operators on Amazon Web Services.

AT&T Spark panel highlights open source road map

While open source has changed the face of the telecom industry over the past five years, the coming years will be even bigger for the industry.

3 reasons why Verizon’s big 5G launch is decidedly underwhelming

After years of discussing its 5G plans, Verizon finally took the wraps off of its first 5G commercial launch. And the results are uninspiring.

Sprint Sweet on 5G Spectrum Plans

Sprint CTO John Saw said the carrier’s rivals were “trying to make 5G lemonade out of the lemons that they have.” He was referring to Verizon and AT&T using millimeter wave spectrum for 5G.

Sprint’s Claure touts a 5G + AI future

Sprint’s Marcelo Claure used his appearance at the MWC Americas trade show to paint a picture of the future of the telecom and technology industry.

Verizon is positioned to be an ‘insurgent’ in cable industry

Verizon’s Nicola Palmer described the company as an “insurgent” due to its new strategy to challenge cable operators with a fixed wireless product.

Verizon to launch ‘world’s first commercial 5G service’ on 1 October

US operator Verizon is using the limited launch of a new fixed wireless access service to claim victory in the 5G race.

FCC says new material means it needs more time to assess TMUS/Sprint merger

The US Federal Communications Commissions has indefinitely extended the amount of time it will take to sign off the country’s operator mega-merger.

T-Mobile launches virtual packet core

T-Mobile announced that it has finished up the build-out of its nationwide virtual packet core by using Cisco's distributed SDN architecture.

SD-WAN Provider Martello Goes Public on TSX Venture Exchange

Now that it is publicly traded the company intends to continue focusing on acquisitions like its recent purchase of SD-WAN provider Elfiq Networks.

Sysdig Scores $68.5M Series D to Boost Container Monitoring, Security

Sysdig CEO Suresh Vasudevan declined to comment on the company’s plans for an initial public offering.

Cisco Helped Bring the Brains to T-Mobile’s Network

T-Mobile is using Cisco’s virtualized packet core throughout its network today and will use it as it upgrades to a 5G packet core.

Intel outlines its ‘big bet’ on 5G

Intel used a media event here to make a single point very clear: “5G runs on Intel,” according to the company.

Equinix Picks New CEO Charles Meyers

Meyers succeeds Peter Van Camp, who was named interim CEO in January when former CEO Steven Smith resigned suddenly after “exercising poor judgment with respect to an employee matter.”

AT&T 5G deal marks first for Samsung in U.S.

It’s lining up to be a big week for Samsung as the industry convenes for Mobile World Congress Americas 2018 in Los Angeles.

Sprint's Claure: US 5G Leadership Depends on T-Mobile Merger

The US will lose 5G leadership if the Sprint-T-Mobile merger fails, says Sprint executive chairman Marcelo Claure. Everybody panic!

Apple Adds Dual SIM Support to Select New iPhones

The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max to handle physical SIM and eSIM.

Hmmm, Where Have We Heard the Term 'Ultra Wideband' Before?

UWB has a long history as a wireless term.

Verizon's Bill Stone: 5G is Really Coming Home

Bill Stone, Verizon's VP of Technology Development & Planning, said the carrier's 5G Home launch is a huge step forward for the industry as it shows 5G's potential -- and Verizon's advantage in having fiber, wireless and mass market service experience.

Security, Network Capacity Issues Drive Need for IoT Automation

Communications service providers (CSPs) are slowly adopting automated processes for their Internet of Things (IoT) network architecture, with more than 80% of CSPs who participated in this month's panel citing automation as critical to their IoT networks.

Going Solo Won't Cut It in 5G

The challenge facing network operators with long-term 5G ambitions is enormous from a technology, skills and financial perspective -- sharing the load will be essential.

Congress Must Act on Network Neutrality, AT&T CEO Says

Need for federal rules is 'pressing,' particularly around privacy laws, as individual states continue to plow ahead with their own rules, Randall Stephenson says.

Video Playing 'Supporting Role' as Comcast Focuses on Connectivity

Comcast CEO talks up 'Broadband 2.0' initiative that focuses on capacity, coverage and service management.

Eurobites: Vodafone Goes Large on NB-IoT

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone's 'Gigafast' broadband is switched on in Milton Keynes; Orange and Huawei trial 5G in Poland; Ofcom nabs BT boffin.

5G – Don’t Put It Off Till Tomorrow

When it comes to mobile technology generations, telecom operators are highly procrastinational.

Moving Towards Autonomous Driving Networks

In a fully connected and intelligent era, autonomous driving is becoming a reality.

Sprint, T-Mobile get good news and bad news from FCC

The FCC said it would pause its informal 180-day transaction “shot clock” on its review of the proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile.

Verizon goes after cable with $50-a-month fixed 5G service

Verizon took the wraps off its 5G-branded fixed wireless internet service, unveiling the service’s target market, pricing and launch details.

Open Source Eases AT&T’s Technical Burden

“If you asked me five years ago if I would be talking about open source I would have said you were crazy,” said Amy Wheelus, VP of Network Cloud at AT&T.

Operator confidence raises 5G connections forecast to 340 million in 2021

CCS Insight has suggested 5G connections will reach 340 million in 2021, before surpassing one billion in the first half of 2023.

Ericsson lands $3.5 billion T-Mobile US 5G contract

Kit vendor Ericsson has announced a major deal win in the form of a $3.5 billion contract to bring TMUS into the 5G era.

EE breaks out the tractor for 2019 5G launch

EE has confirmed it will re-farm 3G mobile services in 2100 MHz spectrum band to boost 4G experience and lay the foundations to hit the 5G on-switch next year.

Verizon to Launch Pre-Standard 5G in Four Markets on October 1st

When it launches, the operator will be the first service provider globally to commercially launch 5G. However, it is using its own proprietary pre-standard 5G gear.

ONAP Casablanca Pushes Toward November Release

The third release has a more equitable feature set provided by AT&T, the other founding carrier members, and more recent additions.

Loon achieves 7-balloon network connection

Loon last month achieved a milestone by successfully establishing a network in the stratosphere that spanned 1,000 kilometers across seven balloons.

Packet pockets $25M in funding round

Packet is moving its vision of expanding its edge computing presence forward with a $25 million series B round of funding.

Google fights back against EU plans to impose its regulations on rest of world

Today the European Court of Justice will make a decision which will impact the global digital economy. Does the European Union have the right to impose its own data protection and privacy standards on everyone else?

AT&T and Verizon compete for yet more 5G ‘firsts’

US carriers AT&T and Verizon have completed what they both claim to be the world’s first data transfer to a smartphone form factor device over mmWave 5G live networks.

Verizon’s CTO names forthcoming network ‘5G Ultra Wideband’

Verizon’s acting CTO said that Verizon would call its forthcoming 5G network “5G Ultra Wideband.”

Elliott slaps Vivendi down over TIM rant

Activist investor Elliott Advisors has hit back following criticism of TIM by French conglomerate Vivendi.

Teens feel they’re being manipulated by tech giants

A new report from US youth-advisory NPO Common Sense claims 72% of US teens feel they are being manipulated to spending more time on their smartphones.

Verizon’s network at 57% of capacity, according to new study

According to a new study of 80 wireless network operators, Verizon was the operator with the highest yearly average network capacity utilization.

5G and edge compute will drive AR-VR gaming: AT&T

AT&T sees the future of gaming, and it's where 5G networks and edge compute meet to provision augmented reality and virtual reality.

AT&T’s Airship Plans Gain Altitude, Seek Maturity

For Airship, the most pressing issue is minimizing the impact on network operations during more frequent update cycles.

Packet Closes $25M Series B, Builds Edge Network

Thao Nyugen works for Packet as director of hardware platforms. Coming from Facebook, he led the development and deployment of over 1 million Open Compute Project servers in the last eight years.

Verizon to Open 5G Labs to Test Applications for Different Vertical Markets

The four new labs, alongside its existing lab in New York City, will rely on local partnerships to test and refine new 5G use cases.

Intel Buys NetSpeed to Boost Specialized SoCs

NetSpeed’s technology helps architects optimize system-on-chip performance before manufacturing the chips.

AT&T hints at $5-a-month consumer IoT pricing

Samsung’s SmartThings Tracker will sell for $99, and that price includes a year of AT&T LTE M service.

Ericsson Scores $3.5 Billion Deal with T-Mobile for 5G Gear

This is T-Mobile's second 5G equipment deal in two months. Ericsson is a long-time partner to T-Mobile and supplied some of the operator's LTE network equipment.

Cable company Cox reiterates aversion to MVNO

Despite its small cell agreement with Sprint, cable company Cox reiterated it has no plans to enter the cellular business.

Verizon could gain 1M fixed 5G customers by next year: analysts

Verizon is clearly heading into uncharted waters.

Cisco updates its edge routers with new silicon, software

The fourth generation of Cisco's flagship service provider edge routing platform features a new networking processor that powers 100GE line cards to boost…

AT&T’s 5G Edge Plans Are Based on Collaboration

A robust edge deployment will be necessary for the carrier to deploy immersive services that will differentiate its 5G network from its current 4G LTE deployment.

Cisco Offers Flexible Consumption of ASR 9K Router Software

The company unveiled upgrades to its ASR 9000 routers via a new line card with fourth-generation silicon.

Verizon to Launch Fixed 5G Service on Oct. 1

'5G Home' will deliver fixed 300Mbit/s residential broadband service in parts of four markets this year, using Verizon's home-brewed 5G spec.

Prepare Now for the 5G Monetization Opportunity

Leading operators such as AT&T, Verizon, China Mobile and SK Telecom are working with infrastructure partners to deploy 5G ready equipment and smartphones by the end of 2018.

Verizon Says Residential Fixed 5G to Arrive Oct. 1

'5G Home' will deliver fixed 300-Mbit/s residential broadband service in parts of 4 markets this year, using Verizon's home-brewed 5G spec.

FCC Halts Sprint/T-Mobile M&A Review

FCC says it needs more time to check the pair's updated networking plans.

Verizon Says Residential Fixed 5G Will Arrive Oct. 1

'5G Home' will deliver fixed 300-Mbit/s residential broadband service in parts of 4 markets this year, using Verizon's home-brewed 5G spec.

TickBox to Pay $25M to Settle Video Piracy Lawsuit

Georgia-based company was accused of selling so-called 'fully-loaded' Kodi boxes that connected consumers to live TV channels, movies, TV shows and other copyrighted content illegally.

China Unicom Henan's Smart TV: Bringing You the World on Demand

On April 28, 2018, Henan Radio and Television Station, China Unicom Henan, and Huawei held a strategic partnership signing ceremony for the Big Video project in Zhengzhou and launched the smart TV.

CenturyLink, AWS Forge a Video Connection

Agreement adds a critical node to CenturyLink's Vyvx platform to help it keep pace with the rise of video streaming from traditional broadcasters and pure OTT players.

Dealer Agent Cloud – Empower Your Dealer & Agent to Excel

Due to shifting market needs, Huawei has developed a solution which makes it both simple and fast to register customers and activate pre-paid and post-paid subscriptions within the space of a few minutes.

Ericsson Lands $3.5B 5G Deal With T-Mobile Weeks After Nokia Did Same

US service provider will now spend $7 billion with Europe's two main network equipment vendors on the rollout of 5G services.

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Puzzling Times

This week: M&A action; the 5G jigsaw puzzle; and Huaweiphobia.

Huawei Mobile Money: Improving Lives and Accelerating Economic Growth

The worldwide digital economy opens new era of payment methods. Most banked individuals can access and pay for services via smartphones conveniently. However, there are still a large amount of unbanked people have no access to e-money due to the lack of a national finance infrastructure. Huawei Mobile Money have deployed in 19 countries, and help improve lives and accelerate economic growth for people.

Upgrades & Upheaval at the Service Provider Edge

Cisco announces a stronger, better, faster version of its edge routing platform, the ASR 9000 series and, in doing so, reminds us that there's a lot at stake with the arrival of 5G networks.

Packet Lands $25M 'B' Round Funding

Round led by new investor, Third Point Ventures, includes other newbies such as Battery Ventures and Samsung NEXT, and existing funders Softbank and Dell Technologies Capital

Eurobites: EE Preps for 5G With Spectrum Conversion

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: France-IX partners up for cybersecurity; Sky invests in content management startup; Nokia demos 5G NR with Sprint.

Italian Operators Bid €2.5B in 5G Spectrum Auction

The initial round of bidding hits the government target for auction proceeds, with operators able to increase their offers on September 13.

Why Euro Regs Threaten Internet 'Extinction'

In a misguided attempt to protect content creators, the EU's Article 11 and Article 13 would have the opposite effect, preserving Facebook, Google and other hypercloud platforms' monopolies – forever.

FCC Commissioner eyes up 5.9 GHz for next-generation wifi

With yesteryears plan for driverless cars offering zero progress, FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel has suggested a rethink of how to use the 5.9 GHz band, toying with unlicensed spectrum for next-generation wifi.

Sky strikes an ultrafast deal with Openreach

Sky UK has reportedly become the first customer of a new discount deal from Openreach to encourage use of Gfast technology.

AT&T aims to test AirGig paired with 5G

AT&T has initiated discussions with technology suppliers to start testing and building commercial-grade AirGig equipment.  

Nutanix Wins $20-Plus Million Deal With Defense Agency

The deal, which closed in Q4 fiscal 2018, is the largest deal in the company’s history.

Samsung further intelligence push with New York AI hub

Samsung Electronics has announced it will open a new AI research centre in New York, focusing on the intersection of AI, robotics, and neuroscience.

AI could exaggerate economic divide – McKinsey

Research from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) has suggested artificial intelligence could create an additional $13 trillion for the global economy, but it might make the gap between the haves and have nots impossibly wide.

AT&T names Samsung, Ericsson and Nokia as 5G equipment suppliers

AT&T announced Monday morning that Samsung, Ericsson and Nokia would supply its 5G network equipment.

Charter’s MVNO gets iPhone, ‘execution appears to be solid’

Charter’s MVNO, Spectrum Mobile, is now selling the Apple iPhone.

AT&T selects Samsung, CommScope for CBRS

AT&T has selected Samsung Electronics America and CommScope to supply its first 5G-ready CBRS network solution.

Verizon shows off mobile 5G prototype smartphone

Verizon said that it completed a call with a 5G test smartphone on its commercial 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) network in Minneapolis.

Apple warns of higher prices with looming Chinese tariffs

Apple’s relationship with the White House looks to be straining at the seams as the iLeader continues to criticise the impending trade war, while the President offers little knowledge of how supply chains actually work.

Cisco’s New UCS Server Supports Google’s Kubeflow, Other ML Tools

Deep learning requires software tools to make sense of the data. To that end Cisco is working with software providers and other technology companies to validate machine learning tools on top of the new server.

ONF to unveil M-CORD demo at MWC Americas

The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) is getting a jump on a cloud-native platform for mobile core technologies with a demo at MWC Americas this week.

Samsung, Nokia, Ericsson Score AT&T 5G Contracts

For Samsung, winning AT&T’s business is another feather in its cap. The vendor has been gaining more business with U.S. operators.

AT&T Plots Its Commercial Deployment of Project AirGig

The company says it's in discussions with unnamed technology suppliers for equipment to deliver internet over power lines.

AT&T Changes Its Tune on 5G Fixed Wireless

The operator will use Samsung and CommScope gear in the 3.5 GHz CBRS spectrum band to deliver fixed wireless. It will start with LTE and migrate to 5G.

Alibaba Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma to Retire

Jack Ma is retiring to focus on philanthropic efforts in education. Current CEO Daniel Zhang will take over Ma’s role as chairman of the board.

Top Oracle Exec Thomas Kurian Takes ‘Extended’ Break

Kurian, who reports directly to CTO Larry Ellison, didn’t say when he’ll return or why he’s taking time off.

FCC’s Rosenworcel urges rethink on 5.9 GHz band

The Wi-Fi community continues to lobby regulators for more unlicensed spectrum.

Federated revs up for commercial CBRS

Federated Wireless is marking two major milestones on its mission to enable opportunities in the CBRS 3.5 GHz band.

Doyle: 5 myths about multi-access edge computing

Multi-access edge computing (MEC) is a network architecture that supports compute and storage capacity at the edge of the network.

AT&T Adds New 5G Cities, Names Infrastructure Vendors

AT&T names all 12 5G cities for 2018, reveals vendors, and plots 5G for 2019.

Digital Realty Ramps Up Salesforce

Direct access to most popular SaaS offering now available from its data centers globally.

Altice USA Lights Up FTTH Service in Long Island

Operator's uncapped, symmetrical residential Internet service launches in 'select' parts of Long Island, boosting competition with Verizon Fios.

Vewd Helps Old IPTV Boxes Live On in the OTT World

CEO believes new 'Atom' client/cloud approach could find a foothold in emerging markets and help service providers sidestep expensive set-top upgrades.

Acumos Much More Than a Telcom-Focused AI Project

As part of Linux Foundation's new Deep Learning Foundation, it's casting a broader net and has greater ambitions to create an AI platform and a distributed marketplace of apps.

Sprint's Nolan on Why Workplace Sponsors Won't Settle for Less

Tracy Nolan explains the difference between mentorship and sponsorship and the benefits of both. She shares how her career was shaped by an influential sponsor, and provides insight on how women in comms and tech can identify and foster relationships with mentors and sponsors.

DT's T-Systems Agrees Plan to Cut 5,600 Jobs ⎼ Report

IT services division of Germany's telecom incumbent has agreed a plan with trade unions to cut up to 5,600 jobs over the next few years as it strives to boost profits.

Federated Wireless Sets Plan for Massive CBRS Band Deployment

FCC application outlines proposal that would include participation from multiple wireless and cable operators, tower companies, wireless ISPs and more than 80 rural carriers across nearly 16,000 deployment sites.

Mohave Community College Does Disaster Recovery on a Shoestring

Six months into taking a job as CIO at Mohave Community College, Mark Van Pelt watched the campuses' entire network go out for 72 hours. He knew that couldn't happen again.

Trump Offers Tax Break to Apple to Build in US

After Apple warns that tariffs on Chinese goods would drive up iPhone prices, Trump offers tax breaks to the company if it agrees to relocate production to the US.

Eurobites: Sky Signs Up to BT Wholesale Discount Deal

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom extends business-park FTTP network; Virgin launches dedicated 4K Ultra HD channel; Equinix helps out on London-Paris link; progress on EU-Japan data transfer pact.

Armstrong Quits Verizon as It Breaks Oath ⎼ Report

Boss of Verizon's Oath division is quitting after the operator decides to integrate it with the telecom business instead of running it as a standalone unit, according to reports.

5G Networks Will Change Computing, Processing for AI

Tractica forecasts a multi-billion-dollar opportunity for edge computing that supports AI applications. But will all that go away when 5G networks arrive?