Comcast Outbids Fox for Sky With Offer of £17.28 Per Share

Comcast's bid tops Fox's offer of £15.67 per share, putting Comcast in position to acquire control of the UK-based video giant.

Vodafone pulls out a genuinely good 5G demo – get ready for holograms!

While many 5G demos show technical progress, few wow an audience in the same way Vodafone did at its Future Ready press conference, unveiling the UK’s first live holographic call.

Portworx Stuffs Stateful Container Storage Updates Into Enterprise Platform

The PX-Enterprise 1.6 updates take into account the distributed storage nature of modern applications running across different clouds and container environments.

OnePlus grabs global market share in the era of the affordable flagship

It looks like we may have hit the ceiling with respect to what people are prepared to pay for a flagship smartphone and cheaper alternatives are benefiting.

Exfo Service Assurance VNFs Give ‘Eyes’ to ONAP With Amdocs NFV Integration

Exfo is onboarding its service assurance VNFs into the Amdocs NFV software and services portfolio, which is powered by ONAP.

Alexa is starting to turn into a genuinely helpful assistant

Amazon has unveiled a host of new features and skills for its Alexa virtual assistant, edging the living room closer to the intelligent dream we’ve all been promised.

Wall Street firm declares wireless price war over

Wireless carriers are no longer looking to undercut each other on price, according to Wall Street research firm Oppenheimer.

Twitch is blocked by China’s Great Firewall

The Amazon-owned game streaming platform Twitch confirmed on Friday that it became inaccessible from China, the latest of a string of popular services banned from the world’s largest internet market.

Telefónica refreshes startup program

Telefónica is retooling its startup accelerator program with more of a focus on companies that have mature business models.

AT&T launches vertical industry-focused space in Plano, Texas

AT&T is launching a vertical industry-focused space at the AT&T Foundry in Plano, Texas.

Mavenir marches forward into 5G and NFV

Mavenir announced earlier this month that it had landed a deal with a Tier 1 North American carrier for its NFV-based CloudRange platform.

Vodafone announces 2019 commercial launch and 1k 5G sites by 2020

Vodafone has confirmed it will be ready to hit the 5G on-switch as soon as devices are available on the market, though only in Manchester in the first instance.

Cyber Threat Alliance Reports 459% Spike in Cryptomining Malware

“If you’ve got mining happening on your network, you probably have other bad stuff happening on your network, and it’s probably much worse than mining,” said CTA’s Neil Jenkins.

GitLab Gets $100M Series D, Hits $1B Valuation

The software repository used the news to take a swipe at rival GitHub, which Microsoft purchased for $7.5 billion.

T-Mobile’s Post-Merger 5G Plans Include Home Broadband

The Sprint T-Mobile combo will have the capacity and coverage to offer fixed 5G wireless to homes in more than 50 percent of the U.S.

SDxCentral's Weekly Roundup — September 21, 2018

Dell EMC brings hardware production in-house, dumps Celestica; Microsoft buys AI firm Lob; and Deutsche Telekom makes updates to Bavaria mobile network.

New T-Mobile’s plans for in-home internet services begin to take shape

T-Mobile offered its clearest glimpse yet at exactly what it will offer in terms of in-home, fixed broadband internet services.

Amazon Gives Cord-Cutters Another Tool With Fire TV Recast DVR

Administering another dose of angst to the pay-TV sector, Amazon's new subscription-free companion device lets consumers watch and record over-the-air TV at home or on the go.

Vodafone's Holo Demo Dazzles Crowd, But Is It a Viable 5G Use Case?

Demonstrated with gusto at Vodafone's headquarters this week, holographic calling might just be the killer application that 5G craves.

Wirelessly Connected Cars Could Lead to Safer Roads

Qualcomm, Panasonic and Ford recently demonstrated 'cellular vehicle-to-everything' or C-V2X, which allows vehicles to remain in real-time communication with their environment. Light Reading's younger, frumpier sister site, TU-Automotive, took a ride to see the technology up close. Some say this new tech has the potential to reduce motor vehicles accidents by 80%.

WiCipedia: Lack of Diversity Creates Blind Spots & Twitch Leads by Example

This week in our WiC roundup: A majority female C-suite; avoiding another financial crisis; charitable donation allocation; and more.

Microsoft HoloLens: Virtual Reality That an Adult Would Actually Want to Use

Microsoft has actually found a practical purpose for the most overly hyped and silliest technology of the decade.

Synchronoss CEO Glenn Lurie: Delivering the New Mobile OS

Glenn Lurie, CEO of software platform provider Synchronoss Technologies, has his work cut out for him. He's helping carriers navigate several possible growth opportunities, like IoT, messaging and personal cloud services. Check out this interview where Lurie discusses the company's newest partnership with AT&T and new proof-of-concept with a blockchain-based mobile payments service.

Nokia's Nuage Takes On Cisco & VMware With 'SD-WAN 2.0'

Offers a single network and management interface unifying branch, data center and public clouds.

Eurobites: ECI Unveils IPO Plans

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefónica reboots its startup incubator; Inmarsat strikes in-flight WiFi deal with Panasonic; UK considers Internet regulator.

TIM looks to Nextel to boost Brazilian armoury

Telecom Italia is reportedly scouring through bank statements, trying to figure out whether it can purchase Nextel Telecommunicacoes in an effort to boost market share.

Brexit doesn’t matter to us, as long as it doesn’t kill the economy – Vodafone UK CEO

Brexit has been an incredibly divisive topic of conversation for many, but Vodafone hasn’t concerned itself with lobbying at all. Brexit doesn’t actually matter, the success of the UK economy is the primary concern.

Marvell’s Purchase of Cavium Greatly Expands Its Infrastructure Products

Both companies were focused on infrastructure, and yet there was very little overlap in their product lines.

Deutsche Telekom, Aricent brew up edge compute platform for 5G

In order to speed up the rollout of 5G applications and services, Deutsche Telekom and Aricent have teamed up to build an edge compute platform.

TIM’s 5G living lab moves forward with smart factory

Telecom Italia’s San Marino business has signed an agreement with Robopac to jointly develop new production technologies using 5G.

AT&T to open 1,000 new stores, could regain retail lead from T-Mobile

T-Mobile recently passed AT&T in terms of the total number of retail stores it operates. But it appears that AT&T isn’t giving up.

Q&A—Red Hat's Brian Gracely on open source and Kubernetes

When it comes to open source, Red Hat plays on both sides of the fence as a developer of open-source communities and commercial products.

Telefónica calls for machines to become more human

At Ovum’s Digital Futures event Telefónica’s Chief Digital Officer talked about the importance of making our interactions with technology more intuitive and natural.

Alibaba Cloud Taps VMware for Hybrid Cloud Software

Under the partnership, Alibaba Cloud will offer VMware’s hybrid cloud software on its cloud infrastructure.

S&P Overhaul Will Impact Facebook, Twitter, and Google

By removing Alphabet and Facebook from the technology index, investors will be more likely to pay attention to small tech companies like Cisco, Intel, and Oracle.

Deutsche Telekom, Aricent Bridge Cloud Native, Telco MEC Gap

“To expect just one project to oversee all of the edge use cases is not practical,” said Aricent's Shamik Mishra.

Verizon Provides SAP With Software-Defined Networking

Historically, SAP’s in-house team looked after its IT real estate, supported by a variety of different technology companies, including Verizon. But now, it’s sending more work Verizon’s way.

Cisco customers lead drive to ‘virtualization transformation’

There may be grumblings from various circles that NFV is not living up to the hype, but Cisco sees virtualization as a transition with different stages.

LoRa Alliance prepared to talk IoT security

The LoRa Alliance gets plenty of questions about security, in part because carriers often say their unlicensed networks are more secure than unlicensed.

Nokia part of 5G base station design contest

Nokia is participating a competition that seeks designs for 5G base stations that will be installed throughout the city of Helsinki, Finland.

Intel and Alibaba Launch Edge, Hybrid Cloud Partnerships

The hybrid cloud partnership will target original equipment manufacturers and channel partners that will build and sell private cloud products running Alibaba Cloud’s Apsara Stack.

Broadcom’s Chip Portfolio Is Top Heavy, as Are Its Headlines

The company is a heavyweight in the Ethernet switch space but has room to make up in 5G and IoT.

T-Mobile, Sprint Vow Deal Will Spur Competition, Sharpen Nation's 5G Edge

In response to the merger opposition, they claim that the sum of a combined 5G network will be greater than their individual parts.

MobiledgeX Revs Up & Shifts Into Gear

In its quest for the edge computing holy grail, Deutsche Telekom-backed startup MobiledgeX has developed a set of middleware tools that it will offer up as royalty-free open source code as it plans world domination by MWC 2019...

Will Coherent DSP Control Reshape the Optical Vendor Landscape?

Coherent DSPs for 400Gbit/s and beyond could be the catalyst for a re-shaping of the optical vendor landscape, believes Serge Melle.

Vodafone UK: We'll Be Ready to Launch 5G in Mid-2019

UK mobile operator plans a 5G launch in cities and rural areas next year and aims to have 1,000 5G sites in operation by 2020.

Eurobites: Auction to Settle Sky Takeover Tussle

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telecom Italia considers Brazilian acquisition; Deutsche Telekom and Aricent edge nearer; Nokia helps the trains run on time.

Former WOW Exec Named COO of Evolution Digital

Cash Hagen says video-focused company will soon expand into new broadband-focused product areas aimed at helping cable partners boost the experience in a way that goes beyond speeds and feeds.

Sprint's Ron Marquardt: Massive MIMO & Sprint's 5G Advantage

As Sprint upgrades its network to handle more capacity for LTE, it is deploying massive MIMO antennas that provide the carrier a software-upgradable path to 5G services. Sprint's VP of Technology Ron Marquardt fills us in on the very latest, including a bit about why Sprint can use normal form-factor handsets for its network when 5G arrives.

How Viasat Keeps Its Satellites Flying After Others Crashed

Now 32 years old, the satellite operator reckons it is poised for lift-off in markets where terrestrial technologies simply do not measure up.

Huawei teases foldable phone in bid to hype 5G

On a panel at the World Economic Forum, Huawei’s Ken Hu announced it will launch its first 5G phone in the middle of 2019 and what’s more it will have a foldable screen.

Europe lets Ireland off the hook after €13bn Apple tax collection

After the Irish government announced it has recovered Apple’s €13 billion tax debt, the European Commission has confirmed it will also drop its lawsuit against the country.

Nation’s largest MVNO supports Sprint/T-Mobile merger

TracFone, the nation’s largest MVNO with fully 22 million U.S. customers, said it supports the proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile.

Qualcomm Sets Its Sights on Edge Computing, IoT and 5G

The chip maker is retooling its server business to focus on edge computing and is pushing hard on new growth areas like IoT and 5G.

IBM unveils software to detect AI bias, but how do you know it isn’t also biased?

IBM has unveiled its latest offering, the Fairness 360 Kit, which will help identify any bias in AI decision making and recommend adjustments.

The Children Act: US lawmakers asking to know how YouTube collects data on children

US Congressmen have demanded Google CEO answers questions on how YouTube tracks the data of minors.

IEEE releases 802.11aq to better detect WLAN availability

IEEE announced the approval of IEEE 802.11aq, an amendment to IEEE 802.11 that addresses discovery of available services in WLANs.

IBM unveils tools to detect bias in AI

IBM is launching cloud software that was designed to identify any bias in artificial intelligence deployments while also recommending fixes.

UK MNOs accused of using handset subsidies to rip off their customers

Research from Citizens Advice reckons four million people in the UK are still paying back their phone subsidies after the end of their contracts.

Republic touts $100M in revenues as it expands into kid-friendly services

MVNO Republic Wireless is working to expand its offerings with devices and services geared specifically for children getting their first mobile device.

Google launches ELS with T-Mobile

Emergency responders will be able to find T-Mobile E911 callers on Android faster and more accurately with Google’s Emergency Location Service (ELS).

Nuage updates SD-WAN proposition to tackle multi-cloud complexities

With enterprise IT environments becoming increasingly complex, Nokia’s Nuage Networks has updated its SD-WAN proposition to capitalise on the confusion.

Nuage Networks stakes out SD-WAN claim

In an effort to separate itself from SD-WAN competitors, Nuage Networks has proclaimed its offering as "SD-WAN 2.0."

Sky convinces Netflix to do the thinkable: move titles off its platform

Having initially announced a tie-up earlier this year, Sky has somehow managed to convince Netflix to loosen the grip on customer experience, integrating its biggest titles into a very chunky on-demand package.

Kong Crushes API Orchestration Challenges

Kong CEO and co-founder Augusto Marietti has touted the company’s platform as an “air traffic control to manage, broker, and hold APIs.”

Scality Rolls Out Multi-Cloud Management Tool Zenko in Open Source and Enterprise Editions

The product uses a Kubernetes orchestration framework. It supports on-premises storage devices and cloud storage from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Digital Ocean, Wasabi, and Scality’s software-defined storage platform Ring.

NFV Equipment and Software to Top $48B by 2023, Ovum Says

Although Tier 1 operators are leading the way with NFV, the research firm says that it believes smaller operators will begin to see the benefits as well.  

Nuage Networks SD-WAN 2.0 Brings Connectivity Beyond Branches

SD-WAN 2.0 takes into account the new requirements of IT and new enterprise communication patterns to spread SD-WAN across multiple locations and clouds, says Nuage CEO Sunil Khandekar.

Trump and Peekaboo: Hackers Target Political Malware, Surveillance Software

McAfee says Presidents Trump and Obama have malware campaigns named after them. Tenable discloses a flaw that could affect hundreds of thousands of security cameras globally.

IBM Debuts Tools to Make AI More Fair

Big Blue is introducing a cloud service and open source toolkit to help reduce bias from AI decisions, and make those decisions more explainable.

Boingo Wireless CTO: Better Capacity Leads to Better Services

Heavy Reading's Gabe Brown and Boingo Wireless CTO Derek Peterson discuss Boingo's view of CBRS spectrum and why the opportunities are great because a whole ecosystem of companies can participate in shared spectrum offerings.

Liberty Global Packs 4K, Cloud DVR, Voice Into 'Horizon 4'

Cable op to start rolling out new multiscreen video platform to 'selected' customers in The Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium later this year.

IBC2018: The Video Platform Profitability Conundrum

If video is so important to communications network operators, why are all the major vendors offloading their video assets?

5G in the USA: A Post-MWCA Update

Distinct strategies amongst carriers are emerging as operators rush to roll out 5G in the US.

As Hulu Live Tops 1M Subs, Who Leads the OTT-TV Race?

Virtual MVPD market is booming, taking industry watchers by surprise.

Eurobites: Apple Stumps Up €14.3B in Unpaid Taxes to Ireland (But Doesn't Really Mean It)

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia's Nuage trumpets 'SD-WAN 2.0'; Wind Tre uses Open Fiber's FTTH network in Matera; Sky bundles in Netflix; UK mobile operators carry on charging.

Microsoft Takes Aim at Salesforce With Dynamics AI

Microsoft is looking to make automated sales, marketing and customer service smarter, challenging Salesforce's strategy.

Orange Business Services Targets Cloud Leadership as Telco Rivals Flounder

Orange Business Services looks in much better shape than its European telco rivals, but can it now become an 'Internet of enterprises' market leader?

Google grabs pole position in the automotive infotainment race

Google has been named as the technology partner of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance to embed the Android operating system in vehicles sold all around the world.

AT&T intros new unlimited, unthrottled data plan for Airstream RV owners

AT&T is offering owners of new Airstream travel trailers unlimited, unthrottled wireless services for $360 per year.

ARM Supports Chip Makers in Servers, IoT, and 5G

Instead of manufacturing chips, ARM provides its instruction set architecture to its customers — such as Qualcomm, Broadcom, NXP, and Marvell — and those companies manufacture the chips.

Intel’s Growing Chip Portfolio Stretches From Cloud to Edge

Intel may be best known for its x86 server chips, but its growing silicon portfolio targets cloud and edge applications, as well as 5G.

Linkerd 2.0 Update Moves Closer to Kubernetes

The service mesh's 2.0 update is focused on easing deployment for service owners compared to other platforms like Istio.

Industry Voices—Blaber: Redefining the network edge with 5G

5G promises new spectrum, more bandwidth, lower latency, new uses, lower cost per bit, and greater efficiency—a big challenge for the industry.

German 5G auction set for early 2019, with some strings attached

2 GHz and 3.6 GHz frequency bands are to be auctioned out in the first quarter of 2019 to build 5G networks in Germany, there is no universal coverage requirement but something close.

Trump takes next step in Chinese trade war

The United States Trade Representative will place a second round of tariffs on roughly $200 billion of imports from China, effective September 24, though it looks like Apple is passing through unscathed for the moment.

Ofcom ponders how to rid the internet of horridness

Nobody’s in favour of censorship but freedom comes at a price, right? This is essentially the premise for a new Ofcom discussion paper on online content.

Orange Business Services tees up support for AWS

Orange Business Services is forming strategic partnerships with cloud providers such as AWS to become a leader for multicloud services.

Qualcomm takes aim at counterfeit and illegal devices

Qualcomm is working to expand and improve the wireless industry’s attempts to prevent the sale of stolen phones.

Verizon reels in large deal from SAP

Germany-based SAP has picked Verizon to build out its next-generation global network instead of carriers such as Deutsche Telekom and AT&T.

Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T aren’t getting aggressive with the new iPhone

The launch of the iPhone isn't leading to aggressive pricing promotions by the nation's carriers.

Windstream's SD-WAN service scores PCI DSS compliance

Windstream announced its SD-WAN service has met the standard for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Version 3.2 Compliance.

NetApp Buys StackPointCloud, Launches Kubernetes Service

“Because the developers love Stackpoint.io so much, after our testing I bought the company. It’s just that good,” said NetApp's Anthony Lye.

Cisco Enterprise Networking GM Talks About Arista’s Entrance in Campus and Branch

“I think we have an extremely strong hand when we look at competing against somebody like Arista in the campus and branch,” said Scott Harrell.

Interconnection Bandwidth Skyrockets With 5G as an ‘Amplifier,’ Equinix Says

SDN and NFV are contributing to the growth of interconnection because these technologies make it easier for customers to consume more bandwidth.

AppNeta Extends Scale of Its NPM With Support for SD-WAN, Azure, DNS

The performance monitoring company offers a single SaaS-based monitoring platform that monitors and manages application delivery, experience, and usage.

Nokia Will Slash 500 Jobs in Illinois by Year-End

The job cuts will impact employees of the former Motorola Solutions infrastructure business that Nokia purchased in 2011.

Brexit might not be all its bigged up to be – Equinix

With Brexit chat flying back and forth across the English Channel, London might be a dirty word, but that hasn’t stopped it from charging ahead of interconnection trends.

Vodafone sweetens IoT service with ‘outcome-based pricing’

Vodafone is working to build out an internet-of-things business in the U.S. with “outcome-based pricing.”

The Mobile Network Is Becoming a Cloud Service

Affirmed Networks and others are taking virtualized EPCs and delivering that capability as a service via the public cloud.

What's Next for European Cable?

Light Reading will tackle the big technology and business changes buffeting the European cable industry at our inaugural Cable Next-Gen Europe conference in London on Nov. 6.

TAG Cyber Annual: Automation, Analytics & Cloud Driving Improved Security Picture

Organization led by former AT&T security chief Ed Amoroso updates third volume of annual reports tracking cybersecurity trends and sees a brighter picture for those who automate well using machine learning.

The Telecoms.com Podcast: 5G, IoT & Apple iPhone

It's buzzword bingo on the pod this week, so pencils at the ready...

Windstream Adds PCI Compliance to SD-WAN

Service provider says the independent compliance is important not just to its retail segment customers but also many other market segments.

Eurobites: Nationwide 5G Too Costly, Says German Regulator

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: OBS majors in multicloud; TE Connectivity sells subsea unit; Telefónica goes 200GigE roaming.

Twitter Moves 300 Petabytes to Google Cloud – That's a Lot of Covfefe

Twitter says it made a long-term bet that Google is investing more in big data than Twitter can.

Slideshow: Behind the Scenes at Sprint's 5G 'Split'

LR checks out Sprint's 5G deployment plans in LA.

RDK Management Clears Path for Apps on Set-Top Boxes

App framework, SDK aims to make it easier for pay-TV providers to integrate Netflix and other premium apps with their OTT-capable boxes.

Pai declares California resistance to net neutrality demise as illegal

Speaking to an audience at the Maine Heritage Policy Center, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has slammed California for even thinking about going against his holier-than-thou word on net neutrality.

Here launches interactive Traffic Dashboard

Digital mapping company Here has launched a new product designed to let users plan their urban journeys based on real-time traffic congestion information.

Oracle Cloud Disappoints, Execs Stick to Script on Kurian’s Departure

When asked about Kurian, who heads the company’s cloud business, Co-CEO Mark Hurd said “we expect him back.” But Hurd refused to say when that will happen.

Darker days forcing Vodafone CEO towards tower unit sale

The doom and gloom outlook at Vodafone seems to be strangling the glint out of the eyes of designate CEO Nick Read, as the incoming boss ponders selling off the tower business.

T-Mobile could need 38,000 new cell sites to meet demand

Without a Sprint merger, T-Mobile will need to deploy 38,000 cell sites to meet demand, according to new figures from New Street Research.

Lumina beefs up by adding former Cisco, Ericsson executives

Lumina Networks has strengthened its engineering roster with the addition of three executives who formerly worked at Ericsson and Cisco.

AT&T execs tease multiple billing schemes for 5G services

Executives from AT&T said that 5G could enable a wide range of billing models beyond the standard monthly fee that users pay today for LTE service.

Despite controversy, CBRS poised for takeoff

Industry stakeholders are ready to launch commercial Citizens Broadband Radio Services (CBRS) in the GAA portion of the 3.5 GHz band.

Amazon China staff were reportedly selling-on user data

Amazon is conducting an internal investigation into allegations that its staff in China received bribes from merchants for user data.

Business applications push RCS forward

The RCS standard took another step forward last week as a number of companies announced support for the GSMA’s advanced messaging standard.

Industry needs to build use cases and ecosystem for edge compute

Defining use cases and the ecosystem are key for edge compute services and applications, according to a recent panel discussion at a conference.

Italy trousers €2 billion in pre-5G 700 MHz auction

A spectrum action in Italy covering a bunch of bands has concluded its first phase with prices roughly in line with expectations.

Aussies telcos given yellow card for foul-play in ‘unlimited’ advertising

UK consumers might find some comfort that misleading the masses isn’t a speciality of telcos here; everyone around the world is up to no good.

Juniper Brings Contrail to the Edge, Works Closely With Red Hat

Distributed computing with Red Hat OpenStack Platform allows the Contrail Edge Cloud to remotely manage the lifecycle of compute nodes and virtual machines (VMs) from a centralized data center without requiring co-located OpenStack control plane...

IBC 2018: Nokia moonwalking explained by Velocix CEO

The video segment has been claiming scalps faster than Conan the Barbarian recently, but Velocix thinks it’s a move which makes perfect sense for Nokia.

Nokia, Charter among those bullish on 3.7-4.2 GHz

In his keynote at Mobile World Congress Americas, Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri reiterated his message that the U.S. needs to get the ball rolling in a big way on…

Nokia, Ericsson Maintain Heated 5G Rivalry

Both vendors have scored significant 5G deals with all of the major U.S. operators but are not afraid to throw shade at each other.

T-Mobile’s deal with MetroPCS promising for Sprint: ex-Metro exec

The former head of network operations at MetroPCS says he is confident that the combination of Sprint and T-Mobile will be successful.

Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung Score Again With 5G

South Korean operator SK Telecom picked these three equipment vendors for its 5G deployment. The company plans to launch 5G in the first half of 2019.

Nokia CEO: ‘We’re looking very good in 5G’

Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri says he’s fine with how Nokia is tracking in North America—and its end-to-end capabilities give it an edge up in 5G.

Bluetooth SIG celebrates 20 years

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group is celebrating 20 years of the technology as it heads to Bluetooth World taking place Sept. 18-19 in Santa Clara,…

Scale Computing, APC Build Micro Data Center in a Box

The hyperconverged infrastructure system is designed for edge deployments. It includes automated virtualization, compute, storage, and power management resources, along with built-in redundancy.

Lumina Networks Snags Cisco, Ericsson Executives to Lead Its Engineering

The SDN company hired Cisco's Avinash Parwaney as VP of engineering.

KT’s AR Market Wins OVUM’s Best Innovation of Month

A new mobile shopping service using Augmented Reality (AR) developed by KT Corp. (KRX: 030200; NYSE: KT), South Korea’s largest telecommunications company, has earned global recognition for its innovative approach to the user experience.

Oracle Cloud Sputters, As CEO High-Fives Herself Over Earnings

Oracle's cloud revenue is growing just 3%, with the overall cloud market growing at 50% year-over-year and competitors reporting double-digit growth.

Limelight Tries to Lick Latency for Live OTT Video

Claims that its new Realtime Streaming system can deliver 'sub-second' latency on live, Internet-delivered video streams.

Look Into the Future of Optical Networks at ECOC 2018

Key developments and research for future optical networks will be discussed during a special workshop at ECOC on Sunday, Sept. 23.

Synamedia Plots Its First Steps Around Streaming

New company built around the acquisition of Cisco's video software unit will have strong revenues, thousands of staff and a focus on developing new products for streaming media management.

Cable's New 'Bull Case' Hinges on Better Margins, Falling Capex Intensity

US cable's business remains in a good spot despite video cord-cutting and the saturation of the broadband services market, a top industry analyst says.

ZenFi Not Done Expanding Yet

Today's close of its merger with Cross River Fiber marks entry into new markets, but that growth is expected to continue, both in buildout and buy scenarios, says the CEO.

India Joins US & Australia to Give Huawei, ZTE 5G Cold Shoulder – Reports

India's Department of Telecoms has reportedly excluded Chinese vendors from a list of companies invited to participate in the development of 5G use cases.

India Joins US & Australia to Give Huawei, ZTE 5G Cold Shoulder — Reports

India has reportedly excluded Chinese vendors from a list of companies invited to participate in the country's 5G trials.

Multicloud Gets Engineers 'Excited,' Says UK Bank CIO

Getting proficient on multiple cloud platforms makes engineers 'more personally marketable,' says Darryl West, HSBC Group CIO.

No 5G Deal: Huawei Misses Out at SKT

Chinese vendor fails to make 5G inroads with SK Telecom, but a reliable source plays down security concerns and points out that Huawei has not previously worked with the South Korean telco.

Juniper Unveils Major Edge Cloud Push

Vendor launches Contrail Edge Cloud, bringing a multicloud platform to the network's edge for 5G and much more and claiming a performance advantage in a small package.

One Size Doesn't Fit All – Another Look at Automation for 5G

5G automation is clearly not a one-off switch-on action at the wave of a magic wand. Instead it requires a rethink of network architecture, security, cloud platforms, big data analytics and business models.

Eurobites: Incoming Vodafone CEO Considers Towers Sell-Off, Cuts Jobs

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: MTS buys supersized data center; Colt gets frisky in Spain; VEON abandons tower sale.