New Euro Android charges could be $40 per device

Google announced earlier this week that it was going to start charging Android smartphone makers for its apps but didn’t say how much.

Some CSPs are still seeking virtualization business cases

It's a slow-moving train when it comes to communications service providers (CSPs) finding business cases for virtualization, according to a report.

Facebook bags former UK Deputy PM as lobbyist in chief

Former MP Sir Nick Clegg has joined Facebook to take over as VP of Global Affairs and Communications. In other words, it’s chief lobbyist.

Standard Bank confirms South African MVNO launch

Following rumours earlier this year that Standard Bank had plans to launch an MVNO, the South African bank has finally confirmed the not so secret news.

BT rumoured to offer top job to Worldpay CEO

Following the exit of Baywatch lookalike Gavin Patterson, everyone has had a go at guessing who will be the next BT CEO. The wait may well be over with BT reportedly offering the job to Philip Jansen.

TIP Summit roundup news and views

The news was fast and furious at this week's Telecom Infra Project (TIP), which included the formation of a new edge application developer group.

Crown Castle increases outlook for small cell deployments

Crown Castle said it will now build up to 15,000 small cell nodes in the coming year, marking a 50% jump from its previous projections.

Don’t listen to the moaners, phones are great – Three

Three has launched a new marketing campaign designed to counter all the moaning about how bad phones are for you.

Telia finds cause for optimism in its latest numbers

Swedish operator group Telia has a spring in its step and decided to upwardly revise its outlook following better than expected Q3 earnings.

Cisco's Viptela SD-WAN Is the First VNF on Bell Canada's VNS

The platform allows enterprise customers to deploy and manage applications and services that reside in the carrier’s private cloud. It comes with a 99.9 percent SLA for uptime.

SolarWinds Goes Public (Again)

The company opened on the NYSE at $15.30 per share and offered 25 million shares.

T-Mobile US finds a new way to troll AT&T and Verizon

T-Mobile US is testing out a new way to mock AT&T and Verizon by inviting the duo to its own TEX Talks seminars and panels on how to improve customer service.

T-Mobile/Sprint merger no slam dunk: analysts

Is T-Mobile/Sprint merger a slam dunk? No, according to industry analysts at FierceWireless' 2019 Wireless Predictions Dinner Thursday evening.

Cumulus, Facebook Push Open Data Center Interconnect

Cumulus Networks launched a transponder abstraction interface, which is a vendor-agnostic way to manage transponders. This makes data center interconnect technology more open.

Twilio Created a NB-IoT Developer Platform for T-Mobile

The platform includes NB-IoT modules, programmable SIM cards, and a software development kit.

SDxCentral's Weekly Roundup — October 19, 2018

Samsung buys an AI firm; AWS publishes an SLA for serverless computing; Oracle boosts Health Sciences Cloud with acquisition.

10 Security Startups That Investors Are Funding

These 10 security companies raised more than $499 million in just the last month as security remains a top priority for many enterprises.

Cable Makes Play for 5.9GHz Band

NCTA urges FCC to take a 'fresh look' at the band and reassign a substantial portion of it for WiFi, arguing that the spectrum is grossly underutilized today as a connected car safety technology.

Zen & the Art of OSS/BSS Transformation

Zen Internet, an alternative ISP in the UK, has ambitious growth plans and is looking to a refresh of its back office software, including the introduction of SDN capabilities, to help achieve its goals.

Eurobites: Sky Gets Jitters Over 'No Deal' Brexit

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson strikes CDN deal at the edge; Bouygues Telecom holds steady as parent wobbles; Deutsche Telekom builds out basestations.

Telia Steps Up Savings Effort on Swedish Gloom

Scandinavian telco is on track to realize cost-saving targets this year despite disappointment at its main Swedish operation.

BT Offers CEO Job to Worldpay's Boss – Report

An offer has been made, according to Bloomberg, but BT is still waiting to hear if Philip Jansen wants the job.

RJio Snaps Up Broadband Assets in Spending Spree

RJio's latest acquisitions point to big ambitions in the broadband and transportation sectors.

Cable Makes Play for 5.9 GHz Band

NCTA urges FCC to take a 'fresh look' at the band and reassign a substantial portion of it for WiFi, arguing that the spectrum is grossly underutilized today as a connected car safety technology.

Q&A: SCTE CEO Mark Dzuban on Cable-Tec Expo & the Road Ahead

Dzuban discusses what topics will be buzzing as the cable industry goes down to Georgia next week for the annual Cable-Tec Expo, and how ongoing industry consolidation is causing SCTE to evolve as an organization.

Facebook Picks Nick Clegg to Clean Up Its Image – Sad Face

The UK's former deputy prime minister is ditching his Westminster suit and heading for the chinos-and-sneakers culture of Silicon Valley.

WiCipedia: Diversity in Product Dev & Israeli Entrepreneurs Protest Sexism

This week in our WiC roundup: Keeping smart home products safe for all; Merkel finds sexism in Israeli tech community; girls have limited access to mobile phones worldwide; and more.

BT hooks up with Google Cloud Platform

BT launched a new service that allows organizations fast and secure access to the Google Cloud platform.

Verizon: We’re ready to go with 3.5 GHz, will be primarily outdoors

Verizon said it’s ready to deploy 3.5 GHz CBRS services now, and it expects to initially use the band for outdoor coverage.

Legere casts wild eyes over to the world of banking

SEC-filings have emerged suggesting T-Mobile US is looking into creating a banking product for its customers which could be launched in a matter of weeks.

Dish says its IoT network is real and will be a first for U.S.

Dish Network’s vice president of technology development reiterated the company’s intentions to truly build an IoT network.

Telcos are still a bit rubbish at digital transformation – TM Forum

Digital transformation has been a circling buzzword for years, though research from the TM Forum show progress is cumbersome.

Report says servers with AI and ML will go mainstream by 2020

Servers with specialized coprocessors for AI and ML will go mainstream by 2020 and account for 10% of the global server shipments.

T-Mobile: Edge computing ‘not as imminent' as hype suggests

DALLAS—A top T-Mobile executive said that edge computing could well bloom into a major opportunity, but not anytime soon.

NHS finally heads towards the digital society

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock has unveiled plans to reinvigorate digital ambitions in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).

Ericsson just manages first quarter of growth since 2014

Ericsson registered another quarter of gradual recovery but revealed it expect to receive sanctions from a US corruption investigation.

Colt and Zeetta Networks to demonstrate blockchain PoC at MEF18

Colt Technology Services and Zeetta Networks will take the wraps off of a marketplace blockchain proof-of-concept (PoC) demo at MEF18 later this month.

Twilio readies developer platform and SDK for T-Mobile’s NB-IoT

Twilio announced a new developer platform and software development kit (SDK) for T-Mobile’s narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network.

Ericsson banks first profit since 2016

Corrupt business practices dating back to 2007 have led to the dismissal of 50 employees and will likely result in a “material” fine for Ericsson.

Starry: Verizon’s 5G Home great for fixed wireless

Verizon’s launch of its 5G Home service is great for companies like Starry in the fixed wireless space, according to Starry CEO Chet Kanojia.

Shareholders start wrestling Zuckerberg for Facebook control

Five Facebook shareholders are fighting back against Mark Zuckerberg’s control of the company he founded after several scandals have plummeted share price.

Ericsson Fired 50 People in Corruption Scandal Fallout

CEO Borje Ekholm said an investigation of the company by the SEC and DOJ started in 2013. The scandal put a damper on otherwise positive third quarter results.

McAfee Uncovers New Security Threat Linked to China

McAfee also added new products to its Mvision enterprise security portfolio including endpoint detection and response and an integrated data loss prevention policy engine across endpoints, networks, and the cloud.

DT, Intel, MobiledgeX Lead TIP’s Edge App Developer Project

The group will produce vendor-neutral APIs and software tools focused on mobile functions running on edge infrastructure.

Recap: Next Gen Wireless Networks Summit 2018

Complete coverage from the Next Gen Wireless Networks Summit in Dallas, hosted by FierceWireless.

What is it with telcos and the ‘creative’ approach to advertising honesty?

The Advertising Standards Authority has once again had to step in to put a stop to telco advertising, this time Three’s efforts, posing a pretty simple question; why do the telcos find it so easy to put misleading adverts into the world?

3.5 GHz CBRS stakeholders duke it out

Stakeholders in the 3.5 GHz space are arguing down to the wire to ensure their objectives get met at the FCC meeting on Oct. 23.

Ericsson presses for licenses in 6 GHz band

Ericsson is lobbying the FCC for some considerations to be given to licensed uses in the 6.425-7.125 GHz band.

Survey: Average number of devices per account nears 3

The average wireless customer has so far connected roughly three different devices to each account, according to a survey by Cowen and Company.

Ciena Inflates Software Control to Reduce Network Complexity

The company is expanding the reach of its SOAS software to boost IP capabilities and integrating Layer 3 expertise from its Packet Design acquisition.

CSPs Prove Eager to Embrace Edge Computing

Almost 70% of service providers in this month's Thought Leadership Council (TLC) survey say they either already have or will move compute and application execution to the edge by 2020.

Comcast Wraps Up DOCSIS 3.1 Rollout

Comcast says speed is still key, but emphasis is shifting to whole-home connectivity, control and the broader consumer experience.

CSPs Still Puzzling Over NFV Business Case

TM Forum Digital Transformation Tracker shows diversity of views on virtualization, with larger operators moving forward much faster, and many smaller companies struggling to make it pay.

Have Cable Business Services Topped Out?

The US cable industry is now pulling in close to $18 billion in annual revenues from commercial services, but the growth rate falling. How much lift is left for cable?

T-Mobile to Test 5G 'Dual-Connectivity' With Vendors

T-Mobile wants ensure 'dual-connectivity' works, so that users can always remain connected on 4G or 5G, ahead of its 2019 5G launch.

A Deep Dive Into CenturyLink's Operations Transformation & Roadmap

For CenturyLink, transformation is about enhancing its business in terms of effectiveness, cost efficiency and customer experience. So how is it trying to achieve that?

Eurobites: Kirkby Signs Off on a High at Tele2

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Com Hem socked by Boxer under-performance; Samsung buys Spanish AI startup; KPN invests in CUJO; Colt tunes in to blockchain for LSO Sonata.

Phazr Readies 3GPP-Compliant 5G Gear for US & Europe

Phazr gets FCC approval and the CE mark.

Ericsson Corruption Scandal Sullies Strong Q3

Revelations about a corruption scandal that could land Ericsson with a hefty fine overshadowed the Swedish vendor's return to quarterly net profits for the first time since 2016.

Terragraph: A WiMax in Facebook Clothing?

Facebook's Terragraph technology may have a hard time against 5G in the markets it hopes to address.

AirTies Hikes Hardware-Agnostic Path as Whole-Home WiFi Takes Off

Hooks WiFi mesh software into cable-backed RDK-B open source software stack for gateways and extenders, claims tier-1 operator has given the greenlight.

Jio earnings more than double as it tops a quarter of a billion subscribers

The spectacular, if unsurprising growth of Indian operator Reliance Jio continues with an annual EDITDA increase of 148%.

Samsing snags network insight firm to boost AI credentials

Samsung has bolstered its 5G readiness with the acquisition of network analytics firm Zhilabs, which uses AI to deliver network optimization insight.

Cato Networks debuts self-healing SD-WAN

"SD-WAN, heal thyself." So says Cato Networks in regards to repairing outages or issues across data centers, cloud resources and branch offices.

Cato Networks Adds Self-Healing Capability to Its SD-WAN

It also released an SD-WAN device built specifically for data centers. Previously, it only had a branch device that couldn’t fully meet data centers’ needs.

Dell EMC Dips Its Toes Into Security With Cyber Recovery Software

The new software shows how the lines between traditional backup and recovery and data security are being blurred.

Netflix back in the cash with 36% revenue growth

Last time Netflix reported its quarterly financials it disappointed investors. Three months later its back to its blistering best with revenues of $3.9 billion.

Samsung pockets AI startup Zhilabs to fuel 5G transition

Samsung has snagged artificial intelligence and analytics startup Zhilabs to help grease its transition from 4G to 5G.

Google ups the ante with Europe by charging Android manufacturers for its mobile products

Under pressure to be seen to comply with an EU antitrust ruling, Google has indicated that the only way to do so is to start charging for what was previously given away.

Ciena adds adaptive IP and new hardware to portfolio

Ciena is branching out with the addition of new adaptive IP capabilities and purpose-built hardware platforms in its Packet Networking portfolio.

Huawei’s search for smartphone differentiation yields rewards

The smartphone market is a very difficult one in which to create any form of differentiation, but Huawei has done a pretty good job with the launch of its new Mate 20 series.

Sprint sells mobile ad business Pinsight Media to InMobi

Sprint announced it is selling its Pinsight Media to mobile ad company InMobi. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Embratel Taps VMware to Bring SD-WAN to Brazil

The Brazilian telco operator is building VMware’s VeloCloud-powered NSX SD-WAN into its network to deliver SD-WAN services across the country.

Alibaba and Fortanix Forge Cloud Security Partnership

Fortanix’s key management and secuity software ensures that even cloud providers don’t have access to the customer’s encrypted data.

Operators blasted for ‘completely unacceptable’ response to Hurricane Michael

The chairman of the FCC said wireless operators’ response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Michael has been “completely unacceptable.”

Platform9’s Fission Speeds Serverless Test, Dev on Kubernetes

The platform offers live-reload and record-replay of application code that is the first of its kind for a serverless system.

TIP’s vRAN Group Says It Can Deliver 4G Over Cable Networks

The group, in conjunction with CableLabs, has developed a vRAN reference design that will enable cable companies to launch 4G, and ultimately 5G.  

Phazr gets certifications for 5G base stations

Phazr has received FCC and CE certification for its 5G mmWave base stations, meaning it can now offer these for commercial deployments in the U.S. and Europe.

NCTA urges FCC to take ‘fresh look’ at 5.9 GHz

NCTA – The Internet and Television Association and New America’s Open Technology Institute want the FCC to take a new look at the 5.9 GHz band.

IBM ‘Winning’ With Hybrid Cloud, CFO Says

IBM increased its cloud revenue 20 percent during the third quarter of 2018. But overall revenue dropped 2 percent compared to last year.

Amid video investments, AT&T rates last in mobile video quality

AT&T came in last place among OpenSignal's rankings of the nation’s four largest mobile video providers.

Ciena: Scale for the Future, Support the Legacy

New initiatives bring IP onto the platform for end-to-end services up to Layer 3 but also support remaining base of TDM offerings better.

Zoom Taps Former Cisco/SA Exec to Target Service Providers

Incoming president & CEO Joseph Wytanis vows that Zoom, equipped with the Motorola brand, will avoid being a 'me-too' player as it chases after a market segment dominated by Arris and Technicolor.

Eurobites: Orange Tops French QoS Survey

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Google begins charging smartphone makers for app store access; TDC snaps up broadband provider; Swisscom's digital signature service makes the EU grade.

Arris: We're Tackling the Tariffs

Cable modem and broadband networking company has struck deals with customers to absorb most of the current tariffs costs along with plans to shift more production and its supply chain for devices outside of China by the first half of 2019.

Telecom Italia Building vRAN Tech, but Not With Ericsson

Italian incumbent looks outside the traditional vendor community to solve its latest mobile network challenge.

Ericsson Weighs ORAN Alliance Membership

Swedish vendor confirms involvement with group that wants to end the dominance of the incumbent equipment suppliers in the radio access network.

Edgecore Networks and Adva tee up TIP white box gateway device

Edgecore Networks and Adva announced today that they were developing a white box gateway for mobile cell sites as part of Facebook's TIP initiative.

TIP offers start-ups a new way into the telco business

With internet traffic continuing to accelerate and innovation starting to stagnate, new ideas are needed to stimulate the telco industry. For the Telecom Infra Project team, start-ups could be the answer.

TIP 2018: what’s in it for Facebook?

At the Telecom Infra Project Summit 2018 we spoke to the Facebook execs behind the initiative to find out why they decided to get involved.

Facebook expands rural access efforts to more countries

Facebook is extending its rural access efforts to more countries.

Dish HQ sports network build-out countdown clock

Dish Network has a wireless network buildout countdown clock installed at the entrance to the company’s headquarters.

Vodafone, Telefónica plow forward with OpenRAN pilots

The TIP Summit kicked off in London Tuesday morning with news that Telefónica and Vodafone were taking their OpenRAN projects into pilot deployments.

Qualcomm unveils 60 GHz Wi-Fi chipsets

Qualcomm Technologies announced a family of 60 GHz Wi-Fi chipsets, the QCA64x8 and QCA64x1.

A simple explanation of TIP – making connectivity cheaper

The Telecom Infra Project has gotten a huge amount of attention since its launch, mainly due to the Facebook brand, but why is it so important? It’s all about bringing connectivity to everyone, equally.

Vendors increasingly pushing LTE for private and fixed wireless networks

A wide range of vendors continue to look for new growth opportunities for LTE equipment.

Epsilon strengthens its hand in the U.S.

Wholesale service provider Epsilon is expanding its presence in the United States to provide more connectivity options for its end customers.

TIP 2018 is a wakeup call for the big kit vendors

The third Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Summit marked an further attempt by operators and Facebook to accelerate the development of the telecoms industry.

Arista Embraces Its Mojo in Campus Battle With Cisco

Arista strengthened its campus networking portfolio of products through its acquisition of Mojo Networks.

Vodafone and Telefónica Will Trial TIP’s OpenRAN Platforms

Altiostar, Mavenir, and Parallel Wireless were picked by TIP’s OpenRAN project for having the most compliant platforms.

Major Operators Collaborate on TIP White Box Gateway Device

These devices will be open, disaggregated, interoperable, and supplier-neutral, and they target mobile operators’ 5G deployments.

Twilio Boosts Its Cloud Communications Platform With $2B SendGrid Purchase

SendGrid sells an email marketing platform to businesses. The purchase will enable Twilio to bring all of its customers' communications channels under a single platform and company.

ARM Reveals Neoverse, Its New Dedicated Infrastructure Brand

Neoverse represents a new unifying brand identity for ARM-based technology for high performance computing, cloud, storage, network infrastructure, and edge computing.

Nokia gets green light for 28 GHz tests

Nokia received approval from the FCC to add one more site in New York to the list of markets where it’s conducting experiments with 28 GHz.

Arista Challenges Cisco on Campus Networks

Arista is extending its Cognitive Campus strategy with networking technology gained from its recent Mojo Networks purchase. Arista says: No more BMOC for CSCO.

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Innovation, OTTs & the Smart Home

This week Jamie and Scott are joined by Mary Clark or, as her friends like to call her, "Madame Syn."

Netflix Tops 130M Paid Subscribers Worldwide

Internet video provider Netflix is still having troubles forecasting its subscriber growth, but the company doesn't seem to have problems attracting new customers as it adds more exclusive programming and benefits from increased traction outside the US.

IBM Is Losing the Cloud Race

Twenty percent growth looks great, but not when the market is growing at 50%.

Dell to Icahn: Buzz Off

Dell is continuing forward with its planned return to public markets, as investor Carl Icahn threatens to go to the mattresses to fight the proposal.

Automation's Double-Edged Sword Demands Sharpening of Skillsets

At the NFV & Carrier SDN event in Denver, Women in Comms panelists examined the impact of automation on women in the tech and communications industries.

AT&T Readies More High-Band 5G Tests as Mobile Launch Nears

The operator, however, is still planning to use fixed mmWave 5G basestations for its tests in Atlanta, Hawaii, and – most probably – Los Angeles.

Service Providers Should Adapt to Open Source World

Four operator executives say open source solves more problems than it causes, and that CSPs need to get with the program.

Eurobites: Orange Targets Enterprise With LoRa-Based IoT Offering

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: ARM and Intel kiss and make up; Nokia adds new chipsets to FTTX offerings; Saudi consulate outrage hits SoftBank.

TIP Forms New Edge Computing Unit

Deutsche Telekom, Intel and MobiledgeX to lead a new Telecom Infra Project (TIP) group focused on APIs that will enable developers to write apps able to run on edge computing resources.

TIP, ORAN Alliance Poised to Join Forces on Open RAN

Two of the leading industry groups trying to break the stranglehold of big vendors on the radio access network look set to combine their efforts.

Has TIP Made Networks Sexy to VCs?

Two and a half years into its mission, the Facebook-led TIP claims to have made networks exciting for the first time in 20 years. But as it enters the procurement phase, its task may get even harder.

Open Source MANO Needs a Reality Check

There's friction and a fair amount of hot air in the open source NFV MANO world and it's not doing anyone any favors.

Intel takes the autonomous euphoria to the seas

Self-driving cars might not be with us for decades, but that hasn’t stopped Intel from partnering Rolls-Royce to take the autonomous trends to the high-seas.

25% of Brits would ditch ISP if porn is blocked – MoneySupermarket

The net neutrality debate could be emerging on the UK horizon but the message here is don’t mess around too much; it wouldn’t take much for consumers to switch ISPs.

VMware Leads Cloud System Management Market, IDC Says

The virtualization giant controls 21.7 percent of the $4 billion of the market. Microsoft ranks No. 2.

UK Gov makes bold steps to tackle long-ignored security problem

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have jointly released new guidelines for the manufacture of smart devices, intended to build security into the foundations.

Smaller and regional carriers begin to rally around 5G

Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T have all made it very clear that they are either already offering 5G services or will be shortly. But the nation’s…

US consumers apparently not that bothered about 5G

As 5G is all the US telcos can talk about right now, you would be forgiven for assuming consumers are just as excited, but it appears the feelings are little more than ‘meh’.

Facebook and Twitter coordinate once more over censorship

Facebook recently removed hundreds of accounts for inauthentic behaviour and many of those affected have also seen their Twitter accounts suspended.

US Senators hit out at India’s pro-privacy and localisation laws

Two US Senators have signed a letter addressed to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting new rules to tighten up data practices in the country could lead to a weakened trade relationship with the US.

Network transport a key element of Comcast Business' SD-WAN service

When it came to deploying an SD-WAN service, Comcast Business took the road less traveled compared to some of its competitors' offerings.

Startup Palm intros phone companion category

A California startup is looking to create a new category of device—essentially a smaller and more portable version of a standard smartphone.

Kaloom bows programmable data center fabric

Startup vendor Kaloom announced today the general availability of its Software Defined Fabric product family that was designed to automate data centers.

Boston Dynamics rehabs drunken robot into parkour expert

Boston Dynamics has released a new video of its humanoid robot, Atlas, and it is scarily impressive how quickly the technology is advancing.

Kaloom Throws a Fabric Over Data Center Automation

Kaloom says its software-defined fabric approach provides more flexibility than a more integrated model like DANOS.

Microsoft Employees Protest Pentagon's JEDI, Microsoft Bids Anyway

The open letter from Microsoft employees follows similar protests of the $10 billion contract from Google, IBM, and Oracle.

Midco sets sights on offering 100/20 Mbps speeds using 3.5 GHz band

Fixed wireless is proving to be a big benefit for customers of Midco in the upper Midwest.

Icahn Says He Will ‘Do Everything in My Power’ to Stop Dell-VMware Deal

Icahn holds 8.3 percent of DVMT, the stock that tracks Dell’s controlling stake in VMware. This makes him the second-largest holder.

Semtech looking at LoRa deployments at China-sized scale

Don’t be surprised if Semtech extends its reach beyond the Alibaba Cloud deal it announced earlier this month.

CNCF Adopts First Container Runtime Security Project

The Falco project, donated by Sysdig, taps into the Linux kernel to provide runtime security at the application, file, system, and network levels.

UWB Alliance cites ‘grave concerns’ about 6 GHz band

The Ultra Wide Band Alliance holds “grave concerns” about the proposed power levels and impact of using the entire 6 GHz band for new unlicensed uses.

Paul Allen Dies at 65

Microsoft co-founder also had strong ties to the cable industry going back to earlier wave of operator consolidations and pioneering work with Internet-connected set-top boxes and advanced video user interfaces.

Icahn Declares War on Dell's Planned Return to Public Markets

‘... I still enjoy a good fight for the right reasons,’ Icahn warns. Let's make popcorn and watch the show.

Making TV Set-Tops as Agile as Smartphones

WOW is among a recent wave of service providers to elevate video services to the cloud and focus on the apps-based model using Espial's software-as-a-service platform.

Jack Burton: Cable's 5G Network Opportunity

Broadband Success Partners Principal Jack Burton says 5G represents a great opportunity for cable MSOs to work with 5G network operators and provide not only backhaul, but facilities -- real estate on poles, towers in headends and central offices. Cable's proximity to the customer could provide them a revenue source tied to 5G and edge computing, as well as a long-term hedge against obsolescence.

Why Vodafone Is Betting on Cloud Video

Major European provider will lay out the strategy behind its new Vodafone TV streaming service at Light Reading's Cable Next-Gen Europe event in London next month.

Arris Downgraded on Cable Modem Tariff Worries

Analyst expects that Arris will absorb 'at least a portion' of new US tariffs as operators intend to hold vendor to modem price agreements struck prior to tariff introduction.

Aryaka's New CEO: We Need to Be More Than a Face in the SD-WAN Crowd

IPO plans are on hold as Aryaka builds its business.

Eurobites: Telco Big Guns Gather to Train Fire on EU Policymakers

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: KPN braces for cuts; eSIM pioneer raises £18 million; Eleven Sports challenges UK soccer taboo.

US Senators Urge Canada to Ban Huawei – Report

Marco Rubio and Mark Warner have written to Canada's prime minister and urged him to stop Huawei from selling 5G products in Canada.

VNFs: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Just like banks, some virtual network functions have become 'too big to fail,' says an executive at Deutsche Telekom's pan-net subsidiary, casting a shadow over efforts to cloudify the telco network.

Is Open Source the Right Approach for NFV Orchestration?

Open source MANO (management and orchestration) developments are providing network operators with something of a conundrum.