3GPP to delay Release 16 by 3 months

In what could be construed as a “surprise, no surprise,” 3GPP has decided to delay Release 16 by three months.

5G heads to unlicensed land

3GPP agreed to start a work item dubbed NR-U, which will define how 5G New Radio is introduced in unlicensed spectrum.

Italy spectrum auction looks like a cheap bit of business – RBC

A research note from RBC, the Royal Bank of Canada, suggests Italian telcos in Italy might not have overpaid that much in the grand scheme of things.

Report: Edge compute is driving colocation services

Edge computing requirements are driving enterprises toward increased use of colocation services, according to a report by IHS Markit.

Ofcom reckons we’re clueless about broadband pricing

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom thinks consumers are ill-informed about the best broadband deals and wants ISPs to help rectify that.

Doyle: Managed SD-WAN: A look back and a look forward

The widespread adoption of SD-WAN continues to impact the $40 billion market for managed business services.

Verizon, Sprint tweak holiday promotions

Both Verizon and Sprint this week introduced noteworthy promotions aimed at spicing up their respective offerings.

CenturyLink cuts 175 jobs, eliminates holiday bonuses

CenturyLink is trimming its workforce by approximately 175 jobs in locations across the 16 states that it serves, a spokesman confirmed this morning.

2019 is looking good for the tower industry

The good times appear set to continue for the nation’s tower companies, at least according to some Wall Street analysts.

SK Telecom Firms Up 5G Mobile Edge Partnership With Deutsche Telekom

The South Korean carrier is to partner with MobiledgeX, building on the deal signed with DT in October 2018.

SDxCentral's Weekly Roundup — December 14, 2018

Amazon Web Services opens in Sweden; Apple expands across the US; and the Hyperledger project expands its membership.

JEDI Wars: Amazon Web Services Strikes Back

AWS argues that it has a “direct and substantial economic interests at stake.” It says Oracle’s conflict-of-interest accusations are “meritless.”

Anti-Huawei Forces Focus on Sprint/T-Mobile Deal

A new report suggests that the US is using its merger approval process to pressure Sprint and T-Mobile's parent companies to back away from Huawei.

Cable 5G Transport Shows Promise & Complexity

US cable providers are gearing up to play a crucial role by supporting transport of 5G communications, but their aspirations are clouded by the complexity of 5G itself.

5G Standard Hits Unexpected 3-Month Delay

3GPP drops 'mini bombshell' at meeting in Italy this week, says an observer, with its announcement of unexpected delays to the 5G standardization process.

WiCipedia: Hardwiring Sexism, Brogrammer Culture & Wall Street Fearmongering

This week in our WiC roundup: Brogrammers are still thriving; TPG puts the spotlight on a female hire; Wall Street's fear of women; and more.

Arista Extends Its Reach Into Containers

Networking containerized environments is tough; Arista wants to help.

CableLabs Open Source IoT Project Shoots for Scale

MSO-backed group sees no 'one clear winner' in LPWAN market.

Full-Duplex DOCSIS Not One-Size-Fits-All

Node+0 requirement of FDX is a deal-breaker for some MSOs, and could open the door to other, less-limiting alternatives, Daniel Etman, cable consultant at Switzerland-based Quickline, says.

Infinera Restructures as It Absorbs Coriant

The optical networking vendor said in a filing with the SEC that it will take a charge against earnings related to severance and other related costs.

Migration Strategies for 5G Core Networks

Many operators are expected to initially deploy 5G RANs in non-standalone mode on an LTE network, migrating later to standalone mode. But that migration is less than straightforward, and there are multiple options to consider.

Eurobites: Deutsche Telekom Joins Caravan of Concern Over Huawei

In the spirit of German Christmas markets, where supersized hot dogs are sold from souped-up garden sheds in snow-starved town squares across Europe, today's Eurobites is mainly about Deutsche Telekom. Oh, and there's a bit about UK broadband.

The US digital divide – does anyone have a clue what’s going on?

Depending on who you listen to the severity of the digital divide varies greatly. But with so many different opinions, how do you actually know what is going on? And if you don’t have a clue, how can you possibly solve the problem?

Ursula Burns officially made Veon CEO, at last

Eight months after losing its last CEO, telecoms group Veon has decided to stick with Chairman Ursula Burns in the dual role.

Carrier wireless service revenues predicted to expand next year

According to a new Wall Street research report, the nation's carriers will grow their service revenues next year.

Telus: SDN Gives Us a Dynamic, Automatically Controlled Network

“SDN is going to be a very broad deployment,” said Telus’ Bryce Mitchell. “We made sure we included SDN within the NFV pods themselves.”

Aussie watchdog sniffs around TPG and Vodafone merger

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is having a closer look at the AUS$15 billion TPG and Vodafone merger, with the signs looking rather ominous for the pair.

Orange Business Services racks up another SD-WAN customer

Orange Business Services recently added another SD-WAN customer to its roster: Dubai-based Majid Al Futtaim Retail.

Qualcomm has one last 2018 5G fest with TIM in Rome

Qualcomm’s events team has had a frantic end to the year, culminating in the demo of a 5G NR video call over millimeter wave in Italy.

SK Telecom and MobiledgeX team up on MEC

SK Telecom has teamed up with MobiledgeX to jointly develop mobile edge computing (MEC) technologies and business models.

Masergy’s New CEO Is Tasked to Grow Its SDN-Based Offerings

The company was pretty revolutionary with its idea to layer SDN on top of multiple third-party transport before all the SD-WAN vendors conceived of this.

Cable industry to add 1.6M mobile customers in 2019: analysts

Morgan Stanley expects cable players Comcast, Charter and Altice to collectively sign up 1.6 million new mobile customers next year.

FCC sets the rules for third mmWave auction

The FCC has unveiled the rules for the next mmWave auction, set to take place in second half of 2019, for airwaves in the 37 GHz, 39 GHz and 47 GHz spectrum bands.

Comcast Is Working on a uCPE That Runs Multiple VNFs With Its SD-WAN

The service provider is hoping to launch a cost-effective uCPE platform that supports more VNFs along with its SD-WAN early next year.

Dell EMC Claims Top Server Vendor Spot With $4B in Revenue, IDC Says

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) once again came in No. 2, with 16.3 percent revenue share or $3.81 billion.

Dish, CWA, others form coalition against Sprint/T-Mobile merger

A group of public interest groups, telecom companies and others formed a new coalition to challenge the proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile.

UK’s slowest street gets 0.14 Mbps, but who’s fault actually is it?

New research from uSwitch suggests the slowest broadband in the UK is 0.14 Mbps, while 5% of the UK are not able to reach 5 Mbps, though this could be their own fault.

Cellcom Picks Parallel Wireless vRAN Solution to Expand 4G, Prep for 5G

A regional U.S. carrier adds Parallel Wireless to its vendor portfolio to benefit from the flexibility of an open RAN approach for 4G and eventually 5G.

Verizon Has Migrated 80 Apps to Cloud Native Platforms

The carrier is near the half-way point on its 5-year journey in taking advantage of public cloud platforms.

VMware Paid $550M for Heptio to Boost Its Kubernetes Portfolio

That amount was a substantial premium over what Heptio had raised from investors and other similar deals in the Kubernetes space.

CBRS takes a step forward as NTIA completes testing

The NTIA said it finished its testing of the CBRS 3.5 GHz spectrum-sharing scheme—a key milestone as the spectrum nears commercial availability.

SMS, MMS deemed ‘information services'

The FCC voted 3:1 to deny requests from Twilio and others to classify text messaging services as “telecommunications services,” which would subject them to…

KT Corp. Launches 5G Service with AI Robot in S. Korea

KT Corporation, South Korea’s largest telecommunications company, has officially launched its 5G network commercial service through an AI-equipped robot named Lota, marking a new era of innovation in the world’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector.

Private Line Transformation for Media and Broadcast Service, Operators' New Blue Ocean Market

Forming the network infrastructure of the video industry, private lines for media and broadcast services have many potential high-value customers that represent an untapped revenue source for operators.

Orange Rules Out Huawei for 5G in France

French telecom incumbent deals the latest blow to China's biggest equipment vendor amid an international backlash.

Cable One Gets Credit for Putting Pipes Ahead of Programming

Top analyst upgrades the stock as Cable One banks on high-margin broadband, de-emphasizes its declining pay-TV biz.

Apple to Build $1B Austin Campus & $10B Nationwide Data Center Expansion

Apple plans to spend $10 billion over five years on new data center facilities, as well as expanding its facilities in Austin, Seattle, San Diego and beyond.

Telia Carrier's Evangelist on Internet Traffic Trends

On the sidelines of Light Reading's 2020 Vision Executive Summit, Mattias Fridström, chief evangelist at Telia Carrier, discusses the latest shifts in public Internet traffic trends and whether the likes of 4K/8K video, SD-WAN and 5G will impact international traffic patterns.

Where Huawei Fears to Tread

Growing restrictions on Huawei by governments and operators outside China could swiftly diminish its role in the global equipment market.

Eurobites: Do Look a Huawei Gift Horse in the Mouth, UK Universities Told

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Bouygues forms FTTH provider; Telia legs it from Kazakhstan; Ericsson demos 5G NR in South Korea; VEON gets new CEO.

Vodafone Ireland's Kiss Kalló on Edge Computing's Potential

Can mobile operators take advantage of edge computing's potential? At Light Reading's 2020 Vision executive summit in Lisbon, Csaba Kiss Kalló, Vodafone Ireland's Head of Connectivity, Mobility and Security Portfolio, says they can.

The Long Goodbye Finally Ends

Two years after first announcing my retirement plans, I'm really doing it. No, really.

Robocall Fix Not a Silver Bullet

Shaken/Stir holds promise to authenticate calls and improve blocking services, but there are challenges and complexities to consider.

Oracle: Legacy Customers Are Our Secret Weapon

Oracle debuts a hybrid platform as it looks to catch up from far behind in the cloud.

Ciena Signals Steady Growth & Smooth Sailing Ahead

The optical networking specialist is benefiting from 5G buildouts and webscale traffic monsters, and doing what it can to avoid sitting on a lead.

Europe is losing in the race to secure digital riches – DT CEO

Despite politicians around the world declaring the importance of technology and insisting their nation is one of the world leaders in digital, Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Hottges does not believe Europe is competing with the US and Asia.

CCA: U.S. needs 320 MHz of C-band

The CCA and others say the C-Band Alliance’s market-based approach for the 3.7-4.2 GHz band will result in a windfall for satellite operators.

IBM, Nvidia Team Up on Converged Storage for AI Workloads

The new converged infrastructure combines IBM’s NVMe flash storage and software with Mellanox networking on Nvidia servers. It also uses Nvidia’s AI software stack.

Report: Third-quarter server revenues break record

Driven by enterprises and hyperscale service carriers, server vendor revenues reached a record high in the third quarter, according to a report.

37, 39 and 42 GHz bands head for auction in 2019

As expected, the FCC voted to move forward with an incentive auction that combines the upper 37, 39 and 42 GHz bands.

Verizon joins O-RAN Alliance board

The O-RAN Alliance announced new board members—including Verizon—and a collaboration with the Linux Foundation on open source software.

Apple, Nokia, others worry over manufacturing in China

Apple’s suppliers are reportedly considering moving manufacturing of Apple products outside of China, according to a Bloomberg report.

GSMA Highlights Potential $565B GDP Boost From the ‘Right’ 5G Spectrum

The mobile operator association uses GDP and tax arguments to persuade governments to support the allocation of sufficient mmWave spectrum for 5G at WRC-19.

Ofcom to force feed localised fibre diet

It’s a new week, and therefore time for a new Ofcom consultation. This time the UK watchdog will be trying to understand whether it is feasible to hyper-localise regulations to encourage full-fibre networks.

Napatech and Intel Partner on FPGA Technology for Standard Servers

The big hyperscalers use field programmable gate array technology on standard servers in their data centers. But there’s a trend for other enterprises to emulate these hyperscalers.

IBM’s JEDI Protest Dismissed, Oracle Takes the $10B Pentagon Cloud Deal to Court

Oracle’s lawsuit alleges conflicts of interest and says two people involved in the procurement process have close ties to Amazon Web Services.

Orange squares up to OTTs in battle for smart home

With it abundantly clear connectivity alone is not enough to meet the profitability ambitions of the telcos, Orange has made a fresh push to wrestle control of the smart home away from those greedy internet players.

Verizon, Reliance Jio, TIM Join the O-RAN Alliance

Verizon and Jio were both original members of the xRAN Forum, which merged with the C-RAN Alliance this year to form O-RAN.

Huawei: an awkward state-of-affairs – Infographic

With Huawei continuing to be the world’s bogey man, we thought it might be useful to figure out how high the rising water has gotten.

ONF explores next frontier: mobile-access edge cloud

The Open Networking Foundation is developing its strategy around mobile-access edge cloud technologies and applications.

Ericsson launches new IoT center of excellence

Ericsson has appointed Rob Tiffany to lead the company’s new IoT “center of excellence” in North America.

T-Mobile, Verizon may face FCC probe over incorrect mapping data

The Rural Wireless Association claimed that both Verizon and T-Mobile submitted incorrect and overstated mapping data.

GSMA Loses Two Top Execs

Long-time marketing chief Michael O'Hara and the head of LatAm Sebastian Caballo are out the door — GSMA head calls for calm as MWC approaches.

Verizon Gives Fios TV a Facelift

Upgraded, multi-room 'Fios TV One' platform adds support for 4K video, voice search & navigation, Netflix integration, WiFi-connected video clients.

Powder Offering Powerful Wireless Testbed

New project jointly funded by NSF and industry consortium brings the power of profiles and fast instantiation to testing of massive software projects.

CableLabs Sues Buckeye Over Delinquent Dues

MSO notified CableLabs of intention to terminate its membership in January 2018, but CableLabs cites that it requires at least three years notice.

Djingo Unchained: Orange, DT Take AI Fight to US Tech Giants

Unveiling a new smart speaker in Paris today, the CEOs of Deutsche Telekom and Orange hope growing concern about data privacy will provide a spur to Europe's homegrown technology expertise.

How 5G Microwave Can Fast-Track Mobile Broadband Growth in Emerging Markets

As emerging markets realize the social benefits brought by the information superhighway, many nations are developing broadband plans from a strategic perspective to speed up the deployment of fixed and mobile broadband infrastructure.

Huawei CFO Posts Bail in Canada

Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou is free on about $7.5 million in bail following a Canadian court ruling on Tuesday. President Trump offers to intervene if China will do a trade deal.

FCC Plans Major Spectrum Auction in 2019

FCC wants an incentive auction to sell upper 37GHz, 39GHz and 47GHz bands in 2019, opening up more mmWave bands, as the global 5G 'race' gets real.

Unlocking the Secrets to Next-Generation Service Assurance

Service assurance will need to tackle three significant challenges to succeed in the future.

Open RAN, Open Innovation

Next-generation networks need innovation in the radio access network and Open RAN developments are set to disrupt the market – in a good way.

Cisco: 5G Transforms Data Center Networks

Communications networking developments, such as IoT, edge computing and now the introduction of 5G services, has a "profound impact on the data center," says Ishmael Limkakeng, Cisco SVP data center business, who talked with Light Reading's Mitch Wagner.

Eurobites: Orange Preps 5G Launch in 17 European Cities

In today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange unveils initial 5G plans; the latest boardroom shenanigans at TIM; Turkcell builds TV App Store with Metrological; ADVA unveils its Ensemble Controller.

European Commission Digs Into Vodafone-Liberty Global Deal

Regulatory group opens 'in-depth investigation' amid concerns that the deal could reduce competition and lead to higher prices in Germany and the Czech Republic.

Amdocs CTO: How 5G Will Enable Charging for Specific Services, Rather Than Just Data

Amdocs CTO on how the company will play a role in the move to 5G services.

Podcast: The Heat Is on Huawei

If Huawei catches a 5G cold, how many operators around the world will suddenly feel a little sick and stay in bed? 'Tis the (flu) season for rampant, worldwide speculation on the Light Reading podcast.

Pivot3 Adds Encryption, Key Management to HCI Stack

Adding these policy-based security capabilities to the Pivot3 Intelligence Engine enables customers to integrate data encryption and key management into the same workflow for managing applications and storage.

The Silicon Valley inquisition gathers pace

A number of independent online commentators have been blacklisted by technology giants for seemingly arbitrary reasons.

F5 Networks puts Aspen Mesh into beta testing

F5 Networks announced this week that its Istio-based service mesh was now in public beta testing.

Etcd Joins CNCF’s Growing Cache of Open Source Projects

Etcd is the primary storage location for Kubernetes and needs to be established before Kubernetes can be run on a system.

Huawei equipment deployed by 25% of U.S. rural wireless carriers: RWA

The Rural Wireless Association said that it believes fully a fourth of its membership currently uses equipment from Chinese suppliers like Huawei.

Ciena, Juniper Lead Data Center Interconnect Market, Dell’Oro Says

Data center interconnect equipment revenue will increase 85 percent over the next five years, from $2.7 billion in 2017 to $5.1 billion in 2022, according to Dell’Oro Group.

Huawei Flags 5G Network Slicing Landmark, Signs New 5G Deal

Amid all the political noise, Huawei ploughs on regardless with a further advance in 5G network slicing and a new 5G network deal with Altice Portugal.

Arista Works With Red Hat and Tigera on Container Environments for Enterprises

The collaboration focuses on the three biggest container pain areas for enterprises: 1) networking; 2) visibility; and 3) security.

T-Mobile/Sprint merger financials are looking better than predicted

Cowen analysts believe the financials of a merged company will be better than Sprint and T-Mobile executives predicted.

Adva unwraps new Ensemble Controller

Adva added a key piece to its SDN and NFV lineup with today's release of its Ensemble Controller.

Japan is the latest country to prohibit Chinese vendors in 5G networks

Huawei and ZTE have been dealt another blow ahead of the 5G bonanza as Japan’s four operators join the government in snubbing Chinese communications equipment.

Headcount: The Latest in Firings, Hirings, and Retirings — December 11, 2018

Joe Cozzolino departs Cisco to join private equity firm; CenturyLink CTO joins the MEF board of directors.

Vivendi inevitably tries to get rid of some Elliott directors

It was just a matter time before Vivendi reacted to its man being sacked as CEO of TIM and replaced by an Elliott ally.

Aussies determined to undermine security with anti-encryption law

Ten of the world’s largest tech brands have banded together to denounce a recent law passed by the Australian government which could be viewed as the first step towards a Big Brother government.

Dell Wins Shareholder Vote, Will Go Public This Month

More than 61 percent of shareholders approved the deal that allows Dell to buy back the stock that tracks its controlling stake in VMware.

Verizon, Samsung tee up new 5G fixed, mobile trials

Verizon is asking the FCC for permission to conduct periodic testing over a 6-month period with Samsung using 28 GHz spectrum and unlicensed spectrum.

Verizon Entices 10,400 Workers to Take Severance Package

The telecom giant is looking to cut $10 billion in costs from its operations as it positions itself to boost its focus on 5G.

Survey Says: Midsized Businesses Hyped on Digital Transformation

Survey sponsored by CenturyLink shows they are enthusiastic about its benefits even if almost half of them have yet to start the process.

Google Extending Managed Kubernetes With Istio Support

Google is launching beta support for Istio, the open source software for managing communications between Kubernetes containers, in its Google Kubernetes Engine.

More Pain for SeaChange

Deal delays cause the video software company to slash revenue guidance for full-year 2018, and note that Liberty Global divestitures could put a 'dent' on future numbers.

Roller Coaster Ride for Lumentum

Optical components vendor will never forget December 2018.

Zodiac Names Former Comcast Exec as CEO

New boss for the set-top software specialist involved in Charter's Spectrum Guide and WorldBox efforts.

Verizon Faces $6.7B in Q4 Charges on Oath Biz & Layoffs

Verizon says charges on its Oath business and severance charges will be reported in Q4.

Eurobites: Tele2 & Telenor Extend 5G Collaboration, Bag 700MHz Spectrum

In today's EMEA regional roundup: Tele2 and Telenor go big on 5G in Sweden; Vodafone takes its 5G network to the street level; Liquid Telecom attracts $180 million investment; and more.

Japan Next in Line to Block Huawei, ZTE

Japanese government has issued guidelines that effectively lock Huawei and ZTE out of the country's public networks and look set to influence 5G network decisions by the country's operators.

Cisco: Fast-Evolving Enterprise Networks Create 'Huge' Telco Opportunities

Until recently, enterprise networks could remain static for years, but now new devices and the cloud require rapid evolution, creating service provider opportunities, says Scott Harrell, Cisco enterprise networking business lead.

Optanix Launches Monitoring Platform From Internal Software Offering

“Most software that’s used for monitoring comes from software companies. We built this software out of operational need and we built it as users of the technology,” said Optanix CSO Edmond Baydian.

Vodafone searches the sewers for missing connectivity

Vodafone UK has announced a new initiative to embed small antennas below street level in a bid to meet data demands in the country’s busiest streets.

China issues injunctions against most Apple iPhone models – that was quick

The week after the US arranged the arrest of a Huawei exec China has granted Qualcomm an injunction prohibiting the sales of most Apple smartphones in the country. Coincidence?

Aussies question whether Google and Facebook are overstepping boundaries

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is shining the light of concern on Google and Facebook, seemingly one of the first steps towards regulatory overhaul.

VMware adds Istio to NSX platform

VMware has added open source Istio software to its NSX networking platform to better manage containers and microservices.

White box vendors lose share in data center switching market

White box vendors have taken a hit this year in the 100 Gigabit Ethernet data center switching market, according to Dell'Oro Group.

Report makes case for Wi-Fi in competitive analysis

A new report appears to bolster the T-Mobile/Sprint merger, arguing that any analysis of market conditions for wireless services should include Wi-Fi.

China issues 5G spectrum licenses amid iPhone ban

Significant and dramatic developments involving the wireless industry in China continue to roll over the globe’s business markets.

Huawei CFO charged with hiding connection to Skycom, which worked with Iran

The bail hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou has revealed she is charged with concealing ties between her company and another that violated US trade sanctions.

Ericsson facing £100 million damages bill for network outage – report

With smartphones around the world being reduced to doorstops thanks to Ericsson’s software issues, the vendor is potentially facing a damages bill in excess of £100 million.

Deutsche Telekom Launches 5G Network in Poland With Huawei Equipment

Things aren’t all bad news for Huawei. T-Mobile Poland confirmed that Huawei is the sole vendor supporting its 5G network.

The 28 GHz spectrum auction could end soon

Action in the FCC’s 28 GHz spectrum auction, dubbed Auction 101, appears to be winding down, and the event could end soon.

Midsize businesses boost digital transformation efforts

Midsize businesses are starting to embrace their own digital transformations, according to a survey commissioned by CenturyLink.

VMware Rolls Out NSX Service Mesh Based on Istio

The NSX Service Mesh beta will initially support Cloud PKS (formerly known as VMware Kubernetes Engine or VKE), but VMware plans to extend it to any Kubernetes environment.

Lenovo Works With Cumulus to Offer Disaggregated Switch Hardware, Software

Cumulus already offers its NOS on lots of different hardware. But this is Lenovo’s first foray into the disaggregated switch model.

SD-WAN Will Be Fueled By Collaboration Between Cloud Providers and Vendors

The latest numbers from IHS Markit show that SD-WAN revenue grew 23 percent from the previous quarter to $284 million. VMware continues to hold the No. 1 spot.

Verizon says goodbye to almost 7% of workers

Verizon announced this morning that 10,400 of its 152,300 employees agreed to leave the company as part of Verizon’s cost-cutting efforts.

Facebook hit with Italian fine as share buy-back ramps up

The Italian watchdog is the latest to slap a fine on Facebook for misleading and abusing consumer confidence.

CBA slams T-Mobile's 3.7-4.2 GHz plan

In a new set of filings on Friday, the C-Band Alliance slammed T-Mobile’s proposal for the 3.7-4.2 GHz band, saying T-Mobile’s “convoluted proposal” would…

Pivotal Picks Kubernetes, Knative to Bust Serverless Siloes

The Pivotal Function Service is the first multi-cloud packaging of the Kubernetes-based Knative project and operates alongside the Pivotal Application Service and Pivotal Container Service.

Going under the hood of Qualcomm Snapdragon 855: plenty to like

More details of Qualcomm’s first 5G chipset have been released, bringing all-round improvements. 5G chipset for PCs was also announced.

Verizon: Include RCS in SMS, MMS ruling

Verizon is urging the FCC to include Rich Communication Services (RCS) in its declaratory ruling to make SMS and MMS "information services."

Nokia prepares for broader vRAN in 2019

The industry can expect more substantial action in the virtual Radio Access Network, or vRAN, space next year.

Australia's 5G Auction Nets More than $600M for Govt

Spending values mid-band airwaves at a higher level than in any country bar Italy, with the three existing operators and a new entrant picking up 5G licenses.

Qualcomm v. Apple: Court Ruling in China Could Block iPhone Sales

A court in China has told Apple to stop infringing on Qualcomm patents and, in doing so, it called for Apple's subsidiaries to halt sales of the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X.

PCCW Global on the Need to Monetize the Edge

On the sidelines of Light Reading's 2020 Vision executive summit in Lisbon, PCCW Global's Shahar Steiff talks about the key challenges facing network operators as they figure out their edge computing strategies.

How the West Can Hurt Huawei

The arrest of Huawei's CFO on charges of fraud dominates headlines, but US hawks could seek to cripple Huawei in several ways.

Eurobites: Telefónica Seeks Outage Compensation from Ericsson

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia and friends deploy liquid-based basestation cooling in Helsinki; Liquid Telecom invests in Egypt; Deutsche Telekom launches 5G in Warsaw.

VMware Climbs on the Istio Train for Kubernetes Management

Updates NSX to manage and secure containerized, microservices native cloud apps anywhere.

The FCC's 5G Auction Rolls On

The FCC's first 5G millimeter wave auction is nearly a month into active rounds of bidding.

Verizon Buyout Offer Will Cull More Than 6% of Employees by July 2019

CEO Vestberg said the loss of more than 10,000 employees will be seamless to customers.

Cisco: Here's How 5G Accelerates Service Provider Opportunities

Michael Glickman, SVP of Cisco's service provider business, talks with Light Reading's Mitch Wagner about the range of opportunities for service providers -- and Cisco -- to reinvent their business.

Open RAN, Open Interfaces

We spoke with leading global operators to find out how Open RAN initiatives can accelerate deployment of innovative radio technology in mobile networks.