Facebook sails towards sh*t storm of child exploitation and ‘friendly fraud’

It hasn’t even finished dealing with the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but fresh documents unveiled by a US Judge suggest Facebook knowingly duped minors into spending hundreds of dollars.

T-Mobile launches ‘first-ever’ 600 MHz hotspot

T-Mobile today released what it’s calling the “first-ever 600 MHz hotspot.”

Ericsson reports better-than-expected earnings on 5G

Losses at Ericsson narrowed during the fourth quarter as the company experienced its first full year of organic sales growth since 2013.

Intel’s CEO search continues

Intel does not have a new CEO, but 2018 was a “truly remarkable year for a remarkable company,” according to its acting CEO, CFO Bob Swan.

Vodafone Suspends Huawei Networking Equipment Purchases

The carrier said it will “pause” buying Huawei equipment for its core mobile networks in Europe while Western governments work to clear up security concerns.

Intel bags 13% growth but weak forecast angers market

Intel has reported its revenues for 2018, and while executives will be preaching their success the market has reacting very differently.

Ericsson bags another solid quarter to register first annual growth since 2013

The Q4 2018 numbers for Ericsson are out and they represent the third quarter in a row of modest recovery for the networking vendor.

Vodafone blames accounting change for €800mn revenue decline

Vodafone has unveiled its quarterly results for the period ending December 31, and while a year-on-year decline of €800 million might worry some, it’s not as bad as you think.

Linda Hardesty joins Fierce as editor-in-chief

Hardesty will lead the Fierce publications that report on wireless and wired networks, as well as video streaming.

Microsoft Snaps Up Another Open Source Startup: Citus Data

Citus Data offers an extension that transforms open source management system PostgreSQL into a distributed database.

McAfee Cuts 200 Employees as Buyout Rumors Persist

Thoma Bravo, the private equity firm rumored to want to buy McAfee, spent billions scooping up security companies in 2018. It also approached Symantec about acquiring that company.

FCC's 28 GHz auction comes to anticlimactic finish

The FCC’s auction of 28 GHz spectrum, dubbed Auction 101, is officially over more than two months after it began.

SDxCentral's Weekly Roundup — January 25, 2019

Google receives the largest GDPR fine to date; The Department of Labor accuses Oracle of wage discrimination; Digital Realty expands its footprint.

Telefónica sells Central American assets to América Móvil

Telefónica took a small bite out of its debt load by selling off two of its operations in Central America to América Móvil for $648 million.

UK and US consumers want 5G and they’re prepared to pay – survey

US digital BSS vendor Matrixx spoke to a bunch of mobile users on both sides of the pond to find out how much value they place on 5G.

China’s smartphone market plunged by 11% in 2018

The smartphone market in China declined by 11% in Q4 2018 and by similar magnitude the whole year, according to numbers from the research firm Strategy Analytics.

Carbon Black Reports 1 Million-Plus Security Attacks Daily

China and Russia were responsible for almost half of the incident response episodes.

Confluent Raises $125M Atop Popularity of Its Data Streaming Platform

The startup says 60 of the Fortune 100 companies use its platform. Customers include Audi, Capital One, JPMorgan Chase, and Priceline.

Ericsson Returns to Top-line Growth in 2018, Hones In on 5G

CEO Börje Ekholm trumpeted the fact that Ericsson returned to full-year organic sales growth in 2018 for the first time since 2013.

C Spire, Phazr launch 5G service in Mississippi

C Spire teamed with 5G millimeter wave pioneer Phazr to launch a 28 GHz-based fixed wireless service in a Harrison County subdivision near the city of Gulfport.

T-Mobile, Xumo Teaming on 'Snackable' Video App for Metro Prepaid Service

They clarify report that they are close to launching a much grander, free, ad-supported mobile TV service.

Ericsson Sees Light at End of Digital Services Tunnel

Despite a snafu at the BSS unit, Ericsson's digital services division has recorded its best sales performance since Ekholm took charge.

Mark Dzuban: A Decade at the Helm of SCTE

SCTE's president and CEO reflects on a decade of change at the industry's standard-setting and applied sciences arm, along with some hints at what's ahead.

The FCC Closes First 5G Auction With $703M in Bids

THe FCC will announce the date of the 24GHz 5G auction next week, which is expected to follow the 28GHz auction in short order.

Eurobites: Vodafone Presses 'Pause' Button on Huawei Gear

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Q3 revenue down at Vodafone; Poland also set to ban Huawei from 5G networks; Open Fiber turns to Nokia for Italian job.

Telefónica Slims Down (a Bit) With M&A Move

Spanish giant sells its operations in Guatemala and El Salvador to Carlos Slim's América Móvil for $648 million, but the move won't put much of a dent in its debt pile.

Extreme Launches 'Stadium-Caliber' WiFi 6

Sports stadiums are demanding WiFi environments, and equipment built for their needs can be useful in education, retail, healthcare and more.

WiCipedia: Risk Taking, Imposter Syndrome & CES Double Standards

This week in our WiC roundup: Imposter syndrome knows no gender; risk taking has many caveats; Oracle accused of 'systematic discrimination'; and more.

Ericsson Hails First Annual Sales Growth Since 2013 as 5G Comes Calling

Despite ongoing problems at its digital services business, the Swedish equipment vendor managed a small operating profit for 2018 as customers in several markets began investing in 5G.

CoreDNS graduates from Linux Foundation's CNCF

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation announced on Thursday that CoreDNS was the first project to graduate this year.

Intel Still Doesn’t Have a CEO, Reports Q4 Revenue Miss

Intel has been on the hunt for a new CEO for more than seven months. Pundits expected the chipmaker to announce a new chief executive before or on its earnings call today. 

Google challenges France’s first swing of the GDPR stick

Google has stated it will appeal the French regulator’s decision to dish out a €50 million fine for not being forthright enough with how it collects, stores and processes user’s personal data.

Baidu’s Cloud Playbook Goes ‘All Out’ for AI

Baidu, China’s search and ad giant, has aggressively re-focused its business on artificial intelligence and connected vehicles as the U.S.-China trade war heats up and online advertising becomes less profitable.

Verizon cuts 7% of media jobs as calamitous headache continues

To say Verizon’s efforts to capitalise on the digital advertising revenues have been troubled would be an early contender for understatement of the year.

Huawei launches its own 5G chip

Huawei doesn’t feel like waiting for chip companies to get their act together on 5G so it has decided to make one of its own.

Verizon reclaims lead over T-Mobile in network strength: report

After coming out on top for two consecutive years, T-Mobile’s network was beat by Verizon in OpenSignal’s latest Mobile Network Experience report.

Xfinity Mobile reaches 1.2M subscribers

Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile ended 2018 with 1.2 million subscriber lines, adding 227,000 in the fourth quarter and 854,000 for the full year.

BT scores telecoms licenses in China

BT announced Thursday that it's the first international telecommunications company to garner nationwide licenses in China.

5 U.S. senators urge hearing on T-Mobile/Sprint merger

Five Democratic U.S. senators are urging the Senate Commerce Committee to hold a hearing on impacts of T-Mobile's proposed merger with Sprint.

Netskope IDs New Google Cloud Attack, McAfee Finds Ransomware

Threat researchers at Netskope and McAfee this week described new and potentially dangerous networking vulnerabilities.

Linux Foundation Launches LF Edge Group With Five Projects

The new group’s list of founding members reads like a who’s who of chipmakers, telecommunications companies, cloud providers, edge infrastructure vendors, and others.

Fran Heeran exits Vodafone to return to Nokia

Fran Heeran has left his position as the head of Vodafone's cloud and automation initiatives to return to Nokia after a three-year absence.

Vodafone Loses Its Head of Cloud, Automation Fran Heeran to Nokia

This is the latest in a series of major changes at Vodafone, which just said goodbye to a number of executives and announced large real estate changes in the U.K.

IBM’s Multi-Million Dollar Cloud Wins Keep on Coming

Another day, another multi-million dollar cloud deal for IBM, which signed a $260 million agreement with the Bank of the Philippine Islands.

California’s Public Advocate opposes T-Mobile/Sprint merger

Earlier this month, California’s Public Advocates Office strongly recommended a denial of T-Mobile’s proposed merger with Sprint.

40 execs sign a pledge to make the internet a nice place

Industry lobby group, the GSMA has launched its ‘digital declaration’, signed by executives from 40 technology firms and telcos, aiming to make the digital economy a safer place, accessible to all.

Raynovich: Inside AT&T's DirecTV pricing confusion

Industry expert Scott Raynovich takes a look at the impact AT&T's purchase of DirecTV is having on its 5G ambitions and at DirecTV's cost.

Finland’s AI ambitions demonstrate real intelligence

Training 1% of the population is just one part of Finland’s push for AI. The business world and public sector are also fully leaning in.

Linux Foundation establishes LF Edge

The Linux Foundation is launching LF Edge, an umbrella organization to establish an open, interoperable framework for edge computing.

CoreDNS Becomes First CNCF Graduate of 2019

CoreDNS replaced kube-dns as the default DNS server in the most recent update of Kubernetes. It is the fourth project to graduate CNCF.

EU Trumpets 5G Progress as Number of Trials Hits 138

The most important 5G pilot in the EU to date, according to the report, was carried out by Elisa in Finland because it used at least two cell sites and involved end users.

mmWave Coalition urges NTIA to facilitate access to spectrum above 95 GHz

The mmWave Coalition is urging the NTIA to facilitate greater access to spectrum above 95 gigahertz for nonfederal use.

Huawei Looks to Make Its 5G Mark With Balong 5000 Modem & Phone at MWC

Huawei says the modem will support 2G, 3G, 4G and sub6 and millimeter wave flavors of 5G.

C Spire Adds Another 5G Service to Its Toolbox

C Spire is offering another fixed wireless internet technology, this time using 28GHz spectrum and Phazr equipment. But it doesn't adhere to the 3GPP 5G NR standard.

Microsoft Acquires Citus to Embiggen Data

Citus Data provides open source software and cloud service for scaling the PostgreSQL open source database.

Huawei Looks to Make Its 5G Mark With Balong 500 Modem & Phone at MWC

Huawei says the modem will support 2G, 3G, 4G and sub6 and millimeter wave flavors of 5G.

How Comcast Will Use Blockchain Tech for Targeted Ads

Along with partners such as Viacom and Charter, the Blockgraph initiative brings a critical layer of protection and privacy to data sets used for targeted TV ad campaigns across a multitude of devices.

All Major Tower Companies Are Sniffing Around Edge Computing

The noise around edge computing appears to have built to a crescendo as virtually all of the nation's major cell tower companies are in various stages of testing out the technology.

Using AI for Smarter Cable CX

A new Tractica report looks at how cable providers are mining their big data and using data-based methods to boost network performance, resolve service issues and manage customer care.

Vodafone Meets IBM: 5G Dream Team or Culture Clash?

The telco and the IT giant could either give the 5G market a huge boost or demonstrate that partnerships between industry titans are not a good idea.

Nokia Poaches Fran Heeran From Vodafone

Vodafone's head of cloud and automation has jumped ship to rejoin Nokia's telco cloud team.

AT&T's Cloud Outlook Evolves Amid 5G Buildout

AT&T's new mobile 5G network 'is our first deployment where we can really say that 5G was born in the cloud,' explained AT&T's Alicia Abella.

Eurobites: Vodacom Service Revenues Slide on Home Soil

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: VEON's tribulations with GTH continue; my brand's bigger than yours; EdgeConnex expands in Europe; Telia wants slice of enterprise SD-WAN action.

Ericsson CEO refuses to be drawn on Huawei

Börje Ekholm, Ericsson’s head honcho, did an interview with CNBC at the Davos forum and declined to comment on the Huawei situation despite repeated questioning.

All data-roads lead to Tokyo after EU’s thumbs up

The European Commission has given its nod of approval for data protection rules drawn up in Japan, effectively extending GDPR protections for European citizens to the Asian country.

Liberty LATAM bails out of convergence ambitions

Liberty Latin America has terminated its conversations regarding a potential acquisition of Millicom International.

Huawei uses Davos to defend itself

Huawei Chairman Liang Hua has turned up at the World Economic Forum jamboree in Davos to defend his company over security concerns.

Vodafone and O2 explore sale of tower joint venture

A network sharing joint venture between Vodafone and O2 appears to be scaling back as the companies explore the possible sale of towers.

FCC Commissioner Carr talks 5G infrastructure, spectrum and jobs

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr says the FCC is taking steps to support rapid deployment of 5G nationwide.

Android Q could expand carriers' options for SIM lock

The next version of Android could introduce a built-in feature that empowers wireless carriers to lock customers' phones via SIM cards.

Automation key to SDN deployments—Report

Driven by the need for automation and lowering capex, SDN usage by carriers continues to march forward, according to a recent IHS Markit survey.

Vodafone and O2 UK buddy up over 5G infrastructure sharing

Vodafone UK and Telefonica UK (O2) will be entering into a new infrastructure-sharing relationship ahead of the much-anticipated 5G rollout.

Arrcus leaps to 400G with white box switch software

San Jose, California-based Arrcus is laying claim to the industry's first white box network operating system for 400 gigabit network switches.

Arrcus Joins the 400G Ethernet Switch Party

The white box OS startup, which is taking on data center big dogs Cisco and Arista, launched its hardware-agnostic operating system last July.

IBM Boasts Another Big Win, Touts Hybrid Cloud Prowess

One analyst puts the eight-year cloud deal France’s largest bank “around or somewhat above $2 billion.”

Lobbying on the up as Silicon Valley feels the regulatory squeeze

The internet giants have started filing their lobbying reports with the Center for Responsive Politics with records being shattered all over the place.

StackRox Extends Its Container Security Platform

StackRox updated its container security platform with additional visibility, profiling, and network management features.

Telefónica and Vodafone Add 5G to UK Network Sharing Accord

The two operators agreed to a non-binding agreement and plan to build their own 5G networks in some cities.

Rosenworcel: 2.5 GHz spectrum key for 5G in rural areas

Rosenworcel says carriers would benefit if the FCC were to conduct an incentive auction for the 2.5 GHz airwaves previously allocated for education.

Cohesity Fights Ransomware, Dips Its Toes Into Security

The vendor added new capabilities to its data backup platform that prevent, detect, and respond to ransomware attacks.

AppDynamics Unveils Central Nervous System Platform For AIOps Era

The application monitoring company, owned by Cisco, debuted several new products that will help enterprises navigate the complexity of modern environments.

Industry Voices—Entner: The Marketing Wars: 5G edition

Over the last few weeks, the first opening salvos of the 5G marketing wars have been fired. Everyone is guilty and the outrage is more engineered than real.

Confluent Raises $125M for Cloud Data Streaming

Confluent's event-streaming platform is based on Apache Kafka; the funding round brings the company's war chest to $2.5 billion.

Should Satellite Companies Be in Charge of Selling Their 5G Spectrum?

Satellite is sitting on a treasure trove of prime, mid-band spectrum that could be used for 5G, but it's stirring a big debate. What is the best way to move that spectrum from satellite providers to actual 5G users?

Viacom Bets Big on Free Streaming

Advancing its direct-to-consumer strategy, Viacom's $340 million move for Pluto TV centers on free, ad-based streaming, complementing its investment in OTT-TV service Philo.

IBM Inks $260M Digital Transformation Deal With Philippine Bank

The deal extends a two-week run of good news for IBM, a break from a couple of difficult years.

Telefónica UK Gets a Tighter Grip on Automation

In line with the strategy of its parent, Telefónica's UK operation is looking for ways to introduce more automated processes and boost customer satisfaction, a combination that lead it to deploy Nokia's Service Operation Center (SOC) system.

Confluent Raises $125M for Open Source Cloud Analytics

Confluent's event-streaming platform is based on Apache Kafka; the funding round brings the company's war chest to $2.5 billion.

Comcast Pushes Past 1.2M Mobile Subscriber Lines

Xfinity Mobile 'on track' to stand alone economically as unit is set to report out of Comcast's cable business starting in Q1 2019.

Verizon, Using AT&T's 5G Definition, Stakes a Bold Coverage Claim

Verizon said it has 5G, as defined by some, in 1,500 markets. But what are they really measuring? Also, what is a market, anyway?

Ingenu Has New Boss in Alvaro Gazzolo

US IoT player moves its chief operating officer into the role of president several months after embarking on a radical new strategy.

Nokia at Risk of China Ban – Analyst

Finnish vendor could be locked out of Chinese market if Huawei continues to face restrictions in other parts of the world, says MKM Partners analyst.

AppDynamics Promises a Twist on AI-Enabled Application Management

Cisco's AppD joins the pack of vendors offering AI for IT management, but the vendor says it's got a couple of tricks that make it special.

Eurobites: Telefónica Confirms Talks to Offload Central American Operations

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BICS reports on roaming trends; 5G will bring more enterprise opportunities, predicts Amdocs study; Liberty-Millicom deal on shaky ground.

Arrcus Takes White Box Switches to 400G

Arrcus unveils support for 400Gbit/s switch speeds – an industry first.

Navigating the Fiber Gold Rush

In a comprehensive new study conducted for Incognito Software Systems, Heavy Reading finds that communications service providers must implement new OSS strategies to support their next-generation fiber-based services.

Vodafone, O2 Hint at UK Towers Sale in 5G Update

The UK mobile operators are exploring a 'monetization' of their towers joint venture and will further unwind their active network-sharing deal with the rollout of 5G services.

Give control back to your users, scholars tell Facebook

In a new position paper, scholars from Oxford and Stanford recommended nine measures Facebook should take to make itself a better forum for free speech and democracy.

Gartner claims people are warming to AI

The power of artificial intelligence is unquestionable, but what remains unknown is how long it will take for the technologies to be considered mainstream. Are people afraid of the power of AI?

AT&T lays out 5G pillars for businesses

AT&T laid out its strategy this week for serving businesses with 5G, which makes a lot of sense given the number of enterprise customers it serves.

Most European CSPs expect more enterprise revenue opportunities from 5G

A new survey conducted by IDC, commissioned by Amdocs, has found that almost 80% of European CSPs anticipate increased enterprise revenue opportunities from 5G.

Survey: Organizations are starting to embrace AI

According to a recent survey by Gartner, the number of enterprises that are using AI grew 270% over the past four years and tripled in the last year.

Nerves jangle as Aussies delay TPG/Vodafone merger decision

The Australian regulator has pushed back the deadline for its decision on whether Vodafone Australia and TPG can move forward with the proposed £8.2 billion merger.

Silver Peak SD-WAN Supports Multi-Cloud With Google Cloud Certification

Silver Peak’s EdgeConnect SD-WAN platform is now certified by Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud.

Apple reportedly moving more iPhone production to India

Apple's iPhone production could ramp up in India if Foxconn moves forward with plans to invest and increase operations.

Nutanix CEO to VMware: ‘Stop Being a Bully’

The Nutanix-VMware battle escalated with a Nutanix blog accusing VMware COO Sanjay Poonen of “bullying” Nutanix customers.

4G roaming traffic doubled globally last year – BICS

Regulatory changes and increased competition continue to drive massive growth in LTE roaming around the world, according to new data from BICS.

Scotland and Wales top the broadband not spot list once again

While there might be a few rogue entries into the UK broadband sh*t-list, the usual suspects are present once again demonstrating the difficulties in taking everyone across the digital finish line together.

Colt's IQ Network lands in Australia

Colt Technology Services extended the reach of its Colt IQ network into Australia as part of its APAC expansion.

Apple Pay expands to 74 of top 100 U.S. merchants

Apple Pay will soon be available in 74 of the top 100 merchants in the U.S. and 65% of all retailers across the country.

Canonical Brings IoT Security to Ubuntu Core

Canonical says the latest version of its platform for IoT and container deployments will reduce three things: time to market, software development risk, and security maintenance costs.

Q&A—Masergy CEO says SDN is a foundational to company's success

As the new CEO of Masergy, James Parker believes the company is well-positioned to serve its enterprise customers despite increased competition. Prior to…

Deutsche Telekom Flags Further 5G Tests in 2019

The German carrier signed an agreement with the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises to drive 5G deployment in the capital.

IBM Had a Very Good Day in the Cloud

Wall Street is happy with IBM's business turnaround.

Consumer Interest in à la Carte Declining – TiVo Study

'Content fatigue' is starting to set in as the myriad direct-to-consumer video services become increasingly diverse and fragmented.

IBM Inks 8-Year Cloud Deal With BNP Paribas, France's Biggest Bank

IBM is building cloud momentum following partnerships with Vodafone and Juniper Networks last week.

Cable & Wireless: A Tale of Two Capex Scenarios in 2019

Wireless capex is poised to rise in 2019 while cable capital spending falls as MSOs wrap up some major projects and spend less on set-tops, according to a new forecast from MoffettNathanson.

AT&T Promotes Its 3 Pillars for Business 5G

Mobile 5G, edge computing and fixed wireless are the special sauce for business 5G right now, according to AT&T.

Can LoRa Withstand the Cellular Stampede?

Defying predictions it would be trampled by cellular IoT, LoRa technology has continued to secure business. But can it become a multi-billion-device technology?

Forget 28GHz, the 24GHz Auction Is the One to Watch

If 5G is the biggest thing since sliced bread, why is the nation's first 5G spectrum auction drawing so little interest among bidders?

AT&T's Promotes Its 3 Pillars for Business 5G

Mobile 5G, edge computing and fixed wireless are the special sauce for business 5G right now, according to AT&T.

Eurobites: French Regulator Fines Google €50M for Overstepping the GDPR Mark

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Com Hem launches mobile offer; TomTom sells Telematics unit to Bridgestone; more Huawei heebie-jeebies.

Ericsson’s loss is a US operator’s gain once more as T-Mobile hires Ewaldsson

T-Mobile US wasted little time in snapping up former Ericsson lifer Ulf Ewaldsson after he came on the market, to head up its 5G efforts.

France fines Google for being vague

The French regulator has swung the GDPR stick for the first time and landed it firmly on Google’s rump, costing the firm €50 million for transparency and consent violations.

AT&T Outlines 3 Pillars of Its 5G Strategy

They are mobile 5G, fixed wireless, and edge computing, and AT&T says it is building its networks to allow “LTE to work efficiently in parallel with 5G.” “

Ren’s roadshow continues as Huawei warns of job cuts

Huawei Founder Ren Zhengfei has prepped his employees with a warning of ‘hardship’ and job cuts in the future.

Anonymous targets Zimbabwe after government crack-down

International hacktivist group Anonymous has targeted the Zimbabwe government after it attempted to halt nationwide protests through various means including blocking social media sites.

Commuters account for 14% of UK online spending – research

A new report into commuters’ spending habits reckons they drop £23 billion per year of stuff via their mobile devices while on the move.

Huawei CEO warns of job losses

On Friday, Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei fired off a companywide email warning that a slowdown in the sale of its 5G gear could lead to job cuts.

Cybersecurity investments on the up but not sustainable – study

Research from Strategic Cyber Ventures points to an increased appetite for cyber security investments, but the euphoria sweeping the segment forward is not sustainable.

Two-thirds of DDoS attacks take aim at CSPs—report

Communications service providers were targeted by 65% of the DDoS attacks in the third quarter of last year, according to a new report.

WhatsApp limits forwards in bid to stop misinformation

WhatsApp is imposing a new limit on the number of individuals or groups that a message can be forwarded to in a bid to curb rumors.

FCC’s 28 GHz auction surpasses $700M

The FCC’s auction of 28 GHz spectrum officially surpassed $700 million after 35 days of bidding activity.

Europe struggles to get support for Article 13 digital copyright laws

The most controversial part of the EU Copyright Directive, known as Article 13, is struggling to pass through Europe’s Byzantine bureaucracy.

Privacy champion Max Schrems is back with another lawsuit

The man who is largely credited with the downfall of Safe Harbour has re-emerged from the shadows to take eight of the internet giants to court over GDPR violations.

Accenture Upgrades Linux Foundation Membership, Expands ONAP Work

Accenture has been working on a commercial version of ONAP to support providers’ transition from hardware-based to software-based networks.

Security VC Funding Hit Record $5.3 Billion in 2018

But “this rate of investment is not sustainable,” Strategic Cyber Ventures warns. There are likely many security “zombies” that initially raised big rounds but now growth has slowed.

Cisco, Akamai Participate In EdgeMicro Live Testing

According to EdgeMicro, these proof-of-concept edge computing tests are the last step before deployment.

Dell’Oro: 5G NR to Boost RAN Investments to $160B in Five Years

Research group sees reasons to be cheerful as mobile infrastructure market set to see turnaround after three consecutive years of declining revenues thanks to 5G New Radio.

Lawmakers back C-band incumbents in letter to FCC

Two members of Congress are calling on the FCC to proceed with caution as it considers permitting new wireless services and shared use in the C-band.

Sigfox US Boss Is Out as Offices Close in Boston, San Francisco

The French IoT specialist parts company with its US boss after just a year and shuts offices in Boston and San Francisco.

Eurobites: Regulator Rejects TIM's Fixed-Line Spin-Off Proposal

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Lorenzo oils TIM's revenue wheels; Iliad invests in sovereign service provider; Dutch tread carefully on the Huawei front.

Huawei Founder Warns of Job Cuts – Report

Ren Zhengfei says the Chinese vendor needs to prepare for a gloomier outlook because of the backlash it is facing outside China.