Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Security Strategy

Fortinet, ZTE, CUJO AI and Colt all had standout entries for most innovative security strategy in this year's Leading Lights contest.

Kontainer Korner: VMware Updates Enterprise PKS; Diamanti Drives Kubernetes On-Prem

VMware also unveiled a beta program of the next Enterprise PKS iteration that will include support for the latest Kubernetes 1.14 release.

Big Switch stands tall with Dell EMC OEM partnership

Big Switch Networks is standing on the shoulders of a giant thanks to a new original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement with Dell EMC.

Android officially endorses AT&T’s 5GE thing

Now that AT&T has got the all clear the Android Open Source Project has decided to embrace 5G Evolution.

Editor's Corner—Linux Foundation and ETSI finally forge tighter alliance

It's good news for the industry that the Linux Foundation and ETSI announced they had signed a MOU to work with each other more closely.

KPN bans Huawei from its 5G network core

The Dutch operator announced that it has signed an agreement with Huawei to build the 5G radio network but will only select a western vendor for 5G core.

Intel admits losing Apple caused it to ditch 5G modems – well duh

Chip giant Intel silenced the non-speculation about it bailing on its much heralded 5G modem project by admitting it was due to losing Apple as a customer.

Linux Foundation, ETSI Sign MOU, Promise to Harmonize Open Source Efforts

The open source groups already work together. But they also have their own initiatives related to NFV and edge computing, among other technologies.

Swan confirms cause of Intel’s exit of 5G modem market

The company is now mulling over what to do with its 5G modem business.

T-Mobile to launch 5G on 600 MHz in the second half of 2019

The carrier’s total revenues increased by 6% year-over-year to $11.1 billion, and it reported net income for the quarter of $908 million, up 35% year-over-year.

What Clouds? Amazon, Microsoft Cloud Businesses Continue to Shine

It's unlikely either company will be losing any cloud market share this quarter as both flirt with $1 trillion valuations.

Juniper Networks reports rocky Q1 results

While Juniper Networks struggled across the board in its first-quarter results, its software revenue was a bright spot.

KPN won’t use Huawei for 5G core but will use its radios

The company said it will choose a Western vendor for core products.

Dell EMC, Big Switch Take On Cisco With Open Networking Deal

Open networking revenue (excluding hyperscalers) is expected to reach $1.35 billion by 2023, with a compound annual growth rate of 33% between 2019 and 2023.

Verizon expands 5G supported by Samsung 5G phone

US operator Verizon will switch on 5G in 20 more cities and has opened pre-orders of Samsung’s Galaxy S10 5G smartphone.

Verizon waives $10 5G network fee amid mixed reviews

CEO Vestberg seemed to concede that there are challenges with millimeter wave during an earnings call.

T-Mobile US Addresses Standalone Prospects if Merger Fails

T-Mobile US said it can deliver 5G on its own and it plans to at least double the speeds it provides today when it rolls out 5G services later this year.

An Argument For Why SD-WAN Needs AI, 5G, and uCPE

QOS Networks CEO Frank Cittadino discusses the managed service providers’ road ahead for SD-WAN and why it will definitely include uCPE, AI, and 5G.

TiVo/Rovi Seeks to Block Comcast X1 Box, Broadband Gateway Imports

New complaint at the International Trade Commission alleges that cable operator is infringing on six patents that also form basis of a recent lawsuit filed in a California court.

Cox Tests Premium Low-Lag Gaming Service

MSO stresses that $14.99/month 'Cox Elite Gamer' service steers clear of net neutrality concerns because it does not prioritize or speed up Internet traffic.

FCC Commissioners Waver Over C-Band Details for 5G

Two of the FCC's five commissioners don't quite see eye-to-eye on exactly how to shift C-Band spectrum from the satellite industry to the 5G sector. Billions of dollars are at stake.

Eurobites: ETSI & Linux Foundation Get Jiggy With IT

Also in today's regional roundup: Orange Spain tests Huawei 5G smartphone; KPN's numbers are heading south as it makes its 5G vendor decisions; and competitive device manufacturer Oppo is heading to Europe.

WiCipedia: Empty Restrooms, Mom 2.0 Summit & 'Brilliant Jerks' Culture

This week in our WiC roundup: Conference restroom lines show gender disparity; the best companies for millennial women; men in tech who committed sexual harassment or assault likely have big new jobs; and more.

KPN Rules Out Huawei for 5G Core

Dutch national operator will use a 'Western' supplier for the 'sensitive' 5G core platform.

6G too much? ‘Beyond 5G’ offers alternative

It may seem preposterous to talk about 6G these days, but that’s exactly what academics at NYU Wireless and researchers at Nokia Bell Labs need to do at this…

Intel Data Center Chip Biz Falls 6% in Q1, Swan Forecasts 2019 Revenue Drop

“When it became apparent that we don’t have a clear path to profitability in 5G modems, we acted,” CEO Bob Swan said, adding that Intel will continue to make 5G networking infrastructure.

O’Rielly: ‘No more dawdling’ on C-Band

FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly might have been preaching to the choir at the Brooklyn 5G Summit on Thursday, but he didn’t mince words when it came to his…

Rackspace names Jones as its third CEO in two years

Managed-hosting company Rackspace announced this week that it has named its third CEO in two years.

EE 5G festival claims cause a Ruckus

UK operator EE has claimed yet another 5G first but wireless tech company Ruckus Networks reckons it might have stuck its neck out too far.

Telia bags a big NB-IoT gig

Swedish operator Telia is going to connect nearly a million smart meters using narrowband IoT technology.

Nokia laments a weak first quarter

Finnish telecom vendor Nokia reported a disappointing Q1 of flat revenue and expanding loss. The company blamed competition and slow ramp-up of 5G.

Nokia reports ‘weak’ Q1 2019 earnings attributed to 5G

Without naming Ericsson, Nokia’s CEO, speaking at the company's Q1 earnings call, addressed some 5G technology that Ericsson is touting.

Verizon Names 20 More Markets That Will Eventually Get 5G

Verizon named the next 20 cities to receive mobile 5G, but service may not actually be live for up to eight months.

Docker, Arm team up for development of cloud, edge and IoT software

Docker and Arm have joined forces help cloud developers build applications for cloud, edge, and IoT environments on Arm's technologies

SAP Targets Oracle Cuts as Part of Cloud-Focused Strategic Review

The Oracle maneuver echoes a similar push by Amazon to ditch its reliance on Oracle platforms.

Oppo zooms into Europe with the Reno 5G smartphone

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has joined the likes of Xiaomi in seeking its fortunes further afield.

Verizon expands 5G to 20 more cities, 5G phones now available

Verizon also said it will roll out its fixed wireless 5G Home broadband service to some of those markets.

Enterprises to spend $1.18T in 2019 on digital transformation projects

Enterprises are ramping up their digital transformation projects to the tune of $1.18 trillion in 2019, an increase in spending of 18% over 2018.

Alphabet’s Loon partners with Softbank’s HAPSMobile for stratospheric connectivity

The partnership will provide “an opportunity to develop an entire industry,” executives said.

Amazon Web Services Opens Hong Kong Data Center Region

The AWS Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong) Region is the cloud giant’s eighth data center region in Asia-Pacific, and it joins Beijing, Mumbai, Ningxia, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo.

Nokia Reports Weak Q1 Amid Rising Competitive Intensity for 5G

The vendor posts a surprise first-quarter 2019 loss, but CEO Rajeev Suri says a weak Q1 was expected and maintains guidance for the full year.

Ruckus touts CBRS portfolio

Ruckus Wireless, an early player in CBRS, this week announced the immediate availability of its CBRS portfolio ahead of an expected summer deployment of…

Preparing Your Enterprise for the Worst With Disaster Recovery, Monitoring

Cloud management company RackWare’s co-founders recommend implementing a comprehensive plan and a monitoring/disaster recovery tool to protect your enterprise.

Juniper Foresees Service Provider Gloom

Juniper is hopeful its service provider business might pick up, but it isn't making promises. Overall Juniper revenues are down sharply in Q1.

T-Mobile: 5G Launch in 2H19 Should Double LTE Speeds

As analysts grow increasingly worried that T-Mobile will not be able to consummate its proposed merger with Sprint, the focus is shifting to the 5G services T-Mobile might be able to provide on its own.

Verizon: Fully Virtualized 5G Core to Launch in 1 to 2 Years

Verizon currently uses a 4G LTE IMS core from Nokia for its 5G offerings. But in the next 1 to 2 years, the operator has said it will shift to a standalone, fully virtualized 5G core for its 5G services.

SoftBank Plows Big Bucks Into Drones & Balloons for 5G, IoT

SoftBank is embarking on a new business that involves building massive drones to provide Internet services in remote areas. Tied in, SoftBank is also plowing $125 million into Alphabet's Loon project.

Comcast's Mobile Sub Growth Slows, but Other Mobile Metrics Improve

Xfinity Mobile adds 170,000 lines in Q1, extending the total to 1.4 million. Mobile-related revenues rose 24.4% while losses shrunk significantly.

Podcast: Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Madness, Ominous Signs for Omniverse

Jeff Baumgartner catches us up on the Omniverse saga and Mike Dano looks at what might happen if the Sprint and T-Mobile merger is blocked.

Rackspace Names Third CEO in Two Years

Kevin Jones, who has experience in both transportation and enterprise technology, replaces Joe Eazor, who didn't last long.

Eurobites: BT Considers Offers for Irish Unit

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone and Orange expand network-sharing agreement in Spain; Telia's soft start to the year; Telecom Italia claims speed supremacy.

Nokia Suffers 5G Blues in Q1, Stock Slumps

When the CEO and CFO say the quarter was 'weak,' you know it was bad: investors agreed.

Thanks to Azure, Microsoft tallies $30.6B in Q3 revenues

Microsoft's cloud business, which includes Azure and other cloud-based services, continued to be a money-making machine in its third quarter results.

Sprint CTO: No apologies for network

Many of the problems that Sprint is experiencing are a direct result of its network, an area that Sprint CTO John Saw now oversees in terms of planning and…

Verizon and AT&T are bullish on fiber builds

While 5G may be the showstopper for Verizon and AT&T, their respective fiber build-outs are the roadies that move and carry the loads.

EE to extoll the virtues of its 5G signal at Glastonbury

As a regular sponsor of the Glastonbury Festival UK MNO EE is going to use the opportunity to bang on about 5G this year.

The UK may allow Huawei to get involved in its 5G after all

The UK government is said to have agreed to let Chinese telecom kit maker Huawei join the building of non-core parts of the country’s 5G network.

Cologix launches access marketplace for cloud providers

Working with Ciena's Blue Planet, Cologix announced on Wednesday the launch of its new cloud connectivity platform, Cologix Access Marketplace.

AT&T Pushes ‘Nationwide 5G’ Coverage Plans to End of 2020

AT&T pushed back its self-imposed deadline to provide nationwide 5G coverage from “early 2020” to the end of next year.

AT&T’s first 5G customers use the service for wired LAN replacement

AT&T's largest business segment, Mobility, which includes its wireless business, had revenue of $17.57 billion during the quarter, missing estimates…

Docker and Arm Expand Cloud-Native to the Edge, IoT

Developers taking advantage of the tie-up will not have to change how they code. They will just have more direct access to frameworks from both companies.

AT&T expands its Supplier Diversity program

AT&T announced on Wednesday that it has extended the reach of its Supplier Diversity program through a "preferred supplier designation."

VMware Rebuilds Edge, IoT Management Platform, Pushes It to the Cloud

The 2.0 product is available as software-as-a-service, with SaaS services hosted by VMware now and the vendor’s cloud provider partners later in the year.

Apple boss wants more state intervention in tech business

Tim Cook, CEO of the world’s largest tech company Apple, has once more called for greater regulation of the sector.

Wave, RCN and Grande drill down on connectivity for business solutions

Wave, RCN and Grande, which are all owned by TPG, have aligned their fiber footprints to provide connectivity business solutions

Samsung to invest $116B in logic chips as memory chip market shrinks

The downturn in the memory chip market has eaten into the company’s earnings.

U.K.’s Theresa May will ban Huawei from 5G network cores

Huawei will still be able to supply noncore products to carriers building out 5G networks.

Cumulus Updates Network Operations Toolset for Modern Networks

Cumulus built a new underlying infrastructure for the toolset so end-users can process massive amounts of data, leading to overall better network performance.

Huawei Gets Limited 5G Nod From UK

The British government has stopped short of banning Huawei but wants to exclude the vendor from sensitive parts of the network.

Rancher Labs Releases Slim OS for Its Edge-Focused K3s Platform

The k3OS uses the same declarative syntax as other Kubernetes resources. This allows a user to install and upgrade the k3s platform and the k3OS at the same time.

Ruckus Ready to Roll With CBRS Tech

In-building cellular coverage expected to be 'biggest, broadest use case' early on, exec says.

5G Completely Absent From Tesla's Big Autonomous Driving Event

Tesla's Elon Musk made some aggressive promises around autonomous driving during the company's 'Autonomy Day' event. Conspicuously absent though was any mention of 5G.

Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Telco Cloud Product Strategy (Vendor)

Thirteen vendors, from Altiostar to ZTE, are helping operators apply SDN and NFV technologies to transform their networks from the core to the edge.

Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative SD-WAN Service

With momentum running strong in the SD-WAN market, the Leading Lights award for the 'Most Innovative SD-WAN Service' received a flood of entries.

AT&T Hints at Speed-Based Pricing for 5G

AT&T executives offered updates on the operator's '5G E' and 5G NR network buildout efforts, as well as a list of what the operator needs to make things easier.

AT&T Loses 627K Video Subs in Q1

Losses in period include 83,000 for DirecTV Now, but company sees legacy TV declines slowing later in 2019 alongside improving results for its newly priced OTT video product.

Huawei's Ox Horn Campus Is a Total Trip!

Take a sneak peek at the new Huawei campus with Telecoms.com's Jamie Davies and Light Reading's Tien Chi Fu. Yes, European-style architecture slap-bang in the middle of China's bustling tech center. It's like Disney World without the fun – but with 5G!

Vapor IO Dials Up Edge Computing Hotline to Amazon's AWS

Vapor IO is working with Crown Castle and Amazon to essentially develop a 'red phone' hotline between its edge computing data centers and the AWS data centers Amazon offers for cloud computing services.

Eurobites: UK Gives Huawei the Nod on 'Non-Core' 5G Network Elements

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Virgin Media CEO Mockridge departs; Tele2 earnings up, revenue down; Telia lands smart-meter deal; 5G live at Glastonbury.

ACE Stands By Case Linking Omniverse & Dragon Box

Omniverse, the target of a copyright lawsuit, has argued that any comparison between it and Dragon Box is 'scandalous and immaterial' and has moved to strike it from the proceedings.

Huawei increased revenues by 39% in Q1

Chinese telecoms kit giant Huawei defied its critics by raking in loads more cash in the first quarter of this year.

mmWave 5G will require very, very dense networks: report

Verizon's 5G network in Chicago points to concerns about the economics of 5G.

JMA Wireless challenges non-U.S. telecom vendors with its vRAN

The company says there are different approaches to virtualizing the RAN, and it claims to virtualize more of the baseband unit than other vendors.

Samsung delays launch of foldy phone after bad reviews

Korean electronics giant Samsung was due to launch the Galaxy Fold this week but after a few of them broke in the hands of reviewers it has changed its mind.

UK MNOs suck compared to MVNOs – Which

Consumer publication Which asked its members to rate UK mobile operators and found the small ones tend to do better across the board.

Tencent works with Acacia for 200G IP over DWDM

Tencent announced today that it has completed an 80-km fiber transmission of multiple 200G 8QAM signals using Acacia's modules on third-party switches.

AT&T will stick with 5GE after settling with Sprint

US operator Sprint has settled the case it brought against AT&T for unfair competition with the 5GE marketing gimmick with apparently little to show for it.

Huawei partners with Infosys to further build its cloud ecosystem

Huawei's continued quest to be one of the world's largest cloud players took a small step forward with today's partnership announcement with…

HPE’s Liz Joyce Talks Cybersecurity, Cookies, and How Diversity Helps Beat the Baddies

“Cybersecurity is a big challenge,” Joyce said. “And if you don’t have diversity, you’re going to keep coming up with the same answers.”

Verizon's 5G Future Tied to Spectrum, Technology Advances

Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg declined to say which spectrum bands it will bring to 5G, but he did explain that efforts to refarm 3G spectrum for its burgeoning 5G network will be completed by 2020.

T-Mobile, Sprint trash-talk their own networks in bid to merge

As part of their effort to convince the FCC to give the merger its stamp of approval, T-Mobile and Sprint executives described deficiencies of their two…

Sylabs Slides Singularity Updates Into Its Enterprise Pro Package

Sylabs’ platform uses the Linux-based Singularity container platform, which its CEO developed in late 2015. It was initially designed for use in high-performance computing and scientific use cases.

Huawei frustration shows as CIA allegedly shows the goods

In China, Huawei cybersecurity bosses vented their frustrations, while in the US, the CIA has reportedly produced evidence of Chinese Government investment in the telco vendor.

Verizon’s Q1 delivers 61,000 postpaid net adds

Verizon’s first-quarter 2019 results were mostly a mixed bag in the wireless division, with the operator reporting 61,000 retail postpaid net additions and a…

NetElastic Combines SD-WAN, Application Visibility on New Enterprise Router

The three-year old startup first made its way into SD-WAN in 2018, developing a carrier-centric service for smaller enterprise customers on a budget.

Verizon CEO defends mmWave strategy

CEO Hans Vestberg defended Verizon’s millimeter wave spectrum strategy one day after T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray blasted its “spotty” and “unreliable” 5G coverage…

China Unicom Signals Intent to Be Among First With 5G

The Chinese operator plans 5G trials in seven major cities as Qualcomm announces its support for new 5G smartphones on the carrier’s network.

Harness raises $60M to automate continuous delivery

San Francisco-based startup Harness announced on Tuesday that it has raised $60 million in its second round of funding.

UPDATE: Samsung delays launch of Galaxy Fold phones in U.S.

The announcement follows Samsung's decision to cancel the phone’s April 24 launch in China.

Sprint settles out of court with AT&T over 5G E

AT&T will continue to use the 5G E icon on non-5G networks and devices.

Harness Raises $60 Million to Disrupt, Boost Continuous Delivery Market

The startup, founded by former AppDynamics founder and CEO, differentiates itself by adding a layer of AI and machine learning to its continuous delivery as-a-service platform.

Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Business Cloud Service

Colt Technology Services, Comcast Business and Vonage all had stand-out cloud service offerings for business customers in the past 12 months.

Verizon to Hawk YouTube TV to Mobile, 5G Home & Fios Broadband Subs

Pact fits with Verizon's decision to focus on the network and its ambitious 5G rollout and to avoid the expense and headache of building its own OTT-TV service.

Verizon: mmWave Is Not 'a Coverage Spectrum' for 5G

Verizon's CEO fought back against concerns that the operator's mmWave 5G buildout isn't meeting expectations, but said that 'we all need to remind ourselves, this is not a coverage spectrum.'

VMware Takes IoT Management to the Cloud

VMware Pulse IoT Center provides edge infrastructure and lifecycle management, and partners can get in on the action later this year.

Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Telco Cloud Strategy

Three leading operators make the shortlist for telco cloud strategy for this year's Leading Lights.

Here Are T-Mobile's 5 Most Congested Markets

California – including cities like San Bernardino, Pomona and Salinas – appears to be causing T-Mobile some trouble in terms of network congestion, at least according to new findings from Tutela.

Eurobites: UK's Mobile Giants Upstaged by MVNO Minnows, Says Report

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia gets virtual with 5G testing; Forsway lands 5G contract with European Space Agency; telematics-based car insurance in the fast lane.

DevOps Startup Harness.io Scores $60M Funding

Founded by Jyoti Bansal, who previously co-founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7 billion, Harness.io provides continuous application integration and deployment (CICD) as a service.

Verizon pledges to go carbon neutral by 2035

Late last year, Verizon pledged to source renewable energy equivalent to 50% of its total electricity usage by 2025.

T-Mobile says 5G mmWave deployments ‘will never materially scale’

T-Mobile says it'll only use millimeter wave for dense urban environments and venues.

Report: Apple's monthly cloud storage bill with AWS exceeds $30M

Despite competing against each other on the consumer front, Apple has an almost symbiotic relationship with Amazon.

Huawei Posts Sustained Growth Despite US-Led Campaign

The company had inked 40 contracts for 5G commercial networks by the end of March.

Blockchain heats up across telecom industry

MEF, CableLabs and ETSI, along with various carriers, are exploring use cases around blockchain.

Expereo Adds 5G Access to Its Managed SD-WAN, Internet Services

With the expansion, customers will have access to fiber, broadband, 4G wireless, and 5G connectivity options depending on availability.

Fastly Files for $100 Million IPO

The filing comes less than a year after Fastly’s latest funding round: a $40 million Series F that pushed the 8-year-old company’s total haul to $219 million and its valuation to $850 million.

Samsung cancels Galaxy Fold launch in China

Samsung released a statement last week saying it would inspect the defective phones.

Early 5G pricing strategies indicate more of the same

Now that 5G commercial services are starting to go live in the leading markets, we get a glimpse into operators’ views of how much value they believe they can…

CAGW tallies spectrum wins since 1994: $121.7B

Citing the $121.7 billion raised in spectrum auctions since 1994, a CAGW report seeks to keep taxpayers’ interests above satellite companies’.

Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Edge Computing Strategy

Alef Edge, AT&T, Edgeworx, MobiledgeX, Qwilt, SK Telecom and Vapor IO are the Leading Lights 2019 Finalists for Most Innovative Edge Computing Strategy.

Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Cable/Video Product or Service

Our shortlist for this Leading Lights category features eight solid contenders.

TiVo Fires Another Lawsuit at Comcast

This time around, TiVo/Rovi accuses Comcast of infringing on six patents and technologies used in a variety of DVR and non-DVR video devices, as well as broadband gateways.

AT&T, T-Mobile Close Galaxy Fold Hopes as Samsung Delays Folding Phone

Apparently Samsung's new folding phone, the Galaxy Fold, isn't quite ready for prime time considering a number of reviewers found major problems with the device. It's like the Galaxy Note 7 all over again.

Rogers Nets 100K X1-Based Video Subs in Q1, but Pay-TV Base Declines

Makes 'steady progress' with new IP-based video service based on Comcast's cloud platform, but admits rollout has a way to go.

India's Telecom Sector Set for ARPU Recovery

Aggressive competition has driven down customer spending in the Indian telecom market, but there are at last signs of a change.

Why Wireless Carriers Magically Keep Growing Every Quarter

US wireless network operators are reporting phone growth beyond any rational explanation. Where are these new 'customers' coming from? Hint: Look for unused phones in desk drawers.