Edgewise Networks’ Simple Microsegmentation Strategy Takes On VMware, Cisco

“If I have a threat space that is bounded and measurable, why wouldn’t you go whole hog after it? That is precisely what zero trust and microsegmentation does,” says CEO Peter Smith.

More than 13% mobile users in Spain changed operators in 2018

According to a recent survey, over 13% of mobile users in Spain switched mobile operator in 2018, 18% more considered switching.

Facebook buys into the cryptocurrency buzz – report

Reports suggest Facebook is in the process of developing its own cryptocurrency, with plans to launch in as many as a dozen countries as early as Q1 2020.

AT&T starts accepting cryptocurrency to pay bills

AT&T has announced it’s the first US operator to accept cryptocurrency from its customers to pay their bills.

Amazon wants to be more in-tune with your emotions

Amazon is reportedly working on new technology which will be able to detect users’ emotional state by analysing their vocal patterns.

Ofcom forces Openreach to open up again and reintroduces Dark Fibre

Ofcom has proposed new rules which will force Openreach to open up more of its network to other communications service providers.

NYU’s Rappaport returns for another stint on TAC

NYU Wireless director and founder Theodore (Ted) Rappaport has been appointed to serve on the FCC’s Technological Advisory Council (TAC), which is just…

U.S. Senate passes anti-robocall TRACED Act

Verizon, AT&T and other operators are promoting the STIR-SHAKEN call authentication standard for IP voice services.

DT inks fiber access deal with Gigabit Region Stuttgart

Deutsche Telekom announced on Friday that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Gigabit Region Stuttgart to expand and upgrade its fiber-optic network.

Musk takes first step towards SpaceX broadband vision

SpaceX has kicked off its satellite broadband mission with the launch of 60 assets, all of which are now online.

Huawei trademarks its own OS, as Google plans to cut off Android access

The OS could be ready for launch in China by the end of the year and would hit international markets early next year.

Telstra Launches Limited 5G Service in Australia

Telstra has started building out 5G coverage in 10 cities and plans to expand the network almost five-fold in total coverage area to at least 35 cities during the next 12 months.

Vodafone, ESL launch global 5G esports tournament

The competition will include grand finals played over a live 5G network.

Equinix's Poole: NFV is the goldent ticket for 5G

While the telecom industry has held its collective breath for the rollout of 5G services and apps, this year's deployments are on a slow roll.

Vodafone and Ericsson Showcase Virtualized 5G Core in Roaming Demo

Vodafone OpCos in Portugal and Spain made use of two gamers to demonstrate 5G roaming capabilities.

HPE Intelligent Edge, Hybrid IT Revenue Drops in Q2 2019

CEO Antonio Neri blamed declining revenue on trade tensions, longer than expected sales cycles with some customers, and “execution issues,” specifically with Aruba product sales.

Is Quantum Computing the Answer to Future Data Center Innovation?

Access to quantum computing systems are likely to be through cloud connections because of the prohibitive cost of organizations having their own systems and thus having to rely on pooling their access.

FCC responds to 5G health concerns as politicians push for more information

A group of U.S. politicians have asked for information on the safety of 5G small cell infrastructure on behalf of their constituents.

Industry Voices—Raynovich: Who wins in the 5G wars?

The benefit of 5G for existing users and cloud companies is real; the benefit for service providers is less clear, according to analyst Scott Raynovich.

Huawei Restricted From WiFi & Electronics Standards Groups

In fallout from US sanctions, Huawei is restricted from participating in groups that set standards for WiFi, SD Card storage and other electronics.

Here Are the Most Congested Wireless Networks in the US

Cities in California, Texas and Florida host some of the nation's most congested wireless networks, according to new data from Tutela.

Viasat Soars to Record Revenues

Satellite broadband and services company notches record fiscal Q4 and full-year revenues as it progresses with a new set of satellites that will provide it with global coverage and gobs more capacity.

Vodafone Pooh-Poohs Ofcom's Dark Fiber Deal as 5G Looms

With 5G around the corner, the UK mobile operator has complained about the latest regulatory effort to improve access to the Openreach network.

Zayo's Brian Daniels: Fiber Holds Key to Unlocking Millimeter Wave's Potential

As speedy millimeter wave technology gets deployed to fill some important gaps in super-dense urban areas and some rural regions, the potential of these new wireless offerings will be limited if not backed up by rich fiber networks.

Eurobites: Ofcom Opens Up BT's Ducts Some More

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Safaricom and Vodacom form JV to buy rights to M-Pesa; Three drops Huawei 5G phone; Huawei warns of Berlin Wall effect; happy birthday to GDPR.

WiCipedia: Recruitment Gender Bias, VC Cash Stash & Making Better Decisions

This week in our WiC roundup: Gender bias still an issue during recruitment; VC cash reserves for female-founded companies; hot job market draws in women; and more.

Germany's €6B 5G Auction Should Be a Break Point for Telecom

Germany's interminable 5G auction should make Europe's regulators think about the way they award spectrum to network operators.

Vodafone and EE 5G tariffs point towards a new form of digital divide

If the technology industry wants 5G to change the world, placing prohibitive pricing on data tariffs is a strange way to go about it.

Is It Time for Open Source SD-WAN?

A look at how open source intersects with SD-WAN, how openness could help, and whether open source will come to the networking tech.

Tempering Open Source Expectations in 5G

Open source is making an impact on the software layer of 5G networks, but the vision for open source networking is much more grandiose.

T-Mobile pledges to meet/beat discounts from other carriers

According to research firm HarrisX, around 50 million people have discounts from their wireless carriers, and they’re afraid to switch carriers for fear of…

AT&T tops Vertical Systems' first SD-WAN Leaderboard

Vertical Systems Group has checked the pulse of the managed SD-WAN sector and AT&T came out on top of its leaderboard for 2018.

US is whispering in South Korea’s ear over Huawei – report

US diplomats are in Seoul and up to their old tricks attempting to convince the South Korean foreign ministry over the dangers of China.

Europe’s lead data watchdog opens Google GDPR investigation

Ireland’s data protection watchdog has kicked off a GDPR investigation into Google following a complaint from ad-free web browser Brave.

Huawei CEO pressures US President Trump via Chinese media

Ren Zhengfei, Founder and CEO of besieged telecoms vendor Huawei, chose sympathetic Chinese media for his latest publicity initiative.

Estonia is best digital home away from home, report says

Expats voted Estonia to the top of their digital life quality list in a new survey.

Arm splits with Huawei; Chinese firm preps OS

In the ever-churning Huawei news cycle, chipmaker Arm is suspending business with the Chinese vendor in order to comply with the U.S. restrictions.

Siemens Taps Chronicle Backstory for Managed Security Service

While Google’s analytics cred is well established, Chronicle is an interesting choice because it’s such a new player in security information and event management.

Technical Debt Can Be Good if it Drives Positive Business Outcomes

Pivotal's Dormain Drewitz explained that tech companies need to prioritize the level of risk in their technical debt just as banks do when they package up mortgage loans as derivatives.

Confusion Reigns Over One of Huawei’s Worse Weeks

A top Huawei executive has been accused of intellectual property theft and a growing number of major tech firms have cut ties with the company.

Microfinance NGO Uses Riverbed SD-WAN to Reach Into Rural Filipino Communities

By leveraging Riverbed SD-WAN, the Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation has been able to scale its network and branches, which will help it reach 600,000 new individuals through its initiatives in 2019.

Nokia to deploy single RAN network for U Mobile in Malaysia

Nokia and U Mobile also signed an MoU to conduct a live 5G network trial later this year.

CenturyLink retiring NFV 1.0, moves forward with NFV 4.0

While NFV has been a jungle of complexities for some service providers, CenturyLink continues to bushwhack its way to new horizons.

Vodafone, Ericsson demo 5G roaming for esports

Two prominent esports gamers from the Vodafone Giants team engaged in mobile gaming as they crossed the border between Portugal and Spain.

Will Sprint finally realize full value at 2.5 GHz?

The proposed merger transaction of T-Mobile and Sprint looks to be in the final innings, so it's as good a time as any to ponder the fate of Sprint's…

IBM Open Sources Razee CD Tool to Support Mega Kubernetes Scaling

The platform’s pull-based, declarative deployment mechanism allows it to scale to tens of thousands of clusters and hundreds of thousands of deployments.

Teridion Taps Cisco Meraki Security, SD-WAN for Branch Networking

Cisco’s Meraki MX security and SD-WAN appliances will integrate with Teridion’s public cloud-based WAN service to improve the performance of internet services.

ITC to Investigate Rovi/TiVo Complaint Against Comcast

Latest complaint at the International Trade Commission seeks to block imports of X1 set-tops, broadband gateway devices and associated software.

Senate Bill Offers Loans for Swapping Chinese Telecom Gear

What's better than a Memorial Day weekend mattress sale? A new bill offers interest-free loans from the Treasury to help carriers with fewer than 6 million customers replace Huawei kit.

Cable Gets Behind Emerging Holodeck Tech

CableLabs, Charter, Cox among companies backing effort to develop an device-agnostic immersive media format for a new class of holographic video and light field displays as well as legacy flat, 2D displays.

AT&T's Phillips: Career Sponsorship Goes Both Ways

Shay Phillips encourages her peers to identify a career sponsor, an advocate who provides workplace advice and challenges colleagues.

A Big 5G Investment Cycle? Don't Hold Your Breath

Operators are spending money on 5G, but not like they did for 4G or 3G. That might change if some fancy new 5G service goes viral, but in the meantime some in the industry are urging caution and patience.

A Coherent Take on NGON & DCI World

Heavy Reading's optical guru Sterling Perrin highlights some key trends from the NGON & DCI World event in Nice, including 'Beyond Coherent,' what 400ZR really means for the market, the latest on 5G transport and the FUDfest that is Huawei.

BT & the Unbearable Lightness of 5G-ing

A press conference to announce the UK's first 5G service failed to pack much punch.

Eurobites: Telia Norway Sheds Tenth of Workforce

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: TalkTalk walks the walk; ex-BT boss Patterson forgoes half his bonus; Tele2 agrees Kazakhstan exit terms.

Verizon's Dennis Ong: Vehicle Autonomy to Arrive in Phases

Personal autonomous vehicles is a long-term promise 5G, but the nearer-term reality is more likely involve autonomous shuttles in smart cities, assisted assisted by AI-empowered cameras, Verizon's Dr. Dennis Ong predicts.

Sprint's Campbell: 5G Is Getting Real – Now What?

Sprint's mobile 5G launch could happen in the next few days. But the real question is what the industry will do with 5G once it launches.

Podcast: Taking Aim at Huawei's Smartphone Business

In this podcast, find out what other Chinese vendors might emerge and profit from Huawei's troubles with the US. Also, Ovum's Daniel Gleeson talks about the device-related concerns service providers have when they go to launch 5G networks.

Vodafone cancels UK 5G launch event at the last minute

Vodafone UK was scheduled to match EE’s 5G launch event with one of its own the next day but has suddenly cancelled it.

Huawei honors its pledge to the smartphone mid-market

Despite all the pressures facing Huawei, it has still managed to pay attention to the often-overlooked mid-price smartphone market with the launch of the Honor 20 Series.

CenturyLink drops new E-LAN service into its Ethernet lineup

CenturyLink is leveraging its SDN platform to offer a new multipoint Ethernet service across its global footprint.

Huawei US ban metastasizes to ARM – where next?

The BBC is reporting that mobile chip designer ARM is the latest tech company to suspend its business with Huawei.

Qualcomm’s share price nosedives after FTC antirust loss

Qualcomm might have some of the most battle-hardened legal experts in the technology world, but it can’t win every fight.

Huawei’s in-house mobile OS is a very long shot

In response to the threat of an imminent Android ban Huawei has started banging on about its own mobile OS, but who would want to use it?

Spirent takes a crack at testing NFV performance

To help assure that NFV roll-outs will be successful, Spirent today announced a new NFV testing platform, which is called Spirent CloudSure.

EE 5G hits the ground running

Sneaking in-front of Vodafone to debut on May 30, EE’s 5G proposition will be launched across six cities in the UK with a range of different devices and interesting bundling options.

Cisco 'unfriends' Apstra

The bloom between Apstra and Cisco—both of whom offer intent-based networking solutions—has definitely withered.

EE to launch first commercial 5G network in U.K. May 30

The launch is part of EE’s phase one rollout of 5G services as a nonstandalone deployment.

Exclusive: Pluribus Demos Low-Latency Networking Fabric at Kinetic Edge

For the test, Pluribus created an SDN fabric across the three edge sites with two network slices to show the impact latency has on application performance.

ECI Bets on Universal CPE With the Launch of a Virtual SD-WAN Application

The company’s virtual SD-WAN application will run on top of ECI’s uCPE or third-party uCPEs and will be able to run alongside multiple virtual network functions.

CenturyLink Adds E-LAN Multipoint-to-Multipoint Services

The new E-LAN services are MEF CE (carrier Ethernet) 2.0 certified and available in almost 300 markets.

U.S. district judge rules Qualcomm violated antitrust laws

Qualcomm said it would immediately seek a stay of the district court’s judgment.

Rogers plans to launch NB-IoT network across Canada

Ontario will be the first region to see the NB-IoT network in 2019.

BT’s EE Sets May 30 as 5G Launch Date in Six U.K. Cities

BT's EE plans to start offering 5G services in six cities across the UK on May 30, a month earlier than rival Vodafone UK.

France Sticks to 2020 5G Rollout Plan, Still on the Fence With Huawei

The French president and finance minister stopped short of suggesting that Huawei should be banned as the telecoms regulator Arcep confirms that 5G rollouts will go ahead as planned.

Terabyte Broadband Homes Continue to Climb

OpenVault report finds that consumers in that 'power user' group doubled in Q1 2019, a growth rate that could cause some cable operators and other ISPs to consider upping their monthly data ceilings.

Mentor Spotlight: Glo Gordon Shines a Light on Boardroom Diversity

Matrixx Software board member Glo Gordon addresses initiatives and legislation that will support more diversity in corporate boardrooms.

Judge Rules Against Qualcomm in Antitrust Case

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the FTC in its case claiming that Qualcomm harmed competition in two markets for modem chips through a combination of high royalty fees and predatory licensing practices.

ARM Suspends Dealings With Huawei – Report

The chip designer joins US technology giants in freezing out China's biggest maker of network equipment.

Comcast Sizing Up Plan to Syndicate a Virtual CMTS – Sources

Comcast says it's premature to talk about how its network virtualization strategies will take shape, but industry sources say Comcast has discussed the idea of licensing its new tech to other MSOs.

BT Lines Up Western Vendors to Replace Huawei as 5G Goes Live

BT is now in core network trials with Cisco, Ericsson and Nokia, its CTO tells Light Reading, and may need to introduce a new RAN vendor.

Follow the Money: Optical Trends From NGON 2019

The opening sessions of this year's NGON & DCI World event in Nice focused on money matters and automation but there was little appetite to discuss the impact of global trade tensions and the US clampdown on Huawei's supply line.

CenturyLink Sharpens Up Its Ethernet Portfolio

CenturyLink broadens its Ethernet service portfolio as it tidies up loose ends from its Level 3 acquisition.

Eurobites: EE Gets to 5G First, Drops Huawei 5G Phones

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom's honeypots highlight hacker horrorshow; Ericsson sets up 5G hub in Moscow.

Big 5G Event Panel: Maximizing 5G ROI – The Business Case for 5G

Verizon's Nicki Palmer, AT&T's Igor Glubochansky, C Spire's Craig Sparks, Cincinnati Bell's Tom Simpson and CTIA's Tom Sawanobori join Light Reading's Mike Dano to discuss how 5G will really pay off for carriers.

Podcast: 5G & Hollywood Are the New SVOD Couple

In this podcast, Disney takes full control of Hulu and that could pose a bigger threat to traditional pay-TV providers. Also, nearly every single mobile network operator has a different angle on providing video services to consumers.

Sprint MVNO Altice May Continue to Oppose T-Mobile Merger

Cable company Altice – a Sprint MVNO – has been a staunch opponent of the proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile. And the company may continue to oppose the merger despite new conditions that specifically favor Altice and its MVNO deal with Sprint.

T-Mobile/Sprint deal chances now around 50/50: analysts

After Monday’s news that the FCC appears headed toward greenlighting the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint combination with conditions, analysts at MoffettNathanson…

Linux Foundation forms Urban Computing Foundation

The Linux Foundation has taken the wraps off a new open source community to help cities with their increasingly complex transportation networks.

Microsoft starts ruffling privacy feathers in the US

This weekend will mark the one-year anniversary of Europe’s GDPR and Microsoft has made the bold suggestion of bringing the rules over the pond to the US.

US autonomous truck trials go up a gear

The US Postal Service is trialling self-driving trucks between Texas and Arizona in partnership with autonomous vehicle specialist TuSimple.

C-Band Alliance files band plan

The C-Band Alliance has filed a band plan with the FCC that describes how cleared C-band spectrum could be divided into blocks upon which wireless carriers…

Ericsson and Nokia CEOs compare 5G sizes

For some reason the CEOs of both Ericsson and Nokia have felt compelled to make public statements defending their 5G performance.

ZTE moves to prove its own security credentials

Taking a page from the Huawei playbook, ZTE is opening its own European cybersecurity lab to demonstrate its own security credentials and appeal to customers.

US suspends Huawei ban for three months to help operators adapt

The US Department of Commerce has given Huawei a three month license to buy US goods in order to lessen the disruption to US companies.

US suspends Huawei export ban for three months to help operators adapt

The US Department of Commerce has given Huawei a three month license to buy US goods in order to lessen the disruption to US companies.

Marvell Pays $650M for Avera, Moves Into ASIC Biz

The acquisition puts Marvell in a better position to increase its marketshare wired and wireless infrastructure, “starting immediately in the fast-growing 5G base station market,” said CEO Matt Murphy.

Nokia CEO Claims Vendor Is Leading in 5G

Rajeev Suri said Nokia now has 37 5G commercial contracts, of which 20 are with named customers.

Industry Voices—Chua: SD-WAN—Should mobile carriers care?

The wide availability of 5G fixed wireless access holds promise for wireless carriers that could use it to deliver SD-WAN.

Microsoft pushes for GDPR-like privacy rules in the U.S.

With the one-year anniversary of the EU's adoption of its GDPR coming up soon, Microsoft is calling on Congress to do the same in the U.S.

FTC widens antitrust probe of Broadcom

The Federal Trade Commission is broadening its antitrust probe of Broadcom to see if the chipmaker used its dominance to hamper competition.

Ericsson opens 5G testing lab in Moscow

Commercial 5G services are expected to launch in Russia in 2020 as part of the country’s Digital Economy National Program.

Microsoft Spearheads Service Mesh Interoperability Push

The Service Mesh Interface platform provides a standardized API that will allow for the ability to deal with traffic policy, traffic telemetry, and traffic management across different service mesh technologies.

Trio of Security Firms Rake In $193M

Nearly $200 million has been raised by a trio of security companies this week and it’s only Tuesday.

DoJ doesn’t share FCC enthusiasm for T-Mobile/Sprint – report

The FCC might have a skip in its step after securing concessions from T-Mobile US and Sprint ahead of the proposed merger, but the Department of Justice is not convinced.

DataStax Offers Cloud-Native Database Management Based On Apache Cassandra

The data management company plans to release the cloud-native system this year with a monitoring and management tool and Apache Cassandra as-a-service.

Cybersecurity firm MistNet scores $7M in funding

MistNet announced a $7 million Series A round of funding on Tuesday and also launched its CyberMist detection platform.

Commerce Dept. offers temporary exemptions to Huawei blacklisting

The agency said it will authorize some U.S. telecom companies to continue engaging in export transactions with Huawei for the next 90 days.

CableLabs develops Dual Channel Wi-Fi

CableLabs is working with Wi-Fi ecosystem partners to advance Dual Channel Wi-Fi, which is designed to improve the performance of Wi-Fi. 

Affirmed Networks Claims First 5G Standalone Mobile Core

Affirmed Networks today announced UnityCloud, a cloud-native mobile core that the company claims to be the industry’s first 5G standalone (SA) mobile core.

Optical's Shifting Sands

The global optical networking market has been worth in the region of $15 billion for the past year, but while that number has varied only slightly year to year, what has changed is the nature of the investments and who's splashing the cash.

AT&T Proposes Amped-Up Power Levels for CBRS-Based 5G

The newly proposed power levels for CBRS spectrum are not as strong as 4G, but are more powerful than millimeter wave 5G.

CenturyLink Dives Into Services Deployed at the Deep Edge

CenturyLink's Kevin McBride explains why it's a 'great time to be wireline.'

Big Data Is Slowly Paying Off for Axiata

The Malaysian operator uses analytics to axe capital expenditure and is eyeing further benefits from the combination of network and external data.

CableLabs Seeks to Supercharge WiFi

New open source project from CableLabs focuses on 'Dual Channel WiFi' technology that can set up dedicated channels for specific apps and traffic types such as streaming video and online gaming.

DoJ 'Leans Against' T-Mobile/Sprint Merger – Report

The Justice Department is inclined to block the merger, even after the FCC chairman's approval, according to Bloomberg.

Sprint Goes Loco for 'Low Code'

Sprint is using a 'low code' development platform to streamline business processes, including getting wireline customers online faster.

Eurobites: Investment Up but Revenues Down for French Operators in 2018

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: ZTE opens cybersecurity lab in Rome; coaxial startup lands Vodafone Germany deal; payback time for UK mobile operators?

Supersizing the C-Band

The Super C-band development from Huawei adds an additional 50% to a standard C-band implementation.

Big 5G Event Keynote: Sprint's Mishka Dehghan

Mishka Dehghan is vice president of 5G development for Sprint Business, and she talked about the future that we can enable with 5G at the Big 5G Event in Denver on May 8, 2019.

MetTel's Silber: 5G Transforms Business Models

MetTel's Max Silber, the carrier's vice president of mobility, says 5G transforms business for both MetTel and its enterprise customers.

Ailing Telecom Italia Gets Serious About Cuts

The Italian phone incumbent is now so ruthlessly focused on efficiency it has started referring to employees as units.

Why Telcos Need AI & Automation in 5G Networks

Heavy Reading's James Crawshaw gives an overview of a session he chaired at the Big 5G Event on automation, AI and the immediate uses for telcos as their networks evolve.

Who Will Buy Sprint's Boost? And Will It Even Matter?

The proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile took a big step forward with support from the chairman of the FCC, but plenty of questions remain, including whether a Boost divestiture would create competition in the US market and whether anyone would buy it.

Google has another run at the AR world

Google is taking another crack at the growing augmented reality segment with the launch of Glass Enterprise Edition 2.

FCC Chairman convinced by T-Mobile/Sprint concessions

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has publicly stated he believes the concessions made by T-Mobile US and Sprint are enough to ensure the merger would be in the public interest.

DOJ may not bless T-Mobile/Sprint, while outcries swell

The FCC has given the merger its blessing, and it usually works in tandem with the Department of Justice. But DOJ antitrust chief Makan Delrahim is rather…

Boost Mobile founder awaits further details on T-Mobile/Sprint deal

The founder of Boost Mobile said he’s encouraged by the news the FCC chairman is signing off on the T-Mobile/Sprint merger deal with conditions, but he’s…

Inland Cellular selects Parallel Wireless for network upgrade

Parallel Wireless applies the virtualization principles of disaggregation of hardware and software to 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G.

UK MNOs set to claw back £200+ million in licence fees

A UK court has ruled in favour of the telcos in an on-going battle with regulator Ofcom over licence fees paid on spectrum assets between 2015 and 2017.

US supply ban threatens to cripple Huawei’s global business

Another day, another escalation as Google heads a stampede of US companies apparently refusing to do business with Huawei.

HPE snaps up supercomputing firm Cray for $1.3B

HPE is buying supercomputing company Cray for $1.3 billion in a move that could boost its quantum-computing capabilities in the future.

FCC Chief Backs T-Mobile-Sprint Merger With Concessions

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says he backs the $26.5 billion transaction and is encouraging his fellow commissioners to approve the merger after the companies agreed to a series of concessions.

T-Mobile and Sprint ponder concessions to force through merger

T-Mobile US and Sprint are weighing up the sale of one of the pair’s prepaid brands in an attempt to woo decision makers into greenlighting the divisive merger.

Oracle Taps Kubernetes, Service Broker API to Automate Cloud Services

The platform also allows users to access Oracle’s Generation 2 cloud infrastructure.

DT cranks 39,000 more homes in Germany up to 100 Mbps

Thanks to its fiber-optics build-out, Deutsche Telekom announced that almost 39,000 more homes across Germany now have access to speeds of 100 Mbps.

Intel, Google, Other US Tech Companies Ban Huawei Following Trump Blacklist

Both U.S. companies and Huawei will take revenue hits as a result of the blacklisting.

Google, some chipmakers cut off Huawei

The Trump administration's ongoing efforts to throttle the use of some of Huawei's technology in the U.S. and abroad are starting to show results.

NOAA chief warns 24 GHz 5G would hamper weather forecasting

NOAA chief Jacobs said use of 24 GHz spectrum for mobile 5G could reduce the accuracy of weather forecasts by 30%.

Mellanox Launches Ethernet Cloud Fabric Based on 400G Switches

“We get asked a lot: ‘Do your switches compare to [Broadcom] Trident or Tomahawk?’ The short answer is we build our switch with more capabilities than the Trident family but with the speed of a Tomahawk,” said Mellanox’s David Isles.

Senators call for 5G slowdown because weatherman won’t be accurate

Two US Senators have asked President Trump and the FCC to halt spectrum usage on the 24 GHz spectrum brands as it would decrease the accuracy of weather forecasts.

FCC's Pai endorses Sprint/T-Mobile merger with rural 5G conditions

The endorsement comes after executives from Sprint and T-mobile met with FCC members last week to offer more concessions in a bid for approval.

Marvell Goes Shopping to Sweeten 5G Story

A couple of years removed from its $6B deal to buy Cavium, Marvell suddenly agrees to buy two companies so far this month. There's still 11 days left in May, folks.

Can Huawei Survive Trump?

The Chinese vendor's survival as an international force is now at stake following the latest moves by the US administration and tech companies.

Securing 5G Networks: Control Plane Evolution

NetNumber's Jee Alkebsi and Heavy Reading's Jim Hodges discuss the recent 5G Security Market Leadership Study (MLS) and what network operators are doing to offer managed security services.

Former Cisco Exec Takes Helm of EditShare

Conrad Clemson named CEO as EditShare takes on a majority investment from ParkerGale and plots plan to scale up its business and migrate its media asset collaboration and management platform to the cloud.

Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Gets FCC Chairman's Approval, Albeit With Conditions

The chairman of the FCC said he will support the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile if they meet certain network-buildout targets and sell Sprint's Boost prepaid business. The odds that the merger will be approved are now much better than before.

5G Man Goes OTT

5G man is always desperate to help... but his help isn't always needed.

ACE, Omniverse Slug It Out as Court Date Looms

ACE claims it's struggling to get its mitts on a long-term contract between Hovsat & DirecTV that is key to Omniverse's streaming TV offering.

MetTel's Fox: Enterprises Need to Find Business Case for 5G

Many initial 5G deployments will be private networks on enterprise premises, and service providers will need to accommodate those needs, says MetTel CTO Ed Fox in conversation with Light Reading's Mitch Wagner. Also, Fox talks about how MetTel is going big on network functions virtualization (NFV).

Google & Tech Giants Cut Huawei Adrift

The Chinese equipment giant is sent packing by a host of the world's biggest technology companies and faces a huge threat to its consumer business after Google holds back some Android goodies.

The Importance of Hardware to 5G

At the Big 5G Event in Denver, Gilles Garcia, EMEA comms business lead director at chip specialist Xilinx, suggests the hardware platforms needed to underpin 5G rollouts are being overshadowed by excitement over software developments.

Eurobites: US Huawei Ban Hits European Chipmakers

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: France resists US pressure to play hardball with Huawei; lampposts row threatens UK's 5G rollout; ADVA lands Openreach cell site gateway gig.

Here's How One Tiny Wireless Carrier Is Prepping for 5G

Carolina West Wireless counts 300 towers and roughly 90,000 customers, and is still using a circuit-switched core network. But that's not stopping the operator from preparing for 5G.