4 Security Startups Raise $46M in 4 Days

Trinity Cyber led the pack with its $23 million Series A round led by Intel Capital.

U.S. Cellular loses 26K postpaid subs in Q2

U.S. Cellular lost 26,000 net postpaid subscribers in the second quarter but saw service revenue growth driven by increases in average revenue per user (ARPU).

Android to grudgingly offer search choice in Europe

As part of its ongoing bid to get the EU off its back Android will give European users a choice of default search provider from next year.

‘Five Eyes’ align security objectives but where does this leave Huawei?

After a meeting in London, the members of the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance has released a communique to reinforce the relationship and outline quite generic objectives.

Industry Voices: The skinny on the T-Mobile/Sprint/Dish deal

The DOJ's approval of the T-Mobile/Sprint merger and the simultaneous establishment of a new wireless carrier is super complicated. Analyst Roger Entner…

Apple and Google suspend some of their eavesdropping

Two of the world’s leading voice assistant makers pulled the plug on the respective analytics programmes of Siri and Google Assistant after private information including confidential conversations were leaked.

DCMS calls out Facebook for stretching the truth

Facebook might have thought the worst of the Cambridge Analytica affair was behind it, but the UK Government is questioning whether it was entirely truthful with evidence presented to a parliamentary committee.

Verizon starts locking new phones for 60 days

Verizon has started locking new phones for 60 days after purchase in an effort to combat handset-related fraud.

Verizon laid about 1,400 route miles of fiber per month in Q2 2019

Asked if deployments will continue to speed up, Vestberg said, “Not so much. Remember, we are almost on the higher volume where we believe we need to be in…

UK is falling behind on IoT adoption – Microsoft

A new report from Microsoft suggests the UK is falling behind the trend when it comes to IOT adoption, risking losing out on the economic benefits of the digital economy.

BT CEO calls for more state assistance after delivering flat numbers

UK operator group BT reported a small revenue decline in Q2 2019 and once more fished for public help with its network investment.

T-Mobile/Sprint merger trial pushed back as Texas joins opposition

The start of the trial for the states that are opposing the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile has been pushed back to December as yet another state—Texas—joined…

JEDI Cloud Contract Delayed Pending Defense Secretary Review

The delay, which is just the latest roadblock for the hotly contested $10 billion cloud contract, throws frontrunner Amazon into question.

Ciena boosts regional fiber network in northwest Colorado

The new regional fiber network, known as Project Thor, will be distributed through 10 landing points throughout the coverage area.

FCC allocates $20bn to close US digital divide

One of the genuine risks of the accelerated journey towards the digital economy is the widening digital divide, though an extra $20 billion from the FCC could help even the landscape.

Verizon 5G Plans Remain Cautious as Rivals Push Nationwide Coverage

The carrier remains on track to have 5G service in 30 markets by year-end, but its rivals are pushing toward nationwide 5G coverage by next year.

Sprint's outlook bleak, loses 128K postpaid phone subs in Q2

Sprint posted losses for both prepaid and postpaid phone connections in the second quarter, with the carrier’s standalone prospects looking bleak, according to…

A10 for Sale, CEO on the Way Out Following Dismal Q2 Earnings

CEO Lee Chen blamed the revenue miss on several large deals being delayed, and he sounded oddly optimistic on an earnings call despite the bad-news trifecta.

AT&T connects 6-foot-tall retail robots to 5G and edge computing

The robots can roam the aisles of grocery stores, checking for spills and other trip-and-fall hazards, and monitoring inventory levels.

Sprint Touts 5G Coverage as Merger Pressure Mounts

Sprint says it will cover 11 million people with 5G soon. Meanwhile, Texas joins the list of states opposing Sprint's merger with T-Mobile. The states' lawsuit blocking the merger has been postponed until December.

Verizon Sneaks $10/Month 5G Fee Into New Unlimited Plans

Verizon is taking a page out of Gillette's playbook by announcing five (5!!!) different unlimited plans. And as for 5G, it's definitely going to cost you extra – at some point.

Former Dish Wireless Exec to Take R&D Helm at CableLabs

Mariam Sorond was most recently chief wireless architect and VP of technology development at Dish.

Power Brokers: Utilities Explore Their Role in 4G & 5G

Utility companies like Duke and Xcel are already major players in the telecom market. Now they're looking at how they might participate in 4G and 5G.

Charter Sets Employee Tests for 'Spectrum Connectivity Platform'

Software for broadband devices, believed to support OpenWRT, designed to help customers manage and optimize in-home WiFi, tweak router settings and pause Internet connectivity.

CK Hutchison Joins the Mobile Towers Party

Hong Kong firm restructures by setting up a new tower business and lumping its telecom subsidiaries into a single unit.

Eurobites: Telecom Italia Shrinks Again

Also in today's regional roundup: German broadband operators on the block; Android to get extra search tool options in EU; Brits lag on IoT; and more.

WiCipedia: Smile to Get Ahead, Coding Ninjas & 'Women in Tech' Need a New Moniker

This week in our WiC roundup: You better smile if you want to work in tech; job descriptions need an overhaul; is being called a 'woman in tech' offensive?; and more.

BT Decline Continues Despite 5G, Fiber Push

UK operator's latest trading update came as a further disappointment to investors, sending its share price down on the London Stock Exchange Friday morning.

FCC considers incorporating mobile data into broadband coverage maps

The FCC is seeking public input on whether better mobile wireless coverage data should be included in collection efforts to more accurately map broadband…

Age-discrimination lawsuit rumbles on as IBM accused of ‘trendy’ objectives

In an on-going age-discrimination lawsuit, a former Big Blue executive has suggested the firm fired old-timers in pursuit of a ‘trendy’ and ‘cool’ image, so it could compete with the likes of Google and Amazon.

U.S. risks ‘junking up our skies’: Rosenworcel

The FCC voted unanimously Thursday to make it easier for small satellite operators to get their constellations approved and launched, but some commissioners…

Dynatrace Scores $544M IPO, Cloudflare to Follow Suit

Dynatrace raised $544 million in its IPO today, selling 35.6 million shares and raising its valuation to $7.8 billion.

Public cloud market is nowhere near plateauing, says IDC

The public cloud services market continues to grow although at a somewhat slower growth rate, owing to its $183 billion size.

Solid if unspectacular results for Three UK as it prepares for the 5G era

Three UK has unveiled its financial results for the first half of 2019, and while it is nothing to shout and scream about, the bigger prizes are coming into view on the horizon.

Downbeat outlook fuelled by Huawei situation hits Qualcomm shares

Mobile chip giant Qualcomm delivered solid Q2 numbers but a gloomy outlook thanks largely to the Huawei export ban drove down its share price.

MEF announces new board of directors

MEF announced its new board of directors on Thursday after elections at the MEF Annual Members Meeting in Philadelphia.

White Van Man set to cause chaos with smartphone driving rules

A North London builder has potentially opened Pandora’s box after successfully challenging a conviction for using a smartphone while driving.

Superloop teams up with Cisco for two 400G deployments

Superloop used Cisco's gear for two deployments of up to 400G on its subsea cable lines that connect Singapore with Australia and Perth to Sydney.

Verizon skirts tough questions on near-term 5G coverage plan

Verizon’s chief executive touted confidence in the carrier’s 5G strategy during its second-quarter earnings call, but skirted questions about the company’s…

Dish wastes no time dialing up FCC commissioners

A new filing with the FCC shows Dish Network wasted no time in explaining why its deal with Sprint, T-Mobile and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) solves…

Cisco Pays $8.6M in First-Ever Security Software Whistleblower Payout

It’s essentially pocket change for the vendor — Cisco CEO Chuck Robbin’s house sold for $10.65 million last year — but it could have broader implications for other security vendors.

IBM Packs Red Hat OpenShift Into Cloud Paks

The Cloud Paks allow IBM software to run across major public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, and on private cloud deployments.

Lanner and GTT Leverage uCPE to Bolster SD-WAN Performance

Both companies announced new SD-WAN capabilities leveraging universal customer premises equipment.

FlexiWAN serves up open source SD-WAN in public beta

Israel-based startup flexiWAN is moving down the open source pathway by putting its SD-WAN software into public beta for downloading.

IBM transforms software to run on cloud with Red Hat

On the heels of closing its deal for Red Hat last month, IBM has hit the ground running with a raft of pre-integrated solutions on Red Hat OpenShift.

Cohesity Adds Security Capabilities With CyberScan

“Before us, backup data was just an expensive insurance policy. We are the first ones to make backup data useful,” says Cohesity’s Raj Dutt,

Juniper Pushes Security Into MX Routers, Updates Containerized Firewall

The vendor first started talking about Connected Security earlier this year. It involves a layered approach to security where threat detection and policy enforcement is built into each layer.

Dish could be the champion that eSIM has been looking for

On Dish's earnings call Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen said he likes eSIM because it benefits new wireless carriers, such as Dish, that don't have many…

Set TV Is Now Really, Really Dead

California court hits alleged OTT-TV pirate with $7.6 million fine and permanent injunction on the service and the operation and distribution of a device used to stream hundreds of TV channels for just $20/month.

For Equinix, Interconnect Outpaces Colo

Equinix racked up its 66th consecutive quarter of revenue growth, and saw its interconnect business grow significantly faster than colo.

SetTV Is Now Really, Really Dead

California court hits alleged OTT-TV pirate with $7.6 million fine and permanent injunction on the service and the operation and distribution of a device used to stream hundreds of TV channels for just $20/month.

A10 Networks Is in Trouble: Company for Sale, CEO Leaving

A10 Networks, which is struggling to develop a 5G, network security and analytics strategy, is now up for sale. And the founder and CEO is on his way out.

Casa Sees Cable Spending Perk Up in Q2

After a rough and tumble Q1, cable operators opened the spending spigots on network capacity a bit in Q2 even as many continue to explore and develop their next-gen access network strategies.

5G Customers Use More Data Than 4G Customers

What effect might 5G services have on networks? Data out of South Korea certainly indicates that 5G customers, at least initially, will use more data than 4G customers.

Bell Canada Chows Down on High-Fiber Diet

Canada's biggest telecom reports robust broadband but slower IPTV subscriber gains as it continues its nationwide rollout of fiber lines.

Vietnam Puts 5G on Fast Track

Vietnam wants to be among the front ranks of operators bringing 5G technology to market and plans to rely on some local designs in preference to international suppliers.

Verizon Fios Sheds 52K Video Subs, Tacks On 34K Broadband Subs

Meanwhile, 'win-share is really good' in handful of markets offering a proprietary version of Verizon's millimeter wave-powered 5G Home broadband service.

Verizon CEO Proclaims Company on 'Good Path' With 5G Spectrum

Analysts on Q2 call worry about Verizon's millimeter wave-based 5G plan as competitors promise low-band nationwide 5G in 2020.

Gloom Persists for Europe's Long-Suffering Telco Investors

Shares in Europe's 'big six' telcos have fallen sharply in the last few years and 5G holds out little hope for sales growth.

Juniper Debuts Security That Won't Slow You Down

Juniper is integrating security into its high-performance MX routers and cSRX containerized firewall, to fit 5G and edge applications.

TiVo 'On Track' to Split its Product & Licensing Businesses

Work underway to reorganize and streamline its product unit as TiVo prepares to separate itself by the second half of 2020.

Big Blue Turns Red for Multicloud

IBM reveals details of how it's using Red Hat software as the foundation for its multicloud strategy, following its $34 billion Red Hat acquisition.

Eurobites: Altice Full of Joie de Vivre After French 'Turnaround'

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Three UK takes earnings hit; Veon battered by currency headwinds; Vodafone bags Liberty assets.

Qualcomm Hangs Hope on 5G in 2020 as Sales Weaken in Q3

Qualcomm is expecting 2020 to be a year of 5G, as its sales falter in fiscal Q3 2019.

5G security enhancements take aim at emerging threats

5G Americas, along with AT&T and Cisco, released a white paper Wednesday detailing 5G security threats, enhancements, and standards development.

Vodafone officially walks away from New Zealand

Vodafone has completed the sale of its Kiwi business to a consortium of investors for €2.1 billion.

Facebook is reading minds while Amazon perfects text-to-speech

A Facebook-funded study has achieved a breakthrough in decoding speech directly from brain signals at the same time as AWS has made automated speech more realistic.

Unlimited data is inevitable with 5G, but try telling operators that

We’re quickly moving towards the 5G era and many assume the concept of unlimited data bundles will be commonplace, but how will the telcos fare in this new world?

Apple and Samsung both had a mixed second quarter

While Apple registered modest growth, with the strong performance of Services compensating the declining iPhone sales, Samsung’s revenue and profit continued to plummet, thanks to weakness in the semiconductor market.

Openreach adds another 35 cities to ‘fibre first’ programme

Openreach has announced a further 36 cities and towns which will be upgraded to Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology over the next 12 months.

American Tower expects long-term positives from T-Mobile/Sprint deal

When it comes to Dish taking over cell sites planned to be decomissioned by T-Mobile, American Tower executives said they would have to "dig into the…

AT&T joins the retail robot revolution

AT&T Business has unveiled a new partnership to target the retail segment, a vertical which might look completely different in a few years’ time.

Verizon adds 4 more cities to 5G UWB network

Verizon announced today that select areas of Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Detroit, and Indianapolis will now be able to access Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband…

Q2 smartphones: Samsung grows, Huawei slows and Apple flows

The latest global smartphone shipment numbers reveal a return to growth for Samsung, a major reduction in growth for Huawei and transition for Apple.

T-Mobile boasts standalone 5G data session

Even before Dish Network has a chance to collect responses to its newly-issued RFP and RFI, T-Mobile is boasting about its ability to complete a standalone 5G…

Masergy bolsters SD-WAN security with new bundles

Masergy is tripling down on SD-WAN security with the addition of three new bundles to its managed SD-WAN offering.

Google Targets AWS, Azure With Cloud Migration Tools

The new and updated cloud migration and networking tools are tied to its Kubernetes-based Anthos platform.

Amazon Beefs Up Storage With E8 Acquisition, Reports Say

E8 Storage makes flash storage on a rack-scale architecture for enterprises building private clouds or to improve performance for cloud providers such as AWS.

T-Mobile Touts Multi-Vendor, Standalone 5G and Verizon Rolls Out Service in New Cities

Nokia and Cisco provided the core, Ericsson provided the radio, and MediaTek provided the device for T-Mobile's data session.

Amazon to buy Israeli-based E8 Storage for $50M-$60M - report

Amazon is buying Israeli storage technology startup E8 Storage, according to Israel-based newspaper Globes.

flexiWAN Open Source SD-WAN Enters Public Beta

The first public beta of its open source SD-WAN platform was released alongside the announcement of dedicated hardware courtesy of Silicom.

Altice USA Signs AT&T to Nationwide Roaming Deal

Says complementary agreement will ensure aggregate 99% nationwide coverage as Altice USA nears debut of a full MVNO mobile service developed via its Sprint partnership.

This Is Dish's 6-Step Plan for 5G

Dish Network is hoping to enter the wireless industry as a disruptive MVNO while it builds a 5G network. But what exactly are the company's plans?

Casa Hit by Downgrade as Virtualization Threatens Its Core Cable Biz

But Raymond James analyst says Casa's recent acquisition of NetComm could help the vendor gain traction in wireless and diversify its business.

Verizon Delays 3G Network Shutdown

Verizon previously planned to shut down its 3G CDMA network at the end of this year, but now says it will shutter that network at the end of 2020.

Is This the End for 5G Man?

'I thought the grocery store was this way...'

US Broadcasters Attack Locast

Lawsuit from major US broadcasters claims the AT&T-backed non-profit is retransmitting their local TV signals without authorization and violating copyright law.

The iPhone Is Going the Way of the iPod

For the first time in a long time, most of Apple's revenues did not come from the sale of smartphones.

Get Ready for the 5G Retail Robots!

AT&T has hooked up with Badger Technologies to test retail robots powered by millimeter wave 5G and edge computing.

Apple: No Word On 5G Devices Yet

Apple CEO won't comment on a 5G iPhone yet, as sales of the smartphone decline in Q3 2019.

Eurobites: Vodafone Pockets $2.3B from New Zealand Sale

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Openreach plays along with BoJo's broadband dream; Fastweb gets fifth Italian mobile license; Digital Realty to build new Frankfurt facility.

China Finally Gets Around to Mobile Number Portability

After a decade of trying, China gets ready to introduce number portability.

Utilities to focus on disrupting pedestrians not vehicles

The UK Department of Transport has unveiled a new consultation which proposes new utilities infrastructure would have to be installed under pavements as opposed to roads.

Huawei pins its UK hopes on Boris Johnson’s fibre plans

The UK’s new Prime Minister has inherited the difficult Huawei decision and the Chinese vendor has wasted no time in applying some gentle pressure.

GTT takes the plunge into uCPE waters for SD-WAN

GTT is expanding its SD-WAN horizon by adding a uCPE solution that allows its customers to run multiple virtual network functions on a single device.…

Verizon equips utility meters with cell connections for IoT

Considering that Verizon shares a lot of similarities to how utilities work, it’s no surprise that it’s courting this very industry as part of its IoT strategy…

Dish Faces Challenges on Virtualized Network Vision

Dish Network's vision for a completely software-defined network using virtualized network functions and equipment and software from less traditional vendors is relatively unproven. 

YouTube creators unionize to combat demonetization and censorship

In its desperation to placate corporate advertisers YouTube has antagonized many of its independent creators, but now they’re fighting back.

Masergy SD-WAN Gains New Security Bundles

Masergy's new product line bundles the company’s managed SD-WAN offerings with a slew of new security features like 24/7 monitoring.

GSMA squares up to the space industry

The GSMA has released a statement directed at the lobby groups who are attempting to limit access to the valuable mmWave spectrum frequencies over fears it would interfere with weather forecasting.

StorONE Launches Consumption-Based SD-Storage

The new product integrates the vendor’s S1 combined file, block, and object storage software with Dell PowerEdge server hardware.

FatPipe delivers SD-WAN over global network using Mode’s technology

Mode uses a global private network to deliver what it calls its software-defined core (SD-Core).

Giffgaff managed to find a way to overcharge prepaid subscribers

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has fined MVNO Giffgaff £1.4 million for double-charging some of its pay-as-you-go customers.

Huawei posts 23% revenue growth for first half of the year

Despite the political headwinds of the U.S. ban, Huawei reported on Tuesday that its revenue increased 23.2% year over year to $58.3 billion.

CBRS Alliance marks progress on ESC networks

The FCC on Monday announced the approval of ESC sensor deployment and coverage plans for CommScope, Federated Wireless and Google.

Huawei defies waves of accusations to 23% growth

It seems not even the White House can stop the progress of Huawei as the vendor records 23% H1 year-on-year growth despite being the focal point of the US/Chinese dispute.

Dish execs confident on ability to offer disruptive wireless pricing

Dish Network executives pushed aside criticism over the satellite operator’s credibility to compete as fourth national wireless carrier, and said the company…

Container and Kubernetes use increases, but security a concern

Despite the proliferation of containers and Kubernetes, organizations are still struggling with security, according to a report.

Container Security Remains a Hot Topic, Container Usage Even Hotter

A survey found that two-thirds of organizations are running more than 10% of their applications in a containerized environment, but 40% of those organizations think their current security stance is inadequate.

Boost founder 'giving Dish benefit of the doubt'

Boost Mobile founder Peter Adderton is eager to see how Dish Network plans to make Boost a competitive entity in wireless for the long term.

O2 UK Joins 5G Race, Reveals Launch Date

The operator previously tested 5G radio access network equipment from Huawei, but it seems to have decided to use equipment from existing partners Ericsson and Nokia instead.

Connected2Fiber locks up $5.3M funding round

Boston-based Connected2Fiber announced today that it has closed a $5.3 million round of funding to bring its total to more than $14 million to date.

AT&T Cybersecurity Rolls Out Managed Threat Detection and Response

The new service uses the AlienVault technology and threat intelligence combined with AT&T’s security operations center and managed services experience.

Comcast's Xfinity Mobile to Tweak By-the-Gig Pricing

Two years after launching its Xfinity Mobile MVNO, Comcast is tweaking its By-the-Gig pricing by adding two new options: 3GB for $30/month and 10GB for $60/month.

Private 5G Mobile Networks for Industrial IoT

Dedicated 5G campus networks, designed to meet the coverage, performance and security requirements of industrial users, are one of the most exciting – and tangible – advanced 5G use-cases under development.

AT&T's $984M Justice Department Deal Heats Up Rivalry

AT&T nabs multi-year expansive agreement to modernize Justice Department networks, giving CenturyLink and Verizon black eyes.

T-Mobile's Jobs Pledge Smells Fishy

Deutsche Telekom's promise that a T-Mobile and Sprint merger will create jobs has attracted plenty of scepticism, but not cutting jobs could raise difficult questions.

AT&T Scuttling 'DirecTV Now' Brand, Confusion Ensues

OTT-TV service to be recast as 'AT&T TV Now' amid plans to launch a new, high-end streaming service called 'AT&T TV' that will serve as the 'workhorse' for the company's pay-TV biz.

Dish Bucks Trend as Pay-TV Numbers Improve in Q2

The pay-TV situation still isn't pretty, but Dish shed just 31,000 video subs in Q2, compared to a loss of 259,000 in Q1 2019 and a loss of 151,000 video subs in the year-ago period.

Podcast: The Fast-Moving World of SD-WAN

Light Reading's Kelsey Ziser discusses the world of SD-WAN, why there are so many vendors and whether enterprise 'white glove' services are handled by butlers.

Huawei Defies US Ban With 23% Lift in H1 Revenue

Smartphones power the Chinese vendor's first-half results, but doubts about its operating system cloud the future.

Harmonic Sheds More Light on Big 'CableOS' Deal With Comcast

Four-year $175 million enterprise licensing deal covers headend software, with potential to reduce those fees should Comcast opt to buy other products, including nodes and other network hardware, from Harmonic.

AT&T Runs More Low-Band Tests in the US

AT&T was been granted a three-month test license (covering June to September) by the FCC to use the 4400MHz-5000MHz band with 5G.

Eurobites: GSMA Blasts Space Industry for Hogging 5G Spectrum

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Proximus guides for "nearly stable" results; Ooredoo sees revenues shrink; Giffgaff fined; MTS gets new board members; and more.

AT&T's $934M Justice Department Deal Heats Up Rivalry

AT&T nabs multi-year expansive agreement to modernize Justice Department networks, giving CenturyLink and Verizon black eyes.

Is Light Communications a Solution in Search of a Problem?

LiFi is the latest effort to bring optical wireless communications into the commercial communications networking fold.

VMware Expands to Google Cloud

VMware scores a hybrid cloud trifecta, bringing its workloads to Google Cloud, following previous deals with Microsoft and Amazon Web Services.

Dish/T-Mobile/Sprint: Winners, Losers & What's Next

The merger of Sprint and T-Mobile would have a major impact on virtually every player in the telecommunications market. But it first must overcome a major legal challenge.

Ovum's Barton on 5G's Consumer Appeal

Ovum chief analyst Ed Barton talks about some of key findings from his new report, '5G: Key Opportunities and Challenges in Consumer and Entertainment,' which looks at what 5G promises, and what it will deliver, during the next five years.

The battle for Premier League subscribers is about to kick-off

Most might have already declared a time of death on linear TV, but for sports fans there is nothing better. Over the next couple of weeks prepare to see some aggressive ads and deals to secure subscriptions.

European court rules websites are equally responsible for some shared data

If you’ve got Facebook ‘like’ functionality on your website then you could be held responsible for any misuse of user data by the social media giant.

T-Mobile’s 5G Plans Remain on Track

The combined company will have formidable holdings in spectrum and market positioning to pounce on burgeoning opportunities around 5G.

Google Cloud, VMware Form New Cloud Partnership

The new partnership gives the cloud provider increased access to VMware’s enterprise customers that it’s desperately trying to court.

Justice Department green-lights T-Mobile US/Sprint merger

This might sound like the end of the road for one of the most protracted merger processes in recent memory, but T-Mobile US and Sprint will still have to deal with the backlog of legal challenges.

ETSI adds edge compute to recent NFV Plugtests

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute announced on Monday the results from its fourth ETSI NFV Plugtests, which took place last month in France.

Europe opens consultation on uniform termination rates

The European Commission has opened up a new public consultation which eases the bloc towards more regulation and towards a maximum EU-wide mobile voice termination.

Reliance Jio becomes India’s number one mobile operator

Less than three years after launching Reliance Jio has overtaken Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel to become India’s biggest MNO by subscriber.

Microsoft Sharpens Azure Governance With BlueTalon Buy

The BlueTalon product allows for data management across multiple environments including on premises and in the cloud.

Amazon Tops Public Cloud Market While Competitors Make Gains, Gartner Says

The IaaS market grew 31.3% in 2018 reaching $32.4 billion in revenues. Of that, the top-five providers captured nearly 77% of the market, led by Amazon.

Armis Discovers ‘Urgent/11’ Bugs Exposing 200M IoT Devices

Urgent/11 includes six critical, remote code execution vulnerabilities. These could give an attacker full control over a targeted device via unauthenticated network packets.

AT&T wins $984M contract with Department of Justice

AT&T announced on Monday that it has reeled in a 15-year, $984 million contract with the U.S. Department of Justice.

AT&T Inks $1B DoJ Telecom Support Deal

The 15-year contract is tied to the General Services Administration’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions technology procurement program.

Vodafone Italia and TIM join the network sharing bonanza

Vodafone’s Italian business and Telecom Italia are the latest pair to join the sharing euphoria which seems to be sweeping the Vodafone group.

How will Dish’s 5G network build impact towers?

With Dish’s commitment to enter the wireless market as a new facilities-based fourth national carrier, its planned 5G network build is a positive for tower…

Epsilon enters the enterprise market fray

Epsilon is taking its SDN-enabled core and on-demand network connectivity services into the enterprise sector.

Industry Voices—Lowenstein: Is the Dish deal a good idea?

In the long term, the potential for a greenfield wireless network in the United States is exciting. And Dish being Dish, the road to this network being built…

Cord-Cutting Rate Set to Reach Record High in Q2

Growing pay-TV losses at Comcast, AT&T and Charter indicate that traditional cord-cutting has gotten 'freaking ugly,' analyst says.

Comcast Looks Skyward for Success

Comcast sees streaming video opportunities on both sides of the Atlantic, with both its Sky and NBCUniversal units now cooking up content for OTT video.

The Cord Cutters Are Right

The pay-TV feature set has finally met its match and, even if you don't cut the cord for budget reasons, you should give some other options a try.

AT&T's Chokshi: Why Carriers Need Disaggregation at the Edge

AT&T's Rupesh Chokshi says the case for disaggregated routers at the edge goes beyond the usual examples of increased business agility, network visibility and performance.

Altice USA Nearing Sale of Lightpath Stake – Report

Potential deal with Stonepeak would involve a minority piece of fiber-fueled business services unit and value the Lightpath division at about $3 billion, Bloomberg says.

The Long Road to 5G IoT Reality

5G 'massive IoT' will arrive in March 2020 with the 5G 'Phase 2,' specs but don't expect the hardware support to follow right behind.

Vodafone, TIM Strike Network-Sharing Deal

Italian tower assets, including active equipment, to be pooled in a joint venture as operators seek ways to reduce costs ahead of further 5G-related investments.

How Mobile 5G Could Affect In-Home Broadband

Mobile 5G services are popping up around the country. However, there are plenty of reasons that such services won't replace customers' wired, in-home Internet connections.

Singapore Telcos Demand Rethink of 5G Standalone Plan

SingTel and StarHub have lashed out at government plans to mandate the rollout of 5G networks based on the standalone version of the technology.

Fiber, 5G or Cable? The Battle for the Enterprise Branch Office

Fresh survey results show that the distributed enterprise market is up for grabs as cable operators, traditional telcos and wireless providers vie for advantage.

Eurobites: Virgin Media Ponders Mobile Bid – Report

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Management changes at Vodafone Romania; and Euskaltel results.