What's So Sassy About SASE

The secure access service edge (SASE) promises to address changing enterprise traffic patterns threatens to render SD-WAN stalwarts irrelevant in the coming years, according to a recent Gartner report.

Fingers pointed towards 3G work for Three network outage

While the full-extent of the network outage has not been unveiled just yet, some are suggesting maintenance on the firms 3G network is the root cause.

CenturyLink leaves data base open, exposing customer information

The personal information of hundreds of thousands of CenturyLink customers was exposed online via an open database that has since been closed.

AT&T in talks to appease Elliott: sources

Reports have emerged to suggest the AT&T management team is attempting to reduce pressure from activist investor Elliott Management.

Ericsson snags 5G RAN deal with South Korea’s LG U+

Ericsson now has commercial 5G RAN contracts with South Korea’s three major mobile operators.

AT&T talks with Elliott to resolve concerns

The Wall Street Journal reports that AT&T has hired bankers at Centerview Partners and Goldman Sachs Group in the talks with Elliott.

Hyperscale data center count hits 500 milestone in 3Q - report

The number of hyperscale data centers hit a new high-water mark in the third quarter, according to Synergy Research Group.

BT launches biggest TV campaign for two decades

BT has launched its biggest TV advertising campaign for 20 years’ in the hope it can link-up all the network and brand assets in pursuit of the convergence business.

Nokia gets some Telia love with 5G mall win

Swedish operator group Telia showed it’s not entirely monogamous with Ericsson by picking Nokia to run its new 5G network in the new Mall of Tripla in Helsinki.

Ericsson scores 5G RAN and core deal with LG U+

South Korea’s third MNO will be leaning heavily on Swedish kit vendor for its nascent 5G network, having chosen it for both the RAN and the core.

What to watch for at MWC LA

MWC Los Angeles 2019 kicks off in just a few days, with vertical industries being drawn into the mobile conversation.

C-Band Alliance taken to task in FCC oversight hearing

The C-Band Alliance wasn't invited to the party, but it sure was the target of consternation at a Senate subcommittee hearing Thursday.

Cisco’s Kip Compton on How to Manage Application Complexity

Companies’ applications are increasingly disaggregated and will become even more fluid in the near future with workloads and data moving between clouds, data centers, and edge environments based on business priorities, according to an IDC report sponsored by Cisco. And this inherently leads to more complexity.

Red Hat Shields IBM’s Woeful Q3

IBM’s first quarterly financial release following the close of its $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat showed just how important that deal could be for the vendor.

Verizon Fuses 5G Mixed Reality Advancements to The Edge

Verizon today announced that it has built and tested an orchestration system and enterprise capabilities that will foster new experiences in mixed reality contexts. The move highlights a desire and need by mobile operators to create new services targeted at 5G network edge technology.

T-Mobile Strikes Exclusive Mobile Video Pact With Katzenberg's Quibi

Deal arrives ahead of Quibi's launch next spring, and adds a new wrinkle to T-Mobile's video game plan.

Fiber Will Trump HFC & 5G From Here to Kingdom Come, EFF Says

Declaring that local US governments are in 'dire need of universal fiber plans,' the Electronic Frontier Foundation props up FTTP as the 'superior choice for the 21st century.'

Verizon to Acquire More AWS-3, mmWave Spectrum

Verizon is looking to purchase a number of spectrum licenses across the AWS-3 and mmWave bands, moves that show the operator continues to look for more spectrum holdings.

Crown Castle: No Plans for Edge Data Centers

Crown Castle's CEO said he doesn't see edge computing data centers 'playing a significant role in our long-term strategy.' Crown Castle's main rivals, American Tower and SBA Communications, are taking a different path.

Singapore Sets Aggressive Standalone Target as It Launches 5G Race

Singapore is pressing ahead with its rollout of 5G technology based on the newer, standalone variant.

Ericsson Plots China Invasion as Viking Raids Bring Booty

The resurgent Swedish vendor is growing its market share and envisaging 5G success in China despite geopolitical concerns.

WiCipedia: Why Women Leave Tech, Gen Z Wants to Disconnect & Aviation Equality

This week in our WiC roundup: Gen Z is skeptical of the future of tech; growing the number of women in aviation; women don't leave tech industry because of the actual work; and more.

Eurobites: BT Helps Steer Belfast Harbor Into Smarter Waters

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BBC disbands virtual reality team; Nokia powers 5G at Helsinki mega-mall; OBS adds IoT to greenskeepers' armory.

Samsung Galaxy S10 has a flaw that allows the fingerprint reader to be hacked

Following the discovery by a UK user that any fingerprint could unlock their phone, Samsung has announced it will issue a software patch.

Comcast Business reaches into Canada

Comcast Business has extended its broadband and network management capabilities into parts of Canada via a partnership with iTel Networks.

Crown Castle discloses SEC probe alongside Q3 earnings

As Crown Castle reported third-quarter earnings, the tower company also disclosed a probe by the SEC related to its services business.

Uber is much more than a taxi firm

To most people, Uber is just a cheap and convenient way to get home after a few drinks, but the scope of the business is extraordinary.

Three UK suffers major network outage

Many Three UK users have reported they have no signal, with Three apparently struggling to get to the bottom of it.

O2 UK launches 5G network with no tariff premium

As the last UK operator to switch on its 5G network, O2 seems to be trying to make up for lost time by charging its customers no premium to switch from 4G.

Ericsson says it’s doubling down on IoT during Q3 2019 earnings

The company said its IoT business is growing almost twice as fast as the estimated market growth of 20-25% per year.

BT insists the future is more than just 5G

It might be dominating the headlines, demanding the lion’s share of CAPEX and a fresh opportunity to show some sort of innovation, but BT has reiterated the message that the future is more than just 5G.

Ericsson optimism grows after another solid quarter

Swedish networking vendor Ericsson reckons it’s capturing market share after announcing sales growth of 3% in Q3 2019.

Pensando, led by former Cisco execs, comes out of stealth mode

After two years of building anticipation, Pensando, a company formed by prominent former Cisco executives, has come out of stealth mode.

NBN answers critics with construction to finish on time and on budget

Australia’s NBN is a company which has taken its fair share of criticism over the last few years, but it is difficult to argue with the concept as well as the progress which is being made.

Microsoft and Alibaba Cloud form new Kubernetes standard group

With Kubernetes far and away the leading container orchestration environment, Microsoft and Alibaba Cloud are forming a new open standard.

Cisco nominates Tomé to board of directors

Cisco announced on Thursday that former Home Depot executive Carol B. Tomé has been nominated for election to its board of directors.

Wyebot leverages AI for Wi-Fi assurance platform

Wyebot has raised $2.5 million through Series-Seed funding, and announced general availability of its sensor-based Wi-Fi assurance platform.

Telefonica invests in vRAN vendor Altiostar

Telefonica Ventures joins existing Altiostar investors, including Rakuten, Cisco, Qualcomm, Tech Mahindra and Fidelity.

Docker Attack Worm Mines for Monero

Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 threat intelligence group has pinpointed a new cryptojacking worm that has infected more than 2,000 unsecured Docker hosts and is being used to mine Monero cryptocurrency. And because someone in that group has a sense of humor, they named the worm “Graboid” in honor of the 1990’s movie “Tremors.”

Verizon Picks Lanner to Build Next-Gen uCPEs

Verizon announced a partnership with white-box hardware manufacturer Lanner to launch the service provider’s next-generation universal premises equipment (uCPE) line. The revamped uCPE line is being targeted at small- to medium-size deployments and is designed to integrate with existing virtual network service (VNS) applications on Verizon’s global network.

Amazon Moves Into Data Centers With VMware

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) moved into the data center with VMware.

Ericsson Bribery Settlement Bogs Down Q3 Earnings

A bribery scandal that spanned six countries and, in some cases, dates back to the ‘90s weighed heavily on Ericsson’s Q3 earnings. The vendor reported a net loss of $710 million on $5.88 billion in revenue during the quarter.

Delta Lake Project Raises Linux Foundation Flag

Just in time for Halloween, Databricks this week took aim at the swamp monsters lurking in data lakes, sacrificing its open-source software project Delta Lake to the open-source overlords, flying under the Linux Foundation’s open governance model flag. 

US 5G Industry to Investigate Supply Chain Security

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions is probing how to shore up security for the supply chain for 5G, action that arrives amid concerns over Chinese suppliers like Huawei and ZTE.

Altiostar Gets Telefónica Investment in Latest Open RAN Boost

The US software company adds the Spanish telco to its impressive list of investors as operators scout for alternatives to the big kit vendors.

Surge of Streaming Options Triggers 'Subscription Overload' – Study

But platforms that bundle streaming video services, backed by single sign-on systems, could benefit both OTT and pay-TV players alike.

CBRS Vendors Finance Private LTE Networks to Prove Use Cases

Two 3.5GHz CBRS equipment vendors, Connectivity Wireless and JMA Wireless, installed a private LTE network in the Angel Stadium ballpark in Anaheim, Calif., with the goal of showing how it might improve operations at the venue.

Chickens & Eggs Frustrate Operators' Quest for 5G Revenues

Yes, wireless operators in the US and elsewhere are building 5G networks. But how exactly they're going to make money from those networks remains a bit unclear.

Broadband World Forum: What's Beyond the Fiber?

I've been in Amsterdam this week at the annual Broadband World Forum event – here's what sunk into my grey matter.

'Transport for 5G Is Hot'

Heavy Reading principal analyst Sterling Perrin gives the lowdown on 5G transport network trends and seems shocked that timing and sychronization are sexy topics for the anyhaul specialists.

Eurobites: O2 UK Flips the 5G Switch

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Toob turns to Adtran for gigabit gubbins; revenue flat but earnings up at Tele2 in Q3; Huawei shares the love in Brussels.

Ericsson Lifts Outlook as It Targets a Bigger Role in China

Swedish equipment vendor expects 2020 sales to be at least 9% higher than last year's figure and has also raised guidance for profitability.

Remembering Analyst Michael Howard

One of the industry's most well known and respected figures, analyst Michael Howard, has passed away.

IBM Touts Cloud & Red Hat Growth

But IBM is still growing slowly compared with the cloud market overall and that's a turnoff for telcos as potential customers and partners.

Forget 5G, Soon Skynet Will Rule Our Airwaves

If you like cage matches, AI-powered killer robots and 1980s sci-fi movies, you'll love the Spectrum Collaboration Challenge from the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Amazon taunts Oracle over database switch

Amazon’s consumer division has completed the switch of its databases from Oracle to AWS, which took to opportunity to publicly gloat.

T-Mobile/Sprint merger gets official FCC green light

Democratic FCC Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Geoffrey Starks cast dissenting votes in the proposed T-Mobile merger with Sprint.

Hong Kong carriers scoop up 3.5 GHz spectrum at 5G auction

Mobile operators in Hong Kong this week acquired 3.5 GHz spectrum, spending a total of $128 million at the 5G auction.

AI and machine learning could goose home security sector—report

Do-it-yourself security systems are causing some shifts in the residential security and monitoring market.

Intel pays $27M for Pivot’s edge computing biz

According to Intel, edge computing represents an estimated $65 billion silicon addressable market by 2023.

Adtran fuels U.K.-based toob's gigabit deployments

U.K.-based toob has tapped Adtran to help it build a full fiber platform to deliver gigabit speeds to more than 100,000 premises by the end of 2021.

Red Hat debuts latest version of OpenShift to ramp up Kubernetes

Red Hat on Wednesday announced it has added new developmental tools and automation capabilities to its latest version of OpenShift.

Rigado updates Edge-as-a-Service offering for IoT

Rigado announced a significant update to its Edge-as-a-Service offering.

Akamai's got Comcast's back for SMB cybersecurity

Comcast Business is the first service provider to boot up Akami's new cloud-based Security and Personalization Services Secure Business solution.

U.S. 5G network tests show early growing pains – RootMetrics

In the early days of 5G launches, initial network tests show inconsistent coverage and speed between carriers, according to RootMetrics results.

Mavenir goes commercial with its OpenRAN system

The company already counts two named operator customers that will use the software.

Red Hat Balances Istio, Knative Challenges in OpenShift Update

Red Hat’s long-simmering Service Mesh platform is now available as part of the vendor’s latest Kubernetes-reliant OpenShift 4.2 update. However, underpinnings of that service mesh platform and Red Hat’s serverless work could complicate the vendor’s open source focus.

Commvault Execs Attempt to Snuff ‘Complicated’ Claims

DENVER – “More than ready” might have been Commvault‘s printed tagline at this week’s Go event, but company executives showed a particular liking to the word “simple.”  

FCC Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Merger, Uncertainty Remains

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today, as long expected, formally approved T-Mobile US’ merger with Sprint along party lines. While the move is a positive development for both companies, which have been fighting for the deal for almost 18 months, it could still be upended by a lawsuit filed by a group of state attorneys general that want to block the transaction.

Internet2 Research Network Taps Ciena 800G Platform

Months before Ciena‘s WaveLogic 5 800G coherent optical tech hits the market, the company announced its first public customer. Internet2 – a nonprofit technology community that connects several hundred universities, colleges, and government agencies across the U.S. – plans to use Ciena’s latest generation of optical to modernize its network.

Adtran Teams Up With Toob, Speeds Massive UK Fiber Push

Adtran today announced a partnership with United Kingdom-based broadband provider toob to deliver full-fiber internet service to more than 100,000 premises by the end of 2021.

Ex-Cisco Execs Launch Pensando, Target Amazon

Pensando Systems, the long-awaited, software-defined brainchild of former Cisco execs, officially launched today with customers including Goldman Sachs, NetApp, and Equinix, and $278 million funding from the likes of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Oracle, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Netflix Pushes Past 158.3M Global Streaming Subs as New OTT Rivals Emerge

Netflix's Q3 numbers were in-line, but OTT video giant warns of 'some modest headwind' to near-term growth as a batch of new, major streaming services such as Disney+ and Apple TV+ near launch.

Juniper CTO Talks About the Company's 5G Aspirations

Juniper's CTO hails from Google, and is now working to steer the vendor through topics ranging from 5G to edge computing.

Netflix Pushes Past 158.3M Global Streaming Subs as New OTT Rivals Emerge

Netflix's Q3 numbers were in-line, but OTT video giant warns of 'some modest headwind' to near-term growth as a batch of new, major streaming services such as Disney+ and Apple TV+ near launch.

Optiva CEO Danielle Royston Uses the Cloud to Stand Out From the Crowd

For Royston, the path to becoming a more profitable telco starts by revitalizing the company's approach to billing, charging and business intelligence.

The Evolution of Mobile Backhaul, Edge Computing

Heavy Reading principal analyst Gabriel Brown discusses the latest trends in backhaul connectivity to support 5G strategies and the emerging importance of edge computing to mobile operators.

M&A Creeps Up on Edge Computing Players

While edge computing in the mobile and 5G space remains a nascent area, companies such as Intel, EQT, SBA and EdgeConneX are all linked to deals or merger-and-acquisition chatter in this burgeoning sector.

Comcast Business Invades Canada

Comcast's business services unit teams with iTel Networks to serve Canadian branch locations for the MSO's big, US-based enterprise-level customers.

C Spire upgrades wireless connectivity at Birmingham City School

C Spire Business recently undertook a wireless design and upgrade project to improve connectivity for more than 40 Birmingham City Schools.

Apple targets aggressive 2022 timeline for its 5G modem – report

Apple is reportedly chasing an aggressive 2022 timeline to get its own 5G modems into iPhones, but complexities could push that until 2023.

T-Mobile launches PTT with ESChat technology

ESChat announced the launch of its broadband Push-to-Talk service on the T-Mobile network in what's being described as a very "un-carrier" move.

Internet2 picks Ciena's 800G technology to bolster research

Internet2 has picked Ciena's photonic and coherent optical gear to upgrade its network to a more scalable and programmable architecture.

CenturyLink expands connectivity with Google Cloud Platform

CenturyLink has expanded its on-demand network connectivity to Google Cloud Platform.

What is eCPRI, and why is it important for 5G and open vRAN?

Enhanced CPRI will support more bandwidth across fewer fibers and it will also relieve vendor lock-in.

Dense Air demos densification for public safety in Dublin

Neutral-host small cell provider Dense Air and the Dublin Fire Brigade demoed how densification and 5G could assist cities' emergency response teams.

Broadband Forum and ONF team up on broadband virtualization

The Broadband Forum and ONF are teaming up to drive virtualization and automation across access networks.

Girls Who Code nabs IBM's first Open Source Community Grant

Girls Who Code were the winners of the first $50,000 IBM Open Source Community Grant.

Lanner and Intel help fuel Verizon's uCPE 2.0 platform

Lanner Electronics announced on Monday that it had teamed up with Intel to help build the second generation of Verizon's uCPE offering.