Huawei befuddled by reports of total 5G ban in UK

The Chinese equipment vendor faces a complete exclusion from the UK's 5G market, according to mainstream press reports.

Is Open Source the Way Forward for SD-WAN?

The dream of SD-WAN is pretty simple: make networking faster, better, cheaper, and more secure. The problem is proprietary technologies simply can’t scale to meet these aspirations, says Sorell Slaymaker, principal consulting analyst at TechVision Research.

Verizon taps Movandi for mmWave know-how

Verizon this week disclosed it’s working with Movandi, tapping the startup for its millimeter wave repeater technology to extend 5G coverage, and on chipset tech to boost service for the carrier’s 5G Home customers.

T-Mobile makes public safety a 3-way race – sort of

T-Mobile was mostly absent from the public safety market until it announced its “Connecting Heroes” program, pitting its offer against services from Verizon and AT&T.

Segra expands footprint by 3,000 miles with NorthState deal

Segra, one of the largest fiber infrastructure companies in the Eastern U.S., has bought NorthState for an undisclosed sum. The deal expanded Segra's fiber footprint by close to 3,000 miles and gave it a bigger presence in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina.

IBM CEO Krishna plans 'thousands' of job cuts—report

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna is looking to right the ship and return Big Blue to profitability by reducing the workforce.

Open RAN leader Sachin Katti 'surprised' by uptake

Sachin Katti is at the center of the action in terms of innovation in the radio access network (RAN). Katti is co-chair of the O-RAN Alliance Technical Steering Committee. In addition, he co-founded a startup called Uhana, which VMware purchased in July 2019. Uhana provides analytics for mobile network operators to gain insights from their 4G and 5G RANs. Katti is currently on staff at VMware as vice president of strategy, telco and edge cloud.

HPE plans job cuts and reductions in executives' salaries

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is picking up the pieces from a rocky Q2 due to supply chain issues related to the coronavirus pandemic. While HPE works its way through a backlog of orders, executives are headed for a pay cut and the workforce will be trimmed.

US ramps up the ‘5G race’ rhetoric

The US Attorney General has been banging on about 5G, hot on the heels of demands the country wins at 6G too.

Facebook reignites the fires of its Workplace unit

Facebook has announced its challenge to the video-conferencing segment and a reignition of its venture into the world of collaboration and productivity.

Apple belatedly looks to refocus on podcasts

The podcasting industry was shaken up this week with the announcement that JRE is moving exclusively to Spotify and it looks like it has caught Apple’s attention.

Private CBRS networks seen as a good fit for factories

Now that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has made CBRS spectrum available for commercial use, manufacturers are looking at ways to use LTE in factories. Wireless technology can enable robotics and factory automation, and CBRS is seen as a good fit because the 3550 - 3700 MHz bands are well-suited for campus-wide connectivity and because many factories are isolated enough to have the spectrum to themselves. The FCC's rules allow general authorized access (GAA) to CBRS spectrum, meaning that users can operate networks without a license as long as they don't interfere with a licensed user.

Trump needs fodder for the campaign trail, maybe Huawei fits the bill

A thriving economy and low levels of unemployment might have been the focal point of President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, pre-pandemic, but fighting the ‘red under the bed’ might have to do now.

AT&T faces more pressure to jettison DirecTV – report

Bankers reportedly are set to put the heat on AT&T to spin out its struggling DirecTV unit as AT&T company grapples with a big debt load and critical 5G commitments.

Netflix gives its subscriber list a good scrub

In a display of goodwill and confidence in its underlying business, Netflix has begun to auto-cancel subscriptions that have been inactive for a year, estimating that it pertains to a small sliver of its base.

Vodafone taps beer chief for chairman role

Heineken CEO Jean-Francois Van Boxmeer to replace Gerard Kleisterlee in November 2020.

HPE to make bigger 'aaS' of itself with $800M cost-cutting plan

The IT giant looks set to announce thousands of layoffs and speed up its services transition after a disappointing set of results.

Eurobites: Vodacom South Africa 'decouples' from parent company

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Northern Ireland turns away from the UK's COVID-19 app; 5G fails to capture the imagination; Openreach tweaks product terms as office lock-out continues.

SeaChange's video biz takes hit as COVID-19-caused delays mount

Says the video delivery sector has been 'meaningfully impacted' by the pandemic, slowing deployment decisions on the vendor's new Framework platform for cloud and on-prem services.

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China's 5G subs may be overstated by 40%

The huge gap between subscriber totals and number of devices sold shows that, for all the hype, China's 5G is still a game of giveaways.

Mixed Q1 messages from Axiata

Things are going well in Sri Lanka and Indonesia, but not so good in Malaysia and Nepal.

Verizon 5G Challenges Linger as Network Gains Uplink

Verizon’s 5G network is looking up. The operator this week added uplink capabilities to its 5G network and will expand its footprint to its 35th U.S. city later this month. 

Cable travels tech-agnostic road to smart cities

There's no silver bullet solution for smart cities projects, so cable ops are utilizing a variety of technologies, including LoRaWAN, cellular, Wi-Fi and narrowband-IoT, to support those efforts.

WiCipedia: Women in tech roles hit hard by pandemic

This week in our WiC roundup: The N95 mask's origin story; women in tech concerned about job loss; Intel announces new diversity goals; and more.

AT&T to stop using ‘5G Evolution’ in ads

AT&T said it will stop using its “5G Evolution” marketing message following an unsuccessful appeal to an advertising industry review board, which found the claim misled consumers to believe the carrier is offering a 5G network instead of its upgraded 4G LTE network.

Verizon: COVID-19 network anomalies return to normal levels

For now, Verizon is reporting that most of the network anomalies related to COVID-19 are now in the rear view mirror.

UK Cabinet Office, as well as DCMS and DoH, clueless about COVID app

Some might assume the strategy to combat COVID-19 is being devised on the hoof while patchy delivery suggests there is little communication between departments, and the cynics would be right!

What’s the point of super-fast 5G when it’s hardly ever available?

New findings from network performance tracker Opensignal reveals that Verizon had by far the fastest 5G speed, but it’s only available to 0.5% of users.

T-Mobile offers first responder agencies free unlimited service

T-Mobile today launched its “Connecting Heroes” program, offering free unlimited mobile service, including 5G, to first responder agencies nationwide in a 10-year commitment.

Nokia gears up for 400G with new optical portfolio

While large-scale 400 Gigabit Ethernet deployments won't ramp until next year, Nokia is priming the pump with new additions to its optical portfolio.

China Mobile joins China Broadcasting to build 5G network

China is getting a fourth wireless provider — China Broadcasting Network (CBN) — which has been awarded spectrum by the Chinese government. CBN is a cable and broadcasting company that has been struggling, partly due to competition from the telcos who have been taking market share with fiber-to-the-home and IPTV.

Madden: Huawei gut-punched into survival mode

For the past year, the U.S. government has been clamping down on Huawei, taking its supply of key technology away one step at a time. Key RF chips, FPGAs, and the Google Android operating system have been denied to Huawei, forcing it to adapt.  

Apple and Google release jointly developed exposure notification API

Just over a month after they started working on it, Apple and Google have made their COVID-fighting framework available to public health authorities.

Xiaomi grows in Q1, but Q2 is where the danger lies

Xiaomi has reported revenue and profit rises through to March 31, but let’s not forget this does not include the period of extensive lockdowns in European markets.

Transportation hubs likely to deploy private networks with CBRS

When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked the wireless industry to weigh in on its rules for how CBRS spectrum should be allocated and managed, the agency heard from a lot of entities that are not part of the traditional wireless ecosystem. FedEx, Union Pacific Railroad and the Port of Los Angeles were among those who took an active interest in the CBRS rule-making process. “It’s pretty clear that the transportation and logistics community is looking for the ability to deploy private cellular networks,” said Dave Wright, president of the CBRS Alliance.

Nokia scores a new PON deal with Openreach

Finnish kit vendor Nokia received a boost to its fixed line business by securing a bunch of fibre work from UK network wholesaler Openreach.

National Advertising Review Board finally tells AT&T to stop lying about 5G

‘5G Evolution’ or ‘5Ge’ has been a controversial campaign from AT&T because it is effectively lying to its customers, but now it has been told to stop the foolishness.

HPE Cuts Salaries Companywide as COVID-19 Wrecks Q2

All Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) employees and board members will take a pay cut following the company’s dismal second-quarter 2020 earnings that were hit hard by the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Is COVID-19 a ‘Forcing Function’ for Cloud Native?

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant ripples throughout organizations that have had to rapidly upend economic market where anything that is not essential is being tossed aside. However, for those in the midst of a digital transformation journey, such tossing can’t be done as haphazardly.

T-Mobile offers free service to first responders, but rivals shouldn't fret just yet

T-Mobile's 'Connecting Heroes' offers free service to all US public and nonprofit state and local fire, police and EMS departments. But there are plenty of caveats.

Comcast: We're 'fully committed' to Full Duplex DOCSIS

Comcast's affirmation of that commitment comes amid chatter that the cable op has reassessed its near-term engineering priorities during the pandemic. Still, that decision could impact suppliers involved in the project.

Palo Alto Networks Weathers Pandemic With Strong Earnings

Palo Alto Networks benefited heavily from the rapid shift to remote work brought on by COVID-19, posting robust third-quarter fiscal 2020 earnings.

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Masa Son (of God) and the valley of coronavirus

He's misunderstood like Jesus was, and he needs all the help from heavenly forces he can get.

Nokia Sticks With 400G Optics Despite 800G Competition

Nokia today announced its fifth-generation WaveFabric Elements optical portfolio, which is capable of 400 Gb/s line speeds. While the company’s competition — namely Ciena, Infinera, and Huawei — already announced, trialed, and in some cases even deployed 800 Gb/s optics, Nokia is doubling down on 400 Gb/s line speeds.

China Mobile, CBN strike long-awaited network-sharing deal

New partnership with China Broadcasting Network Corporation (CBN) for joint 5G build gives China Mobile access to valuable 700MHz band.

India postpones 5G spectrum sale to 2021

India will auction spectrum later this year, but it is not including 5G airwaves in the sale.

Top ten takeaways from the tower industry's terrific teleconference

Also, it happened on a Tuesday (which would reinforce the alteration in the headline) but I decided that thing was totally tiring.

Altice Europe maintains 2020 outlook despite 'challenging backdrop'

Telecoms group reports 3.6% revenue growth in the first quarter of 2020, with a slight rise in EBITDA.

Cisco Bolsters ACI With Automation for Service Providers

Cisco today released the fifth version of Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), its SDN technology, to provide automation and orchestration to service providers. These features are especially important for network operators seeking to deploy 5G while integrating infrastructure spread across data centers, the edge, and the transport network, according to Cisco.

Microsoft Azure Arc Previews Kubernetes Focus

Microsoft released a preview version of its Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes system that allows users to manage Kubernetes clusters across different infrastructure environments. It also builds on its still gestating Azure Arc platform announced late last year.

Openreach's fiber splurge is a boon for non-Chinese vendors

Nokia and Adtran look set to profit as the UK incumbent ups rollout targets and works to limit its reliance on Huawei.

Eurobites: Euskatel goes nationwide under Virgin brand

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: top BT execs do the decent thing; TIM, Google collaborate on cloud services; Colt appoints new CEO.

Podcast: 5G Americas President Chris Pearson on momentum for standalone 5G

Pearson shares his forecast for when standalone 5G will emerge and the potential barriers to commercial deployment.

Samsung raves about fab six

South Korean behemoth starts work on sixth domestic foundry to bolster chip-manufacturing capacity using advanced sub-5nm process technology.

US prepares for a 6G fight

One of the premier US telecom standards organizations is now pushing for a new public-private partnership to ensure the US 'will be at the forefront of 6G development and deployment.'

Verizon turns on 5G NR for uploads, increasing speeds 30%

Download speeds usually get the most attention when it comes to 5G, but Verizon announced customers can now upload using 5G in the carrier’s soon-to-be 35 markets with millimeter wave 5G service.  

Pivotal gets recognition as Verizon mmWave partner

Verizon finally acknowledged that yes, it is working with the startup Pivotal Commware on “cutting edge” extender technology to amplify millimeter wave coverage in public spaces and in homes, buildings and so forth.

Radisys bows new PON platform for fiber rollouts of all sizes

Radisys is out of the starting block with a new disaggregated passive optical network (PON) platform to help service providers bring services to market at a faster rate. Radisys' Connect Open Broadband embraces disaggregation by separating the software from the underlying hardware. Connect Open Broadband was constructed using the Open Networking Foundation's SEBA and VOLTHA reference architectures.

Will remote working trends endure beyond lockdown?

It is most likely anyone reading this article is doing so from the comfort of their own home, but the question is whether this has become the new norm is a digitally defined economy?

ZTE and China Unicom get started on 6G

Chinese kit vendor ZTE has decided now is a good time to announce it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement on 6G with operator China Unicom.

Open Systems snaps up Born in the Cloud for threat detection

Open Systems is augmenting its cybersecurity portfolio for Microsoft Azure Sentinel by buying Born in the Cloud for an undisclosed amount.

Verizon, T-Mobile both best and worst in global 5G rank

Network testing results by multiple companies have told a similar story when it comes to U.S. operators varying approaches to 5G: Verizon’s 5G using millimeter wave spectrum is super-fast, but signals can be hard to find because of the short-range distance. Meanwhile, competitor T-Mobile’s low-band 5G has great coverage helped by its far reaching 600 MHz spectrum but with less capacity speeds are more akin to 4G LTE service.  

After 5 years, Grivner out as CEO of Colt; Gilder replaces him

After five years at the helm of Colt Technology Services, Carl Grivner has stepped down as the company's CEO. Effective Wednesday, Keri Gilder, who was hired as Colt's chief commercial officer in November of 2018, is the new CEO.

Workplace safety in IIoT takes on new meaning for CBRS

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, automation existed as a use case for CBRS and now it’s likely to grow as employers seek to put more distance between workers on factory floors. It’s one of the use cases that FierceWireless will be exploring on Thursday, May 21, during its free virtual panel: “Using CBRS for the Industrial IoT.”

Industry Voices—Blaber: The role of 5G in the new reality

Plenty has been written about the importance of 5G, its economic value and the role it will play in connecting and digitizing almost every facet of life.

Intel leads Ethernet adapter market in 2019, Mellanox second

For the first time, high-speed Ethernet adapters with speeds of 25 gigabits and above topped the $1 billion threshold in 2019, and will continue to grow this year in the face of COVID-19 restrictions. According to research by Omdia, data center deployments last year by enterprises, cloud service providers and telecommunication network providers at data centers drove the total Ethernet adapter market to $1.7 billion.

Nokia tests clock 4.7 Gbps 5G speed in Dallas

Nokia claimed a 5G speed record in tests that used 8-component carrier aggregation and a dual connectivity setup to achieve 4.7 Gbps.

Lenovo earnings reveal the damage COVID-19 can inflict

With its main smartphone manufacturing sites situated in Wuhan, Lenovo has been hit hard by COVID-19, spoiling what would have otherwise been a very productive year.

Nokia claims latest 5G speed record

The latest company to claim the 5G speed record is Nokia, which chucked out 4.7 Gbps of supercharged data in a test environment.

Verizon starts toying around with mid-band spectrum

With 5G falling flat in the US, it appears Verizon is taking matters into its own hands with an application to the FCC to experiment with mid-band spectrum, specifically, 3.7-3.8 GHz.

CBRS will bring change to energy and utility industries

The valuable midband spectrum that CBRS represents is familiar territory for the U.S. utility industry, because many utilities already operate private wireless networks in the 3.65 GHz portion of the band (3650-3700 MHz). The spectrum is well-suited for monitoring and managing substations and transformers, according to Dimitris Mavrakis, research director for telco networks at ABI Research. Often utilities have used WiMAX for deployments in the 3.65 GHz band. Now, they have until October 2020 to make these networks compliant with the FCC’s Part 96 CBRS rules. 

Major blow for Google and Apple as Rogan podcast moves exclusively to Spotify

The streaming wars have opened a major new front with the news that Spotify has lured the Joe Rogan Experience away from YouTube and iTunes.

German spooks chastised for mass surveillance

A German court has reprimanded the Federal Intelligence Service for mass surveillance which violates Basic Law and the privacy rights of its citizens.

Open Systems Adopts Security Startup Born in the Cloud

Open Systems acquired cybersecurity startup Born in the Cloud today in a bid to bolster its emerging managed security and secure access service edge (SASE) offerings.

T-Mobile's 5G reaches 1Gbit/s, and that's just the beginning

T-Mobile said it scored a 1Gbit/s speed test on its 5G network in New York City – and that transmission didn't even use two of the three 'layers' in T-Mobile's promised 5G 'layer cake.'

China's 6G grandstanding will ruffle US feathers

As ZTE parades its 6G colors, Huawei's defense of global standards may serve only to hasten their demise.

T-Mobile's 5G reaches 1 Gbit/s, and that's just the beginning

T-Mobile said it scored a 1Gbit/s speed test on its 5G network in New York City – and that transmission didn't even use two of the three 'layers' in T-Mobile's promised 5G 'layer cake.'

128 Technology SD-WAN Update Tackles Branch, Remote Work, 5G

128 Technology rolled out a bevy of updates to its Session Smart SD-WAN router that includes enhancements for branch locations, remote workers, and support for 5G.

FCC on 1 Gbit/s in rural areas using 5G: Good luck with that

The FCC reversed course and now will allow fixed wireless providers, including those using 5G, to get government money for 1Gbit/s services. But the agency clearly has doubts that's possible.

Ireland's eir maintains network investment momentum after 'solid' Q3

Irish operator reports 1% dip in Q3 revenue but EBITDA rises by 5% in the same period.

Digicel is on life support in its Caribbean hideout

Owned by Irish billionaire Denis O'Brien, the Caribbean operator is asking bondholders to write off money they are owed.

StackRox Update Piles On Runtime Security Tools

StackRox today added new runtime security features to its Kubernetes Security Platform that aim to streamline analysis, investigation, and response for runtime security events in containers and Kubernetes environments.

All roads lead to Rome DOCSIS 4.0

Those roads will be strewn with signal power challenges as spectrum is raised to 1.8GHz, but DOCSIS 4.0 provides a prime opportunity to rethink the design of HFC networks and introduce a new Distributed Gain Architecture.

Google Cloud Nabs Pentagon-Adjacent Deal

Google scored a deal to provide cloud services for an organization within the Department of Defense (DoD) that neatly steps around the cloud giant’s previous pledge to not bid on a $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract that it said did not align with its artificial intelligence (AI) principles.

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Australian cities, states start rolling out fiber alternatives to NBN

With Australia making a poor showing in global broadband rankings, state and regional governments are beginning to deploy their own fiber networks as alternatives to the underwhelming NBN.

FCC vote positions ATSC 3.0 as a new broadband pipe

Commissioner Brendan Carr says proposal to remove the 'overhang of legacy media regulations' sets stage for 'Broadcast Internet' services that ride on ATSC 3.0 to deliver 25 Mbit/s data streams.

AT&T to halt '5G Evolution' advertising, but the icon will remain

AT&T said it will comply with the National Advertising Review Board and will discontinue its '5G Evolution' adverting. But its '5GE' icon will stay.

Global Operators Feel the COVID-19 Pain

Cracks in the surface of global operators’ business revenue streams appeared in results from the first quarter of 2020, according to a new report from Analysys Mason. 

Airtel's latest results are a pleasant surprise

The Indian operator has been under pressure ever since archrival Jio entered the market, but its latest figures are cause for some optimism.

Eurobites: Liberty's electric vehicle plans get UK blessing

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia boasts 5G world record; Etisalat loses CEO; Altice pays off debts; Angola awards fourth license.

HBO Max adds distribution partners as launch nears

Altice USA, Cox, NCTC and Verizon are among the latest to agree to offer the new supersized SVoD service, but Comcast and Dish are still absent from that list.

FCC on 1Gbit/s in rural areas using 5G: Good luck with that

The FCC reversed course and now will allow fixed wireless providers, including those using 5G, to get government money for 1Gbit/s services. But the agency clearly has doubts that's possible.

Tele Columbus navigates through COVID-19

German cable operator boasts 'solid' Q1. Confirms full-year guidance.

Verizon Data Breach Report Finds Web Application Attacks Doubled

Despite its startling statistics — 86% of data breaches are financially motivated, up from 71% in 2019, and web application attacks doubled to 43% this year — the latest Verizon data breach report is a good news security story, insists co-author and Verizon data scientist Gabriel Basset.

Intelligent Fiber Network extends its reach with Connected2Fiber

Intelligent Fiber Network has selected Connected2Fiber to help provision its market expansion to more than 80,000 serviceable locations. Intelligent Fiber Network (INF) has expanded its use of The Connected World Platform, which is Connected2Fiber's core mapping and visualization platform, to identify new near net locations for its expansion.

51% of IT pros disagree with Gov approach to COVID-19 app

With the UK’s COVID-19 tracing application being test on the Isle of Wight, only 24% of IT professionals believe the initiative will be successful.

Verizon's security report highlights risk of unsecured cloud use

Verizon's latest security report calls out the need for organizations to do a better job of securing their data on cloud repositories. According to the Verizon Business 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), the increased amount of workloads that have moved from on premise to the cloud has led to more cloud-based attacks.

Altiostar fetes O-RAN tests with Rakuten, NEC

Altiostar announced that it has tested O-RAN Alliance-compliant multi-vendor multi-input, multi-output (mMIMO) 5G with vRAN in collaboration with NEC and Rakuten Mobile.

COVID-19 fuels indoor CBRS for some: Special Report

The availability of CBRS spectrum is piquing interest for in-building connectivity and FierceWireless is exploring the topic Wednesday, May 20, as part of its free virtual CBRS event during a panel session called “CBRS for in-building wireless.”

Comcast adds 5G to its MVNO service for free

Comcast is offering 5G on all its Xfinity Mobile plans. Xfinity Mobile is Comcast’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service that rides on Verizon’s network. So essentially, Comcast is piggybacking off Verizon’s 5G network.

CenturyLink pulls more fiber for consumer and business customers

CenturyLink is mashing the gas pedal on the build out of its fiber network that serves its residential and business customers.

Saw’s new job: finding cool ways to use T-Mobile’s 5G

John Saw is well-known as a pioneer in wireless technology. He was the second employee of Clearwire when he joined that company in 2003 and stitched together 2.5 GHz into a prized swath of spectrum. The former CTO of Sprint, he joined the new T-Mobile as executive vice president of Advanced and Emerging Technologies upon the merger’s close on April 1.

Colt serves up IP access across Microsoft Azure Peering Service

Colt Technology Services is now offering cloud-optimized, dedicated internet connectivity for enterprises by tapping into the Microsoft Azure Peering Service. Colt was one of the first network service providers picked to take part in Microsoft Azure Peering Service last year. Microsoft Azure Peering Service is now generally available.

Uber crash reportedly claims 3k jobs and 45 offices

With society under lockdown and consumers becoming increasingly sensitive to enclosed spaces, Uber was always in a precarious position and now it appears the axe is swinging.

ITU says lower prices don’t lead to higher internet penetration

The UN telecoms agency observes that, while global connectivity prices are going down, the relationship with penetration is not as inversely proportion as you might think.

Telecom Italia wrestles with Europe’s biggest COVID-19 dent

Telecom Italia (TIM) has released its latest financial results, revealing painful battle scars as European nations continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Editor’s Corner: Some people pay $1,000 for monthly wireless

One thing stood out for me immediately in the new American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Wireless Service and Cellular Telephone report. Apparently, there are families in the United States who are spending $1,000 or more for their monthly mobile phone bill!

CBRS enables private wireless networks for education

The closure of schools nationwide due to COVID-19 highlighted the value of digital education. And teachers who were previously uncomfortable with technology had to come up to speed quickly. Even as students return to the classrooms, teachers will use technology in general, and connectivity in particular, more than before. The timing is good for CBRS, which offers schools a way to manage their own private LTE networks, not just for education, but also for secure communication with staff members in all parts of a campus.

Sunrise and Salt supply strategic support to scupper Swisscom

Sibilant Swiss service providers Sunrise and Salt are forming a strategic partnership for the rollout of fibre across the country.

Dell Gets Cloudier With Google, VMware

Dell Technologies rolled out a bunch of updates to its year-old Dell Technologies Cloud today including a storage partnership with Google Cloud, support for VMware’s Kubernetes products, and new hardware and software features for its VMware-based SD-WAN appliances.

The Telecoms.com Podcast: BT, Rakuten and spectrum auctions

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Security report warns of increased dangers with workers at home

Verizon's latest Data Breach Investigations Report sheds light on lockdown dangers and debunks data-breach myths.

Microsoft Azure Supercomputer Touts Top 5 Power

Microsoft unveiled a new supercomputer it has constructed that is hosted in its Azure cloud platform and it claims is one of the top five publicly disclosed supercomputers in the world. The supercomputer also banks on a $1 billion investment the computing giant made last year in artificial intelligence (AI) research startup OpenAI.

Ligado promises to move forward on 5G despite Pentagon opposition

Ligado promises to 'create a new kind of network,' but the company still faces political and vocal opposition from the likes of Defense Secretary Mark Esper and 'Miracle on the Hudson' pilot 'Sully' Sullenberger.

UPS hints at drone ambitions

UPS has been testing drone operations, but the company's appearance at the Wireless Infrastructure Association's Connect (X) trade show could indicate the company's interest in 4G and 5G connections.

Aryaka's Ginsberg on COVID-19's impact on enterprise traffic

Aryaka's David Ginsberg examined several of the operator's enterprise customers' network traffic patterns and identified a few surprising trends.

Aryaka's Ginsburg on COVID-19's impact on enterprise traffic

Aryaka's David Ginsburg examined several of the operator's enterprise customers' network traffic patterns and identified a few surprising trends.

IP Infusion, AT&T Partner on DANOS-Based SD-Edge Platform

IP Infusion today announced support for the DANOS-Vyatta network operating system across its line of universal CPE (uCPE) appliances under an agreement with AT&T.

Rancher Academy Wrangles Kubernetes Skills Gap

Like true cattlemen, Rancher Labs has rallied behind the DevOps community in an attempt to wrangle the Kubernetes skills gap with the launch of Rancher Academy, its new free training portal.  

Apple nabs NextVR as details about AR glasses leak out

Apple's deal for NextVR, a company that produces live and on-demand VR content, emerges amid a report that the company is nearing the introduction of augmented reality specs under the Apple Glass brand.

Sunrise and Salt team for $3.1B Swiss fiber push

The two Swiss operators plan to build a fiber-to-the-home network covering up to 1.5M households over the next five to seven years.

Eurobites: Openreach sale talks baseless, says Jefferies

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange gets into AI; Telia sells TV rights; Iliad seeks damages from Telecom Italia.

Telecom Italia crumbles like a Roman ruin

Shares in Italy's biggest phone company have tumbled after another round of customer losses and more divestment activity.

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Huawei Pours $200M Into Cloud Computing

Huawei is investing $200 million in its cloud and general-purpose computing ecosystem this year to develop more opportunities for enterprises and developers, the company announced today at its annual analyst summit.

Here's why T-Mobile is avoiding the open RAN policy debate

Although both AT&T and Verizon are part of the Open RAN Policy Coalition, T-Mobile is not. That's noteworthy considering T-Mobile is embarking on a major new 5G network buildout effort.

Putting the squeeze on 8K

Content in the 8K format remains sparse, but industry leaders in the video tech arena are sizing up new AI-assisted encoding techniques to deliver 8K in a bandwidth-efficient manner.

Podcast: US moves to block chips, 5G tech from Huawei

Light Reading's Iain Morris and Phil Harvey discuss this latest move in the US vs. Huawei, and Morris reports on Huawei's initial reaction, what we should expect next and how this could ricochet and affect Apple and others.

Huawei struggles with guidance after latest US ban

Huawei offered an incomplete Q1 picture and declined to give revenue guidance as it reels from the COVID-19 crisis and new US restrictions.

Google Cloud hires two new execs as it draws a bead on telcos

Google Cloud has hired two prominent industry executives as it looks to win over customers in new verticals such as media and telecommunications.

SoftBank fire sale could include T-Mobile US stake

Japanese conglomerate SoftBank had a nightmare quarter thanks to massive losses at its Vision Fund investment arm and it might need to raise a few yen quickly.

Jio carves out space for yet another US investor

It seems the US moneymen have a taste for Indian connectivity as General Atlantic becomes the fourth third-party firm to invest in the money-making machine which is Jio Platforms.

Altran unveils new tool to find bugs faster in source code

Altran unleashed a new machine-learning based tool that helps developers predict the presence of bugs in software source code. The tool, which is called Code Detect AI, works by applying machine learning (ML) to historical data in order to identify potential areas of code that are most likely to be "buggy."

Verizon told to tweak 5G ad claims

The National Advertising Division (NAD) has recommended Verizon stop using the claim that it’s delivering “the most powerful 5G experience for America” in two previously aired TV commercials touting the carrier’s 5G service rollout in sports stadiums were challenged by competitor AT&T.

Verizon sticks a fork into BlueJeans deal

Verizon wrapped up its deal to buy video conferencing company BlueJeans Network on Friday. While Verizon has yet to put a price tag on its BlueJeans acquisition, which was first announced in April, it previously confirmed that it paid below $500 million.

COVID-19's impact will evolve the telecommunications industry

Change is in the air for the telecommunications sector as vendors and service providers grapple with the fallout from COVID-19. While it may be too soon to carve all of the changes into granite, it does seem as though the industry is headed towards the dawning of a new era.

Verizon files to conduct C-band tests

Verizon Wireless has filed paperwork with the FCC seeking an experimental authorization to use the 3.7-3.8 GHz band in portions of Basking Ridge, New Jersey; Westlake, Texas; Sunnyvale, California; and Grand Rapids and Lansing, Michigan.

Apple to reopen more retail stores

Apple is reopening more than 25 retail stores in the U.S., though some will only offer curbside “Genius” support services or in-store pick-up options.

Industry Voices — Doyle: CBRS will impact enterprise IoT

Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum opens up new opportunities for enterprises to deploy private cellular wireless networks (both 4G and 5G) to connect users, applications and devices over a wide geographical area – especially helpful for mobile edge computing deployments.

Verizon gets wrist slap for misleading 5G claims

The National Advertising Division (NAD) has condemned Verizon for misleading consumers over the quality of its 5G network across the country.

COVID-19 not slowing down CBRS for Federated Wireless

Every so often, Federated Wireless has marked momentum along the way to CBRS commercialization. The company was an early pioneer in the space and worked hard to develop the ecosystem that is now commercial. And while COVID-19 affects everything, it did not take the wind out of Federated’s sails.

China throws money at domestic chip firm as TSMC stops taking orders from Huawei

The US move to impose a ban on any US tech being used in the production of Huawei chips has sent shockwaves through the semiconductor industry.

OPPO signs up Vodafone for European expansion

Chinese smartphone vendor has partnered with pan-European telco Vodafone to offer its full-range of 4G and 5G devices.

Apple opens stores with mandatory face masks and temperature checks

Gadget giant Apple is slowly looking to return to normal, but that term now requires major qualification.

Huawei says US is only hurting itself with sanctions

Speaking at this years’ virtual Huawei Analyst Summit, Rotating Chairman Guo Ping hit back at the US, suggesting it will only do more damage to itself by pursing its current course.

Eurobites: Deutsche Telekom in talks over SoftBank's T-Mobile US stake – report

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Net Insight makes hay in the Middle East; Ericsson's China deals confirmed; bad 5G karma down Glastonbury way.

Vodafone teams up with a China-based smartphone vendor not called Huawei

Operator provides route for Oppo to sell 4G and 5G smartphones in seven Vodafone markets in the initial phase.

Huawei is running short of friends, but it still has options

The latest US attack follows efforts by several European operators to cut their dependence on Huawei and poses the biggest threat so far to the Chinese vendor.

OCP Revenues Surged in 2019 Despite APAC Setback

Open Compute Project (OCP)-certified equipment saw strong adoption throughout 2019 across most regions but fell short of expectations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market, a recent Omdia report found.

Cable and edge computing: The rest of the story

In this followup blog, Broadband Success Partners' David Strauss reveals more about cable operators' plans to leverage edge compute technology.

China Mobile Rolls Out ZTE 5G Control System

China Mobile today announced the successful deployment of ZTE’s cloud-based 5G-transport management and control system, Zenic One, in the Guangdong province of China. The deployment is the latest collaboration between the two China-based companies.

Huawei Plays Victim, Hangs Outlook on ‘Survival’

Huawei today used a new word to describe it’s modus operandi for the moment: survival.

SoftBank Seeks to Cut Losses in US Wireless Market

SoftBank, a Japanese conglomerate and investment firm, is seeking a retreat from the U.S. wireless market, according to The Wall Street Journal.

US law enforcement warned of 5G/coronavirus conspiracy threats

A report from the US Department of Homeland Security warns that the myth tying 5G with the coronavirus has already prompted arson and physical attacks against cell towers in several US states.

Michigan university wants $15M to scrap new Huawei LTE network

Demand for Northern Michigan University's LTE network, which currently serves 15,000 families and students, has skyrocketed during the pandemic. Is the network, built with Huawei equipment, a real security threat?

Verizon outlines 'phase 3' of its COVID-19 response

Fully 115,000 of Verizon's employees worked from home during nationwide quarantine orders. Now, the operator is charting a course for some – but not all – of those employees to return to the office.

IBC 2020 canceled due to COVID-19

Show organizers determine that 'a return to (a new) normal is unlikely to be achieved by September' and will instead pursue digital alternatives.

VMware's VeloCloud Powers Windstream's Latest SD-WAN

VMware’s VeloCloud SD-WAN platform will power Windstream’s newly announced Kinetic Business SD-WAN offering.

Huawei seeking survival after US escalates offensive

We're a plane riddled with bullet holes, says senior executive, after US authorities prepared to slap new restrictions on the company.

SoftBank's bleedin' (and Ma's not alright)

Record losses. No dividend guidance. Jack Ma ups sticks.

Daily Roundup: VMware’s Top 3 Security Priorities

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Say hello to India's first digital service provider

Facebook's investment in Jio could trigger a new wave of digital disruption in one of the world's biggest markets.

Podcast: Decoding Microsoft's M&A moves

Light Reading's Mike Dano says that Microsoft's recent acquisitions of Affirmed Networks and Metaswitch signal that the company has bigger plans than just finding more stuff to sell to telcos.

Comcast seeks to one-up Charter in 5G

Comcast said its 5G will be available for no extra charge on its $45 unlimited and 'by the gig' plans. Charter, meantime, only offers 5G on its unlimited plan.