Dell Bridges Cloud to Edge With HCI

Dell Technologies announced two new VxRails systems that it says extend the benefits of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), like automation and simplified operations, to remote and space-constrained edge locations.

A look back at this weeks biggest stories

Whether it’s important, depressing or just entertaining, the telecoms industry is always one which attracts attention.

Who Will Cisco Buy Next? Think Zero-Trust Security, Apps

Despite being “the most overused word heading into the early part of 2020,” in the words of Cisco’s Chief Strategy Officer Anuj Kapur, the need for digital transformation became painstakingly real about 100 days ago.

Oi puts $2.8bn price tag on its mobile business

Brazilian converged telco Oi has said it will be moving forward with the sale of its mobile business unit, listening to offers which exceed 15 billion Brazilian Real ($2.8 billion).

Nokia touts 5G C-band trial in Dallas

Nokia isn’t wasting any time getting into the C-band space, saying it reached speeds of over 1 Gbps using its commercial 5G AirScale portfolio at 3.75 GHz in Dallas, Texas. The Finnish vendor said the drive tests confirmed that Nokia’s solution is ready for commercial deployment ahead of the U.S. C-band spectrum auction in December. It says the C-band is a crucial resource for operators to offer the best mix of 5G network capacity and coverage to subscribers across the U.S.

Charter not looking to be full-scale mobile operator: CFO

Asked under what circumstances Charter Communications would consider becoming a full-scale, facilities-based mobile network operator, Charter CFO Chris Winfrey indicated that’s not in the cards for the company.

Paris court rules Orange must pay rival Digicel close to $280M

A Paris Appeals court ruled this week that Orange, which is headquartered in Paris, must pay Digicel 181.5 million euros in damages and 68 million euros in interest, according to a story by Reuters.

Ericsson predicts FWA to grow 3-fold through 2025

Covid-19 could propel fixed wireless access (FWA) build-outs around the world at a faster clip than if the pandemic hadn’t happened.

Juniper Networks gears up for telco edge cloud with StackPath

With increased migration to cloud services and bigger 5G deployments, service providers need to make the move to telco edge clouds, according to a Juniper executive.

Apple under increasing monopoly pressure over App Store

Gadget giant Apple has caused a controversy by rejecting a premium email app unless it charges for subscriptions through the App Store, thus giving Apple a 30% piece of the action.

Facebook enters the mapping game with Mapillary acquisition

Facebook has been confirmed as the new owner of Swedish crowd-sourcing mapping company Mapillary.

China raises the Huawei stakes by charging two Canadians with spying

Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have been imprisoned for 18 months and have only been charged after the Huawei CFO lost her extradition appeal.

Samsung is the final beneficiary of Canada’s Huawei snub

Samsung, alongside Nokia and Ericsson, has been announced as a 5G supplier to Telus, completing the ‘Big Three’ avoidance of Huawei in Canada.

With its shiftiness on jobs, T-Mobile's 'Uncarrier' image is wearing thin

T-Mobile should have fessed up this week and said how many jobs were at risk after its merger with Sprint.

WiCipedia: Facial recognition tech's heyday is over

This week in our WiC roundup: New resources for women of color in tech; facial recognition software gets put on hold; the 'pipeline' excuse is getting old; and more.

Haystack News moves streaming needle as consumers flock to local news

Usage of the hyper-local streaming news service was climbing before the pandemic, but the recent surge of big news events has 'propelled us forward,' CEO Daniel Barreto says.

Verizon Teases Forthcoming DSS Launch for Nationwide 5G

Verizon is, despite challenges encountered amid the COVID-19 crisis, still on track to reach nationwide 5G coverage by the end of this year, said Heidi Hemmer, VP of technology at Verizon. 

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Höttges prepares to pull T-Mobile's strings in the US

Deutsche Telekom is expected to raise its stake in T-Mobile US from 43% to above 50% using a reported $20 billion. But what the company does with that controlling share is noteworthy.

CenturyLink and Cisco take aim at the moving target of secure remote access

Cisco and CenturyLink are just two among examples of vendors and service providers rethinking their remote access services to address new capacity and security concerns as more employees access private company documents from home.

Telus launches 5G and picks Samsung as third vendor

Canadian operator rolls out 'first wave' of 5G and adds the South Korean vendor to its existing 5G lineup of Ericsson and Nokia.

Microsoft Buys ADRM for Azure Data Lake Boost

Microsoft said it acquired ADRM Software, which provides industry-specific data models for analytics, for an undisclosed amount.

Infinera, Windstream Claim 800G Milestone

Infinera, in collaboration with Windstream, this week announced the successful trial of an 800 Gb/s single-wave transmission over 730 kilometers and a 700 Gb/s transmission over 1,460 kilometers. The trials mark the optical networking vendor’s first public production trial of its sixth-generation optics.

FCC Chairman seeks help to keep the broadband flowing

Ajit Pai asks Congress to create legislation that helps consumers and small businesses stay connected as his Keeping Americans Connected Pledge nears its expiration date.

Eurobites: Deutsche Telekom sets out world-domination plan

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: UK COVID-19 app bites the dust; Amazon creates virtual jobs in South Africa; UKCloud goes carbon-negative.

Indonesia 5G: Too many operators, not enough spectrum

A combination of too many operators, not enough spectrum and physical challenges have put Indonesia far behind the rest of the region in 5G.

T-Mobile’s Neville Ray reveals 5G playbook

T-Mobile President of Technology Neville Ray revealed his 2020 playbook during the Wells Fargo Virtual 5G Forum on Thursday. But first, he had to explain what happened on Monday, when the operator experienced an hours-long service outage.

DT’s 5G network covers 16M people in Germany

Deutsche Telekom touted its 5G network in Germany this week, covering 16 million people with a boost from additional spectrum and dynamic spectrum sharing technology.

DT’s 5G network covers 16M people in Germany

Deutsche Telekom touted its 5G network in Germany this week, covering 16 million people with a boost from additional spectrum and dynamic spectrum sharing technology.

AT&T's Fuetsch sees computer vision technology in your future

The art of the possible seems endless with the edge, the cloud and low-latency 5G applications and services. To wit: AT&T is looking at computer vision technology that could be used in retail stores for social distancing.

UK inevitably ditches its misguided coronavirus app strategy

Nobody outside of the government and NHSX thought it was a good idea for the UK to develop its own contact tracing app when Google and Apple had already done the heavy lifting for them.

White House pressure reportedly forces Huawei into flagship smartphone delay

Rumours have emerged to suggest Huawei has asked suppliers to halt production of components as it assesses the damage inflicted by political tension.

Verizon broadens its virtual serivces with Cisco's ENCS

Verizon Business has broadened its universal CPE portfolio to include Cisco's ENCS white boxes in an effort to support new virtual services.

Greenblatt: Doing good during COVID-19 does well for wireless

The COVID-19 pandemic has put virtually every segment of the economy through a critical moment of reckoning. According to J.D. Power pulse surveys fielded in March and May of 2020, most wireless and internet service providers (ISPs) in the United States have met the moment to the satisfaction of those that matter most: their customers.

Greenblatt: Doing good during COVID-19 does well for wireless

The COVID-19 pandemic has put virtually every segment of the economy through a critical moment of reckoning. According to J.D. Power pulse surveys fielded in March and May of 2020, most wireless and internet service providers (ISPs) in the United States have met the moment to the satisfaction of those that matter most: their customers.

Greenblatt: Doing good during COVID-19 does well for wireless

The COVID-19 pandemic has put virtually every segment of the economy through a critical moment of reckoning. According to J.D. Power pulse surveys fielded in March and May of 2020, most wireless and internet service providers (ISPs) in the United States have met the moment to the satisfaction of those that matter most: their customers.

Pensando's edge compute platform finds a home on HPE's servers

Edge computing hardware startup Pensando Systems' Distributed Edge Platform (DSP) is now available across some of HPE's servers, including the ProLiant, Apollo and Edgeline server platforms. Pensando's DSP is also available on HPE's Greenlake service to enable a cloud-like experince for on premises infrastructure.

India set to block Chinese vendors from state networks

The Indian government is reportedly going to block Huawei and ZTE from involvement with BSNL and MTNL, in the latest escalation of bad blood between the two countries.

Deutsche Telekom vaults itself forward in the 5G race

In what should be described as somewhat of a slow burner, Deutsche Telekom has made the bold claim it will be able to connect 50% of its population to 5G by mid-July.

TM Forum gets a bunch of operators to sign up to its Open Digital Architecture

BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Telenor are among 11 new signatories to a scheme designed to cloudify BSS and OSS and provide standardized, open software components.

AT&T, Nokia prove open RIC platform in live 5G network trial

AT&T and Nokia successfully trialed their jointly developed RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) software platform on the carrier’s live millimeter wave 5G network in New York City. This allowed external applications running at the network edge on an Akraino-based open cloud platform to manage some aspects of the radio network without interruption.

AT&T, Nokia prove open RIC platform in live 5G network trial

AT&T and Nokia successfully trialed their jointly developed RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) software platform on the carrier’s live millimeter wave 5G network in New York City. This allowed external applications running at the network edge on an Akraino-based open cloud platform to manage some aspects of the radio network without interruption.

AT&T, Nokia prove open RIC platform in live 5G network trial

AT&T and Nokia successfully trialed their jointly developed RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) software platform on the carrier’s live millimeter wave 5G network in New York City. This allowed external applications running at the network edge on an Akraino-based open cloud platform to manage some aspects of the radio network without interruption.

The shambolic story which is Zoom continues with another U-turn

At what is increasingly looking like a shambolic business, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan has said Zoom will offer end-to-end encryption after widespread criticism.

T-Mobile, Dish set for July 1 Boost closure

Dish Network’s closure of Sprint’s prepaid wireless business, including Boost Mobile, is set to occur on July 1, according to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.

T-Mobile, Dish set for July 1 Boost closure

Dish Network’s closure of Sprint’s prepaid wireless business, including Boost Mobile, is set to occur on July 1, according to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.

ONAP's sixth release is bigger and bolder across 5G and optical

ONAP's sixth release, Frankfurt, checks off key boxes across 5G network slicing, blueprints for scaling 5G and cloud-native network functions (CNFs.)

Daily Roundup: Verizon Taps Cisco

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The People's Front of Open RAN vs. the Open RAN People's Front

One industry faction thinks radio is the main problem for the open RAN protest movement. Another says it's all about the baseband.

Verizon Taps Cisco for NFV Services Push

Verizon Business Group will add Cisco‘s Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS) to its catalog of white-box hardware in a bid to support the deployment of new virtualized services.

Cisco Pushes Full Stack Visibility Vision

Cisco today updated its intent-based networking portfolio to simplify automation and provide insights for IT professionals.

SAP Remains Focused on Riding Hyperscalers

SAP has been through a few ups and downs over the past year but remains focused on being a software layer for enterprises that can run on top of already-established cloud infrastructure. And the company remains committed to maintaining the structure of its work with hyperscalers and enterprises.

AT&T Clarifies Timeline for Nationwide 5G, SDN Control

AT&T is “very close” to reaching its goal of virtualizing and putting 75% of its network functions under SDN control and will “hit it easily by the end of the year,” CTO Andre Fuetsch said today at an investor conference.

Verizon's Virtual Network Services taps Cisco for new white box

In lieu of using purpose-built devices such as routers, firewalls and switches, Verizon's enterprise customers can access the VNS portfolio to deploy, manage and orchestrate VNFs from a central location.

Intel Goes All In On AI With Latest Xeon Scalable, FPGA

Intel is once again betting on integrated artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, announcing today its third-generation Xeon Scalable processors alongside an AI-optimized FPGA.

Amazon Melts Snow Line for Edge Deployments

The calendar might say June, but Amazon Web Services (AWS) is piling on more snow with the launch of its Snowcone storage box targeted at edge and resource-constrained locations. The device ties into AWS’ broader Snowball family of storage and data transfer devices.

HPE CEO Neri Contracts COVID-19, Says Show Will Go On

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) CEO Antonio Neri said he tested positive for COVID-19, but the company’s HPE Discover Virtual Experience will continue as planned next week.

Veeam Deepens Microsoft Teams Backup, AWS Protection

After leading the backup and disaster recovery market and carrying the No. 1 spot in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for three consecutive years, Veeam turned the final page on “Act I” at its digital VeeamON 2020 conference today and announced “Act II,” which takes place in the hybrid cloud and stars a trove of products for Microsoft Teams, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and NetApp OnTap.

US lawmakers move to limit protections enjoyed by internet platforms

Well that was quick. No sooner does Google censor the comments sections of two independent news sites than the US legislative machine moves to remove its own protections.

Braxton Carter retires as T-Mobile’s CFO

T-Mobile’s Chief Financial Officer Braxton Carter is retiring, and T-Mobile has named Peter Osvaldik as its new CFO. Osvaldik, who is currently SVP and chief accounting officer for the carrier, will assume his new role on July 1.

Braxton Carter retires as T-Mobile’s CFO

T-Mobile’s Chief Financial Officer Braxton Carter is retiring, and T-Mobile has named Peter Osvaldik as its new CFO. Osvaldik, who is currently SVP and chief accounting officer for the carrier, will assume his new role on July 1.

FirstNet Board OKs $218M for core network upgrades, deployables

FirstNet, the dedicated public safety communications network built by AT&T through a public-private partnership, is getting more than $200 million for enhancements to its portable assets and core network for 5G. 

BT wants a piece of Skynet

As if things weren’t dystopian enough these days, BT is teaming up with a couple of satellite companies to get involved in the Skynet defence system.

Microsoft fleshes out its mission to combat COVID-19 impact

Microsoft has not been shy regarding its work to ensure customers can continue to operate through this unforeseen period, and now it has offered more detail.

Vodafone makes first connection in God’s Country via UK’s Shared Rural Network

A rural village in East Wales’ Wye Valley has become the first to receive mobile coverage via the UK Government’s £1 billion Shared Rural Network (SRN) scheme.

Google censors independent comments sections while remaining protected itself

A blatant display of targeted, coordinated censorship has resulted in Google threatening two news sites with demonetization unless they delete specified comments sections.

T-Mobile network outage triggered by fiber circuit failure

T-Mobile on Tuesday offered some additional details about the cause of its major network outage earlier this week that left many customers across the country unable to text or use VoLTE calling.

McElfresh: AT&T has a laser like focus on expanding fiber

Speaking at an investor event on Tuesday, AT&T's Jeff McElfresh outlined how fiber underpins the telco's wireless, broadband and streaming video services.

Data forecasts indicate 4G is far from dead and buried

With 5G euphoria reaching fever pitch at times, the on-going importance of 4G networks is often overlooked.

AT&T’s McElfresh welcomes C-band, sidesteps Ligado question

While it’s permanently closing some stores and shifting a lot of activities to the online environment amid the COVID-19 pandemic, AT&T says it will continue to invest in its 5G network build this year, and that means keeping up with the Joneses in terms of spectrum.

Cisco gets SASE with its latest SD-WAN software update

Cisco has embraced the secure access service edge (SASE) model across its latest SD-WAN software release. Last year Gartner analysts coined the SASE term and positioned it as the unification of enterprise access security initiatives and WAN networking platforms, including SD-WAN.

Windstream, Infinera transmit 800G over long-haul network

Windstream worked with Infinera to trial 800 gigabits per second (800G) over 730 kilometers in a live production network between San Diego and Phoenix.

T-Mobile lays off hundreds of Sprint employees – report

The company that promised to add jobs by merging with Sprint now appears to be laying off hundreds of employees.  

AT&T to cut 3,400 jobs in next few weeks - CWA

AT&T plans to cut 3,400 technician and clerical jobs in the coming weeks, according to the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

Apple finds itself staring into the eye of a European antitrust storm

Otherwise known as Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition has been making life uncomfortable for Silicon Valley residents, and now its Apple’s turn.

Germany launches decentralized contact tracing app while UK flounders

Pragmatic bunch that they are, the Germans have gone with the only viable approach to developing a contact tracing app, while UK attempts to reinvent the wheel have predictably faltered.

Some telcos support up to 3 clouds: Special Report

Ideally, telcos will have just one “telco cloud,” but because of their gradual transition to cloud architectures, they might have as many as three telco clouds. The topic will be discussed at FierceTelecom’s free virtual event “Telco Cloud Transformation: A Deep Dive” on Thursday, June 18.

Verizon signs up for Amazon's 'Climate Pledge'

Verizon, Infosys and Reckitt Benckiser became the first global companies to sign up for Amazon's Climate Pledge that was first announced in September.

Verizon adds 5G PC from Lenovo to device lineup

Verizon is adding a new 5G device to its lineup, this time the world’s first 5G PC from Lenovo, with a new $30 per month 5G device data plan.

Report: Zoom booms in video-as-a-service sector in Q1

If you had not used Zoom's video conferencing platform pre-COVID-19, chances are very good that you have by now. Zoom single handedly raised the video-as-a-service (VaaS) sector in the first quarter due to social distancing measures during the coronavirus pandemic.

US companies are now allowed to work with Huawei, but only on standards

The US government seems to have realised that banning all contact with Huawei has its downsides.

Nokia gets in bed with Tencent and Baidu cloud business units

Nokia has announced an expanded relationship with two existing customers, to provide data centre interconnect (DCI) network solutions for expanding cloud computing business units.

CenturyLink beefs up its fiber network in Ecuador

As part of its blueprint to expand its presence into Latin American countries, CenturyLink recently put the finishing touches on a new fiber route. The fiber route, which is 800 kilometers long, or about 500 miles, connects Quito, Ecuador to Cali, Colombia.

Optical transport takes steps toward 400G: Special Report

Is 2020 the year of 400G? It’s the kind of question telecom industry observers love to ask, though it is a far too general one. It speaks to our fascination with big numbers as milestones to be reached and put in the rearview mirror as we push toward the next milestone.

Nokia snaps up two DCI deals in China

Finnish vendor continues to build up alternative routes to growth in China and signs new deals with Tencent and Baidu.

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Huawei UK, China and facial recognition

This week, China looms large for the lockdown crew.

Eurobites: Fiber effect fortifies network investment levels in France

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: It's all about the baseband for Ericsson; Telefónica extends tie-up with Fortinet; O2 boss channels Churchill.

Ericsson ups 5G forecast

Faster-than-expected uptake in China helps explains a revised global estimate of 190 million 5G subs by the end of the year.

Is the worst over for the Indian telecom industry?

India's telecom sector had been having a torrid time until just a few months ago, but there are some important signs of improvement.

AT&T will be closing corporate stores as well

In what some are predicting is just the tip of the iceberg for cell phone stores, AT&T confirmed that it will be closing some AT&T stores, but it’s not all the stores that are currently unopened.

T-Mobile hit with network issue, customers report service outage

T-Mobile appears to be having with a major network issue on Monday, affecting consumers across the U.S., with reports of outages and problems with phone and data service.  

GSMA nixes MWC Los Angeles

The COVID-19 pandemic has put the kibosh on yet another live event, this time the MWC Los Angeles 2020 event that was supposed to happen October 28-30.

WhatsApp launches digital payments platform in Brazil

Social media giant Facebook has made the first tentative steps towards the digital payment environment with its WhatsApp messaging platform in Brazil.

MWC Los Angeles, scheduled for 28 October, has been cancelled

The GSMA, which runs the Mobile World Congress trade shows, has decided not to wait any longer to cancel its main Q4 event.

Nokia nabs 10% share of China Unicom 5G core contract

While apparently missing out on bigger radio access network (RAN) contracts for China’s three mobile operators, Nokia secured a deal to supply part of China Unicom’s 5G core.

Dish’s intentions once again ‘question of the day’

Investment analysts are speculating today about apparently tense negotiations over T-Mobile’s sale of the Boost Mobile business to Dish Network and terms of their MVNO agreement, which are part of the government’s remedy in approving the T-Mobile/Sprint merger.

Nokia taps Broadcom for 5G chipsets

Nokia continues to address its earlier 5G chipset woes, today announcing a new collaboration with Broadcom for custom system-on-chip (SoCs) solutions for the vendor’s ReefShark-powered portfolio.

Comcast Business tees-up vCPE for launch in late 2020

Comcast Business is working its way towards the launch of virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE) in the third or fourth quarter of this year.

Cox ‘aggressively’ explores getting back into wireless

A few weeks ago, Cox Communications posted a help-wanted ad on LinkedIn for an executive director of wireless marketing. The advertisement said the position would lead the end-to-end marketing function for “the wireless brand strategy for Cox Mobile.”

Using Cisco Meraki gear, CenturyLink dishes up new WFH solution

With homes serving as the new office spaces, CenturyLink has rolled out a new virtual private connection service that taps into corporate wide-area networks (WANs.) CenturyLink's Remote Connect service provides additional security and a self-install model to help home-bound employees create and share information across their businesses.

FCC denies petition seeking delay to C-band auction

The FCC last week denied a petition from several smaller satellite companies that wanted the commission to delay the C-band auction while their challenge is pending before the U.S. Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit.

US to use financial incentives to muscle Huawei out of Brazil

The US Ambassador to Brazil has confirmed talks between the two nations for 5G financing under the condition that Huawei is excluded from networks.

Facebook tries to call Australia’s bluff on paying for news

In response to the threat of being forced to pay for news posted on its platform in Australia, Facebook has indicated it would rather just block it.

Reliance Jio finds another two investors for Indian digital mission

Mukesh Ambani is proving to be one of the most popular figures in the telco world as two more investors have bought into the Reliance Jio mission to digitise India.

Nokia finally gets some Chinese action, celebrates with Broadcom collaboration

Much has been made of Nokia’s apparent exclusion from the Chinese 5G market, but a new deal with China Unicom indicates such reports may have been an exaggeration.

UK telcos to welcome back the masses as the high street reopens

All four of the UK’s mobile network operators (MNOs) will reopen a portion of their retail footprint soon, but fibre broadband player Virgin Media will remain closed permanently.

Telstra: COVID-19 is forcing companies to become cloud-first

Cloud computing was a major trend prior to COVID-19, however 93% of IT decision makers are accelerating cloud adoption programmes as a result of the pandemic.

Dell PowerScale Restores Order to Unstructured Data

Dell Technologies welcomed a new family of storage systems for unstructured data to the Dell EMC portfolio today with the launch of PowerScale. 

Extreme’s New Normal Looks Like Unlimited Cloud Data, WiFi 6

Extreme Networks this week rolled out pre-packaged WiFi 6 connectivity kits for sports and entertainment venues. It’s the latest in a series of product updates the company execs say will help customers adjust to the “new normal” working environments brought about by COVID-19.

Can DAA upgrades get the right bang for the buck?

For Denmark's Stofa, a move to DOCSIS 3.1 and a distributed access architecture have produced operational benefits but have not yet translated into a big boost in customer satisfaction.

Dish in no position to redo its T-Mobile deal – analyst

Dish's Charlie Ergen needs the deal more than T-Mobile does and 'can't walk away,' Craig Moffett says.

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IBM Buys Spanugo for Cloud Security, Compliance

IBM inked a deal to buy cloud security posture management startup Spanugo for an undisclosed amount. Big Blue plans to integrate Spanugo’s software into its public cloud to help meet the security and compliance needs of its customers in regulated industries like banking and health care.

A £1.5B bill should not stop a UK ban on Huawei

The cost of a swap-out is a far smaller concern than the impact of a ban on 5G rollout and competition in the equipment sector.

Nokia adds Broadcom to 5G chip supplier roster

Finnish vendor lines up Broadcom along with Marvell and Intel as chipset partners to bring 5G products back on track.

Nokia Adds Broadcom ASICs to 5G ReefShark Portfolio

Nokia today welcomed Broadcom into its network of semiconductor partners. Broadcom will develop custom system-on-chip processors for Nokia’s emerging 5G ReefShark portfolio.

WarnerMedia to sunset HBO Go as HBO Max rises

WarnerMedia is also rebranding HBO Now as 'HBO' as AT&T-owned giant attempts to simplify its premium streaming offerings. Got that now?

GSMA Cancels MWC LA Event Due to COVID-19 Concerns

Industry trade group GSMA finally admitted defeat in attempting to put on this year’s MWC Los Angeles event in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by cancelling the annual trade show that was scheduled to begin Oct. 28. The move followed a similar cancellation of GSMA’s significantly larger MWC Barcelona event in February and recent upheaval at the trade group.

Eurobites: Ruling clears way for major mergers, says top Brussels lawyer

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom, Orange collaborate on IPX research; mobile phone shops reopen in England; Germany's COVID-19 app ready to go.

T-Mobile reports 'voice and data issue' affecting several states

Team Magenta is a little red-faced right now as it admits to an outage affecting customers around the country.

Nokia scrapes a sliver of China Unicom's 5G core

The small amount of work awarded to the Finnish vendor is ammunition for critics who say China's telecom market is rigged.

UK going underground for broadband

Government exploring ways to give broadband firms easier access to utilities' underground duct infrastructure.