Sizing Up the Gains, Pains of 5G mmWave

The introduction of millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum for 5G networks presents network operators with a unique, and in many cases, first of its kind assortment of challenges and opportunities.

SolarWinds Lessons Learned, More Stolen Microsoft Source Code

As the fallout from the SolarWinds hack continues to unfold, Microsoft this week said attackers stole source code for three of its products (but didn’t hack any customers’ information), and an ExtraHop investigation found a 150% increase in suspicious network activity that went largely ignored during the peak of the attack.

UScellular tower performance continues to impress – analysts

UScellular doesn’t get much credit for its tower portfolio, according to Wells Fargo analysts, but the firm continues to be impressed with performance and thinks a sale could be a boon for investors.

WOW! slashes fiber data service price for SMBs

The broadband provider WideOpenWest (WOW!) announced a new, more cost-effective data service — Fiber Flex — to support small and medium-sized businesses that have been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Analysts speculate UScellular spent $1.46 billion on C-band

As UScellular reported earnings results Friday, analysts on the call speculated about disclosures that appear to indicate the carrier may have spent $1.46 billion for C-band spectrum.

Delta Air Lines hires IBM for hybrid cloud

Delta Air Lines hired IBM in a multi-year agreement under which IBM will transform Delta's computing environment to run on a hybrid cloud architecture built on Red Hat OpenShift. The goal is to enable a consistent environment across Delta’s private and public clouds.

RAN market smashes expectations in 2020: Dell’Oro

The radio access network (RAN) market ended up being a lot more rosy in 2020 than analysts at Dell’Oro Group had predicted, ending the year with record revenues despite the pandemic and a generally bad economy.

Cisco closes IMImobile acquisition

Cisco has completed its $730 million acquisition of IMImobile, a UK provider of cloud communications software that helps businesses communicate with their customers through SMS, WhatsApp, Apple Business Chat, Facebook Messenger and in-app communications. By combining IMImobile’s solution with Webex Contact Center, Cisco plans to create a unified customer experience-as-a-service offering

Google Cloud VMware Engine releases new features

Google Cloud VMware Engine aims to simplify the challenges of moving VMware workloads from on-premises data centers directly into Google Cloud.

Uber loses final UK appeal over driver employment status

Cheap taxi alternative app Uber has lost its final appeal over the classification of its drivers as ‘workers’, but it’s still not clear what the wider implications will be.

Orange CEO wants to merge towerco with Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom

Orange is not looking to go it alone in the towers space. Quite the opposite, in fact: it is seeking a partnership with one or more fellow telcos, ideally Vodafone or Deutsche Telekom.

Huawei reportedly expecting a 60% fall in smartphone shipments

Orders put into the smartphone component supply chain indicate Huawei going to make a lot fewer devices this year due to US sanctions.

MásMóvil is becoming a bank

MásMóvil has launched a new range of financial services products, including personal loans of up to €60,000, putting it well on its way to becoming a bank.

Daily Roundup: Arista Closes Strong Q4

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Verizon adds new flavors of managed SD-WAN services with Cisco

Verizon Business is expanding its SD-WAN services by providing customers with the options of co-managed Cisco SD-WAN by Viptela, managed SD-WAN by Viptela for the Cisco ISR1100 Series platform, and new managed service tiers for Cisco Meraki.

Wireless speeds into the lead at Casa Systems

Some 42% of Q4 revenues came from Casa's wireless business, outpacing its legacy cable business and its budding telco wireline business.

Something's up at Orby TV

Cryptic message that Orby TV is 'not activating customer accounts' has left customers in the dark about the fate of a prepaid satellite TV service that got off the ground in early 2019.

Huawei to halve smartphone output in 2021 – report

China-based equipment provider is said to have warned suppliers it will need 60% fewer components this year as US sanctions bite.

How a new crop of vendors is breaking into the 5G core

Casa Systems, HPE, Mavenir, Microsoft, Athonet and Parallel Wireless are just some of the 5G core network vendors challenging established heavyweights like Huawei and Cisco.

Indian telcos demand same treatment as OTTs

Telecom operators are outraged that Internet companies are not subject to the same tough obligations.

Huawei CFO loses UK legal battle to open HSBC documents

In the latest setback for Meng Wanzhou, the UK's high court has rejected her application to peek into HSBC's files.

WiCipedia: The buzz on Bumble's billionaire boss

This week in our WiC roundup: There's a new billionaire in town; Clubhouse excludes minorities; the gaming industry makes ghosts of female developers; and more.

Malaysia fast-tracks 5G with $3.7B goverment-funded network

Authorities plan to build a state-owned mobile network that would be open to all operators.

Twilio Q4 revenue surges 65% on back of SMS revival

Cloud business Twilio, with its SMS API platform, sees fourth-quarter revenue up 65% as it sells $1 billion of fresh shares.

IBM, Linux Foundation Expand Call for Code for Racial Justice

The IBM Call for Code for Racial Justice team is expanding the program into new areas, and today said that the Linux Foundation will host seven projects in a bid to rally more coders to use open source technologies to address systemic racism.

Eurobites: Deutsche Telekom tests standalone 5G

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Eir launches VoLTE; TalkTalk dangles Amazon Prime; UK Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers aren't self-employed.

Intel, Cisco might be on the hunt for edge computing companies – analyst

Jinan Glasgow George said her crystal ball, powered by a mixture of experience, artificial intelligence and patent filings, indicates Cisco and Intel will pursue M&A opportunities in edge computing.

Gelsinger Sets the Stage for Intel’s Return to Glory

Pat Gelsinger began his first week as Intel CEO by setting the tone for the company’s return to semiconductor glory.

MobiTV is in a financial pinch – sources

MobiTV, a company that helps to underpin T-Mobile's TVision service as well as pay-TV streaming services for several US cable operators, is in need of more capital or a buyer to keep operations afloat.

USITC to investigate Ericsson claims against Samsung for 5G gear

The U.S. International Trade Commission this week said it will investigate Ericsson allegations that Samsung infrastructure gear sold in the U.S., including 4G and 5G, infringes on some of the Swedish vendor’s patents.

FCC advances $1.9B program to rip and replace Huawei gear

There is definitely “Huawei fatigue” in the news world, where reporters have been diligently covering the fall from grace of the Chinese telecom vendor since early 2018. And lawmakers probably have Huawei fatigue as well, having passed myriad legislation to get Huawei and ZTE equipment ripped out of American telecom networks.

AT&T’s network ranks best performing in Dallas: SRG

Here’s a twist on network performance tests of the big three U.S. wireless operators: Fastest doesn’t always mean best.

T-Mobile’s standalone 5G benefits rural areas most

A new Opensignal report shows that rural areas are benefiting most from boosts in 5G availability after T-Mobile’s launch of a nationwide standalone (SA) 5G network last year, but a focus on low-band 600 MHz for SA has left speeds lacking.

Apple eyes 6G for new hires

Apple just unveiled its iPhone for 5G last fall, but it’s already gearing up for the next “G,” posting job opportunities for 6G development.

AT&T, Verizon special offers provide some winter storm relief

As Winter Storm Uri continued to tear across the U.S. with a late-winter blast of snow and freezing temperatures, major carriers have offered some relief in the form of free and discounted services, while also monitoring their networks for storm-related disruptions.

Sweden's Sinch to buy Inteliquent in U.S. market push

Sweden-based cloud communications and mobile messaging company Sinch AB announced that it had agreed to acquire U.S. based voice network operator Inteliquent in a $1.14 billion cash deal that will help Sinch grow its presence in the U.S. market.

Verizon expands managed SD-WAN features with Cisco

Verizon Business is adding three new SD-WAN managed service offerings to its portfolio via its ongoing strategic partnership with Cisco.

Nokia scores 5G deal in Austria

Nokia has inked a 5G core and access deal with A1 in Austria, which is obviously good news, but not necessarily a major step forward the Finnish vendor.

Corporate America vs China Inc: the constants and the variables

With the many different forces in play it’s very difficult to accurately project where the equilibrium of the US-China dynamic in the technology and telecoms sectors will go under the Biden administration, or if there will ever be an equilibrium at all.

Orange’s TOTEM smaller than expected

Orange has finally announced the creation of an independent European towers company but the new business will have fewer assets than we might have expected.

Facebook is a private company… it can do what it wants!

Anyone who questioned the desirability of the US President being banned by social media companies was told they can do what they want. Does the same principle apply to Facebook in Australia?

Deutsche Messe turns to DT and Siemens for mega 5G campus

German operator Deutsche Telekom and industry juggernaut Siemens are going to build two separate private 5G networks on the ground of the Hanover trade fair.

Check Point Moves Into Cloud-Native App Protection

Check Point launched a cloud-native web application and API security product that the vendor says eliminates the need for manually tuning web application firewalls (WAFs) and a high rate of false-positive alerts that they produce.

Roku ARPU flies past $28

Roku ends 2020 with 51.2 million active accounts, maintaining a small edge over Amazon's Fire TV platform.

Arista Caps Pandemic Year With Strong Q4 Earnings

Arista Networks capped off a challenging fiscal year Thursday with a strong fourth quarter that saw revenues climb 17.4% year over year to $648.5 million.

Daily Roundup: GSMA Boasts of MWC Barcelona ‘Bubble’

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Podcast: Can live sports save pay-TV?

Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner discusses new streaming services such as Paramount+, whether live sports can keep pay-TV alive, and what other features are keeping pay-TV subscribers from cutting the cord.

A second wave of CBRS players await FCC approval

New SAS providers are hoping to compete against CommScope, Google, Sony, Federated Wireless, Key Bridge and Amdocs to manage CBRS spectrum sharing.

Why performance management is at the heart of successful managed SD-WAN

A new report reveals that comprehensive network performance management across legacy and SD-WAN deployments will be key to driving successful managed services.

Baffle Beefs Up Snowflake's Data Pipeline Security

Snowflake and cloud data protection provider Baffle will provide data pipeline security in a joint service to secure data migrations from on-premises legacy data stores to Snowflake for analysis. 

Cable networks are set for a much-needed upstream boost

A more efficient modulation scheme, OFDMA is expected to play a bigger role as cable operators start to embark on upgrades that dedicate more spectrum to the upstream.

T-Mobile's standalone 5G boosts latency by around 20% – study

Improved latency is one of the 'great goals of the designers of 5G,' OpenSignal noted, and it's only available to operators that switch on the 'standalone' version of 5G.

5G Enterprise Burdens Grow for Verizon, AT&T

Few things in life cause worry and regret like a big, unexpected bill. And America’s mobile network operators were dealt a whopper of almost unparalleled proportions last month. 

In China, AI and cloud boost Baidu revenues by 52%

Big investments in AI and cloud send Baidu's non-advertising revenues soaring 52%.

Huawei is proving as hard to stop as a movie supervillain

Despite concern about the impact of US sanctions, the Chinese equipment giant's networks business is still going strong.

YouTube TV to launch premium add-ons as sub base flattens out

The streaming video service is preparing a yet-to-be priced add-on that will provide access to shows in 4K, allow subs to download shows, and provide unlimited streams at home.

Apple starts hiring 6G engineers

Apple's 6G hires would 'research and design next generation (6G) wireless communication systems' and 'participate in industry/academic forums passionate about 6G.'

CrowdStrike Pays $400M, Buys Humio for XDR Boost

CrowdStrike said it agreed to pay $400 million for Humio, which provides cloud log management and observability technology, to boost its extended detection and response (XDR).

Orange joins towerco spinout crowd

News of a fully independent masts company fails to prevent share-price dip as markets react to steep profit downturn in Spain.

Facebook cuts off Australia news over new rules

In response to a plan to charge the platform for news content, Facebook announced it would eliminate all news links from its Australian site.

VEON sees green shoots after tough 2020

Group returns to local currency growth in Q4 2020 and outlines ongoing efforts to improve its results, portfolio and capital structure in 2021.

Verizon, Cisco Add Managed SD-WAN Flavors

Verizon Business expanded its partnership with Cisco today to offer three new flavors of managed SD-WAN.

Eurobites: Nokia lands A1 Austria's 5G rollout

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Bouygues remains buoyant; CityFibre extends in Brighton; BT resells Illumio's micro-segmentation tech.

Podcast – The Divide: How US counties are confronting connectivity needs

This week: Judge JD Clark of Wise County, Texas and Councilmember Craig Rice of Montgomery County, Maryland – co-chairs of the National Association of Counties (NACo) Broadband Task Force – on local connectivity challenges, problems with FCC mapping and more.

USITC parachutes into Ericsson, Samsung patent cross-fire

US trade body launches investigation following patent-infringement complaint made by the Swedish supplier against the South Korean behemoth.

FCC to dish out $3.2B in emergency broadband benefits

The FCC held an open meeting today to discuss its immediate priorities. The meeting was the first one conducted by Acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. One of the top issues discussed today was the new Emergency Broadband Benefit program, which congress has directed the FCC to establish. In addition, the FCC discussed its efforts to accurately map broadband availability across the country. 

C-band assignment phase ends

The suspense lingers over who actually won licenses – and how much they each bid for them – but the FCC announced Wednesday that bidding in the assignment phase of the C-band auction has ended.

We need to talk about US internet monopolists

Barely a day goes by without some evidence being presented that one of Facebook, Apple, Amazon or Google has used their power to distort the market.

Viavi looks to O-RAN validation with updated test suite

Viavi’s introduced an updated test suite for 2021 to validate network products in compliance with O-RAN Alliance specifications.

Linux Foundation, DARPA collaborate on open source for 5G

T-Mobile initiates new 5G startup program in Georgia

T-Mobile is launching a new 5G incubator program for startups to help develop next-generation applications by leveraging resources from the carrier, Georgia Tech, and Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners.

Federated Wireless kicks off 5G testbed for DoD

It’s a “Made in the USA” type of team that’s helping the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with its 5G efforts at a warehouse in Albany, Georgia.

Windstream Enterprise enhances customer portal

Windstream Enterprise announced a series of enhancements to its WE Connect customer portal, including upgraded visibility into status of orders in-flight and other capabilities.

Colt teams with ADVA on trial of quantum-secured transport

Colt Technology Services has completed a field trial of quantum-secured transport on its Frankfurt, Germany, metro network using ADVA Optical Networking’s FSP 3000 platform with ConnectGuard Layer 1 encryption technology. 

India chucks money at its domestic telecoms sector

The Indian government has approved a new cunning plan to boost its domestic telecoms equipment industry.

UCaaS firm RingCentral reports Q4, full-year revenue jump

RingCentral reported fourth quarter and full-year revenue that surged 33% and 31% respectively, as the company continued to benefit from increasing demand for unified communications as-a-service (UCaaS) solutions amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Corporate America vs China Inc: a halfway house?

The most likely future relationship between the two superpowers will neither go back to the hyper-globalised world nor revert to the earlier model of business conducted on national level entirely insulated from one another.

The pressure mounts on Apple over its app store policies

Fortnite developer Epic is not letting up in its crusade against the ‘Apple tax’, opening a new front in Europe with a European Commission antitrust complaint.

CommScope to evaluate its full portfolio of products and businesses

Evaluation ties into 'CommScope Next,' a broader initiative kicked off in January under new CEO Chuck Treadway.

FCC's acting chair voices support for spectrum sharing

Jessica Rosenworcel, the acting chairwoman of the FCC, says the agency will need to 'get creative about the policies we put in place' for spectrum management.

GSMA Targets ‘Bubble’ for MWC Shanghai, Barcelona

Industry trade group GSMA appears intent on hosting its annual MWC events this year under the shadow of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, vendor participation in those events remains in flux.

CWA labels purported US telecom workforce shortages as 'misinformation'

US wireless industry representatives have long complained of networking technician shortages. But the head of the massive CWA union warned that lawmakers should be 'skeptical of these claims.'

Virtualization Requires Operators to Balance Cultural, Technical Challenges

Mobile carriers have a lot of money and fantasies riding on their ability to virtualize networks, and many outstanding challenges remain. 

Daily Roundup: Arista, Microsoft Validate Optical Pluggables

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Reliability: A keystone in the post-pandemic world

The pandemic has accelerated progress in the broadband market and sharpened the focus on the critical role that connectivity plays in our everyday lives.

Open RAN is mutating faster than COVID-19

The many variants of open RAN and the apparent shortcomings of the standardization process will frustrate efforts to challenge Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia.

Can Cisco, Palo Alto Networks Make XDR, SASE Collide?

Extended detection and response (XDR) and secure access service edge (SASE) were two of the hottest security trends last year, and they don’t show any sign of slowing down in 2021. If anything, they’re speeding up — and they’re not just running on parallel paths.

Starlink rockets Musk's SpaceX to $74B valuation

Elon Musk's SpaceX sees its valuation jump 60% in a funding round, with Starlink benefiting from the crash of Alphabet's Loon and Facebook's Aquila.

RingCentral rings in 'outstanding' Q4, but investors want more

UCaaS specialist adds Vodafone Business to partner roster and targets Zoom market with Glip and RingCentral Video.

Chunghwa jacks up capex to speed 5G rollout

Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom is boosting capex this year to NT$43.1 billion ($1.5 billion) as its 5G rollout reaches its peak.

Databricks Drives Google Cloud to the Data Lakehouse

Databricks rounded out its public cloud support with the launch of Databricks on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with integrations to Google’s BigQuery and AI Platform. The extension secures the trifecta of major public cloud platforms included within Databricks’ offerings.

Is the Indian telecom industry on a recovery path?

The recently declared quarterly results of the top three Indian service providers indicate that the industry seems to be on the road to recovery.

Arista, Microsoft Validate 400G ZR Optical Pluggables

Arista today said it successfully tested the interoperability of its routers with 400G ZR optical pluggables from a variety of vendors over Microsoft’s 120-kilometer open line system test bed.

Eurobites: Nokia, Elisa go public on private 5G networks push

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: TIM crosses the digital divide; Swisscom joins the Azure gang; Deutsche Telekom shields the machines.

In the 5G race to space, Lynk takes the lead against SpaceMobile

Startup Lynk plans to light up commercial services by 2022 – that's one year earlier than its rival, SpaceMobile. Both companies promise to connect standard cellphones to satellites.

CTIA, CCA cheer emergency broadband provision

Wireless industry trade groups CTIA and CCA are giving praise to broadband-focused legislative efforts, including a $7.6 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund.

Juniper unveils Paragon automation for the WAN

In conjunction with its 2021 Investor Day last week, Juniper Networks unveiled its new Paragon automation platform. 

Perfect storm of changes impacts wireless retail — Moore

Major changes are unfolding at carrier retail.  The catalysts for change were the pandemic, digital transformation and the acquisition of Sprint. The results in 2021 will be a smaller retail presence, a lower reliance on corporate stores and dealer consolidation.

Verizon’s acquisition of TracFone gets additional review time

The FCC is taking additional time to consider Verizon’s proposed acquisition of TracFone Wireless, denying Verizon’s request for an expedited review of the deal.

Operators are neglecting the massive SME opportunity – report

CSPs are obsessed with the large enterprise market and overlooking the billions of dollars available from small and medium enterprises.

Dish strikes deals for 4K more towers in 5G network build

Dish Network has inked deals with seven companies for access to 4,000 macro towers across the country as it works to build out a nationwide 5G network.

Large scale carrier aggregation for the win

The Super Bowl is not only the pinnacle of the American Football season, but it is also the show case event for every wireless carrier.

Cable One buys remaining stake in Hargray in $2.2B deal

Cable One continues its acquisition frenzy. The company, which offers broadband connectivity through its Sparklight brand to 900,000 residential and business customers in more than 21 states, has agreed to acquire the remaining 85% of Hargray Communications. Cable One is already a minority investor in Hargray, having secured a 15% stake in the company last October, which allowed Hargray to expand

Cisco will work with Japan on mass-scale digitization program

Cisco is collaborating with the government of Japan on a massive digitization project that will include many industry verticals including government, education, healthcare and business. The goal of the program is to drive mass-scale digitization, stimulate Japan’s economic growth, enhance its quality of life and help the country in its recovery from the global Covid-19 pandemic.  

Accenture and VMware partner to help companies move to the cloud

Accenture is partnering with VMware to help clients move their businesses to the cloud. The new partnership is part of Accenture Cloud First, which Accenture committed $3 billion to and debuted last September. The goal of Accenture Cloud First is to help clients across all industries become cloud-first businesses and accelerate their digital transformation.

MTN teams up with Mastercard on mobile wallets

Africa’s leading mobile operator MTN has partnered with payment platform Mastercard to add online payment functions to its mobile wallet for user across its fintech footprint.

Ericsson CEO has a go at Europe’s dysfunctional telecoms market

Börje Ekholm is becoming increasingly outspoken and the latest focus of his public ire is the way telecoms is regulated in Europe.

Corporate America vs China Inc: good riddance?

Another extreme scenario, the opposite to that of going back to the romanticised good days of globalisation, would be a complete parting of ways between the US and China.

Parler shows the way forward by circumventing big tech

The social media platform that offers itself as an alternative to the dominant oligopoly has managed to restore itself a month after AWS cut it off.

Podcast: Vodafone Business taps IoT to reduce carbon emissions

Erik Brenneis, head of IoT for Vodafone Business , joins the podcast to discuss growth in the IoT market, and explains how Vodafone Business' customers are using IoT in their sustainability strategies.

Roku sizing up plan to develop original content

Job listing indicates the streamer is exploring a plan to build its own slate of original TV shows and movies and building on its recent deal to acquire the rights to Quibi's content catalog.

Dish uncovers a few more 5G puzzle pieces

Dish Network has inked deals with more tower companies and hired more execs to manage its 5G buildout. Meanwhile, Qualcomm has released silicon supporting some of Dish's spectrum.

Why the Anterix-SDG&E private wireless deal is raising eyebrows

San Diego Gas & Electric bought Anterix's 900MHz spectrum for around $2.31 per MHz-POP, a price that reflects the growing value around the private wireless sector.

Big business doesn't trust telcos with 5G, says new research

Telcos are chasing the enterprise that doesn't really like them and ignoring the smaller businesses that do, say Omdia and BearingPoint//Beyond.

5G security market set to boom – report

Reportlinker.com projects 44.3% CAGR between 2020 and 2026, with DDoS the fastest-growing 5G protection solution through the forecast period.

Daily Roundup: Palo Alto Networks Touts SASE Superiority

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Colt, ADVA Trial Quantum-Safe Network Encryption

Colt Technology Services today announced the successful field trial of a quantum-secured optical transport system based on ADVA’s FSP 3000 platform and ConnectGuard layer 1 encryption technology.

Podcast: Vodafone taps IoT to reduce carbon emissions

Erik Brenneis, head of IoT for Vodafone, joins the podcast to discuss growth in the IoT market, and explains how Vodafone's customers are using IoT in their sustainability strategies.

Will vRAN Ever Break Into mmWave 5G Networks?

Virtualized radio access networks (vRAN) promise many benefits, but it has some limitations that are rarely addressed. Most of these drawbacks hinge on spectrum and how mobile network infrastructure uses those airwaves to propagate coverage and transmit data, but there are also constraints that are unique to vRAN. 

Comcast holds 9.3% stake in FuboTV

The 'sports-first' virtual MVPD has about 545,000 subscribers and is preparing to enter the online sports betting market in a big way.

India’s Vodafone Idea to shut down 3G network

India's third-largest service provider plans to shut down its 3G network later this year in a bid to enhance revenue, while keeping the 2G network running.

Car, phone makers square off over tightening chip supply

The world semiconductor market will stay tight through the first half of 2021 as carmakers fight smartphone makers for supplies.

Liberty Global looks chained and parochial

Eye-watering debts, catch-up mergers and network projects that are way off target – welcome to Liberty Global.

Cable One stays on M&A tear

Deal to acquire rest of Hargray comes roughly four months after Cable One grabbed a 15% stake. Also, Cable One recently snapped up a big piece of Mega Broadband Investments and invested in two wireless ISPs.

Eurobites: Vodafone tests precise-positioning tech

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Salt claims fixed-line Internet record; T-Systems offers cloud migration program; MTN teams up with Mastercard for mobile money.

Norway’s Ice Group updates guidance after sizzling Q4

Operator expects to lower costs through a new national roaming agreement with Telia.

NBN Co has nowhere to go on pricing

Australian broadband wholesaler NBN Co is reviewing prices – but won't make structural changes for at least two years, disappointing retail service providers.

Palo Alto Networks Pays $156M for Bridgecrew

Palo Alto Networks today said it reached a deal to acquire Bridgecrew, a DevOps security startup, for $156 million in cash.

LF Energy, Sony Plant Open Source Microgrid Roots

LF Energy, and its newest member Sony Computer Science Laboratories (Sony CSL), today launched a new open source project that aims to make microgrids more resilient.

Palo Alto Networks Pushes SASE Security to Non-Web Apps

Palo Alto Networks updated its Prisma Access secure access service edge (SASE) platform that targets remote worker security with several new capabilities including better protection for non-web apps and auto remediation for network problems.

France wants more power to censor social media

As the EU works to refine its massive Digital Services Act, France is publicly lobbying for greater national censorship powers and for more content to be made illegal.

Ex Vodafone CEO becomes Italy’s digital minister

When Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi held the first meeting of his new Council of Ministers there was a very familiar name on the list of attendees.

BT CEO contemplates moves into healthcare and drone sectors

In a recent interview BT CEO Philip Jansen offered some insights into his thinking about the near-term strategy for the UK telecoms group.

Vantage Towers inks Sigfox deal and boosts tenancy ratio ahead of IPO

Vantage Towers is attracting new customers from outside the Vodafone group, the latest being Sigfox Germany, with which it has just inked a 500-tenancy deal.

Corporate America vs China Inc: what the Biden years will mean for telecoms

With the Biden administration keen to turn back the clock on many policy fronts, it is worth examining what this may mean for the next episode of the USA China rivalry, especially in the technology domains.

What is NaaS? & Why NaaS Now?

I joined PacketFabric because it is one of the founding companies behind the NaaS (Network-as-a-Service) concept. For years, I had been all over SDN (Software Defined Networking); controllers, moving the industry via major vendors portfolios. Yet, things just weren’t going fast enough. I wanted a chance to explain why I joined Anna, Jezzibell, Chad and the team and what I see in the future for NaaS,

Experts Answer Critical 5G Questions About 5G Safety, and more

A revolution in wireless communications is underway. The rollout of 5G wireless technology around the world is triggering excitement and trepidation. As this next-stage infrastructure begins to take shape, users will undoubtedly thrill at the new capabilities available from 5G: faster streaming, quicker uploads, and the ability to communicate across the globe at speeds of up to 100 Gigabits per second. Although

Now Nissan veers away from the Apple Car

Apple's self-driving car talks with Nissan ran into the sand over branding, but Cupertino's ambitions in the trillion-dollar industry won't be easily cowed.

Deutsche Telekom shows Europe has lost the public cloud fight

The German operator has urged Europe to stand up to US tech, but its own business appears to have backed down.

ITI shortlists Mavenir for BSNL's 4G network in India

US-based Mavenir Technologies is a favorite to supply open RAN technology for BSNL's 4G tender, despite controversy over the vendor's Indian credentials.

Ooredoo posts Q4 sick note

Pandemic continues to take an unhealthy toll on revenue, while Iraqi dinar devaluation adds to net profit pain.

Eurobites: Mike Rake steps down from Huawei role

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange signs renewables agreement with ENGIE; ENET extends Dublin fiber network; STC wins 5G bragging rights.

China’s 5G private networks slow in the Year of the Ox

The year of the Ox – named for a zodiac animal noted for plodding hard work – suits China's slowly emerging 5G private network market.

Vantage Towers sends out positive signals ahead of IPO

Vodafone tower company said it is on track to achieve medium-term targets after a respectable first-nine-months performance.