When Beer, Cheese, and IoT Security Collide

IoT security, beer, and cheese collided in recent months as cyberattacks stopped production at Molson Coors, North America’s largest beer maker, and caused the Netherlands’ largest retailer to run out of cheese.

Nokia and NewCore build private wireless networks for 3 tribes

Nokia and NewCore Wireless are working with three U.S. tribes to build private wireless networks on their tribal lands, using educational broadband service (EBS) spectrum.

Epic 800 MHz rebanding program concludes

What started out as one of the biggest wars within the wireless industry nearly two decades ago ended quietly during a virtual meeting on Thursday.

Google targets multi-cloud management with Anthos updates

Google rolled out a slew of updates for its Anthos cloud platform, debuting new capabilities designed to make it easier for customers to manage multi-cloud deployments.

Vodafone launches U.K. lab to avoid open RAN Catch-22

Vodafone is launching a lab to propel open RAN development, as the mobile operator’s network chief hopes to avoid a Catch-22 situation.

Crown Castle raises outlook for 2021

There’s so much activity going on with the deployment of 5G in the U.S. that Crown Castle now expects 11% growth in adjusted funds from operations (AFFO) per share for the full-year 2021, which is above its long-term annual target of 7% to 8%.

Intel results mixed in Q1 as PCs soar, data centers hit floor

Intel’s profit plunged 41% and revenue dipped in the first quarter of 2021, despite the company moving record PC volumes.

How will smartphones move between private and public networks?

CBRS spectrum has the potential to bring enterprises a new option for wireless connectivity, combining the reliability and security of cellular with the economics of Wi-Fi, and transmitting further than Wi-Fi radios can. But if enterprises are truly going to evaluate CBRS as an alternative to Wi-Fi, devices need to move from private CBRS networks to public carrier networks as seamlessly as they move

Bell Canada taps Ciena for 400G fiber backbone boost

Bell Canada began rolling out 400G wavelength service on its fiber backbone, tapping Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme technology to do the heavy lifting.

Tesla autopilot called into question

The autopilot function of smart electric cars made by Tesla is under intense scrutiny following a recent fatal accident.

Orange threatens to pull €22-per-share offer for Belgian unit

The deadline for Orange’s public takeover bid for its Belgian business is fast approaching and the telco has indicated it will not leave its €22-per-share buyout offer on the table indefinitely.

GiffGaff tops UK mobile customer satisfaction survey

Consumer advice outfit Which has published the results of its annual customer satisfaction survey, which revealed UK MVNO customers are its happiest.

Daily Roundup: HPE, Facebook, Microsoft Target Low-Carbon Tech

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Kubernetes Project Hits Maturity Plateau

The Kubernetes Project is taking its foot off the accelerator pedal and reducing its release cadence from quarterly to three per year. The move comes on the heels of release adjustments made during a tumultuous 2020 and were touted as showing the platform’s growing maturity.

Crown Castle: It was worth the wait

Crown Castle has faced criticism over its strategies around macro cell towers, fiber and small cells. But the company's latest results provide some validation.

Intel Beats Q1 Guidance, Looks to Put Pandemic in Rearview Mirror

Pat Gelsinger rang in his first quarterly earnings call as Intel’s CEO by touting the company’s recent achievements and pivot to becoming a foundry operator.

Former ZTE labor union chief faces 20 years in jail

51-year-old He Xuemei found guilty of illegally fundraising a mind-boggling $385 million.

Snap results crack and pop

Snapchat's daily users soar to 280 million, as the messaging app hoovers up Android users in India. But Snap still loses $287 million in the first quarter.

HPE, Facebook, Microsoft Free Up Low-Carbon Patents

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE),  Facebook, and Microsoft are teaming up to accelerate adoption of low-carbon technologies. Under the new Low-Carbon Patent Pledge, the three corporate giants are promising free access to patented technologies for anyone developing low-carbon innovations in the arenas of generation, storage, and distribution of low-carbon energy. 

Australian operators pay A$648M for mmWave spectrum

Telstra was the biggest buyer, spending A$276.6 million to acquire the maximum of 1000MHz, covering major cities and key regional areas.

WiCipedia: Climate tech needs more women on its team

This week in our WiC roundup: Women's role in climate tech; how Black women are affected by AI; Women in Tech's monumental pandemic growth; and more.

Pandemic adds new wrinkles and complexities to cable network capacity planning

New CommScope data provides a fresh view into the traffic demands driven by the pandemic, particularly in the upstream. But the pandemic will also alter the way cable ops plan to stay ahead of the capacity curve.

Eurobites: UK spy chief says Huaweigate is just the start of it

Also in today's EMEA regional rollout: Ericsson, ATU tackle spectrum issues in Africa; UK's mobile minnows put big fish to shame; Proximus' 5G innovation platform is up and running.

Intel feels data center squeeze as competition grows

The chipmaking giant's latest numbers reveal a big sales drop at its second-largest division.

Podcast: MyBundle.TV coaches viewers on cutting the pay-TV cord

CEO Jason Cohen examines drivers behind the cord-cutting trend, and shares why many viewers are still holding out with traditional pay-TV services.

Questions cloud America's next big midband spectrum auction

The FCC is preparing to auction the 3.45GHz-3.55GHz spectrum band for 5G. But operators are worried that the US military might hang on to more of that spectrum than it initially indicated.

Telia’s turnaround strategy gains traction

Sweden-based group said it returned to EBITDA growth in Q1 2021, but the pandemic remains an ongoing threat.

Automation in the 5G core

SPONSORED: Heavy Reading's 'Cloud-Native 5G Core Operator Survey' explores the adoption and implementation of 5G core infrastructure and services automation.

Dish fealty to AWS risks 'vendor lock-in' and open RAN fallout

The company building America's fourth mobile network does not appear to share policymakers' concerns about the dominance of the public clouds.

Verizon's SVP of enterprise talks NaaS, fixed wireless, MEC

Massimo Peselli has been promoted to SVP of global enterprise for Verizon Business. He’ll report to Sampath Sowmyanarayan, who has been elevated to the newly created role of chief revenue officer of Verizon Business.

Ligado fetes year’s progress as opponents reach out to Biden

Ligado Networks is celebrating the one-year anniversary of the FCC’s approval of its license modification application, but a group of private companies is throwing water on it with renewed calls for the government to revisit the decision.

AT&T reels in subscribers, adding 595K postpaid phones in Q1

AT&T’s focus on growing customers continued to bear fruit, as the first three months of 2021 marked the carrier’s best first quarter for net additions in more than 10 years.

UK gets more OpenRAN investment, Mavenir gets Koch

Mavenir is making headlines, announcing a new OpenRAN development centre in the UK, scoring a $500 million investment from Koch Industries and even getting a new logo.

AT&T feeling good on fiber as gains continue in Q1

AT&T CEO John Stankey revealed the operator’s push to expand its fiber footprint was already delivering results, highlighting the success of its bundling strategy as it posted another quarter of subscriber gains.

77% of Americans can access low-priced broadband: report

More than 77% of Americans now have access to low-priced wireline broadband service plans, marking a significant jump over the 50% who had access to those plans one year ago, according to the new BroadbandNow Research report, “The State of Broadband in America, Q1 2021.”

AT&T CEO ‘skittish’ on possible C-band gear supply chain squeeze

AT&T CEO John Stankey on Thursday expressed some concern that global supply chain shortages could start impacting network elements for C-band gear.

Comcast hits 4 Gbps in trial of full duplex SoC

Comcast notched another milestone on the road to 10G, achieving symmetrical speeds of more than 4 Gbps in a trial of a new Full Duplex DOCSIS 4.0 system-on-chip (SoC) from Broadcom.

5G boosts results in US… for towercos, not telcos

The biggest takeaway from Q1 reporting season is that in this, the 5G rollout phase, the impetus remains with the tower providers rather than the mobile operators themselves.

Dish gambles on Faustian pact with AWS

Nascent US MNO Dish is the latest telecoms company to go all-in on the public cloud, entrusting Amazon Web Services to handle its entire 5G network.

Orange mulls its Spanish predicament

Orange posted a fairly solid set of first-quarter results on Thursday, all things considered, but it was hard not to notice the fly in the ointment that is its Spanish operation.

Rakuten decides to compete on price, again

The Japanese greenfield operator Rakuten Mobile has seen its low-price strategy driving fast subscriber growth, so it has decided to double down on its iPhone 12 offers.

Is Boiling Servers in Refrigerant the Key to Greener Data Centers?

As demand for compute capacity grows, chipmakers are packing more transistors into their chips than ever. This has helped many chipmakers push core counts to 40, 64, and even 128. However, this comes at the consequence of higher power consumption and by extension hotter data centers.

AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Renew Net Zero Pledges

One third of the global wireless industry, by revenue, has committed to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, according to the industry trade group GSMA. Moreover, almost two thirds of the mobile sector has established targets to cut emissions rapidly during this decade.

Daily Roundup: Verizon Confronts End of ‘Best Network’ Claim Amid 5G Push

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Senate Republicans propose $65B for broadband

President Biden wants to spend up to $100 billion to cross the digital divide. Some members of his opposition are proposing an alternative that's not too far off.

DOJ Forms Ransomware Task Force as REvil Demands $50M

The Justice Department this week created a task force to curb ransomware, according to media reports.

AT&T CEO ‘a Little Skittish’ About 5G RAN Supply Chain

Constraints and ongoing challenges in the global supply chain might impact AT&T’s ability to meet or exceed its mid-band 5G deployment plan, AT&T CEO John Stankey warned analysts and investors today.

AT&T drops another 620K pay-TV subs as HBO Max gains more ground

Meanwhile, AT&T tacked on another 235,000 fiber broadband customers, extending that total to 5.18 million.

Rakuten's Tareq Amin: Battling legacy thinking and network complexity

Tareq Amin, group chief technology officer at Rakuten Mobile, discusses his company's open RAN deployments and the evolution of a new kind of mobile network.

Podcast – The Divide: ConnectMaine's Peggy Schaffer on the 'street-by-street battle' for broadband

This week: Peggy Schaffer, executive director, ConnectMaine, on the state of broadband in Maine and why she says we need to stop giving money to the FCC.

Can Technology-as-a-Service Fuel the Circular Economy?

Earth Day or not, the carbon conversation is making its way into boardrooms across the tech industry and beyond. 

China Unicom reports spike in growth but costs rise too

Rising operating costs have been chipping away at the Chinese operator's profits, its latest report shows.

AT&T surprises in Q2, but wireless outlook remains murky

AT&T added 595,000 postpaid phone customers during the first quarter, far ahead of Verizon. However, AT&T's promotional efforts in the industry 'can only go so long,' according to analysts.

Eurobites: EU tries to make AI less scary

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ericsson wins Slovakian 5G deal; ADVA has 'best ever' Q1; Proximus turns to Velocix for content delivery.

Tele2 CEO hails 'disciplined focus' in Q1

‘Baltic Sea challenger' navigates choppy pandemic waters with continued cost cutting.

Hat in hand, open RAN cheerleaders zoom to Washington

According to open RAN proponents, the technology can improve everything from cybersecurity to the digital divide – as long as lawmakers cough up a little funding.

Verizon Confronts End of ‘Best Network’ Claim Amid 5G Push

Verizon continues to grow its 5G customer base and reach, but remains in a heated battle – especially from a spectrally emboldened T-Mobile US – for 5G leadership in the U.S.

AT&T Snags WAN Contract With Dutch Industrial Giant

Dutch industrial services provider ERIKS announced a sweeping contract with AT&T this week to modernize and consolidate its WAN infrastructure under a single service provider.

Comcast Full Duplex DOCSIS trial pumps out 4-Gig symmetrical speeds

Powered by a new Full Duplex DOCSIS chipset from Broadcom, the successful lab trial puts Comcast, and possibly other cable operators, on the road to DOCSIS 4.0 and '10G.'

Pushing antitrust act, senator takes aim at tech titans

The new Congress gets stuck into tech giants, with Senator Amy Klobuchar launching hearings about anti-competitive practices by Apple and Google.

Orange holds firm, but Spain remains a drain

France-based telco is able to report modest group revenue growth in Q1 2021, but the pandemic continues to make its mark.

Rakuten finally picks up the iPhone

Japan's newest operator can expect a surge of interest in its service after adding the country's most popular mobile gadget to its catalog.

Ericsson’s network business shines in Q1

Ericsson’s network business helped drive double-digit organic sales growth in the first quarter, and the Swedish vendor is preparing for more 5G deployments later this year and in 2022.

China boasts 792K base stations for 5G

China had deployed a total of 792,000 5G base stations as of the end of February 2021, with the number of mobile terminals connected to the network tallying 260 million, according to the Chinese government.

Mavenir scores $500M investment from Koch Strategic Platforms

Mavenir scored a $500 million minority, equity investment from Koch Strategic Platforms, an investment subsidiary of Koch Industries.

Cisco throws $100M at climate issues as industry ramps action

Cisco revealed plans to invest $100 million over the next 10 years to help combat climate change, using its namesake foundation to funnel the money into initiatives focused on emission reduction and community education.

Europe moves to ban any AI tech it doesn’t like the look of

The European Commission is proposing new rules that will allow it to ban any form or implementation of AI it deems too risky.

AT&T will manage industrial firm ERIKS’ global IT network

AT&T inked a deal with Dutch industrial firm ERIKS Group to manage the company’s global network, which includes converting ERIKS’ U.S. transport network and its 250 sites in Europe and Asia to an AT&T managed network.

Dish to launch 5G network in Las Vegas this year

Dish Network on Wednesday revealed Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider for 5G, with Las Vegas teed up as the first market for network deployment later this year.

Verizon still expects TracFone deal to close in 2H of 2021

Although multiple entities are calling on regulators to impose conditions on Verizon’s nearly $7 billion acquisition of TracFone, executives continue to believe the deal will close in the second half of this year.

Verizon Fios on fire with best Q1 adds in 6 years

Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg predicted strong demand for broadband would persist well beyond the Covid-19 pandemic, as the operator posted its highest number of Q1 Fios Internet net additions in six years.

Verizon grows wireless service revenue, loses 178K phone subs

Verizon reported net losses for postpaid subscribers in the first quarter of 2021, alongside total wireless service revenue growth of 2.4% compared to a year ago.

European 5G coverage on the up

Europe may not have been the first region in the world to launch commercial 5G services, but its mobile operators are working hard to roll out the technology.

Ericsson heralds strong 5G momentum after another healthy quarter

Swedish kit vendor Ericsson just keeps delivering solid numbers as its investments in 5G R&D seem to be paying off.

UK requires device makers to provide better security info

Proposed new UK legislation will require device makers to provide vital security information to consumers at the point of sale to help protect against cyber-attack.

Dish makes a splash, picks AWS to host 5G RAN and core — Chua

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Dish have announced that Dish will be using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to host its RAN and mobile core for both public and private 5G networks. This marks the first time we're seeing a major telco — the 4th largest mobile network operator in the U.S. — bet its operational network on public cloud infrastructure.

Vodafone puts its money where its mouth is with new OpenRAN lab

UK telco Vodafone has been banging on about OpenRAN for a while and is its biggest domestic cheerleader, so it’s good to see it lead from the front by investing in its development.

AT&T Cybersecurity Plucks ‘Greenfield’ Enterprise Opportunities

Increased security challenges faced by all enterprises, including generational shifts hastened by the ongoing global pandemic, are fueling the need for more consulting and managed security services, according to the head of AT&T Cybersecurity’s consulting business. 

Verizon CEO Vestberg: 'We are actually winning'

Verizon said it can remain competitive even if its rivals ratchet up their game. But some analysts aren't so sure: 'Verizon's network will still be 'very good.' But will that be 'good enough?'

Daily Roundup: China-Linked Hackers Target Pulse Secure Flaws

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Rogers blames Ericsson software upgrade for wireless outage

Rogers will apply credits to customer bills after tracing the problem to a software issue that impacted a piece of equipment central to the wireless network, which led to intermittent congestion and service outages.

Dish's 5G network architect explains the new Amazon deal

Dish Network's Marc Rouanne said the public cloud run by Amazon Web Services will be 'the foundation of our [network] architecture.'

China-Linked Hackers Target Pulse Secure Flaws, Infiltrate US Agencies

Suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers used vulnerabilities in Pulse Secure VPN appliances to infiltrate dozens of U.S. government agencies, defense contractors, and private companies, according to FireEye.

Quibi content to be recast as 'Roku Originals'

Other fresh fare will also be part of future originals programming as the streaming giant continues to shore up the strategy of The Roku Channel.

Ericsson Squeezes More Profit Out of Flat Sales

Ericsson reported generally positive financial results for the first quarter of 2021, and hinted that it was seeing a potential windfall from 5G and enterprise applications.

China Mobile warns of mounting 5G costs

The world's biggest operator says cuts may be needed to cope with soaring electricity fees and other charges.

AWS to Power Dish Network 5G Plans

Dish Network struck a deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to act as the preferred cloud provider and base for Dish’s 5G network.

Cisco's AppDynamics Expands to 5 New Locations

Cisco-owned AppDynamics is bringing its application performance monitoring platform to five new locations, including London, Hong Kong, Singapore, São Paulo, and Cape Town, South Africa

Verizon broadband gains continue to outpace video losses

Aided by Verizon's broadband-led 'Mix & Match' plans, Fios revenues climbed in Q1 2021 as the company added 98,000 Fios Internet subs against a loss of 82,000 Fios TV customers.

HKBN acquisitions power higher 1H earnings

Hong Kong's HKBN says it has weathered the pandemic storm, posting a 12% rise in first-half earnings and achieving advances in its transition to a broad ICT provider.

UK scrutiny chips away at Nvidia's $40B Arm buy

The UK government will intervene in Nvidia's $40B purchase of UK chipmaker Arm. SoftBank may find itself considering an IPO instead.

Eurobites: Ericsson goes nuclear with private networks in France

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Etisalat and Nokia launch 5G services in UAE; A1 Bulgaria wins main 5G spectrum license; TalkTalk piggybacks on Openreach network in Ipswich.

New $4.5B US-Japan alliance needs a big vendor

The leaders of the US and Japan have agreed on a $4.5 billion 5G and 6G collaboration, but details of the plan are vague.

EU wants to work with India on 5G security standards

It's been reported the EU hopes to collaborate with India on 5G rollout and security standards, as part of discussions at the India-EU summit on May 8.

Microsoft fails to reach accord with Discord

Reports say the messaging platform rejected the software giant's $12 billion bid and plans to go it alone.

Amazon lands rockets for its satellite broadband

Amazon has made the first rocket alliance for its own satellite broadband effort to chase Starlink and OneWeb, but big questions remain.

Huawei trampled on in smartphone Q1 frenzy

Strategy Analytics reports 24% year-on-year surge in smartphone shipments, and Huawei gets pushed out of top-five vendors by market share.

Oracle Drives GoldenGate Into Cloud-Native OCI Service

Oracle today made its GoldenGate technology available as a fully managed data fabric platform on its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), which it boldly calls “the first cloud service to overcome the biggest obstacles IT organizations face when migrating their mission-critical databases to the cloud.” 

Ericsson is back to boringly good, but China threats loom

The Swedish equipment vendor delivers another strong set of results for its first quarter as geopolitics continues to affect its business.

Podcast: Verizon's Anand Shah on why private networks are a big opportunity

Anand Shah, Verizon's director of technology strategy and architecture, joins the podcast to talk all about private networks.

Nokia missing from Verizon's C-band frenzy

Verizon said it will purchase 5G equipment from Samsung and Ericsson for its C-band 5G buildout. Nokia, a longtime Verizon vendor, was not named in the announcement.

No end in sight to AGR litigation in India

The question of who should pay the AGR dues of bankrupt service providers has resurfaced thanks to a ruling by India's National Company Law Appellate Tribunal.

Cisco Will Spend $100M on Climate Technologies, Projects

The Cisco Foundation today committed to spending $100 million over 10 years on grants and investments that slow the effects of climate change.

Vodafone lab to show open RAN does exactly what it says on the tin

The test and integration lab at its Newbury headquarters will be a catalyst for the new-look technology, the UK operator hopes.

Massive MIMO key for C-band, as Samsung debuts radio portfolio

Dell'Oro analyst Stefan Pongratz tipped massive MIMO to play a key role in mid-band deployments, as Samsung unveiled a radio portfolio designed to support U.S. rollouts of C-Band (3.7-3.98 GHz) spectrum.

Synchronoss CEO still has high hopes for RCS in U.S.

Despite the dissolution of the Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative (CCMI) that was supposed to make Rich Communications Services (RCS) interoperable in the U.S., the company that was awarded the contract to provide the platform remains optimistic that RCS will, indeed, survive and thrive in the U.S.

Ericsson offers drone researchers a look behind the 5G curtain

Ericsson signed on to provide a complete 4G/5G network system for a drone research project funded by the U.S. government, a move experts told Fierce will allow academics to dig deeper into the network than ever before and fuel research that could inform future 3GPP specifications.

Verizon expands 5G home, offers $500 to cover switcher fees

Verizon is turning on its fixed wireless 5G home broadband service in three new cities, and offering to pay customers up to $500 to cover early termination fees from other providers.

Cloud provides pick-me-up for IBM in Q1

IBM returned to revenue growth after four straight quarters of declines, buoyed by strength in its cloud business.

Dell upgrades PowerStore, adds lower-cost model

Dell Technologies announced software and automation enhancements for its Dell EMC PowerStore enterprise storage systems, along with the launch of a new low-cost PowerStore model to broaden the appeal of its storage systems to more businesses.

VMware combines 3 products to serve WFH demand

VMware predicts that work-from-home is going to be a phenomenon that persists long after the pandemic, so it’s combining three of its products to meet the need and calling the combined trio VMware Anywhere Workspace.

Virgin Media tops 2 Gbps in ‘real world’ trials

Lucky VM broadband punters in Southampton and Manchester could be set for blistering download speeds if the latest trials are anything to go by.

Verizon kicks off 5G C-band rollout

Verizon has begun deploying RAN equipment from Ericsson and Samsung to enable it to use its recently-acquired C-band spectrum.

UK mobile mast plan might not please anyone

The UK government wants to allow mobile operators to build taller and wider masts in rural areas, a move that is designed to improve mobile coverage.

Global smartphone shipments jump 24% in Q1 2021

Strategy Analytics was the first out of the blocks with its global smartphone numbers this quarter and it reveals a significant rebound from last year’s challenges.

The Apple TV 4K gets an upgrade

Apple's new streaming box, starting at $179, is still a pricey gadget when compared to many other 4K-capable devices. But support for Dolby Vision and high-frame rate HDR make it a target for higher-end home theaters.

Daily Roundup: Palo Alto Networks Calls EDR 'Really Stupid Idea'

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Netflix comes up short in Q1

The addition of 4 million subs was below guidance of 6 million – and down from a whopping 16 million net sub adds a year earlier – as Netflix dealt with a big 'pull through' from 2020 paired with a slowdown of fresh content.

Sling TV pitches deep discount to nab new subs

Dish-owned OTT-TV service is pitching first month of Sling TV for $10 along with a premium DVR service that provides 200 hours of storage.

Ericsson’s Cradlepoint Expects Carrier-Backed Private Networks to Wane

Private cellular networks are at an inflection point akin to the early days of SDN and SD-WAN because it’s transforming how enterprises network, according to Donna Johnson, VP of marketing at Cradlepoint.

IBM Bullish on Post-COVID Potential, Hints at More Acquisitions

One year after hitting the first hurdles tied to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, IBM sees a clearer path toward re-gaining its footing. That was the message coming out of the company’s most recent earnings call where IBM management repeatedly touted a rosy performance outlook and hinted at continued acquisitions.

Dell PowerStore Family Gains Entry-Level Sibling

Dell Technologies welcomed the new PowerStore 500 entry-level system, updated software, and performance enhancements to the PowerStore portfolio today. 

Taiwan's MediaTek: Chip shortage won't stop US smartphone ambitions

MediaTek recently passed Qualcomm as the world's biggest smartphone chipset supplier. And the company doesn't see the global chipset shortage affecting the smartphone industry anytime soon.

Palo Alto Networks’ Nir Zuk: EDR Is ‘Really Stupid Idea’

Palo Alto Networks kicked off its 2021 Symphony event today with founder and CTO Nir Zuk touting the benefit of a platform approach to cybersecurity. “If it’s one orchestra that works together in harmony, you get a symphony,” he said. “And cybersecurity is similar. Integrating different products and trying to get them to work together doesn’t work anymore. We need a symphony. We need one solution.”

F5 Application Security Strategy Takes Shape

F5 updated its application security portfolio with three products that the vendor says boost app security and protect against fraud while reducing user friction.

Lenovo, Nutanix VDI Platform Targets Remote Workers

Lenovo, in collaboration with Nutanix, announced its TruScale hosted desktop offering, which aims to address the shift to hybrid and remote work environments in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why Verizon is sweetening 5G Home with promotions, free devices

Verizon is offering a free streaming TV device and a free Samsung Chromebook, as well as up to $500 in early termination fees, in order to sell its 5G Home service.

UK risks own goal with open RAN diversity plan

The British government is pushing through an 'open' agenda that will restrict operators' freedom of choice.

Deutsche Telekom joins Celo blockchain network

German operator said to be the first telco to join the mobile-first Celo Alliance for Prosperity and buys native token CELO.

VMware Rolls SASE, Endpoint Security Into Anywhere Workspace

VMware today announced a networking and security bundle that combines its secure access service edge (SASE), endpoint and workload protection, and device management technologies.

Cloud infrastructure for the 5G core

SPONSORED: Heavy Reading's 'Cloud-Native 5G Core Operator Survey' explores preferences for cloud infrastructure platforms.

IBM Grows Q1 Revenues On Re-Org Road

IBM’s target of a brighter 2021 got off on a positive note as the computing and cloud giant posted managed to squeak out a slight increase in revenues for its first fiscal quarter of the year. Company management crowed about the results as positive proof of its push toward the hybrid cloud market.

Eurobites: UK government tackles rural 'notspots' with taller masts

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup:; Virgin Media touts DOCSIS-based speeds; Telenor combines with Oracle and more on 5G SA offering; UK government probes Nvidia-Arm deal.

Adtran takes shot at LoRaWAN market

Vendor says it has already scored purchase agreements as the new IoT gateway places Adtran into a new market, and in position to help service providers build overlay networks for enterprise IoT apps.

Fiber execution could make or break Frontier’s future

Analysts from New Street Research and MoffettNathanson offered very different views of Frontier Communications’ future prospects, initiating coverage as the company emerges from bankruptcy.

Verizon deploys C-band gear from Ericsson, Samsung for 5G

Verizon has said its top priority for 2021 is to prepare its network for its C-band spectrum, and it’s wasting no time doing that. Today, Verizon said it has begun installing C-band equipment from Ericsson and Samsung in its Ultra Wideband network — this is the company’s 5G network built mostly on mmWave spectrum in urban metros.

Wireless dealers recognized for work during pandemic

Independent wireless dealers are getting recognition for keeping stores open during the height of the pandemic last year, when many corporate-owned wireless stores were shuttered.

Nokia to deploy indoor small cells for South Korea’s LG Uplus

South Korea’s LG Uplus plans to deploy Nokia indoor small cells for expanded 5G coverage.

Spirent validates 800G link with InnoLight

Spirent Communications worked with optical transceiver maker InnoLight Technology to validate 800G optical transceiver interoperability on a test link that emulated hyperscale data center traffic, the companies announced Monday. 

UK to take a closer look at proposed Nvidia acquisition of Arm

Just four months after the US decided the giant semiconductor consolidation proposed by Nvidia needed closer inspection, the UK has agreed.

Veon hints at M&A with new executive appointment from private equity

Veon has never been a company to give much away when it comes to future plans, but it is hard not to speculate on what the appointment of a new executive to head up its M&A team means.

Canada raps Bell’s knuckles on pole access, but commitment to competition still in question

Canada’s telecom regulator has ruled in favour of Videotron in a complaint against incumbent Bell, which is adjudged to have unfairly blocked access to its fixed infrastructure.

Millicom completes its exit from Africa

Luxembourg-based operator group Millicom has flogged its Tanzania operations to complete its strategy of focusing solely on Latin America.

Telefónica’s iFUSION transport SDN strategy using Blue Planet®'s

This case study from Analysys Mason explains Telefónica’s iFUSION transport SDN strategy using Blue Planet®'s MDSO. Learn more.

It’s time to recognize the unsung heroes of the digital economy

In 2020—the year the COVID-19 pandemic raged—the world’s networks experienced a tremendous increase in traffic as locked-down users spent unprecedented amounts of time at home, living, working, and entertaining themselves. Where there had once been regular peaks and valleys of traffic, there was now a constant barrage. Even in 2021, the trend shows no sign of slowing down. Network traffic has doubled

There's not much at stake in the Dish vs. T-Mobile fight – analysts

Dish is fretting over T-Mobile's CDMA shutdown plans. But some financial analysts believe the whole issue is just 'an attempt to reduce Dish's burden to provide GSM-compatible devices.'

Daily Roundup: Google, Siemens Ink Industrial AI Collab

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Telecom the Top DDoS Target of Q1, Cloudflare Reports

The telecommunications industry topped the charts as the most targeted by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the first quarter of 2021, according to a recent Cloudflare report. The industry managed to attract more attacks than consumer services, security and investigations, internet, and cryptocurrency.

Rogers suffers some kind of big wireless kerfuffle

A massive service outage arrives as Rogers Communications and fellow Canadian service provider Shaw Communications pursue a merger that touts mobile and 5G as a major driver.

Will the feds set our broadband Internet prices?

President Biden has hinted that the federal government might step in to 'reduce Internet prices for all Americans.' But some analysts aren't expecting that kind of heavy-handed regulation.

Nokia Pilots Through Open RAN Turbulence

Nokia’s growing commitment to virtualized and open radio access network (RAN) technology is a point of pride for the Finnish juggernaut.

Frontier headed for 'modest' growth following Chapter 11 – analysts

'We wouldn't call Frontier a diamond in the rough. Instead, it's more of a semi-precious stone in the rough,' analysts say in a report that sizes up Frontier's fiber-focused, post-bankruptcy future.

Druva Dons New $147M Investment, $2B Valuation

Druva secured a $147 million investment in its eighth funding round today, pushing the cloud data protection and backup startup’s valuation to more than $2 billion. 

Stellar Cyber Feeds Third-Party Threat Intel Into XDR

Stellar Cyber integrated third-party threat intelligence feeds into its extended detection and response (XDR) platform, which the security vendor says means customers don’t have to subscribe to and manage third-party feeds.

Nvidia's $40B Arm Buy Faces Growing UK Opposition

Nvidia’s $40 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm Holdings is in trouble. The United Kingdom announced it would intervene in the deal on national security grounds, Bloomberg reports.

Fast-growing ZTE, free to buy US tech, is a nightmare for Biden

China's second-biggest network equipment maker is allowed to buy US technology and supply that to Chinese mobile operators, raising awkward questions for America's new president.

Korea's LG Uplus taps Nokia small cells for 5G

Korean operator takes steps to improve indoor 5G connectivity following complaints over patchy coverage.

Rural will rev Altice USA's broadband growth – analyst

The operator could lose some share in Fios territories on the east coast, but its underpenetrated, less competitive (and underappreciated) rural markets have 'unusually high potential,' new study finds.

Is it open yet? Closed RAN and other short stories

In this article, Mike Murphy CTO, Nokia North America, outlines key areas that need to be developed to enable true Open RAN deployments at scale.

Eurobites: Millicom is out of Africa

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia combines with Edzcom on private 5G network; Lycamobile has a new boss; Ericsson bags design prize.

NGMN brings together US and Chinese operators for 6G

Amid noisy international 6G saber-rattling from Chinese, European and North American groups, the NGMN is warning that 'fragmentation is not forward looking or sustainable.'

What is SASE?

In 2019 the analyst group Gartner coined a new acronym, secure access service edge (SASE), in its report “The Future of Network Security Is in the Cloud.”