Shortages Stall Q3 Ethernet Adapter Shipments as Demand Surges

Ethernet controller and adapter revenue is on track to grow 27% in 2021 as major cloud service providers upgrade their data center networks. However, the adapter shipments slipped 7% year over year in the third quarter amid supply constraints, a recent Dell’Oro Group report found.

Boost Mobile retail stores start selling Cox prepaid internet

Boost Mobile is initially selling prepaid internet from Cox in Las Vegas and Phoenix as it evaluates a wider launch.

Lumen, AT&T, Verizon, Intrado fined millions over 911 violations

Lumen, Intrado, AT&T and Verizon agreed to make settlement payments totaling more than $6 million.

Verizon gives sneak peek of pre-commercial C-band in LA

Some folks recently received a sneak peek of Verizon’s pre-commercial C-band 5G service in downtown Los Angeles.

Caribe Royale deploys CBRS neutral host network

A Florida resort that has used traditional DAS in the past is now investing in a CBRS neutral host network.

Ericsson, Telstra, Qualcomm set 5G uplink record of 986 Mbps

The parties used 5G dual connectivity and carrier aggregation for the trial on Telstra’s commercial network.

FCC unleashes $1B in RDOF funding but big bidders still waiting

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced it is ready to authorize its largest batch of Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) support yet.

Intelsat gets the OK for restructure after bankruptcy filing

Struggling US satellite firm Intelsat has been given the go ahead to action its bankruptcy plan, which is designed to halve its debt.

CMA says Cellnex purchase of CK Hutchison towers would create a duopoly

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has said that the proposed deal for Cellnex pick up CK Hutchison’s passive infrastructure risks higher mobile costs.

Greek incumbent OTE Group ploughs billions into fibre

The OTE Group has announced plans to roll out full fibre to 3 million homes and businesses in Greece over the next five years, investing around €3 billion in the process.

MTN replaces South Africa CEO

Africa-based telco group MTN is waving goodbye to the CEO of its South African unit Godfrey Motsa.

Telecom Kit Market Growth Projected to Curtail in 2022

The global telecom infrastructure equipment market posted a 6% year-over-year jump in revenue during the third quarter of 2021, but annual growth is now projected to decline from 8% in 2021 to 2% in 2022, according to Dell’Oro Group.

Daily Roundup: Intel, AppsFlyer Team on Next-Gen Encryption

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Verizon, T-Mobile Shun Public Clouds for Network Infrastructure

T-Mobile US and Verizon share a similar cloud strategy with clear lines drawn between what does and doesn’t belong on public clouds. 

Microsoft, Intel, Juniper Top CDP Environmental Leaders List

Microsoft, Intel, and Juniper Networks all earned A grades for their climate change risk management, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) latest corporate environmental leaders list.

SDxCentral 2-Minute Weekly Wrap: ‘Very Few Will Escape’ Log4j, Threat Researchers Say

Intel's data center crown is slipping fast

The chipmaker's share of the market for data center servers has fallen dramatically in the last few years, according to the latest Omdia data.

MEF adds application, security updates to SD-WAN standard

The updated SD-WAN standard includes new metrics for application performance within and across multiple service provider networks and supports application-based security outlined in MEF 88.

Malaysian telcos call for second 5G network - report

Reports indicate that Telekom Malaysia and YTL Communications are first to provide 5G access in three cities covered by the SWN.

Cable network spending a mixed bag in Q3 – Dell'Oro Group

Revenues in the cable concentrator market dipped year-over-year in Q3 2021, but accelerated on a sequential basis as operators bulked up on network hardware and deployed capacity-enhancing node splits.

China Telecom cloud unit takes on new investors in $628M revamp

Cloud subsidiary Tianyi gains four state-backed investors, boosting capital base and making it the preferred secure cloud partner for military and government.

EU to funnel over €1B into 5G and cloud

Digital strand of Connecting Europe Facility aims to bridge the gap between private and public funding to boost connectivity in the EU.

Verizon shows off C-band speeds amid battle with airlines

Early, limited tests of Verizon's C-band network in Los Angeles showed speeds up to 1 Gbit/s, but airline officials warn of a 'catastrophic failure' in regulations from 5G technology in the C-band.

US, Japan to fund 5G networks in Pacific

The Pacific island states are coming into focus as one of the key battle zones in the US-China tech war.

Making the case for multi-vendor 5G core

'Heavy Reading's Multi-Vendor 5G Core Networks: The Case for a Disaggregated Control Plane' white paper examines operator 5G core strategies.

Eurobites: Tele2 ready to roll 5G in Latvia

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ofcom bans locked handsets; Hyperoptic takes part in smart-home pilot; Telesign goes public.

Fiber management firm Clearfield grew revenue 51% in 2021

Clearfield’s backlog of orders increased 522% to $66.4 million at year-end compared to $10.7 million at the end of its fiscal 2020.

Nokia aims to make G.fast installations easier for fiber players

Nokia unveiled a new solution called Gigabit Connect which is designed to make G.fast deployments in multi-dwelling units (MDUs) easier.

MEF tackles SD-WAN interoperability with new standard

Industry standards group MEF is hard at work on a new SD-WAN standard aimed at enabling interoperability between vendor solutions at the edge.

Verizon Sweeps Cloud Giant Trio Into 5G Edge Service

Verizon today extended its mobile edge compute offering to Google Cloud, making it the only U.S. carrier with edge services slated to ride on all three of the world’s largest hyperscalers. 

Ethernet Switch Revenues Reach New High as Cisco Loses Ground

Global data center Ethernet switch revenue soared 11% year over year to a record high in the third quarter of 2021, Dell’Oro Group reports.

Intel, AppsFlyer Team on Next-Gen Encryption

Data analysis and marketing vendor AppsFlyer announced a long-term partnership with Intel earlier this month in hopes of accelerating the commercial viability of homomorphic encryption.

Google, Cybereason Make Good on Joint XDR Pledge

Google Cloud and Cybereason made good on their joint extended detection and response (XDR) promise this week.

Daily Roundup: Ethernet Switch Revenues Reach New High as Cisco Loses Ground

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India clears $10B incentives to lure chip makers

The Programme for Development of Semiconductors and Display Manufacturing Ecosystem is aiming for two fabs for displays and ten units for components.

XCOM finally breaks cover with XR 'experience' for soldiers

XCOM said its demonstration uses edge computing and Microsoft HoloLens 2 Mixed Reality headsets, thus allowing users to 'move freely, simultaneously and seamlessly' through a digital reality.

The 'full fiber' vs. 'tech neutral' debate heats up in US

Industry groups and policy advocates alike are sharpening their arguments for which technologies should be involved in closing the US digital divide.

Telecom's lobbying associations shift attention to the states

A record $42 billion is going to be pumped into the US telecommunications industry, but it will be state regulators who decide exactly which network operators get that money.

Las Vegas leavings: Dish's first 5G network tests are in

SRG analysts spent 24 hours in Vegas last week using professional testing equipment from Rohde & Schwarz to test the wireless networks there.

Eurobites: TIM puts its foot down, reaches 5 Gbit/s on live 5G network

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefónica makes board changes; Ofcom's fiber overview; Höttges contract extended at Deutsche Telekom.

Verizon's mmWave 5G deployment continues to polarize

Verizon's mmWave 5G network is either meeting its 'intended purpose' or faces 'low success' in achieving significant profitability, depending on which study you read.

SCTE will draft 'smart' amplifier standard as DOCSIS 4.0 approaches

New tech standard will define communications protocols for standalone amplifiers and amps built into nodes for DOCSIS networks, including future DOCSIS 4.0 networks.

Misfortune dogs Telecom Italia as earnings outlook dims

Amid speculation about its future ownership structure, the Italian phone incumbent has been forced to downgrade its forecasts.

Lumen's Mark Dehus tracks DDoS threats

Mark Dehus shares highlights from Lumen's Q3 DDoS report, why voice and VoIP services were heavily targeted and his predictions for DDoS trends in Q4.

Rogers tees up for DOCSIS 4.0 with Harmonic’s CableOS

Harmonic notched another win for its CableOS virtual cable modem termination system (vCMTS), signing on Canadian operator Rogers Communications.

Deutsche Telekom aims to push fiber to 2M locations in 2022

German operator Deutsche Telekom (DT) is aiming to deploy fiber even faster in 2022 after covering 1.2 million new households this year.

Trade groups write playbook for spending infrastructure money

The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) and NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association plan to publish a playbook to assist state governments.

AWS Outage Stresses Telco Cloud Challenges

The cloud has a lot going for it, but it’s not infallible as many people and enterprises realized again last week when Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a prolonged outage that impacted both basic applications and colossal businesses with hundreds of millions of customers.

Daily Roundup: Alkira Ropes Cisco Into Multi-Cloud Menagerie

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Sysdig Raises $350M, Rides Cloud Security Wave

Container and cloud security unicorn Sysdig today scored $350 million in a Series G funding round led by Permira. The cash infusion brings the total raised to $744 million and pushes the vendor’s valuation to $2.5 billion.

VMware Berths SD-WAN in Megaport Virtual Edge

VMware is the latest SD-WAN vendor to berth in Megaport’s Virtual Edge (MVE) service, which the companies claim will expedite branch-to-cloud and branch-to-branch communications.

T-Mobile's Neville Ray remains wary of moving around in the cloud

'I'm not at the point yet where I would put that in the hands of a third party,' Ray said of T-Mobile's cloud operations, which the operator currently manages internally.

NEC is out to crash the Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia 5G party

The Japanese firm is determined to serve one fifth of all open RAN business by 2030 and establish itself as a new 5G force.

Eurobites: EE extends 4G coverage through Shared Rural Network scheme

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia supplies FWA kit to Ooredoo; Telekom Srbija bags EIB loan; world's first ever SMS could be yours…

Cloud burst: How the EU's Gaia-X project went awry

The EU's cloud project could still become a world standards setter, but is for now stalled by fights over data sovereignty.

Comcast will keep data caps out of the Northeast in 2022

Comcast has no plans to implement its usage-based broadband policies in its Northeast markets in 2022 'at this time,' but has made no commitment to keep it that way in 2023 and beyond.

Another AWS outage and more cloud worries

The Wednesday morning AWS service interruption in part of the cloud giant's network is making it tougher to complain about work colleagues and see who's at the door.

The changing economics of the Internet of the future

Relying on yesterday's cost structures, routing silicon, operational paradigms, tools and two decades of accumulated complexity has proven to fall short in meeting insatiable bandwidth requirements consistently and at sustainable power consumption.

Harmonic adds Rogers as another CableOS win

Canadian cable op will tap Harmonic's virtual CCAP and DAA gear as part of a plan to support multi-gigabit services, shift to an all-IP services platform, and cut a 'clear path to DOCSIS 4.0.'

Roku says ITC ban won't disrupt ability to import products

ITC ruling finds that certain Roku streaming players, TVs, soundbars and remotes infringe on a UEI patent, but Roku claims design changes 'eliminate any infringement.'

400G coherent pluggable optics: A key to IP and optical integration

IP and optical convergence is not just for hyperscalers. Heavy Reading survey data suggests that communications service providers are evaluating this new transport architecture, and many expect to move quickly toward adoption.

Cybersecurity should not be a bolt-on, Comcast CISO says

Noopur Davis on Comcast's journey into the Secure Development Lifecycle, ensuring security is prioritized at an early stage rather than tacked on at the end.

How children are helping to fuel US wireless growth

According to one survey, 13% of parents with a child aged five to eight reported purchasing them a phone. And 3% of parents with a child aged two or younger reported purchasing them a phone.

Brazil's Claro sets out 5G stall

CEO of América Móvil-owned operator indicates it will only buy 5G phones from next year on.

All Verizon wants for Christmas is a SASE 'easy button'

Each vendor, service provider, customer, etc. has their own take on the definition of the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), which makes it difficult to find a one-stop-shop that provides a full SASE suite, explains Verizon's Vincent Lee.

CommScope gears up for XGS-PON

DOCSIS and advanced HFC technologies will remain key areas for CommScope, but the vendor is set to launch a new XGS-PON platform in the coming months amid a broader, companywide transformation initiative.

Eurobites: Vodafone and Mavenir complete small-cell open RAN call

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BSO rolls into Bergamo; BT shacks up with Nozomi; TIM/KKR latest; Deutsche Telekom toots rollout trumpet.

Drahi becomes biggest BT shareholder and bothers Boris

The man behind the Altice telecom group has upped his stake in the UK phone incumbent, sparking concern about his future intentions.

Neos Networks eyes a fifth more in sales in UK fiber rush

Small offshoot of energy giant reckons sales will grow a fifth this year as it piles into the business connectivity sector.

YouTube TV warns that Disney channels might go dark

YouTube TV will cut its monthly price by $15 if a distribution deal is not reached by December 17, causing Disney networks like ABC, ESPN and FX to go dark.

Charter to bundle in Peacock… for a while

Cable op will offer Peacock's ad-supported premium tier for no added cost for 12 months to pay-TV subs, and for no added cost for 90 days to broadband subs.

Eurobites: UK lawmakers call for more 'joined-up' digital thinking

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Swiss government ups the broadband ante; South Africa invites spectrum bids; Proximus gets into cyber-insurance.

AT&T signals interest in 5G operations in unlicensed 6GHz band

AT&T showed interest in using the new 5G NR-U standard operating in the unlicensed 6GHz band in a new testing request filed with the FCC.

Lockheed Martin enlists Radisys for its 5G.MIL incursion

Lockheed said Radisys will supply open RAN software technologies in locations where 'wired interconnections are not possible or are cost prohibitive.'

Juniper jumps on O-RAN bandwagon

Jai Thattil joins the podcast to discuss Juniper's efforts to develop RIC technology, and why partnerships with Intel and Rakuten are key to Juniper's open RAN vision.

Don't worry about C-band spectrum delays – analysts

Although the airline industry continues to fret over the possibility that 5G will interfere with aircraft radio altimeters, one analyst firm believes the situation isn't much of a concern.

What conflicts of interest? Vantage offers towers to 1&1

The Vodafone business will lease space on towers to a company that competes directly against Vodafone Germany – go figure.

Samsung and Viettel To Launch 5G Commercial Trial in Da Nang, Vietnam

Samsung Electronics and Viettel today announced that the companies have started 5G commercial trials in Da Nang, the largest city in the Central Vietnam region.

WOW to go on offensive with greenfield FTTP builds

Tied to WOW's broadband-first strategy, company will deploy new FTTP networks to at least 200,000 homes passed – and perhaps up to 400,000 – in 'non-adjacent,' low-competition markets over the next five years.