FAA urges US airlines to fix airport 5G issues ahead of imminent rollout

A letter from US flight regulator the Federal Aviation Administration asked airlines to ‘move quickly to address risks from a 5G wireless rollout,’ according to an exclusive from Reuters.

Latest Nothing teaser is high on hype but low on clarity

Upstart device maker Nothing finally gave those who care a look at the design of its impending smartphone, which features a transparent case.

Telus to buy LifeWorks for $2.3 billion

Canadian operator Telus will also take on $600 million in debt to purchase healthcare firm LifeWorks, claiming the move ‘accelerates Telus Health’s vision of employer-based healthcare.’

Vodafone launches Italy’s first LTE-M network

UK-based Vodafone hopes to gain an advantage in Italy’s IoT market by rolling the country’s first LTE-M network.

Canadian telcos finally get up to speed

Two of Canada’s big mobile operators have launched 5G on 3.5 GHz spectrum and they are keen to get as much publicity out of the move as possible.

World Economic Forum Global Partnerships Map Cybercrime Ecosystem

The World Economic Forum introduced the Cybercrime ATLAS project during the RSA Conference, built on the expertise of public sector and private sector partnerships to map and eventually disrupt the cybercriminal ecosystem.

SoftIron Data Center Storage Slashes Energy Use, Emissions

Alternative cooling techniques and renewable energy sourcing typically come to mind in terms of making data centers better for the environment, but the impacts of data center hardware are often overlooked in favor of the tech cycle’s “beauty contest” spearheaded by industry giants Intel and AMD.

SDxCentral 2-Minute Weekly Wrap: Juniper's 'Full-Stack' SASE Is Here

Dell'Oro: Supply Constraints Tighten Grip on Data Center Growth

Data center capex grew at its fastest rate in three years during the first quarter of 2022, but emergent pockets of lower cloud services demand and greater chances of stunted economic growth could threaten the industry’s momentum, according to Dell’Oro Group.

Claim launched against Apple for £768 million over battery ‘throttling’

Allegations made in a class action suit by a man called Justin Gutmann are that automatic iOS updates caused older iPhones to slow down, and that breached UK competition law.

Ericsson, TIM and Comau build experimental ‘factory of the future‘

Italian operator Tim, kit vendor Ericsson and automation/robotics firm Comau promise ‘innovative solutions for Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing’ thanks to some 5G network slicing.

European smartphone shipments at lowest level for nine years

Fresh data from analyst firm Counterpoint reveals European smartphone shipments declined by 12% in Q1 2022, to their lowest level since Q1 2013.

Dish unlikely to be swamped with new 5G customers

Dish Network says its 5G service now covers more than a fifth of the US population, but with a limited range of devices on offer, it’s unlikely to sign up new customers at first. The US’s fourth mobile network operator, as Dish becomes with the inauguration of its own infrastructure, has been keeping the market […]

Nokia teams up with LS Electrics to build new industrial smart stuff

Kit Vendor Nokia has teamed up with South Korean firm LS Electronics – which specialises in fields such as automation, smart power and smart transportation – to come up with new industrial tech.

Telefónica creates platform for second-hand network kit

Spanish operator group Telefónica wants other telcos including its own operating companies (opcos) to reuse its network equipment.

Daily Roundup: Google Distributed Cloud Edge Eyes Private Networks

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Cisco ThousandEyes Forecasts Network Disruptions for SD-WAN

Cisco took the “first pivotal step” in delivering its Predictive Networks vision to introduce ThousandEyes WAN Insights that aim to proactively forecast network conditions and provide recommendations to optimize SD-WAN performance.

IBM, Red Hat Expand Telefónica’s Cloud Push

Image source: Telefónica

European General Court throws out €1 billion fine against Qualcomm

Chip firm Qualcomm won its fight against a €1 billion fine imposed on it by the European Commission for allegedly bribing Apple into using its chips.

5G market expected to cope well with tough economic times

A difficult economic and political situation across the world is suppressing the mobile phone market, but the 5G sector is still coming up smelling of roses.

Intel and Exfo unveil 5G fault detection tool

A new solution launched by Canadian telecoms testing company Exfo and US chip giant Intel promises operators the ability to monitor a 5G network in real time and more swiftly fix problems.

Vodafone deploys wind and solar powered 4G mast

UK operator Vodafone has switched on a 4G phone mast in Wales loaded with a wind turbine, solar panels and on-site battery storage.

India announces its 5G spectrum auction

The Indian government has committed to auctioning spectrum licenses it expects to be used for 5G, by the end of July.

OneWeb lauds successful trial of in-flight LEO services

Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites could soon be used for in-flight broadband, following a successful test by UK-based OneWeb and its partners.

Google Distributed Cloud Edge Eyes Private Networks

Google added some privacy to its Distributed Cloud Edge service, offering up a new iteration aimed at private network deployments that require specific performance and service-level agreement (SLA) standards.

Daily Roundup: Cisco CEO Says Tech Spending Won’t Sink Because People Understand Its Power

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7 Layers: Okta's Auth0 Reveals Three Big Cyberthreats

Dish Network 5G Launch Hits FCC Mandate

Dish Network launched 5G service in parts of 120 markets across the country, covering more than 20% of the U.S. population and hitting a government mandated June 14 coverage mark for the carrier’s spectrum licenses.

Is 5G Network Slicing a Cybersecurity Attack Vector?

SAN FRANCISCO – Network slicing has been hailed as a lucrative 5G use case, but it can also open up a private 5G network and an organization to cybersecurity attacks if not properly instantiated and maintained, according to a Deloitte presentation at the RSA Conference.

Amazon, Microsoft, Google See Surging Serverless Interest

A new report from observability platform provider Datadog found enterprises increasingly looking toward serverless concepts in deploying and managing their containerized applications. This was highlighted by strong growth in the use of managed container platforms being offered by the market’s leading hyperscalers.

Splunk Expands Cloud Platform for Hybrid Cloud World

Splunk rolled out enhancements to its Splunk Cloud Platform and announced general availability of its Splunk Enterprise 9.0 software targeted at helping enterprise customers manage their data in cloud and hybrid-cloud environments. This includes features like data manager, onboarding, and federated search capabilities to support end-to-end visibility of operations, scale, storage, data, and cost savings.

Telenor says edge providers should be happy adoption isn’t happening any faster

Terje Jensen SVP of Network Architecture at MNO Telenor said of the speed of edge infrastructure adoption: “I think we kind of have to be happy that it’s probably not moving as fast as originally planned.”

Telco leaders assess the pros and cons of going to the edge

Speakers from big tech and the telecoms industry gathered for The Edge Event in London to wax around the potential and also the difficulties involved in the brave new world of edge computing.

UK foreign worker red tape slowing fibre rollout – Openreach

In an interview with the FT Clive Selley, CEO of UK fixed line wholesaler Openreach, said the UK government is making it too hard to recruit foreign workers.

Nokia inches forward with its 100G PON tech

Finland’s Nokia has hit the heady heights of 100-Gbps broadband using its latest passive optical networking (PON) technology.

LTE still dominates in private mobile networks but BT bucks the trend

Private mobile networks are growing in popularity globally, but perhaps surprisingly, LTE – and not 5G – is still the dominant underlying technology.

Cisco CEO: Tech Spending Won’t Sink Because People Understand Its Power

Cisco chair and CEO Chuck Robbins on stage at Cisco Live in Las Vegas. Source: Cisco

Daily Roundup: Is Chance the Real Cybersecurity Answer?

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China Maintains Lead as Biggest Cloud Spender

China continues to outspend the rest of the world when it comes to cloud infrastructure, according to research from Canalys. Overall, the mainland spent $7.3 billion on infrastructure in Q1 2022 alone and the number is expected to continue to grow over the rest of the year.

Cisco Catalyst Switches Get Meraki Cloud Management

LAS VEGAS – Cisco is taking a major step toward bringing a full cloud-managed enterprise networking solution to market by connecting its Catalyst switching and wireless hardware to the Meraki dashboard.

Verizon, T-Mobile Prep for 5G Spectrum Surgery

Verizon and T-Mobile US this morning touted spectrum enhancements to their respective 5G networks that in the end should produce higher network speeds for end users.

AT&T, USTelecom Aid U.S. Initiatives for Broadband Access

Rural areas across the country still do not have internet access – and with buckets of funding from public and private initiatives, the time to address this problem is now. 

CrowdStrike Sees Opportunities to ‘Replace Carbon Black’ Post Broadcom-VMware Acquisition

Amol Kulkarni, chief product and engineering officer at CrowdStrike. Source: CrowdStrike

Qualcomm snaps up network automation firm Cellwize

US mobile chip giant Qualcomm has acquired network automation firm Cellwize in order to further its ambitions in 5G and edge computing.

Nvidia and friends build a 5G VR workspace for engineers

Chip giant Nvidia has got a gang of firms together to build a virtual collaborative industrial workspace using edge computing and what it says is the world’s first 5G-enabled VR.

UK government invokes Thatcher to push new digital strategy

The UK government has published its latest Digital Strategy which, as usual, is more about ambition and buzzwords than it is action.

Telefonica forms Spanish solar energy JV with Repsol

Spanish telco group Telefonica is getting into the solar self-consumption game through a joint venture with compatriot Repsol.

Vodafone says it’s now the number one full fibre provider in the UK

UK operator Vodafone says its full fibre broadband offering now reaches 8 million homes and that it has overtaken BT by that metric.

Globe wants $1.5 billion for towers

Globe Telecom is looking to sell a swathe of its telecoms towers in a deal that could raise as much as US$1.5 billion, it emerged late last week.

UK probes Apple and Google mobile duopoly

‘Apple and Google have an effective duopoly on mobile ecosystems that allows them to exercise a stranglehold over these markets’ says UK markets regulator the Competition and Markets Authority.

Is Chance the Real Cybersecurity Answer?

“Look, if the Russians and the Chinese want to break into our networks, we know they are going to at the end of the day,” -Jen Easterly, Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Daily Roundup: BT Says the U.K. Needs AI Talent

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7 Layers: Google Cloud Reveals Challenges Security Operations Teams Face

Starbucks CISO: Diversity in Cybersecurity Requires Leadership Change

Starbucks CISO Andy Kirkland on stage at RSA Conference. Photo courtesy of RSA Conference, copyright RSA Conference.

Qualcomm Seizes Cellwize to Boost 5G RAN Game

Qualcomm boosted its 5G open radio access network (O-RAN) game, acquiring Israel-based Cellwize Wireless Technologies in a move that positions the chip giant further outside its legacy silicon heritage.