Arm chops 1,000 jobs

Semiconductor-design specialist wants to trim workforce by 12% to 15% ahead of IPO.

Charter gives SMBs an ad-vantage

Charter's Spectrum Reach unit is giving $1,500 in free TV advertising to SMBs as they try to bounce back from the ongoing pandemic and associated inflation and supply chain issues.

Vodafone Germany nabs 5G+ branding for 5G SA

German operator says more than 10 million people can now use its 5G SA service at home.

What's the Story? The splinternet is coming

Mike Dano discusses his recent coverage of the 'splinternet' and what it means for the industry at large.

UScellular CTO updates on midband, standalone 5G

'Most of the applications on devices really can be served by 30, 50, 60 Mbit/s, no problem,' UScellular's Mike Irizarry said, noting that those are the speeds supported today by UScellular's 4G LTE network.

Vodafone UK proposes net neutrality fix for network slicing

The operator has carried out network slicing trials with Ericsson but says rules changes are needed before new services can be offered.

Eurobites: VEON sees credit ratings slide as Ukraine carnage hits home

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Telefonica pals up with Pente for enterprise cloud services; Nokia goes underground in Chile; companies get ready for the hybrid working era.

BSNL to launch 4G with 5G NSA network by August

India has been trying to promote the growth of indigenous technologies and products to reduce its dependency on international vendors.

Business is booming at China Unicom

China Unicom's industry Internet unit leads the way, overtaking fixed-line broadband to become its second-largest segment.

DDoS attacks up nearly 40%, mostly targeting gaming and retail, Radware reports

Between 2020 and 2021, the average DDoS volume per company was also up 26%, but attack vectors larger than 10 Gbit/s were down 5%.

TIM starts formal talks with KKR

The Italian operator also plans to explore a long-mooted merger with state-backed broadband operator Open Fiber.

Rakuten's Amin targets 25% of RAN market in bid to unseat giants

The Japanese vendor's Symphony business is championing openness as it goes after a market still dominated by Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia.

AWS opens the curtain on its 5G strategy for Dish

'By utilizing the AWS Cloud, Dish was able to architect, design, build and deliver a complete cloud-native 5G network with full operations and network deployment automation,' AWS engineers wrote.

AT&T hints at its 'Act 2'

'The AT&T story will be written in two acts. Today we'll focus on the first act, and that is taking our current asset base and delivering competitive returns," CEO John Stankey said.

AT&T's aggressive copper network retirement could be a mistake, analyst says

New Street Research believes AT&T should instead expand its fiber network buildout, holding that the company's large fixed footprint is the 'single biggest advantage' AT&T has over its wireless rivals.

Scaling open vRAN operations

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OFC 2022: Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin coherently talks about pluggables

As OFC 2022 wraps up, Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin weighs in on IP-over-DWDM and why it's really working this time. We also discuss market components upstart EFFECT Photonics and its noteworthy deal with Viasat.

AT&T notching 37% subscriber penetration rates in fiber markets

Amid its aggressive fiber build, AT&T has also unleashed a plan to turn down and decommission 50% of its legacy copper network by 2025 and to largely lean on fixed wireless to capture DSL subs in those areas.

OFC 2022: Cignal AI's Andrew Schmitt on what's hot in optical

Andrew Schmitt, founder and directing analyst at Cignal AI, helps us wrap up a few key topics from OFC 2022 and talks about what he's looking forward to in the optical networking space.

Telefónica Vivo taps Cisco, NEC for '5G-ready' IP transport

Aim is to support converged mobile and fixed networks. According to conditions attached to recently secured 5G-friendly spectrum, Vivo must launch 5G services no later than July 31.