Most people think ‘fibre’ means FTTP – survey

A survey commissioned by UK fibre challenger CityFibre found that most people think fibre should mean fibre, which seems fair enough.

Most people think ‘fibre’ means FTTP – survey

A survey commissioned by UK fibre challenger CityFibre found that most people think fibre should mean fibre, which seems fair enough.

Qualcomm shouldn’t walk away from NXP, Wall Street firm says

Qualcomm reportedly plans to drop its efforts to merge with NXP by July 25. However, Morgan Stanley analysts are urging the company to ignore that.

Is mobile payment going too far when cash has become unacceptable?

When mobile payment with smartphones has become the means of choice at retail outlets, the central bank of China needed to remind businesses they should not reject cash payment.

With 286K subscribers, MVNO Ting looking to evolve and expand

Ting is now looking to expand its distribution and potentially tweak its service and pricing in response to the changing dynamics of the industry.

Ericsson, Intel and Telstra do commercial 5G over licensed 3.5 GHz

The trend of networking vendors, modem makers and mobile operators combining to demo commercial 5G continues with Ericsson, Intel and Telstra doing their thing over 3.5 GHz.

Ericsson, Intel and Telstra do commercial 5G over licensed 3.5 GHz

The trend of networking vendors, modem makers and mobile operators combining to demo commercial 5G continues with Ericsson, Intel and Telstra doing their thing over 3.5 GHz.

Amazon Web Services testing white boxes: report

Amazon Web Services may throw its considerable weight into the white box ring, which could have large implications for Cisco and other vendors.

Training Conundrum: Open Source Moves Faster Than Curriculum

There is more interest in training than there is good quality training available, says the Linux Foundation.  

Cloud, Container, and Serverless Developers Are In Big Demand

Sylabs is offering $2,500 to any non-employee that refers a developer that is eventually hired by the company.

Would AWS Sell White Box Switches to Enterprises?

The hyperscale public cloud providers such as AWS have built network operating systems that are very simple and only have the features they need and nothing more, said IDC analyst Brad Casemore.

Oracle’s Blockchain Cloud Service Goes Public

The blockchain service is a part of Oracle's Cloud Platform and is built on The Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger blockchain fabric.

Connecting devices: Taking advantage of eSIM

Beyond smartphones, many more devices will be enabled by eSIM over the coming years. For example, the technology is likely to feature inside the multiple ‘smart’ devices in people’s homes.

Colt, Verizon set to go live with intercarrier service

Colt and Verizon are set to go live later this year with an intercarrier service using their respective SDN-based networks.

6 test labs win approval for CBRS device testing

The first six test labs bearing the “WInnForum CBRS Approved” logo for Citizens Broadband Radio Service Device testing have been approved.

WISPA takes to Twitter to make CBRS arguments

WISPA took to Twitter to lobby for the interests of mostly smaller entities that want to use the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band.

Salesforce Acquires Datorama for Marketing Analytics – Reported Price $800M

Salesforce is beefing up its toolkit to help enterprises identify customers.

Netflix Is Growing, but Don't Ask by How Much

Netflix missed its subscriber forecast, which spooked investors, but the company's execs insist that nothing about the business has really changed.

Salesforce Acquires Datorama for Marketing Analytics - Reported Price $800M

Salesforce is beefing up its toolkit to help enterprises identify customers.

Kontron Uses Open Source to Move Beyond Bare Metal

Company known for embedded computer technology vendor now serves as integrator as well, combining its hardware with OpenStack and VNFs.

Eurobites: OBS Buys Basefarm to Reap Multicloud Benefits

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: CityFibre thinks there's been a broadband con-trick; Ericsson trumpets 5G breakthrough with Telstra; MegaFon delists from London.

Roku Pumps Up the Volume

Roku is about to bring more 'A' to the A/V mix with the launch of premium-quality wireless speakers that are tightly integrated with various Roku TV models.

ZoneTV's Video PaaS Arms TV Titans With Custom Programming

ZoneTV will try to expand its digital video distribution business with a platform-as-a-service model aimed at pay-TV and OTT TV operators as well as individual programmers and studios.

Lowering the Barriers to Telco AI With Acumos

The use of artificial intelligence by telcos is currently limited, but the Acumos AI Project looks set to make machine learning applications more easily created and readily available.

Startup Arrcus Wants White-Hot White Boxes

Startup Arrcus de-stealthed Monday, with a scalable operating system for white box switches targeted specifically at massively scalable infrastructure for service providers and hypercloud platforms.

MobiledgeX's Jason Hoffman: State of the Edge

Jason Hoffman is CEO of MobiledgeX, a relatively new company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom focusing on developer-facing edge services and everything that is needed from an edge perspective leading up to 5G. Why is edge important, what services are needed, who is edge for and what is needed to make sure we build an edge for people other than ourselves?

Get Ready for Streaming Video Downloads

How subscription streaming video downloads will keep mobile video viewers even more engaged.

Calix's Shane Eleniak: How Data Analytics & Software Defined Access Are Changing Service Delivery

Calix is helping service providers build next-generation networks by embracing a DevOps operating model and optimizing the subscriber experience by leveraging data, allowing them to become more efficient and successful. Hear from Shane Eleniak, Calix vice president of products, about how Calix platforms are enabling this ongoing transformation.

ZTE Stock Rises After US Lifts Ban

Chinese vendor's share price rises in Hong Kong after the US finally lifts a ban that has stopped it from acquiring US components for the past three months.

As cell phone bills rise, Americans aren’t buying new phones

New research from NPD Connected Intelligence shows that Americans on average are holding on to their smartphones for 32 months.