BT wants a piece of Skynet

As if things weren’t dystopian enough these days, BT is teaming up with a couple of satellite companies to get involved in the Skynet defence system.

Microsoft fleshes out its mission to combat COVID-19 impact

Microsoft has not been shy regarding its work to ensure customers can continue to operate through this unforeseen period, and now it has offered more detail.

Vodafone makes first connection in God’s Country via UK’s Shared Rural Network

A rural village in East Wales’ Wye Valley has become the first to receive mobile coverage via the UK Government’s £1 billion Shared Rural Network (SRN) scheme.

Google censors independent comments sections while remaining protected itself

A blatant display of targeted, coordinated censorship has resulted in Google threatening two news sites with demonetization unless they delete specified comments sections.

T-Mobile network outage triggered by fiber circuit failure

T-Mobile on Tuesday offered some additional details about the cause of its major network outage earlier this week that left many customers across the country unable to text or use VoLTE calling.

McElfresh: AT&T has a laser like focus on expanding fiber

Speaking at an investor event on Tuesday, AT&T's Jeff McElfresh outlined how fiber underpins the telco's wireless, broadband and streaming video services.

Data forecasts indicate 4G is far from dead and buried

With 5G euphoria reaching fever pitch at times, the on-going importance of 4G networks is often overlooked.

AT&T’s McElfresh welcomes C-band, sidesteps Ligado question

While it’s permanently closing some stores and shifting a lot of activities to the online environment amid the COVID-19 pandemic, AT&T says it will continue to invest in its 5G network build this year, and that means keeping up with the Joneses in terms of spectrum.

Cisco gets SASE with its latest SD-WAN software update

Cisco has embraced the secure access service edge (SASE) model across its latest SD-WAN software release. Last year Gartner analysts coined the SASE term and positioned it as the unification of enterprise access security initiatives and WAN networking platforms, including SD-WAN.

Windstream, Infinera transmit 800G over long-haul network

Windstream worked with Infinera to trial 800 gigabits per second (800G) over 730 kilometers in a live production network between San Diego and Phoenix.

T-Mobile lays off hundreds of Sprint employees – report

The company that promised to add jobs by merging with Sprint now appears to be laying off hundreds of employees.  

AT&T to cut 3,400 jobs in next few weeks - CWA

AT&T plans to cut 3,400 technician and clerical jobs in the coming weeks, according to the Communications Workers of America (CWA).

Apple finds itself staring into the eye of a European antitrust storm

Otherwise known as Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition has been making life uncomfortable for Silicon Valley residents, and now its Apple’s turn.

Germany launches decentralized contact tracing app while UK flounders

Pragmatic bunch that they are, the Germans have gone with the only viable approach to developing a contact tracing app, while UK attempts to reinvent the wheel have predictably faltered.

Some telcos support up to 3 clouds: Special Report

Ideally, telcos will have just one “telco cloud,” but because of their gradual transition to cloud architectures, they might have as many as three telco clouds. The topic will be discussed at FierceTelecom’s free virtual event “Telco Cloud Transformation: A Deep Dive” on Thursday, June 18.

Verizon signs up for Amazon's 'Climate Pledge'

Verizon, Infosys and Reckitt Benckiser became the first global companies to sign up for Amazon's Climate Pledge that was first announced in September.

Verizon adds 5G PC from Lenovo to device lineup

Verizon is adding a new 5G device to its lineup, this time the world’s first 5G PC from Lenovo, with a new $30 per month 5G device data plan.

Report: Zoom booms in video-as-a-service sector in Q1

If you had not used Zoom's video conferencing platform pre-COVID-19, chances are very good that you have by now. Zoom single handedly raised the video-as-a-service (VaaS) sector in the first quarter due to social distancing measures during the coronavirus pandemic.

US companies are now allowed to work with Huawei, but only on standards

The US government seems to have realised that banning all contact with Huawei has its downsides.

Nokia gets in bed with Tencent and Baidu cloud business units

Nokia has announced an expanded relationship with two existing customers, to provide data centre interconnect (DCI) network solutions for expanding cloud computing business units.

CenturyLink beefs up its fiber network in Ecuador

As part of its blueprint to expand its presence into Latin American countries, CenturyLink recently put the finishing touches on a new fiber route. The fiber route, which is 800 kilometers long, or about 500 miles, connects Quito, Ecuador to Cali, Colombia.

Optical transport takes steps toward 400G: Special Report

Is 2020 the year of 400G? It’s the kind of question telecom industry observers love to ask, though it is a far too general one. It speaks to our fascination with big numbers as milestones to be reached and put in the rearview mirror as we push toward the next milestone.

Nokia snaps up two DCI deals in China

Finnish vendor continues to build up alternative routes to growth in China and signs new deals with Tencent and Baidu.

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Huawei UK, China and facial recognition

This week, China looms large for the lockdown crew.

Eurobites: Fiber effect fortifies network investment levels in France

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: It's all about the baseband for Ericsson; Telefónica extends tie-up with Fortinet; O2 boss channels Churchill.

Ericsson ups 5G forecast

Faster-than-expected uptake in China helps explains a revised global estimate of 190 million 5G subs by the end of the year.

Is the worst over for the Indian telecom industry?

India's telecom sector had been having a torrid time until just a few months ago, but there are some important signs of improvement.

AT&T will be closing corporate stores as well

In what some are predicting is just the tip of the iceberg for cell phone stores, AT&T confirmed that it will be closing some AT&T stores, but it’s not all the stores that are currently unopened.

T-Mobile hit with network issue, customers report service outage

T-Mobile appears to be having with a major network issue on Monday, affecting consumers across the U.S., with reports of outages and problems with phone and data service.  

GSMA nixes MWC Los Angeles

The COVID-19 pandemic has put the kibosh on yet another live event, this time the MWC Los Angeles 2020 event that was supposed to happen October 28-30.