Twilio forks out $3.2B in stock to buy Segment

Twilio made its largest acquisition to date with a $3.2 billion, all-stock deal to buy Segment. The deal, which was approved by both companies' boards, is slated to close in the fourth quarter of this year.

Before Apple event, almost 50% think they already have 5G iPhone

Apple is expected to launch a 5G iPhone at its Tuesday event; however, almost half of iPhone users already think their phone is 5G-capable.

Nokia reckons 5G is the future

Finnish kit vendor Nokia has done one of those grand studies that extrapolate a technology to see what its total economic impact might be.

Rakuten’s Rahul Atri wins 2020 FierceWireless top Rising Star

We’re proud to announce that the winner of this year’s FierceWireless Rising Star is Rakuten’s Rahul Atri.

Will LEO satellite systems be able to bridge the digital divide?

Amazon’s Kuiper, SpaceX’s Starlink, and OneWeb are three of the next-generation of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation projects that are currently being developed and all of them promise to deliver low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. And like some of the previous LEO satellite systems that made their debut more than 20 years ago, at least two – Kuiper and Starlink – have impressive backers with deep pockets.

Cable industry mashes pedal down to expand upstream capabilities

While 10G will be a hot top at this week's virtual SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2020 conference, but there's a lot of blocking and tackling currently under way for expanding the upstream capabilities across cable operator's HFC networks.

LoRaWAN goes trans-Tasman via Spark’s NNNCo deal

LoRaWAN boosted its cross-border credentials on Monday thanks to a partnership between Spark New Zealand and Australia’s National Narrowband Network Company (NNNCo).

Private equity firm EQT has KPN in its sights – report

Yet another telco has attracted interest from a private investor. This time around, buyout firm EQT is reportedly eyeing up Netherlands incumbent KPN.

US, UK and allies renew call for state backdoors into encrypted digital products

Security services in seven allied countries want to be able to hack into digital products that protect their user’s privacy through end-to-end encryption.

Private wireless moves into the spotlight thanks to CBRS and 5G

Wi-Fi is no longer the obvious choice for companies that want to deploy an enterprise wireless network. Private cellular networks, which are already used by several energy and transportation companies, are becoming more accessible for a wider range of businesses. Governments around the world are making spectrum more readily available to non-service provider entities, and this is fostering the development of a robust ecosystem of network equipment and devices. Much of this equipment operates in the 3.5 GHz spectrum band, which the U.S. has made available as Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). 

5 Campaign Cybersecurity Lessons Learned From Enterprise

The Russian state-sponsored hacking group that attacked the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016 is back — not that it ever really left. And this year, according to Microsoft’s cyberthreat hunters, it’s joined by similar groups in China and Iran.

Rivada hires former Sprint, BellSouth exec for wholesale ambitions

Keith Cowan, formerly of Sprint and BellSouth, joins Rivada as its new chief development officer amid Congressional investigations into the company's focus area.

Cable-Tec Expo: 10G-compatible network delivers holographic stream

Show demo provides a glimpse of how emerging bandwidth-eating apps will take advantage of the multi-gig network.

Daily Roundup: Microsoft Wins Trickbot Court Order

In case you’ve been stuck in video conference meetings all day, here are today’s top stories from SDxCentral. Also, make sure to subscribe to our daily newsletter to get these stories in your inbox.

An inside look at Verizon's first 5G MEC customers

Verizon and its partner Amazon Web Services currently have 5G edge compute centers in five cities with plans to expand that to 10 locations by year-end.

No rest stops on the road to DOCSIS 4.0

Light Reading's Alan Breznick and Jeff Baumgartner recap the highlights from last week's Cable Next-Gen Digital Symposium.

Microsoft Report Signals IoT on the Rise

Ninety percent of decision makers believe IoT is critical to their company’s success, according to Microsoft’s latest IoT Signals Report.

DOCSIS 3.1's runway is shorter in Europe, Liberty Global's CEO says

Mid-split and high-split upgrades will beef up HFC's upstream, but fiber competition is pushing the MSO to give a closer look at DOCSIS 4.0 and the industry's broader '10G' initiative.

Microsoft Wins Court Order to Fight Ransomware Ahead of Election

Microsoft won a court order to take control of IT infrastructure being used to spread Trickbot, a very prolific ransomware distributor, that poses a threat to the November election.

Google Set to Unleash Knative

Google is set to give up most control over the Knative Project by electing a steering committee to oversee the direction of the Kubernetes-based serverless project. The decision comes on the heels of Google taking a more controversial approach with the Istio service mesh project.

Qualcomm, Intel, Huawei seen leading in Wi-Fi 6 patents

Reports from Japan's NGB Corporation and Germany's IPlytics indicate China's Huawei and Qualcomm and Intel in the US contribute the most technologies to Wi-Fi 6.

Who Gains From Huawei’s Pain?

Huawei’s woes, fueled by tightening restrictions in many countries around the world, presents a $27 billion annual opportunity for networking equipment vendors that successfully displace the Chinese juggernaut, according to a new report from Rosenblatt Securities.

STC hops on board the Rakuten Mobile bandwagon

Japan's disruptive mobile network operator takes the Rakuten Communications Platform on the road to Saudi Arabia.

Cloudflare Unveils Unified SASE Strategy

Cloudflare delivered unto the IT world its vision of the network of the future today with the launch of its Cloudflare One secure access service edge (SASE) platform.

Twilio pays $3.2B for data platform Segment

Cloud platform Twilio, hot on the heels of acquiring SendGrid, now is buying the customer data platform Segment too.

Nokia adds to 5G hype with $8T forecast

It's no surprise that the Finnish vendor of network equipment thinks 5G will be a very big deal.

Will the iPhone be the spark that 5G needs?

Operators and consumers are waiting on Apple to release its first 5G-compatible device.

Technetix jumps in to bridge Cisco's 'GainMaker' gap

Supplier joins ATX Networks in pursuing a cable amplifier business that Cisco is leaving up for grabs as cable operators mull 1.2GHz and 1.8GHz spectrum upgrades.

Eurobites: UK personal data at risk post-Brexit, warns privacy activist

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: new CEO for MTN's Liberian unit; telecom engineers honored for pandemic efforts; Vodafone brings Wix on board for SMEs.

KPN faces new takeover rumors

Swedish investor EQT is said to be in early talks on a possible deal, but obstacles to a takeover may prove tough to overcome.