VMware Slashes Costs for vSphere on AWS

VMware cut minimum costs in half for enterprises looking to get started moving vSphere to AWS, among several updates to the service.

NYU series tackles next spectrum frontier: terahertz

NYU Wireless and NYU Tandon School of Engineering are presenting a series on the next big thing: terahertz.

Qualcomm completes C-V2X test in China

Qualcomm Technologies completed a multichipset vendor interoperability test of LTE-C-V2X with the Datang Telecom Group in China.

SevOne Extends SD-WAN Monitoring to VMware NSX

The SevOne monitoring software previously only gave insights into Cisco’s SD-WAN service.

Samsung launches its first phone based on the stripped-down Android Go platform

The world’s largest smartphone maker Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy J2 Core, its first phone built on Android Go for the entry smartphone segment.

Big Brother starts to work in real-time

US Customs and Border Protection officers in Washington Dulles International Airport have intercepted an imposter posing as a French Citizen using Facial Comparison Biometrics technology.

Huawei claims Australian ban is politically motivated

Chinese kit vendor Huawei has ramped up its rhetoric following the recent announcement that it is barred from the Australian 5G market.

T-Mobile acknowledges hack of roughly 2M customers’ data

T-Mobile announced that around 3% of its customer base—about 2 million users—had their data hacked by an unknown international entity.

Amid public relations mess, Verizon changes terms for public safety

Verizon said that it will change the terms of service for its throttling practices on its wireless plans for public safety users.

Analyst breaks down, cloud, SaaS and IaaS markets

Booming revenue growth for the hyperscale cloud providers is becoming almost rote, but the numbers continue to be staggering.

Internet giants decide US government has nothing to offer security talks

A coalition of internet giants have decided to have a meeting to discuss cybersecurity and misinformation during November’s US mid-term elections, but the government didn’t make the invite list.

Windmill Uses Blockchain to Solve IoT Security Issues

The company’s open source blockchain-based security platform is working with enterprises to secure their IoT data and devices.

Verizon embarks on One Fiber initiative

Verizon's Lee Hicks spoke about the need to have more fiber and fiber equipment installed deep into its network.

Management of ISPs, Peering, China Firewall Cause Big Challenges for SD-WAN

These issues can delay deployments, result in inferior service quality, and make it difficult to reach return on investment goals, according to John Isch at Orange Business Services.

SDxCentral's Weekly Roundup — August 24, 2018

Red Hat unveils infrastructure migration for containers; AT&T completes its AlienVault acquisition; BT, TIP, and Facebook launch a startup competition.

Array Networks Says It's the Nutanix of Private Cloud Networking and Security

Companies can run Array’s security and networking applications, open source applications, or those from third-party vendors like Cisco and F5 on the platform.

ATA: DSRC 5.9 GHz critical for V2V

The American Trucking Associations says the 5.9 GHz DSRC spectrum is critical for the successful deployment of vehicle-to-vehicle technology.

CBRS Alliance launches D&O working group

The CBRS Alliance is marking some key milestones as it celebrates its two-year anniversary.

BMG Scores 'Substantial Settlement' With Cox

Cox still faces another similar suit, but settlement could cause other ISPs to tighten up their enforcement policies for digital piracy.

5G: The Pervasive Infrastructure

5G will bring a new generation of radio and network architecture to the fore.

CenturyLink's Simlot: Edge Evolves Based on Customer Experience

New head of carrier's virtualization strategy is focused on making services more readily available at whatever edge they best fit.

Huawei Digital Transformation Practice Center: New model, New Capability, New Outcome

Huawei has established an Open Roads Community (OPRC) with leading operators and industry researchers who have a common vision and goal in digital transformation.

Inventiveness & Pragmatism Pays Off in 5G Test & Measurement

As the market continues to push toward 5G, test and measurement (T&M) will expand, offering many more opportunities for T&M vendors.

VMware Wants You – Yes, You! – as a Cloud Provider

The company is rolling out upgrades to its Cloud Provider toolset, to help telcos and managed service providers prosper by delivering multicloud services.

WiCipedia: Int'l Telecom, Emerging Industries & Back to School

This week in our WiC roundup: Media access in Iran and India; Portland sees high rate of harassment; emerging industries make way for women; and more.

VMware Wants You — Yes, You! — As a Cloud Provider

The company is rolling out upgrades to its Cloud Provider toolset, to help telcos and managed service providers prosper by delivering multicloud services.

Eurobites: M&A Rumor Links ADVA With ECI

Also in today's regional roundup: Gigabit broadband battle in Poland; Russians mull non-domestic Internet company tax; Dutch payment venfor on the tear; IBM's coffee drone.

Cable Industry Advice Led Tibit to Its Tiny OLT

New 'MicroPlug' expected to tie into cable's move toward virtualization, distributed access architectures.

Russian telcos push for OTT tax on new data storage laws

Russian telcos are lobbying the government to grant new powers which would allow them to tax non-domestic internet companies to ease the burden of new data storage laws.

Randall Stephenson's big headache

AT&T’s Randall Stephenson has a lot on his plate, to say the least.