Huawei caves to UK security demands with empire under siege

After a meeting with the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Huawei has agreed to address the serious security risks believed to exist within the firm’s equipment and software.

Dell’Oro: SD-WAN Market Consolidation Led to a Resurgence in Access Router Market

As the uncertainty around Cisco’s Viptela integration lifted last quarter, the enterprise access router market saw its first quarter of growth in five quarters.

Madden: CBRS can prevent forest fires

CBRS can make a difference. Soon, PG&E will be able to buy a PAL license to keep tabs on the grid.

With jailed CFO, Huawei's future darkens

Huawei’s chief financial officer—the daughter of the company’s founder—is scheduled to appear today in a Canadian court for a bail hearing.

Nokia has a great week by simply not screwing anything up

Christmas has come early for Finnish kit vendor Nokia, with its competitors bestowing it with presents of breath-taking generosity.

Ampere Targets Hyperscalers, Challenges Intel With Arm-Based Chips

The year-old startup, founded by former Intel president Renee James, is also partnering with Packet, Cloudflare, and other companies on 5G and edge computing proof of concepts.

SDxCentral's Weekly Roundup — December 7, 2018

Sprint names its first 5G markets for 2019; Telco Systems and Arm work on uCPE; and IBM sells software assets to HCL Technologies for $1.8 billion.

O2 up and running but how much damage has been done to them and Ericsson?

With O2’s UK network back up and running, the 32 million Brits who depend on it have been returned to the digital era, but you have to wonder how big the fallout from this disaster will be.

AT&T Taps Synergies Between Its 5G and FirstNet Build-Outs

Both FirstNet and 5G require the company to "touch the towers," so a lot of the network upgrades help both initiatives.

USA declares war on Huawei, with a bit of help from ZTE

The arrest of Huawei’s CFO was the culmination of years of investigation by the American government and judiciary, with an apparent helping hand from ZTE.

5G questions hover over T-Mobile, but company promises surprises

Qualcomm’s initial batch of 5G chips won’t support 5G operations in the 600 MHz spectrum that T-Mobile plans to use for 5G.

Report: Major reset needed in botnet strategy

Botnets are being fought the wrong way, according to the Council to Secure the Digital Economy. That's bad news because the threat is growing.

Wireless industry ad spending jumps in November

The top advertisers in the wireless industry significantly raised their collective spending on TV advertisements during the month of November.

Managed SD-WAN services market tops $282M in U.S.

Managed SD-WAN services in the U.S. picked up the pace in the second half of this year to the tune of more than $282 million in revenue in 2018.

FCC 5G mmWave Auction Hits $677.4M

Interest heats up as remaining available 28GHz licenses dwindle.

Huawei CFO Committed Sanctions Fraud, US Alleges – Reports

Huawei, with Meng Wazhou's involvement, allegedly used an 'unofficial' Hong Kong-based subsidiary called Skycom to trick US banks into clearing transactions for Huawei linked to companies in Iran.

Comcast Finds More Work for X1

Cloud-powered video platform is in 'extended trial period' with hotels, with more business- and sports-venue deployment models in the works.

Eurobites: Nokia & China Mobile Seek 'More Open' 5G Ecosystem

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Montreal startup wins Nokia's IoT challenge; Tele2 and Deutsche Telekom strike roaming agreement; Ericsson fixes Telefónica's extended outage.

Huawei: The Signs Were There

The US is ratcheting up the pressure on China with the arrest of one of its most senior technology executives.

Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs?

As the volume of annoying robocalls continues to rise, an industry-wide effort to authenticate calls across carriers hopes to satisfy regulators.

Red Hat Simplifies Kubernetes on AWS, Cuts Prices

Users can bring their own AWS accounts to reduce hassles deploying OpenShift Direct in the public clouds, and enjoy price cuts starting at 25%.

WiCipedia: 'Bull in a China Closet' Spirit & Unconscious Bias Is No Excuse

This week in our WiC roundup: Girl Scouts make STEM their mission; Forbes' list of 50 women in tech; unconscious bias is no excuse; and more.

Nokia Sitting Pretty After Week of Turmoil for Huawei, Ericsson

A backlash against China's biggest vendor and problems with Ericsson's software could translate into a glorious opportunity for the Finnish firm.

CommScope Still Hazy on Arris's CPE Biz

CFO Alex Pease says broadband CPE is viewed as a 'strategic differentiator,' and struggles in the video set-top sector can be cost-managed.

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Cloud, Huawei, 5G Phones & Orange

Live from a shiny hotel in Lisbon, the podders hint at what's been discussed at LR's hush-hush 2020 Vision event, before moving on to Huawei's horrorshow, 5G smartphones and Iain's lunch.

Google bids adieu to Allo

Google has finally called it a day on Allo, its attempt to compete with WhatsApp, to focus on its Messages product.

28 GHz auction action jumps in Stage 2

The FCC’s 28 GHz spectrum auction climbed past the $600 million mark in terms of total provisionally winning bids.

Packet and Wasabi Take On Amazon, Provide Cloud Compute and Storage

“Nobody gets to keep a lock on cloud computing,” Wasabi CEO David Friend said. “As much as Amazon would like to, it’s going to be a multi-cloud world.”

Cuba enters mobile internet age with 3G few can afford

Cuba’s telecom operator will offer 3G data service to prepaid users, but the package prices are too high for most locals.

UK Gov pulls back the curtain on Facebook data policies

With pressure mounting against Facebook over the last few months it was only a matter of time before a treasure trove of treachery was unveiled; the UK government has done just that.