T-Mobile’s Kubernetes Confidence Knows No Bounds

Technical platform engineers at T-Mobile US are increasingly confident the operator can run all of its IT workloads on Kubernetes.

Money Moves: November 2020

Here are some of the most prominent venture capital and merger and acquisition news items from the past month. If you’d like SDxCentral to report on your company’s VC or M&A activity in our monthly Money Moves section, or if you have any tips on that activity, please send the information to Sydney Sawaya (ssawaya@sdxcentral.com).

Google, Federated clash over ESC vs. IIC for CBRS, other bands

An FCC proceeding about how to handle the 3.45-3.55 GHz band is bringing up new questions about how spectrum gets managed in the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Access (CBRS) band.

Amazon, Cisco, VMware Bite Into Renewable Energy

Corporate giants Amazon, Cisco, and VMware are throwing their weight behind renewable energy projects and corporate climate commitments to drive seismic, near-term reductions in carbon pollution.

Utilities eye private LTE, 5G for digital transformation

Electric utilities are — often by their own admission — not early adopters of new technology, but increasingly they are starting to explore how private 4G LTE networks, and eventually 5G, can benefit their operations.

Ericsson files lawsuit against Samsung in patent license row

Ericsson on Friday filed a lawsuit against Samsung in the U.S., alleging the South Korean electronics giant breached contractual commitments and failed to negotiate in good faith over patent licensing and related payments.

T-Mobile launches its first 5G mobile hotspot

While Verizon and AT&T already offer 5G hotspots, T-Mobile just announced its first 5G hotspot, the Inseego 5G MiFi M2000, which taps into both its low- and mid-band spectrum.

Casa Systems signs up for TIP's OpenBNG initiative

Casa Systems has joined the ranks of the Telecom Infra Project's OpenBNG initiative, which has been spearheaded by Telefónica, Deutsche Telecom, BT, and Vodafone.

Ericsson slings a lawsuit at Samsung over patent infringements

Ericsson filed a lawsuit in the U.S. against Samsung that alleges it violated agreements to negotiate patent agreements in good faith.

Deutsche Telekom and Microsoft ink seven-year cloud deal

German operator Deutsche Telekom is positioning itself as the preferred on-ramp to Microsoft cloud services for medium and large enterprises.

Nokia teams up with Vi Business to stoke digital transformations

Nokia has bulldozed a bigger road into India by working with Vodafone Idea's enterprise arm, Vi Business, to fuel enterprises' digital transformations.

Ericsson sues Samsung for un-FRAND-ly patent negotiations

With so much uncertainty in the world, it is somewhat reassuring to know that Ericsson and Samsung are still able to have their semi-regular patent disputes.

UK CMA shows Europe how to do it by fast-tracking Virgin/O2 merger

Having got control of the approval process the Competition and Markets Authority has already moved to phase 2 of its investigation into the UK telecoms mega-merger.

FCC cements its anti-China stance

Just in case there was any doubt, US telecoms regulator FCC has had another pop at Huawei and China Telecom, as well as detailing the rip-and-replace programme.

Standalone security: Strategic attributes and implementation concerns

SPONSORED: Heavy Reading's research confirms there is no shortage of 5GC SA-related security concerns to be addressed before commercial launch and that the right mix of security strategy attributes will be vital to minimizing apprehension.

Ciena's opex flex

Looking ahead to 2021, Ciena's CEO talks about its 800G systems, network automation and webscale supplier status as the company looks beyond the pandemic.

Daily Roundup: Ericsson Sues Samsung

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Kubernetes Drops 1.20 Release Under Schedule, Security Cloud

The Kubernetes project this week released its 1.20 iteration, which is the third and final platform release for the year. The release comes after a difficult year for most and resulted in the alteration of the project’s typical quarterly update cycle and also came just days after a spurious new security issue was found that impacts every version of Kubernetes.

Disney+ on track to have up to 260M subs by 2024

Premium streaming service has rocketed past 86 million subs in its first year, setting the stage for a lot more content – along with a price increase – in 2021.

RDOF auction results already raising questions

Many of the big winners in the FCC's RDOF program – including LTD Broadband, SpaceX and Starry – are relatively new and untested telecom providers. And that's causing some concerns.

Airbnb IPO shows the new economy isn't fueled by 5G

Just a year after Uber underwhelmed and WeWork fizzled, Airbnb's sky-high IPO caps the busiest year for US public offerings since 1999.

SCTE/ISBE members greenlight CableLabs merger

Following Thursday's vote by hundreds of SCTE/ISBE members, the cable industry's standards-setting organization is set to become a wholly owned subsidiary of CableLabs on January 1, 2021.

WiCipedia: Minority numbers in STEM studies still lag

This week in our WiC roundup: STEM college numbers aren't adding up; Tesla's first diversity report; women on the moon; and more.

Mobile industry tells celebrities to tweet responsibly this Christmas

The likes of David Icke and Amanda Holden are urged not to spread false reports about 5G this yuletide season.

AWS Blends Cisco, 12 Other SD-WAN Vendors Into VPC

Amazon Web Services (AWS) this week revealed a new feature designed to natively integrate SD-WAN into its virtual private cloud (VPC) service. AWS Transit Gateway Connect simplifies what was previously a manual operation for the provisioning of AWS VPC via VPN and replaces that framework with natively integrated SD-WAN appliances and services.

Ericsson sues Samsung in patent dispute; warns of massive hit to income

Swedish supplier's share price tumbles on news that possible delayed royalty payments from Samsung, along with potential legal costs, could wipe out nearly $180 million in quarterly operating income.

AT&T opens up about open RAN

Some of AT&T's top networking executives are touting the benefits of open RAN technology, but caution that commercial deployments aren't imminent.

Ericsson Slaps Samsung With Patent Lawsuit

Ericsson filed a lawsuit against Samsung claiming its infrastructure rival violated contracts for “good faith” negotiations on patent terms and conditions. Ericsson said the issue could cost it up to $177 million in operating income per quarter beginning next year.

Unigroup $2.5B default another setback to China's chip plans

China's chip plans are dealt another blow after one of its chip champions runs into financial problems.

Eurobites: Virgin Media, O2 merger faces in-depth review

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Bucharest chosen for new EU cybersecurity center; Slovakia welcomes 5G; mast misery in Southampton.