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Juniper Buys Composable Infrastructure Firm HTBASE
The deal will bring storage to Contrail’s multicloud product as well as expand Juniper’s edge computing portfolio.
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Nokia’s Software Biz Is Firmly Rooted in Silicon Valley
The company is building a corporate campus in Sunnyvale, California, to provide a home for its more than 1,000 employees in the Valley.
AWS Will Use Custom Arm Processors to Power Certain Cloud Instances
The company says that using the custom Arm processors could cut costs as much as 40 percent.
Ericsson Predicts There Will Be 1.5 Billion 5G Subscribers in 6 Years
The vendor also says that IoT subscriptions are set to surge to 4.1 billion devices in 2024. Network operators have said they plan to build 85 NB-IoT and LTE-M networks.
U.S. Government Pressures Allies to Shun Huawei in 5G Contracts, Report Says
Government officials are fearful that telecom providers using Huawei gear in other countries will be vulnerable to spying.
GSMA Launches Edge Cloud Initiative for Operators
Huawei is a key player in the group, which might explain why no U.S. operators are members.
Why T-Mobile Is Touting Its 5G Connection in the 600 MHz Spectrum
T-Mobile plans to launch its 5G network in lower band spectrum so it can blanket the country with 5G service.
Microsoft, IBM Top ABI’s Blockchain Platform Provider List
The research firm evaluated 11 blockchain-as-a-service platforms. It looked at the different features they offered as well as their involvement in trials and pilots.
5G Networks Will Be Live in 2019, But Profits Will Take Longer
At a recent investor conference both AT&T and Verizon said that 5G won’t have an impact on their revenues until at least 2020.
How Cities Should be Preparing for 5G Deployments
Municipalities that catalog their wireless assets and streamline their cell site approvals will be more appealing to wireless operators that are plotting their 5G deployments.
Cable Companies Eye Dish’s Greenfield 5G Network
Dish says it is building a neutral-host 5G network that customers can rent space on to deliver different types of services.
Ericsson Forecasts Brighter Days Ahead
CEO Borje Ekholm said that the company’s turnaround strategy is working. Ericsson increased its sales goals by $2 billion for 2020.
Dish’s 5G Aspirations Move Closer to Reality With NB-IoT Deals
The company will use Ericsson NB-IoT equipment and SBA Communications’ towers for the first phase of its 5G network, which it says will be done in March 2020.
Vestberg Revamps Verizon to Focus on Consumers, Enterprise, and Media
Calling the initiative Verizon 2.0, the new operating structure is intended streamline the company. This latest move builds on Verizon’s promise to cut $10 billion in costs.
Extreme’s Data Center Biz Rebounds in Fiscal Q1
Company executives hinted about a new data center product that is slated to launch next week.
GE Digital Adds a Private Cloud to Its Predix IoT Platform
The company also enhanced its Predix edge capabilities to include analytics and device management.
MEF Focuses on Revenue-Generating Services, Not Just Specs
MEF President Nan Chen said the organization has transformed from a pure-play standards group to a software and specification development organization.
Russia Will Launch 5G in 2020, GSMA Says
Mobile broadband is expected to be the first use case for 5G in Russia. Specifically, operators are looking at ways to ease network congestion in urban areas.
Trump Wants a National 5G Spectrum Policy
The president issued a memorandum that is intended to make more spectrum available so that operators can more quickly deploy 5G.