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Ericsson Snaps Up Service Assurance Firm CENX In Preparation for 5G
Verizon is a CENX customer. CENX employees, including new CEO Edward Kennedy, will become part of Ericsson when the deal closes this quarter.
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.
Jeff McElfresh Will Oversee AT&T’s 5G Network Transition
McElfresh will replace Melissa Arnoldi as the president of AT&T Technology and Operations. He’s a 21-year veteran of AT&T.
SD-WAN Sales Will Hit $2.2B by 2022, Dell’Oro Group Says
Software components like controllers and VNFs are growing almost twice as fast as hardware components.
North America Will Be First With 5G, IHS 5G Survey Says
Lower latency, high capacity, and lower cost per bit are the three big draws for operators to deploy 5G.
India’s Idea Cellular Will Use Nokia’s Cloud Core
Nokia’s cloud-native core technology will help the Indian operator evolve from LTE to a 5G core.
Cisco’s Security Business, Service Provider Wins Propel Fiscal 4Q Results
The company’s service provider business was up 6 percent year over year. But 5G isn’t the reason for the turnaround.
Verizon Will Bundle Apple TV, YouTube Into Fixed 5G Service
Indianapolis will be the fourth 5G market for the operator, joining Sacramento, Los Angeles and Houston.
SD-WAN Startup’s Routing System Runs on Tech Created at Cornell University
Mode uses a mathematically optimal routing system to intelligently move traffic around the network.
Cisco Says Its Open vRAN Alliance Is Behind the Latest xRAN Forum Spec
There is a lot of work required to virtualize the RAN and standards groups like the xRAN/O-RAN Alliance and the 3GPP can’t do it all, says Cisco.
Dish Networks to Build Virtualized 5G Network From Scratch
The satellite firm’s plans are in two phases. Phase one will be a NB-IoT network. Phase 2 will be a standalone 5G network.
CenturyLink Gives Customers a Direct Link to IBM Cloud
This cloud collaboration is part of a bigger partnership between the two firms. CenturyLink already supports other IBM services such as its business resiliency and managed cloud platform.
GE Wants to Ditch Its Digital Assets
GE Digital and its Predix IoT platform were once considered key to the future of the company and expected to generate $15 billion in software sales by 2020.
Nokia Scores $3.5B 5G Contract With T-Mobile
The announcement comes just days after Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri admitted the company lost some of its Verizon business in certain markets.
Defense Department’s $10B Cloud Contract Is Up for Grabs
The contract could be worth $10 billion over 10 years. But Congress has expressed some concern over the size and duration of the deal.
xRAN Forum Releases More Specs to Make Interoperable RAN Possible
The xRAN Forum is in the process of becoming part of the O-RAN Alliance. The merger was announced last February but is taking a long time to be formalized.
Qualcomm Nixes $44B NXP Acquisition
China’s refusal to approve the deal was viewed as part of the growing trade war between the U.S. and China.
EdgeX Foundry Adds Security to IoT Open Source Software
The beauty of EdgeX open source software is that companies can “mix-and-match” components.
Verizon, AT&T Reveal Additional 5G Launch Markets
Verizon will have four 5G markets launched in 2018. AT&T says it will have a dozen.
Is Edge Becoming as Commonplace as the Cloud?
Every day there’s another company touting its “edge” product. Let’s start to separate the hype from reality.