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AT&T will launch its mobile 5G network on December 21. The first offering will be a mobile 5G hotspot device from Netgear priced at $499. The service is priced at $70 per month for 15 GB of data. Expected data speeds were not disclosed. “This is the first taste of the mobile 5G era,” said […]
Cisco agreed to acquire privately-held Luxtera, a developer of silicon photonic technologies, for $660 million in cash and assumed equity awards. Luxtera, which is based in Carlsbad, California, focuses on silicon photonics process and packaging technologies for building integrated optics capabilities for webscale and enterprise data centers, service provider market segments, and other customers. Luxtera […]
T-Mobile US and Sprint received key regulatory approvals for their proposed merger transaction from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), as well as from the U.S. Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Defense, collectively referred to as Team Telecom. Team Telecom confirmed it has no objections to […]
Huawei executives said the company is on track to exceed US$100 billion in revenue this year, up 8.7%, according to Reuters. Ken Hu, the rotating CEO of Huawei, told Reuters that the company has secured 25 commercial contracts for 5G so far, up from 22 announced in November. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-huawei-outlook/huawei-to-spend-2-billion-over-five-years-in-cybersecurity-push-idUSKBN1OH0K9
Packet, a start-up developing a bare metal cloud for developers, will leverage Netronome’s SmartNICs to power cloud-native workloads at the edge. The companies are working on a joint design to be deployed throughout all of Packet’s cloud and edge sites. Each of Packet’s new Edge cloud microservers with integrated Netronome SmartNIC technology delivers up to […]
ADTRAN introduced the sixth generation of its sealed micro Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN) platform. The solution is targetted at the 700,000 locations covered by the Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II program. Highlights: Includes a complete portfolio from low-density (16 subscribers) sealed micro FTTN solutions for rural deployments to high-density system level vectoring solutions (up to 384 […]
The CBRS Alliance and the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) agreed to collaborate to advance use of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum band and OnGo technology. Collaboration will focus on the technical interworking between the CBRS Alliance and ATIS solutions, including the International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), Home Network Identity (HNI), Priority […]
Dr. Richard Uhlig has been named as the new managing director of Intel Labs. Prior to this role, Rich was the director of Systems and Software Research in Intel Labs, where he led research efforts in virtualization, cloud-computing systems, software-defined networking, big-data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence. He joined Intel in 1996 and led […]
Verizon will replace the Oath brand, which brought together Yahoo, AOL and other properties, with a new brand to be called “Verizon Media Group. The announcement follows a Verizon disclosure earlier this month of a $4.5 billion accounting charge to write down the value of Oath properties. Verizon said its media group remains a core […]
Bill Fenick, VP of enterprise at Interxion Enterprises will be smarter about the cloud The cloud has quickly become a mainstay in the enterprise. However, early on, many businesses dove into the cloud head first, and quickly realized that that not only are not all apps meant to be reengineered for the cloud, but even […]
by James E. Carroll Qualcomm introduced a modem that integrates global multimode LTE category M1 (eMTC), NB2 (NB-IoT) as well as 2G/E-GPRS connectivity capabilities The new Qualcomm 9205 LTE modem is designed for Internet of Things (IoT) applications such as asset trackers, health monitors, security systems, smart city sensors and smart meters, as well as […]
Tillman Infrastructure has built hundreds of new macro cell towers for lease to AT&T and hundreds of additional tower builds are underway nationwide/ The announcement comes just over one year after the companies announced an infrastructure deal. “Our work with Tillman Infrastructure exemplifies our future model for the cell tower industry,” said Susan Johnson, executive […]
Telenor will deploy a cloud-native core solution based on Nokia AirGile technology, including the AirFrame data center and Cloud Packet Core, in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The deployment will include Nokia’s Cloud Mobility Manager and Cloud Mobile Gateway, Nuage Networks SDN technologies, the CloudBand Management and Orchestration Software and third-party security solutions. Financial terms were […]
