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Verizon Communications named Hans E. Vestberg to succeed Lowell C. McAdam as CEO, effective August 1, 2018. Vestberg, 52, is the former CEO of Ericsson and currently serves as Executive Vice President and President of Global Networks and Chief Technology Officer. From 2007 to 2009, Vestberg served as Chief Financial Officer at Ericsson, and he […]
Cisco and NetApp introduced new FlexPod solutions that combine Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure with NetApp data services. The companies said their new Managed Private Cloud solution offers new consumption options for more flexible access to powerful IT infrastructure and applications as customers modernize their data center for hybrid cloud. This enables customers to realize a […]
Cisco bringing new agility to IP-based cable networks with the introduction of the Cisco Cloud-Native Broadband Router, which is a containerized, full software rewrite of converged cable access platform (CCAP) services, built as a set of microservices using standard tools such as Kubernetes for container orchestration and Docker for creating, deploying, and operating containerized applications. […]
BT announced the global launch of a new Connect Cisco SD-WAN service, which is offered globally as a managed service, provides customers with a clear view of data flows across their WAN, allowing them to optimise traffic to suit business needs BT said its orchestration capabilities allow it to correlate data from across a customer’s […]
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized SES to serve the U.S. market using a significantly expanded O3b fleet in the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). “This important FCC grant provides SES with the means to grow and scale our network, connecting the planet and delivering world-class solutions to our customers globally,” said Steve Collar, President […]
John Stratton, Executive Vice President and President of Global Operations, will retire from Verizon by the end of 2018. Effective immediately, Stratton will step down from his current role and will support a smooth transition as a strategic advisor reporting to Lowell McAdam. Verizon noted that Stratton, 57, has served the company and its predecessor, […]
Tunisie Telecom signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with Huawei covering mobile technologies, including 4T4R, 3CC CA, and 256QAM upgrades. Financial terms were not disclosed. Tunisie Telecom reports dataflow of usage (DOU) per mobile user having reached 4GB. Fadhel Kraiem, CEO of Tunisie Telecom, said: “Tunisie Telecom is keen to invest in more innovative technologies […]
NTT DOCOMO has joined the corporate affiliate program of the Stanford Data Science Initiative (SDSI). The SDSI affiliate program, which was set-up in 2014, facilitates collaborative research between the private sector and faculty studying data-science and big-data at Stanford University’s School of Engineering. NTT DOCOMO researchers will visit Stanford on a short-term basis.
Building on a series of regulatory reforms adopted last November, the FCC under Chairman Ajit Pai has just adopted a new set of orders aimed at eliminating “unnecessary regulatory hurdles for carriers seeking to move from the networks of yesterday to the networks of tomorrow.” This set of reforms intends to: Streamline the grandfathering of […]
AT&T is using Nokia’s Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) to its enterprise customers the benefits of a global IoT ecosystem, including core network, dedicated IoT operations, billing, security, data analytics, etc. AT&T and Nokia are also working together to develop, test and launch the next generation of IoT services for a wide range of industries […]
Nokia and T-Mobile hit a major milestone with the completion of the first bi-directional over-the-air 5G data session on a 3GPP-compliant 5G New Radio (NR) system in the U.S. The test, which occurred in T-Mobile’s Bellevue lab, used Nokia’s 3GPP-compliant high-capacity 5G solution in the 28 GHz band transmitting to a user equipment simulator. Equipment […]
The Service Provider Router & Carrier Ethernet Switch market contracted year-over-year to its lowest level in five years in the first quarter of 2018, according to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group. The quarterly contraction sets the stage for the first annual market decline since 2012 as telecom and cloud service providers reduce […]
Worldwide vendor revenues for security appliances in the first quarter increased 14.3% year over year to $3.3 billion and shipments grew 18.9% year over year to 838,098 units, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker. “The first quarter of 2018 exhibited strong growth for network security due to consistent double-digit growth across nearly every […]
