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Neville Ray, T-Mobile US' president of technology, described the technology as late, unnecessary for its current network deployments, and a "corrosive" drain on capacity. Read more.

Fortinet celebrated a strong quarter by announcing a partnership with colocation provider Equinix and launching its smallest SD-WAN appliance. Read more.

The vulnerability allows an attacker to activate the affected device's Telnet service over an open transmission control protocol port and gain unauthorized access. Read more.

Irrespective of the merger’s outcome, the final quarter of 2019 was arguably its most consequential yet. Read more.

IBM injects red into its blue executive suite; Nokia cuts 180 jobs with more to come; plus Pt. 1 of the latest executive hirings, promotions, and staff changes. Read more.

Supply chain security flaws are expected to increase; Telia Carrier is the first with a Cisco 400GbE upgrade; and TPx adds Cisco Meraki's SD-WAN. Presented by: Silver Peak.

The carrier worked with Vodafone, Verizon, and Orange on making the CNTT process work across each operator’s vendor ecosystem. Read more.