CEO Mike Sievert stated the carrier's investment to bolster its cybersecurity capabilities reduced the blast radius of its latest breach.

However, CEO Pekka Lundmark also slashed gross margin expectations for the vendor's Cloud and Network Services business.

Slowing 5G spend in developed markets will continue to hamper earnings into the new year.

The field trial generated multiple network slices running on a live commercial 5G standalone network in Tokyo.

Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said open radio access networks can diversify network technology “and grow the market for more secure 5G equipment."

The new chips will also gain Intel’s vRAN Boost capability this year, which will basically embed an accelerator platform within the architecture.

“We need certain radio base stations for private networks, different price ranges," CEO Hans Vestberg said.

The trial is currently limited to three units covering part of Leeds, with plans to add three more units “in the coming months.”

The 5G standalone core is based on Cisco’s cloud-native control plane that uses Kubernetes to orchestrate containers running on bare metal.

The carrier added India’s Saankhya Labs to its growing list of partners tackling the open radio access network silicon development market.

Networking and security executive Tom Gillis, cloud executive Mark Lohmeyer, and modern application executive Ajay Patel are set to leave.

The proclamation comes on the heels of rival Verizon boasting of similar year-end 5G coverage success.

The vendor's 3.4 GHz, 3.7 GHz, and 4.5 GHz radios are compliant with open radio access network specifications.

“Everyday we see how technology can kill but we also see how technology can help," Ukrainian Minster for Digital Transformation Mykahilo Federov said.

AWS' Peter DeSantis said SnapStart “reduces cold starts by up to 90%, making cold starts virtually indistinguishable from cache hits.”

The Federal Communications Commission Report and Order states equipment from the named vendors “post an unacceptable risk to national security.”

This work will also lead into the two telecom giants aligning their plans and timelines for 6G technology.

The Swedish vendor said it will employ 20 dedicated researchers and support additional doctoral students to work on the project.

The center will focus on validating interoperability of devices to meet O-RAN Alliance specifications.

CFO Scott Herren cited Cisco’s growing recurring revenue stream and easing supply chain concerns as reasons for its robust outlook.

The edge router uses Cradlepoint’s NetCloud Service to support T-Mobile US’ managed services.

"I would not classify this as Rakuten Mobile is doing layoffs, but Rakuten Mobile is now focused on our lean operation,” CEO Tareq Amin said.

The Linux Foundation Europe project is targeted at providing a common cloud software framework and reference implementation.

The deal builds heavily on Qualcomm’s recent acquisition of Cellwize Wireless Technologies.