The vendors are coming together to prove that “open RAN massive MIMO radios are a reality," Xilinx's Gilles Garcia said.

The move signals a growing preference for AWS, but Verizon isn't admitting as much at this juncture.

The reorganization effort resulted in the creation of VMware’s Service Provider and Edge Business Unit and is being led by Sanjay Uppal, SVP and GM of the unit.

“The companies envision starting with metropolitan areas where they are already well connected, and expanding their joint go-to-market over time,” Lumen's David Shacochis said.

Intel's chief plotted revival with new silicon; Verizon said the pandemic worsened mobile security; and Google scored a legal win over Oracle.

“It’s the richness of our differences that will lead us to imagine and create new world-changing technology,” Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said.

The technical standards, flexible frameworks, and ultimate vision for 5G elevates the importance of silicon in multiple ways, Intel's Dan Rodriguez said.

Technology is predictable, but what people and enterprises do with it isn’t, Intel's Asha Keddy said.

“Adam is not a new face to AWS. Back in 2005, Adam was one of the first VPs we hired in AWS," wrote Andy Jassy, the current AWS CEO

“None of this works unless you have coverage, and going underground to provide coverage isn’t trivial,” AT&T's Robert Boyanovsky said.

Cisco and Google teamed up on private networks; 57% of females experienced discrimination in tech; AT&T landed Treasury contract.

The 12-year, $231 million contract also calls for AT&T to strengthen the cybersecurity stature of the Treasury Department’s telecom networks.

Microsoft strives to recognize the unintentional harm we all propel onto ourselves and others by covering — the act of downplaying a known stigmatized identity to blend into the

Operators "missed out on this generation of wealth [realized] by other companies over the last decade, and they really want to make sure that they can participate in the

Nokia “will make the first fully open RAN compatible deliveries and deliver a fully virtualized RAN with hardware acceleration” later this year, Nokia's Tommi Uitto said.

Nokia conveyed confidence that it will return to or increase growth across all four of its revamped business units, but Mobile Networks, its largest business, remains its most challenged.

Nokia planned to slash another 10,000 jobs; Juniper claimed the SolarWinds hack validated its security strategy; Rogers offered $20.8B for Shaw.

Nokia plans to reduce its workforce to a base of 80,000 to 85,000 employees by the end of 2022, effectively slashing 20% of it workforce since 2019.

Both companies are using the same talking points that eventually swayed U.S. regulators to approve the combination of T-Mobile US and Sprint last year.

“We are the third place player in wireless,” AT&T Communications CEO Jeff McElfresh said during the operator’s analyst event today.

Instead of searching for new revenue from underdeveloped services, the carrier is deliberately targeting growth in established segments where it’s historically underperformed.

“We will increase our capital by $10 billion over the next three years to put this spectrum into use as quickly as possible,” CEO Hans Vestberg said.

"This is really the foundation of everything we do, and part of this really important foundation is open source technology,” AT&T CTO Andre Fuetsch said.

AT&T tapped Fortinet for managed SASE; Ericsson killed its MWC Barcelona attendance plans; Justice Through Code resisted tech's diversity failings.