AT&T continues to roll up government contracts; Nvidia posts record earnings; and Cisco notes critical 5G investments.

"The company that steps out first with the next generation of technology in a meaningful and powerful way, if you look at history, that’s the company that leads in

OpenWiFi is a fully disaggregated system spanning access point hardware, an open source access point network operating system, and a software development kit for cloud-native apps.

Security services will be both the largest and the fastest-growing category, accounting for 48.8% of security spending between 2019 and 2024.

The Swedish company’s radio access network business, which pulled in almost 73% of all sales during the quarter, increased by 3% to $4.3 billion.

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

The newly dubbed Fastlane+ platform adds more advanced scheduling intelligence so that it can better interpret application requirements.

Nokia scored a key 5G contract, and looks to reset its operations; and Google cut its U.S. investment pledge.

Ciena posted a robust Q1; KDDI moved on a 5G-focused TIP initiative; and Ericsson reflected on 2020, and is eyeing 5G growth.

The shedding of DirecTV “sharpens our focus on the strategic businesses that are key to growing our customer relationships across 5G, wireless, fiber, and HBO Max,” AT&T CEO John

HPE also combined all of its telco-related software and hardware into a new business unit called Communications Technology Group.

The spectrum bills likely awaiting Verizon and AT&T place even greater pressure on both operators to build 5G enterprise revenue.

vRAN runs into a mosaic of technical limitations as it climbs into higher spectrum.

The indirect impact of 5G on jobs and economic growth represents about 70% of 5G’s total potential, according to the Boston Consulting Group.

By deploying Ciena's WaveLogic Ai, FPT can dynamically allocate bandwidth across its network in increments of 50 Gb/s up to 400 Gb/s, said Ciena's Helen Xenos.

Ericsson has now inked commercial 5G contracts with 127 operators and its 5G technology is actively deployed in 79 live networks.

OneBox MEC is designed for enterprises that want a pre-integrated system for private 5G and access to SK Telecom’s edge computing network.

The Japanese telecom giant's founder and long-time chairman Masayoshi Son will vacate his chairman position.

The quartet of operators, which includes Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, and Vodafone, did not commit to any new timelines for broad open RAN deployments.

During the next six months, PwC expects 5G coverage to reach 80% of the U.S. population and 12% of wireless customers to own 5G-compatible devices.

Ciena's Adaptive IP platform will help Consolidated Communications support 5G deployments. Meanwhile Indian network operator Lightstorm plans to use the vendor's 800 Gb/s optics.

Most operators experienced slight declines in revenue growth and flat profit margins, but much of their business was unaffected by the COVID-19 crisis.

Cisco, VMware scooped up Kubernetes startups in 2020; 5G gained and wained in 2020; and IBM, Nokia, and Cisco were among vendors that slashed jobs.

F5 is positioning these Kubernetes-based services as a layer that network operators will require as they transition to 5G standalone cores.