Under the new AWS Direct Connect Service Delivery program, Equinix customers can use hosted connections with 1 Gb/s, 2 Gb/s, 5 Gb/s, and 10 Gb/s capacities on its SDN-based

The deployment uses Fujitsu servers and Mellanox 100G Ethernet switches.

The first phase of CenturyLink’s fiber network expansion traverses more than 3.5 million miles and now reaches more than 70 U.S. cities.

One of the new products combines Arrcus’ hardware-agnostic operating system with Broadcom’s merchant silicon and the second is an AI-based analytics platform.

The service pairs FatPipe’s multi-path WAN transmission security technology with Mode’s SD-Core private network-as-a-service.

The milestone comes as governments continue to struggle with 5G security concerns.

Software-Defined Interconnect (SDI) allows Verizon customers to connect their private networks to an Equinix data center via API.

The news excludes any direct mention of China-based vendors Huawei and ZTE that have been at the center of a multi-year political soap opera between the United States, its

As MPLS contracts expire the company will help agencies deploy VMware’s VeloCloud SD-WAN offering on their network.

The company explained that its platform provides enterprise customers with greater flexibility by allowing them to “leave behind rigid telco services and advance to flexible global SD-WAN services where

A confluence of transformational shifts in mobile networks is fostering a more favorable environment for Cisco, Juniper, and VMware.

Deutsche Telekom was the first network operator to deploy 5G service in Germany but that lead could quickly vanish.

Most of Ericsson’s network operator customers are engaging with the vendor on 5G and that’s a big change from a few quarters ago, CEO Börje Ekholm said.

AT&T Communications CEO John Donovan said the agreement is a huge step toward its goal of becoming a public-cloud first company.

AT&T Business will become IBM’s primary provider of SDN and IBM will help AT&T improve and migrate its business applications to IBM Cloud.

Verizon says the proof-of-concept trial showcases critical architecture of its forthcoming 5G core.

The firm controlled 20.3% of the market at the end of Q1, ahead of Cisco (13.1%) and Aryaka (11.6%), according to a new IHS Markit report.

The nation’s third- and fourth-largest operators announced their intention to merge almost 15 months ago in late April 2018.

The telco’s T-Systems unit aims to build a build a horizontal, pre-integrated IoT platform with the help of the Cumulocity IoT platform to enable customers to “pick and choose”

VMware took first with 22% of in-use SDN revenue and Cisco second with 19%. Arista, white box vendors, and Huawei rounded out the top five.

When Sprint's 5G network reaches 9 cities in the "coming weeks," the operator says it will be the “largest initial 5G coverage footprint in the United States.”

Although it was late to 5G, T-Mobile is poised to gain significant momentum and jump into the lead relatively soon.

The DGX-Ready Data Center program is now global, and it added new services including a “try-and-buy” option and GPU-as-a-service.

The China-based vendors want to promote greater transparency to create more confidence about their 5G equipment and other products and services.