All three of Taiwan’s mobile network operators now plan to launch commercial non-standalone 5G service by the end of this week.

“We don’t necessarily have any ambition in the U.S. market just because this is such a challenging environment,” said Joy Tan, SVP of public affairs at Huawei USA.

The South Korean operator previously said it would activate a 5G standalone core by July, but declined to provide an update on its timeline.

The joint venture Working Group Two, which was formed in 2017 to innovate on 5G, open vRAN, security, IoT, and enterprise use cases, also gained a new round of

Network slicing is a key feature of 5G, and it’s expected to allow operators to assemble private or app-specific networks on the fly.

Dallas, America’s ninth most populated city, is now a bonafide test bed for 5G and edge computing.

The initial markets will now serve as a testing ground for edge-native applications and workloads that require interconnection, low latency, and high throughput.

The gamble could also help the Finnish vendor regain momentum following early challenges with its 5G portfolio.

The cuts will impact 1,233 jobs at Nokia's Alcatel-Lucent operations in France.

Verizon’s market position on 5G is heavily dependent on its ability to use dynamic spectrum sharing, and testing of that software is underway.

The operator’s network guru clarified that AT&T will have a nationwide 5G network running on low-band spectrum later this summer.

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The operator, as recently as last month, said it was on track to deploy nationwide 5G this summer.

“The elephant in the room with regards to open RAN is, of course, integration,” said Patrick Filkins, senior research analyst at IDC.

Open RAN and the rise of 5G presents an opportunity for Juniper to play in a market it hasn’t played in before, Juniper Networks CTO Raj Yavatkar said.

“There have been some customers that have slightly pushed back their plans, but by and large it’s not a big impact,” Nokia's Mark Atkinson said.

Massive job cuts, which impacted about a fifth of the association’s workforce, hit four months after the group canceled its flagship annual conference in Barcelona.

Aruba Edge Services Platform is comprised of 35 services, including a dozen new insights that were consolidated under Aruba Central.

The company is recruiting IT professionals with expertise in networking, database management, servers, chips, and artificial intelligence.

The vendor's business in China has grown as of late, having inked contracts with the country’s three largest operators — China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom.

“DSS is an important stepping stone on our path to nationwide 5G," AT&T's Igal Elbaz said.

Efforts to develop what comes after 5G are gaining momentum, but it’s more of a rallying cry to assert leadership than anything else at this stage.