With the expansion, customers will have access to fiber, broadband, 4G wireless, and 5G connectivity options depending on availability.

Early 5G coverage is spotty, service is limited, signals often drop within hundreds of feet of a base station, and devices are nonexistent.

Switching the networks to software-managed operations allows the operator to deploy on-demand activation services and automatic recovery control via artificial intelligence-based technologies if there is an outage.

Trump gave his speech on 5G surrounded by a group of farmers wearing cowboy hats and cell tower technicians wearing safety harnesses and hardhats.

Bell decided against buying 600 MHz frequencies but said it looks forward to 3.5 GHz and millimeter wave spectrum auctions.

The company saw 700% growth in annual revenue last year. Its customers include Mondelēz, Sysco Foods, Allergan, and Samsung Research America.

The Swiss carrier plans to be first in Europe to offer 5G smartphones and networks simultaneously.

The auction of 5G-specific spectrum seems unlikely before early-2020, as Brussels 5G pilot is also put on hold over health concerns tied to radiation emissions.

Will open source usher in the second-wave of SD-WAN? flexiWAN's co-founder and CEO Amir Zmora thinks so.

The Spanish operator is also said to be finalizing a pact with rival Vodafone Spain to share parts of their 5G network infrastructure.

Lean NFV says "current NFV efforts are drowning in a quicksand of complexity," and proposes a decoupling of NFV’s core components.

Both carriers are this week launching commercial 5G networks that work on 5G smartphones, but only one seems to have access to an actual 5G smartphone.

VMware SD-WAN tops Cisco in new a IHS report; VMware-VeloCloud detail the road ahead for SD-WAN; and Citrix's internal network gets hacked.

Operators are showing increasing signs of launching both NB-IoT and LTE-M, although NB-IoT currently dominates.

The European Commission is seeking unity among member states on future 5G security, and leaves any supplier bans to their own discretion.

Industry analysts remain convinced that operators and the global ecosystem of vendors will eventually overcome the challenges of mmWave for 5G.

China’s three mobile operators, China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, aim to be among the frontrunners in the 5G era.

A1 rivals have so far been using China-based vendors ZTE and Huawei.

The vendor has attempted to downplay concerns but admitted the investigation could result in "criminal or civil penalties, including the possibility of monetary fines."

The new capability allows mobile operators to self provision for guaranteed SLAs based on latency and bandwidth demand.

Korean mobile operators look set to beat Verizon by a matter of days in the race to a 5G network launch.

The 5G race heats up in Ireland as all three operators plan to launch services in 2019. Huawei could be involved in some of the networks.

As part of the five-year deal, Aurecon will replace its Orange MPLS network with SD-WAN to increase its network capacity by four times.

According to the research firm there are new market opportunities for SD-WAN vendors in 5G and IoT.