The significance and potential impact of the latest pause is largely unknown, but the companies have faced a barrage of criticism during the last month.

Others have argued that 5G alone will offer the low latency, speed, and spectrum efficiency to support mission critical apps.

Hutchison Drei has complained about increased competition with four new organizations having gained access to 5G spectrum licenses.

The U.K. operator goes three better than rival EE with plans to launch 5G in 19 markets this year.

The Chicago-based regional carrier plans to begin offering 5G services by the end of this year.

The attacks occurred after security research firm Pen Test Partners posted a blog containing demonstration code on how to exploit the routers. The firm was involved in initially finding

The demonstration is using open APIs to connect the entire system to a programmable optical network SDN orchestrator.

Operators can build new enterprise services using Cisco’s intent-based networking, CEO Chuck Robbins said. Or the 5G killer app may in fact be Fortnite.

The software-defined perimeter category is based on a “zero trust” philosophy in which access is allowed only when the visiting party proves that they are who they say they

The carrier touted the first four markets to see its 5G beams, but it could be under new ownership by mid-year.

Pivotal and Samsung join the O-RAN Alliance; Splunk withdraws from Russia; Microsoft expands its security service into Europe.

The report predicts that there will more than 422 million 5G connections by 2022, and almost 12 percent of all global mobile traffic will be 5G by that time.

Companies want simplicity and security, so “I don’t think building virtual networks on top of the networks we already have is the way to go,” said 128 COO Patrick

The move highlights robust plans for the carrier, though it could still lag behind rivals that are promising nationwide coverage in 2020.

The duo claims 20 contract wins since the partnership was announced last September. This includes a trio of service providers.

Ahead of MWC, Nokia launched four vertically-focused IoT packages to serve the agriculture, livestock management, logistics, and asset management markets.

Orange claims the largest enterprise SD-WAN deployment in the world rolling out more than 1,500 sites with its Flexible SD-WAN service.

The trial is part of Cisco’s 5G RuralFirst initiative to contribute to the business case for improving connectivity beyond cities.

Ciena anticipates that the Blue Planet Division will reach $50 million to $60 million in annual revenue during fiscal 2019, growing to $100 million to $120 million in 2021.

Versa has now signed managed service provider agreements with more than 80 global providers.

The report, which was sourced by ZTE, does admit that its findings aren’t likely to change the minds of many operators.

The initial botnet actor sold the proxy botnet as a service to other attackers who then used it for credential brute forcing, video advertisement fraud, and general traffic obfuscation.

The Linux Foundation gains a mapping platform; Intel plans a new chip factory in Oregon; and Google Cloud adds a serverless document database.

The Finland-based vendor saw strong Q4 performance in North America as U.S. operators ramp up their 5G rollouts. But it warned about a "particularly weak" Q1.