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.

One analyst said Ericsson is responding to a concern by carriers about following the old fashioned "build it and they will come" approach to network deployment.

The German carrier along with Nokia is now in a position to test use cases for industry and enhanced massive broadband.

The launch is the first for a standards-based 5G network in the U.S. and taps AT&T's deep SDN deployments.

The mobile operator association uses GDP and tax arguments to persuade governments to support the allocation of sufficient mmWave spectrum for 5G at WRC-19.

Mobile broadband is expected to be the first use case for 5G in Russia. Specifically, operators are looking at ways to ease network congestion in urban areas.

The company views WiFi as instrumental in providing the necessary in-building coverage and capacity for 5G deployments.

The Sprint T-Mobile combo will have the capacity and coverage to offer fixed 5G wireless to homes in more than 50 percent of the U.S.

The four new labs, alongside its existing lab in New York City, will rely on local partnerships to test and refine new 5G use cases.

A robust edge deployment will be necessary for the carrier to deploy immersive services that will differentiate its 5G network from its current 4G LTE deployment.

The company says it's in discussions with unnamed technology suppliers for equipment to deliver internet over power lines.

The operator will use Samsung and CommScope gear in the 3.5 GHz CBRS spectrum band to deliver fixed wireless. It will start with LTE and migrate to 5G.

NTT DoCoMo, SK Telecom, LG U+, KT Telecom, and SoftBank topped Juniper Research’s list of the “most promising” 5G network operators.

The Apache 2.0-licensed project brings openness to access networks, so they can interoperate.

Indianapolis will be the fourth 5G market for the operator, joining Sacramento, Los Angeles and Houston.

“But once you get there those investments you are making to achieve that goal ebb out. They either come down or effectively stabilize,” said CFO John Stephens.

The platform uses technology from Multapplied that is used in a white label form by Comcast, Rogers Communications in Canada, and Fusion Broadband in Australia.

Most of that 5-year growth will come from an increased use of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) to support the extension of higher network speeds closer to end users.

T-Mobile’s acquisition of Sprint will mean a larger 5G footprint and a higher capacity network, says Sprint’s CTO.

Customers can now scale their broadband connections up and down on a schedule or in real-time.

While Adtran has been working internally to build models for application-level testing, with Broadband Forum it can create a standards-based approach to the modeling.

The carrier sees an addressable market of some 30 million homes for its fixed 5G service plans, but it will also support slices for mobile and enterprise services.

Company execs are already in Washington, D.C., meeting with the DOJ and the FCC about the Sprint merger.

Many of the big benefits of 5G, such as low latency and higher speed broadband, may not be that noticeable to consumers, analysts say.