Verizon CEO Hints at 5-10 Year Wait for 5G ‘Payoff’
The carrier continues to plan for enterprise 5G opportunities with MEC, private 5G, and broadband delivered by fiber and fixed wireless access.
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The latest news on networking, cloud, and AI infrastructure
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Public Cloud Spending to Near $500B in 2022
The market research firm predicts public cloud spending will reach nearly $600 billion by the end of 2023. -
O-RAN alliance targets ‘Open Intelligence’ in release 2
The community also said it increased activities with other industry bodies and standards development organizations throughout 2021.
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F5’s cloud native network functions saturate Rakuten Symphony
A quartet of F5’s “BIG-IP Next” branded cloud-native network functions are slated to be available on Rakuten Symphony later this year.
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Defense Department Delays Multi-Cloud Contracts
The Pentagon has reached out to Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle on the newly named Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability initiative. -
Ericsson CEO Faces Personal Liability for Iraq Misconduct Crisis
The crisis and assumed penalties that will be levied against Ericsson have slashed the Swedish company’s value by at least 25%. -
Cisco Lands Largest Telco Market Share Gain in 2021
“Cisco clearly came out on top, gaining 0.7% share in a market worth $231.4 billion," MTN Consulting's Matt Walker said. -
Huawei Shrinks Almost One-Third in 2021
Huawei remains saddled with a series of restrictions that make it impossible for it to conduct business in many countries and access critical parts. -
US Dominates Global Cloud, Data Center Footprint, Capacity
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook lead global data center capacity and are poised to activate the largest number of new data centers through 2026. -
T-Mobile Stokes 5G Developer Platform
"5G hype has been out of control, and there are a lot of people wondering where the breakthrough 5G innovations are," T-Mobile's Neville Ray said. -
Mavenir, Nokia Execs Evaluate State of Open RAN
Open RAN still faces significant challenges around specifications development, testing, and integration across multiple layers and players. -
Biden Warns US Companies of Russian Cyberattacks
While the threat of cyberattacks remains omnipresent, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has the U.S. and its allies on heightened alert. -
Ericsson CEO Maintains Board’s ‘Full Confidence’
The timing is critical because some shareholders have called for Börje Ekholm’s removal heading into Ericsson’s annual general meeting later this month. -
Juniper CTO: Open RAN Will Have Its Day
Integration and interoperability between different services, products, and vendors remains a key sticking point for open RAN. -
AT&T, DT, Verizon Led Carrier Capex Surge in 2021
Wireless carriers generated 5.5% more in revenues last year, but capex surged 10.1%, according to MTN Consulting. -
Arm Slashes Jobs After Failed Nvidia Takeover
Nvidia coughed up a $1.25 billion breakup fee after abandoning a deal to acquire Arm, but that apparently wasn’t enough to delay massive job losses. -
Huawei CTO: Energy Costs Drive Carrier Sustainability Goals
Wireless network operators largely view sustainability in terms of dollars and cents rather than a pressing need to shift to renewable energy. -
AT&T cements no. 3 position in US wireless market
While AT&T’s fiber aspirations generally match those of Verizon, the operator differs significantly with respect to fixed wireless access
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T-Mobile Abandons 10s of Thousands of Sprint Cell Sites
T-Mobile plans to remove about 80% of Sprint’s cell sites and upgrade the remaining sites it’s keeping from the portfolio. -
Cisco Exec Solidifies Telco Infrastructure Pathways
“Mobile networks aren’t mobile for very long. They have to get to a wired infrastructure,” Cisco EVP Jonathan Davidson said. -
Verizon Spurs Mid-Band 5G to 175M People This Year
Verizon reaffirmed plans to deploy its 5G core this year, but wireless customers won’t gain access to standalone mode until 2023, VP Bill Stone said. -
Nokia CEO Claims Connectivity Critical to Sustainability
"Instead of war games our leaders should be sitting down together and thinking about" climate change, Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark said. -
Rakuten Racks AT&T, Cisco, Nokia, Qualcomm Inroads
Rakuten Symphony made inroads with multiple industry stalwarts at MWC Barcelona 2022, indicating growing momentum and respect in the telco space. -
AWS CEO Twists Cloud Giant All Over Telco Systems
“Operators are using the cloud to transform the core of their businesses now," AWS CEO Adam Selipsky said. -
AT&T Showcases Private 5G, Massive MIMO Advancements
AT&T’s commitment to Microsoft for all things cloud, not exclusive but increasingly broad, also grew this week.