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The fabric is now available in 49 metro areas across five continents, and the company said it will reach 56 markets by the end of 2021. Read more.

In its advisory, the U.S. National Security Agency urged organizations to patch affected systems “as soon as possible.” Read more.

The vendor claims the capabilities provide small to midsized businesses with new tools to manage their internet connections. Read more.

“It’s still a big question mark that how much of what ETSI has developed will be deployed there," ETSI and Huawei's Sami Kekki said. Read more.

The new Data Localization Suite will give Cloudflare customers tools to control where data goes and ensure it stays where it should. Read more.

The scant presence of open source in RAN causes lament among some open RAN proponents. Read more.

The road to recovery calls for cooperation over competition to innovate at the speed of technology – in other words, an open source strategy. Read more.

The bolstered Silver Peak service will run alongside the Cisco-based managed SD-WAN that Verizon Business has offered for nearly 5 years. Read more.

The carrier's 5G network that is running on low-band spectrum shared with its 4G LTE network is “performing as we expected, on par or better than our 4G,” Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg said. Read more.