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IBM Ends 2020 Down, Targets Brighter 2021

But, as has been tradition since it closed the $34 billion purchase of Red Hat, that division was again a beacon of financial might for IBM. Read more.

Samsung Eyes $10B Texas Chip Fab

The fabrication facility would be built in Austin, Texas, and produce silicon wafers based on the company's forthcoming 3-nanometer manufacturing process. Read more.

RAN Market Growing at 10-Year High

This surge in RAN sales will be short lived, as the market will likely peak next year and then decline through 2025. Read more.

Intel's 7nm Chip Back on Track, External Fabs Still on the Table

Incoming Intel boss Pat Gelsinger expressed confidence that the majority of Intel's 2023 product line would be built using its 7-nanometer process, despite delays. Read more.

Verizon First to Install Samsung's Virtualized 5G RAN Kit

“We believe we’re really the first major RAN supplier to bring a 5G vRAN to commercial operation,” Samsung's Alok Shah said. Read more.

VMware Bets on AIOps as SASE Differentiator

AIOps has the potential to mitigate issues before customers even know there is a problem, claims VMware's Craig Connors. Read more.

Nokia Claims AI 5G RAN Triumph With China Mobile

Nokia claims operators can realize cost savings of at least 70% by removing humans from the process of forecasting network performance requirements and detecting issues before they occur. Read more.

Cloud Eats Telco in Small, Quick Bites

“We expect this activity to accelerate in 2021 as telcos search for cost savings," MTN Consulting's Matt Walker said. Read more.

Amazon, Google Sign New Climate-Neutral Data Center Pact

The European-based Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact is a self-regulatory move to make data centers across that continent climate neutral by 2030. Read more.

Cisco Patches 2 SD-WAN Security Flaws

Cisco warns the the "critical" security flaws could be used to gain root access or trigger a denial of service attack. Read more.

AT&T Business Exec Calls for Patience on 5G

Patience is a rare virtue in technology, but that’s exactly what AT&T and other 5G proprietors are calling for. Read more.

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