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Coronavirus Kills MWC Barcelona

The conference was set to get underway on Feb. 24, but a wave of cancellations by network operators and vendors became too much for the event organizers to overcome. Read more.

Cisco’s Robbins: US Should Not Invest in 5G Companies

Double-digit declines in service provider sales continue to plague Cisco earnings. It reported an 11% drop in service provider revenue in the second quarter of its fiscal 2020. Read more.

Ericsson Taps Bare Metal, AI, Dual-Mode Core for 5G

Ericsson is adding containers on a bare metal cloud infrastructure, which it claims can save operators up to 30% on operational costs compared to virtual machines. Read more.

Equinix CEO Talks Packet Purchase, Teases More Edge Services

The interconnection giant this week reported its 68th consecutive quarter of growth and said it ended fiscal year 2019 with $5.56 billion in revenue. Read more.

Affirmed vEPC Supports Nordic, Latin America 5G

Millicom is taking the Affirmed vEPC platform to deploy virtualized services running on top of VMware’s vCloud NFV platform to support mobile and WiFi services in Latin America. Read more.

BT Taps Dell For uCPE Powered Managed Services

The United Kingdom-based operator plans to leverage the Dell EMC's Virtual Edge Platform series of appliances for a new managed service offering. Read more.