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Nokia’s Wobbly Verizon Footing Grows Shakier

“If [Nokia was] on the verge of negotiating a massive 5G contract with Verizon, you’d have to believe that it would be” more than $500 million, analyst Ryan Koontz said. Read more.

Lumina Networks Pins Demise on Delayed Operator Support

“Everybody thought we were important, everybody wanted us to be around, but nobody was willing to put the dollars in to make it a commitment quickly enough for that to transpire,” CEO Andrew Coward said. Read more.

Juniper, Samsung, Alibaba Jump On Fungible DPU

“We invented what we believe to be the third socket in data centers,” said Pradeep Sindhu, CEO and co-founder of Fungible. Read more.

Cloudflare's SASE Ambitions Put the Network First

The vendor dipped its toes into the SASE waters in January with the launch of Cloudflare for Teams. Read more.