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SDxCentral also condemns police brutality and the rash of racially motivated murders of the black, indigenous, and people of color communities. Read more.

Rakuten Mobile isn’t going far, less than 10 miles in fact, for the procurement of its 5G core. Read more.

Early adopting service providers include AT&T, Bestel, Bloomberg, Colt Technology Services, HGC Communications, Infonas, PCCW Global, and Sparkle. Read more.

The company claims these new appliances will help to support a wider array of operator use cases while lowering the cost ownership. Read more.