Business Models

5G

UK govt offers £30m reward for 5G use cases

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Transformation

Vodafone completes VMware rollout and announces smartphone-based “virtual supercomputer” project

Security

Accenture acquires Revolutionary Security, provider of cybersecurity services for critical infrastructure

Broadband

Windstream Wholesale and Infinera mark industry first with successful trial of LR8-based 400GbE client-side services

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Fixed Access

Delivering web-scale costs for carrier IP/MPLS networks

Smart Homes

The smart home market in Europe experienced the strongest quarter ever in 4Q19, but COVID-19 will hit the market in 2020, says IDC

Business Models

Telecom Capex to grow at a one percent CAGR by 2022, according to Dell’Oro Group

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Data & Analytics

Google to track people's movements and activities - globally

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5G

Rules of quantum mechanics pushed aside as HK's MNOs occupy same 5G space at same time

Coronavirus

Pandemic will cause a surge in mobile robotics use cases for disinfection, monitoring and surveillance

Accenture

Accenture acquires Yesler, bolstering its B2B marketing services

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai via Flickr © Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Spectrum

Wi-Fi gets huge contiguous spectrum assignment from the FCC

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Deutsche Telekom

With the US deal finally done, Deutsche Telekom eyes European consolidation

Source: MobiledgeX

Edge & MEC

MobiledgeX's Seamster initiative needs more muscle

Intel

10th Gen Intel Core H-series introduces the world’s fastest mobile processor at 5.3 GHz

Lenovo

Lenovo™ Legion next-gen gaming PCs to feature NVIDIA® and Intel®’s latest technologies

Devices

Intel shines amidst the carnage of the 2019 semiconductor market, claims analyst firm

Industry Associations

HPE and Intel lead on an Open Distributed Infrastructure Management initiative for 5G

Infinera

Infinera unveils the next phase in the evolution of compact modular optical transport solutions

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Mobile

Singapore's three MNOs have a lot to fear from TPG

Automotive

Accenture completes acquisition of ESR Labs, to help automotive companies drive greater value from software

ADVA Optical Networking

ADVA’s carrier-grade NOS for bare-metal switches succeeds in multi-vendor EANTC testing

KDDI

SoftBank Corp. and KDDI Corporation establish joint venture to promote the rapid build-out of 5G networks in Japan's rural areas

Devices

Japan’s smartphone market to struggle in 2020 amid impact of new regulations and COVID-19