Core Network

Intel headquarters (picture courtesy of Intel)

Mobile

What’s up with… Intel, Jio Platforms, Vodafone, OneWeb

Cloud Native

Rakuten Mobile: Can the cloud native poster child also be a hit at home?

Security

F5 fortifies partnership with Rakuten Mobile to provide advanced application security services for the Rakuten Communications Platform

Cloud Native

Rakuten Mobile ramps up international expansion for Rakuten Communications Platform

5G

What’s up with… Vodafone, Openet, Nokia

via Flickr © Steven Pisano (CC BY 2.0)

Policy & Regulation

New balls please: The Huawei saga looks like a three-sided tennis game

via Flickr © Tjeerd (CC BY 2.0)

Radio Access Network

What’s up with… Nokia, AT&T, TM Forum, FOKUS

source Ericsson Mobility Report

5G

Ericsson’s Mobility Report: 5G and the pandemic

IBM data centre © Flickr/cc-licence/Bob Mical

Cloud

PoP goes the Google: how the pandemic has boosted the ‘cloud rush’

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr © Flickr/cc-licence/Gage Skidmore

Policy & Regulation

Chinese carriers protest innocence in response to FCC ‘show cause orders’

via Flickr © Janitors (CC BY 2.0)

Policy & Regulation

Love me do. Huawei makes public commitment to the British Public

Sustainability

The measures Vodafone is taking to reduce its carbon footprint

5G

Global telecom equipment market shrunk by 4% in Q1: Dell’Oro

Core Network

Rakuten Mobile and NEC Agree to Jointly Develop Containerized Standalone 5G Core Network

5G

What’s up with… Rakuten Mobile, NEC, Nokia, ADTRAN

© Flickr/cc-licence/Nicolas Mirguet

Policy & Regulation

India wants 100% local manufacture of domestic telecoms infrastructure

Picture courtesy of Ericsson

5G

What’s up with… Ericsson, NetNumber, Dell’Oro

Security

NetNumber Delivers Industry’s First Cloud-Native InterGENerational Telecom Platform

via Flickr © BackBoris2012 (CC BY-ND 2.0)

5G

Boris Johnson changes his mind over Huawei

via Flickr © bengrey (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Business Models

Why is infrastructure and investment sharing so fraught with difficulty?

Cloud Native

Why container-management platforms are on a 30% a year growth spurt

Source: Analysys Mason

5G

5G capex to rebound in 2021 (hopefully): Analysys Mason

Core Network

Ericsson lays early foundations in 5G core, but challenges grow

Orchestration

Blue Planet gets the green light for closed-loop automation