North America

Industrial IoT

Open Manufacturing Platform expands membership

Transport and Logistics

Red Hat Fuels Omnitracs to Deliver Cloud-Native Fleet Management Innovation

Infinera

Infinera and Lumentum collaborate to bring XR Optics-based networking solutions to market

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Blockchain

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica hope blockchain will ease roaming headaches

5G

Qualcomm announces breakthrough ultraSAW RF filter technology for 5G/4G mobile devices

5G

Qualcomm introduces third-generation 5G modem-RF system to enhance 5G performance globally

Backhaul

Orange and Telxius are teaming up on Dunant submarine cable, a Google project, to provide each other with terrestrial backhaul extensions in France and in the US

Edge & MEC

ADVA unveils industry’s most compact 100G edge demarcation solution

Facebook

Charting a way forward on online content regulation

Broadband

FCC authorizes over $240 million for rural broadband

Telecoms Vendors & OEMs

Huawei statement on US Justice Department indictment

Smart Homes

Amazon’s Ring leads Google’s Nest as 16% of US homes adopt video doorbells

Mobile

AT&T and Braidio to power next-generation mobile applications

Edge & MEC

ADTRAN accelerates SD-WAN delivery for SMBs and distributed enterprises

FCC

Commissioner Starks on Court Decision on T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

Data Centres

Equinix Taps Oracle Exadata to help power its global 'quote-to-cash' business support system

via Flickr © Quinn Dombrowski (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Mobile

T-Mobile/Sprint ruling FINALLY in and everyone celebrates...sort of

IoT

Verizon and Sequans team up to fast-track IoT device deployments in just minutes

via Flickr © Sean MacEntee (CC BY 2.0)

Policy & Regulation

Fixed broadband connections in the US continue to grow, but the urban/rural divide widens

This broadband fund is backward-looking with stale service speeds and data caps.

The FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund - only as good as the broadband map that steers it

5G

Verizon lauds FCC plan to auction mid-band spectrum for 5G

via Flickr © Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Policy & Regulation

Will the Don make Nokia and Ericsson an offer they can't refuse?

NFV

AT&T: Accelerating Software Defined Network deployments

Optical

Telia Carrier first in the world to launch 400GE-ready backbone network with Cisco