'Tangible improvements' are expected during 2018 but Swedish giant is still battling significant financial, operational and competitive challenges.

An exodus of senior executives, customer dissatisfaction, the postponement of IPO plans and allegations of 'unethical' dealings with network partners. What went wrong at the French technology champion?

Unveils ReefShark chipset as part of an end-to-end 5G network offering that covers the bases (geddit?) and preps for future demands on compute as well as network capacity.

Being deployed in Verizon's production network is a massive endorsement for network controller startup Sedona Systems, and one that will likely start a bidding war for the company.

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Transport network management startup Sedona Networks is deployed and in production in Verizon's network, enabling the operator to introduce automated processes, the companies have confirmed.

Vodafone's former virtualization chief highlights four key challenges for the communications networking and services sector in 2018.

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Com Hem profits down; Telco Systems gets cybersecurity gig; Openet adds to analytics team.

Altice hopes a just-announced US spin-off will help it double down on its underperforming core European operations.

The exodus of senior managers from Sigfox continues, with the CEO of its North American business among the latest to leave.

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Ooredoo says it's not buying a stake in Turk Telekom; CityFibre connects up medics in Coventry; Idea seeks to raise funds ahead of Vodafone merger.

Annual New Year message pins 2017 revenues at $92.3 billion, up 15% on the previous year.