Huawei's Operations Transformation Summit 2016 is underway in Wuzhen, China.

The top four players dominate the cloud market through sheer weight, according to a report from Synergy Research Group.

The transport sector is now home to the Open Packet DWDM initiative and Voyager, a white box transponder and routing solution.

Compare and contrast: A look at the price points and adoption levels for existing OTT services paints a picture of the future for AT&T's DirecTV Now offering, and it's not great.

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: IoT in Ireland; KPN launches VoLTE service; UK pumps GB pound 1.9 billion into cybersecurity; did Trump ping Russia?

Despite much competition to develop the 5G standard, readers reckon that trad standards bodies such as the 3GPP and the ITU will hold sway on the next-gen spec.

Microsoft's new Project Olympus is not only a new specification for server hardware – it also offers a model for speeding up open source hardware development.