Dish Network said it will use servers from Dell Technologies in the construction of its open RAN 5G network.

AT&T said its wireless and fiber customers will receive a six month subscription to Google's Stadia Pro cloud gaming service.

The NetFoundry Networking Zero Trust Platform, available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace, enables zero trust connections to be spun up in minutes.

This deployment was driven by enterprise customer demand for more connectivity across the EU, anticipating any future divergence on data transfer regulations and future-proofing Aryaka's customer base.

AT&T Business said it will offer Webex Calling with AT&T – Enterprise to Cisco's trusted Unified Communications Manager – Cloud (UCMC).

COMSovereign Holding Corp. said it inked a funding agreement worth $10 million with an investment entity managed by The Lind Partners.

Versa SASE delivers secure SD-WAN connectivity with Google Cloud Network Connectivity Center, providing security and network control to reduce total costs of ownership.

Verizon said Angie Klein would be the new CEO of Visible, replacing Miguel Quiroga.

Amdocs said it will run its BSS/OSS solutions on top of Microsoft Azure cloud.

Kentik today announced the launch of Kentik Cloud, a new product suite for public cloud environments.

Digital Colony said it inked an agreement to acquire Landmark Dividend in a deal worth $972 million.

SpaceX said it inked an agreement with Google Cloud to position Starlink's ground stations within Google's data center properties.

Telefónica and Microsoft said they would work together to sell 5G and edge computing services for private wireless networks.

The Linux Foundation and the Next Generation Mobile Network Alliance (NGMN) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on '5G and beyond.'

VMware said its new Telco Cloud Platform RAN allows network operators to virtualize radio access network (RAN) functions and implement an open RAN architecture.

Swisscom has selected Cisco as its preferred supplier for a five-year IP network transformation project.

Mavenir announced a $500 million strategic minority equity investment with Koch Strategic Platforms.

Dish Network said it will run its planned 5G network inside Amazon Web Services' (AWS) cloud computing service.

Nokia's Nuage Networks Virtualized Cloud Services (VCS) solution will provide advanced network automation across networks and clouds of all sizes.

Microsoft customers experience a simplified, secure move to Azure and multi-cloud environments with Alkira Network Cloud.

NTT enters critical data center market with new 16 megawatt Silicon Valley SV1 Data Center.

Intel touted work with the likes of Dish Network, AT&T and Verizon as part of its announcement of its new 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable processor.

Multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract includes plan to move operator to a virtual platform.

Large multinational communications service provider to expand its managed SD-WAN service offering with Telco Systems' NFVTime uCPE solution.

DZS said it will support end-to-end network service orchestration with slice management functions for Telus' 5G and broadband services.

Across three separate releases, Nokia said it would partner with Google, Amazon, Microsoft for cloud-based 5G radio products.

Koch Industries deploys Alkira Cloud Networking as a Service embedded with Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Firewalls.

Rakuten Mobile said the 'total cumulative number of applications' for its UN-LIMIT service plan has reached 3 million.

AT&T said it will offer Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) services with partner Fortinet.

Etisalat said it will use Netcracker Domain Orchestration solutions for services including automation of 5G slicing within a multivendor, cloud-native 5G core environment, as well as across the entire network.

Miller had served as interim president and CEO since September 2020.

Telefónica Germany/O2 will use the Matrixx Digital Commerce Platform for the monetization of its consumer and enterprise services.

Research shows one-third of enterprises experienced unauthorized cloud access, and another 19% are unsure if unauthorized cloud access occurred.

NetNumber said it acquired SiRRAN Communications Ltd and TD-Mobile AG in its pursuit of the private wireless networking space.

Cloud communications company Twilio said it will become a minority owner of Syniverse, which provides roaming and settlement services for mobile network operators, with a $750 million investment into the company.

Boingo said Digital Colony will acquire it in a deal valued at $854 million. The transaction will take Boingo private.

General Digital Engine (GDE) platform unveiled in Shanghai.

Optiva, a leader in providing communications service providers (CSPs) worldwide with cloud-native revenue management software on the private and public cloud, is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Halligan as Chief Technology Officer.

The Linux Foundation teamed with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create open source software projects for the US government.

Sinch said it will purchase Inteliquent, which provides voice communications in the US, for around $1.14 billion.

Prisma Access 2.0 includes 'self-healing' infrastructure, ML-powered security to help prevent attacks in real time, and cloud SWG capabilities for a secure web gateway regardless of user location.

Partnership expands the reach of PacketFabric's network-as-a-service platform via a software-defined interconnection with Dolt.

The Linux Foundation said it will manage the Magma open source software platform released by Facebook.

Located at the network crossing points between the United States and Mexico, the new PoP extends Telia Carrier's number one ranked global network AS1299 into the Northern Mexican market.

AFL, which makes fiber optic cable and accessories, said it acquired Beam Wireless for its enterprise aspirations.

Wind River's new Wind River Studio platform is aimed at developing, deploying and operating systems at the edge.

The Open Networking Foundation said it released its new SD-RAN version 1.0 platform for open RAN architecture.

Samsung said Verizon is the first operator to deploy its virtualized 5G products.

Bob Lento, Limelight's outgoing CEO and president, is retiring.

New offering includes new Manager Portal web interface that provides businesses and their employees access to calls, voicemails and chat.

PacketFabric's Cloud Router is built on the edge with distributed architecture.

After a tenure of just two years, Intel said it will replace its CEO Bob Swan with VMware's CEO Pat Gelsinger.

Mavenir said it's offering new products in its portfolio that the company said are built with a cloud-centric approach.

New growth funding led by Catalyst Investors and Sageview Capital with additional equity from Blue Cloud Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures.

Avaya OneCloud CCaaS solutions enable NORAD to handle two or more calls per second to the NORAD Track's Santa Hotline on Christmas Eve.

OpenBNG is a result of a collaboration between Telefónica, Deutsche Telecom, BT and Vodafone.

Deutsche Telekom said it will migrate the majority of its internal IT workloads mainly to Microsoft's Azure by 2025.

PacketFabric's new pricing is $100 per month for hosted hybrid cloud connections up to 1 Gbit/s, for both metro and long-haul capacity in the US and Europe.

Cisco promises to make Webex 'deliver virtual experiences that are 10x better than in-person interactions.'

Giere has served with leading global vendors, including Openwave Mobility, Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson.

Contact center and customer support software specialist added to Cisco's collaboration business.

Sean Matthews named EVP, corporate development at Ribbon.

The US Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is allocating $30 million for Cornell, Princeton and Stanford universities to build a network using the Open Networking Foundation's (ONF) Aether 5G Connected Edge Cloud platform.

Canadian operator joins list of service providers that are deploying Harmonic's virtualized, software-based platform for HFC and FTTP networks.

Siklu to ship new N366 Network Nodes and T265 Customer Premises Equipment for gigabit-speed wireless broadband use.

OBS becomes a reseller for AWS cloud solutions and will build a center of excellence to help with certifying and training customers on AWS.

Dish Network said it will use Mavenir's Rich Communication Services (RCS) and Messaging-as-a-Platform (MaaP) technologies.

Apstra's next evolution in Intent-Based Networking is aimed at accelerating and simplifying the deployment and operations of SONiC networks.

Lumen can now bid on orders for voice, video and data network services that support essential communications at VA medical centers and clinics.

Platform provides single pane of glass view and management for broadband access and connected home solutions.

The integrated offering pairs Kaltura's TV content management platform and cloud solutions with CommScope's pro services offering.

New orchestrator helps customers more quickly adopt network disaggregation, white box routers.

Cradlepoint will continue to operate under its existing brand.

Aryaka's Cloud-First Managed WAN offering now available through leading cloud and security distributor SYNNEX Corporation.

Marvell said it would purchase Inphi to accelerate its business in 5G and cloud datacenters.

VMware's Telco Cloud Platform will now work with Samsung's portfolio of telecom offerings under the companies' new partnership.

Akamai said it acquired Asavie in order to improve its sales of security software to network operators.

Verizon Business introduced its new VNS Application Edge solution to allow enterprises to extend virtual network services to the edge along with a Kubernetes managed service.

Taiwanese industrial manufacturer Inventec (also known as Inventec Data Center Solutions) said it built a fully virtualized 5G network with vendors ASOCS, Affirmed Networks and Wave-in Communication.

Dish Network said it will use Hansen Technologies to develop a product and service catalog for its forthcoming 5G network.

Platform is used for managed Wi-Fi services.

New session border controller model being offered via the AWS Marketplace

Yohe most recently was president and chief business officer of Xtreme Concepts Racing and previously was an SVP at Comcast Cable.

Amdocs said it will integrate its SmartRAN optimization solution with Intel's FlexRAN software reference architecture as part of the companies' support for open, virtualized and distributed network architectures.

Enea said it bought Aptilo, which provides policy and access control for Wi-Fi and IoT services, in a deal valued at around $17 million.

The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) said it will form a new type of group called 'solution groups' that will focus on codifying network elements.

DataBank said it's now one of the largest privately held datacenter operators in the US via its transaction with Zayo's zColo.

Startup uses distributed white box routing clusters to deliver live TV streams to service provider customers in its latest proof-of-concept test.

Samsung and operator KDDI said they successfully demonstrated network slicing with a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC).

AT&T said it will continue to sell Akamai's services through 2023, extending the agreement the companies initially inked in 2012.

New IP-based, TiVo-powered Hub TV service relies on an Android TV box.

OmniClouds will not only provide full hybrid cloud connectivity, but will also use Versa Networks as an overlay to existing connectivity technologies.

Telia Carrier to expand footprint to meet growing demand for high-speed interconnection to serve local cloud, application, and content providers, and enterprises.

VMware said its new 5G Telco Cloud Platform supports both virtual network functions (VNFs) and cloud native network functions (CNFs).

Telefónica Germany/O2 said it will move its virtualized 5G core network into Amazon Web Services with vendor Ericsson.

Customers in Mexico can take advantage of Telia Carrier's global backbone, AS1299, as well as the local availability of high-speed IP Transit, Cloud Connect, DDOS Mitigation, Ethernet and IP Connect services for operators, content providers and enterprises alike.

Service providers, including Fusion Connect, HubOne, Kazteleport, Optical Networks, Thrive and TNS, choose Fortinet for SD-WAN services.

Verizon said it conducted an end-to-end virtualized 5G data session, which it said is a step further on the open RAN path.

AOS 3.3 introduces new IBN capabilities to Juniper Networks switching in addition to a wide array of operational and open-networking enhancements that enable enterprises to react more quickly to compressed timelines and unforeseen business shifts.

Megaport Virtual Edge will enable businesses to host on demand network functions natively on Megaport's global Software Defined Network.