The nation's top telecom operators spent a combined $67.36 million in 2019 on regulatory lobbying. That's a slight increase from 2018.
COMSovereign's CEO said VNC will help the company become one of the only US-based providers of 'connectivity solutions that span the entire data transmission spectrum.'
A 5G partnership between Verizon and Walmart could include everything from the installation of 5G antennas in Walmart stores to streaming video of doctor visits.
'The cable guys aren't going to wake up and find out what we're doing,' CEO David Zaslav says.
Following a string of market trials, AT&T has expanded the reach of a new streaming service delivered on an Android TV box that aims to revitalize AT&T's struggling pay-TV business.
A US campaign has failed to halt the Chinese companies, with major Western equipment makers ceding further ground.
Feeling its companies do not get a fair deal in China, India's government has unveiled a new rule allowing it to restrict Chinese vendors.
China has scrapped hefty Internet data charges in a move that should help China Mobile but hinder the country's other two big operators.
Boss of Finnish network firm will be replaced by Pekka Lundmark, the CEO of Finnish energy firm Fortum, but not until much later this year.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Iliad closes fiber deal with InfraVia; Vivendi fights Italian court over Mediaset; Nokia loses market share.
Singapore-based operator flags trials with Finnish vendor with aim of providing customizable services to support different 5G use cases and applications.
Per the proposal, T-Mobile faces largest fine, at $91 million, followed by AT&T ($57 million), Verizon ($48 million) and Sprint ($12 million). Free Press calls it too little, too late, and a slap on the wrist.
Agency adopts rules to free up 280MHz of C-Band spectrum for a December 2020 auction, forms competitive bidding procedures for an auction of spectrum in the CBRS 3.5GHz band set to start in June.
But broadband-focused midsized cable operator, since rebranded as Sparklight, might pursue new ways to deliver video products to customers.
At Informa Tech's Future Vision event in London, Light Reading's Ray Le Maistre and Omdia analyst Maria Rua Aguete discuss the importance of partnerships among streaming video providers, content creators and network operators.
Comcast has not announced plans to launch the device commercially, but a model made by Remote Solution recently passed through the FCC for testing.
Open RAN specialist partners with Turkish operator for tests initially in Turkey.
French operator was already working with Ericsson and Huawei in Spain and introduced ZTE last year, it confirms to Light Reading.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Huawei plans new factory in France; Virgin goes 'ultra-fast' in UK's West Midlands; Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson team up for campus network.
Omdia's Evan Kirchheimer recaps a day of presentations on private networking, 5G, edge computing and enterprise services at Informa Tech's Future Vision event in London.


