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Google Expands Anthos 5G Ecosystem With Over 30 New Tech Partners
by Joseph F. Kovar
“When 5G is available to them, enterprise customers can benefit from higher speeds and lower latency, and Anthos makes it very easy for these customers to then deploy an application once and scale it across networks, including to the edge—which is why we call it ‘the effortless edge,’” says Amol Phadke, Google Cloud’s managing director for telecom industry solutions.
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Emerging Telecom Trends To Watch In 2021
by Gina Narcisi
From 5G and edge computing, to IoT and SASE, here are the top telecom trends to watch for next year.
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Nokia To Modernize Its IT Infrastructure On Google Cloud
by Donna Goodison
‘In winning Nokia, Google is again demonstrating that they are operating at a scale to compete (for) new business that only AWS could have won five years ago and either AWS or Azure could have won three years ago,’ says Jeff Valentine, chief technology officer at CloudCheckr, a Google Cloud partner. ‘GCP is moving up-market, and that’s a win for Google Cloud partners that service enterprises rather than SMBs.’
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Transit Wireless Teams With AT&T To Bring Wireless Broadband To NYC’s Canarsie Tunnel
by Jennifer Zarate
‘It’s the right thing to do because the connectivity is the foundation for a rider feeling safe and secure—just being able to reach out if needed or to enhance work productivity while on the train,’ says Transit Wireless CEO Melinda White.
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AT&T: 5G, Fiber Focus Will Anchor Carrier In The Wake Of COVID-19 Fallout
by Gina Narcisi
The carrier‘s brand-new CEO, John Stankey, says that despite the fiscal impact of COVID-19, which will continue to be felt for the rest of the year, AT&T is prioritizing high-speed fiber and broadband, 5G and the creation of meaningful content to drive growth.
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AT&T’s New Managed Service Is Built On Cisco SD-WAN
by Gina Narcisi
AT&T's latest flavor of managed SD-WAN is powered by Cisco's SD-WAN and security technology to help enterprises protect traffic coming in from anywhere, including branch offices or the cloud, according to the carrier behemoth.
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The Top 10 Telecom Mergers And Acquisitions Of 2020 (So Far)
by Gina Narcisi
2020 hasn't been the year of outrageous price tags, but there's still plenty of M&A action happening in the telecom space. Here's a roundup of 10 of the biggest telecom mergers and acquisitions that we've seen so far this year.
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AT&T Layoffs: Carrier To Lay Off Thousands Due To COVID-19
by Gina Narcisi
The carrier giant is straining under the pressure of the global pandemic and declining legacy products and is eliminating more than 3,400 jobs and closing more than 250 retail stores as a result, according to AT&T.
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30 Notable IT Executive Moves: April 2020
by Dylan Martin
CEO shakeups at AT&T, SAP, Red Hat and Optiv Security were among the biggest IT executive moves in the month of April. CRN recaps all the big moves the IT channel should know about.
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Out In July, To Be Succeeded By COO John Stankey
by Gina Narcisi
In keeping with AT&T's plans to work with Elliott Management to return to its telecom roots, the company has announced its CEO succession plan that will take place this summer.
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Verizon Network Not Buckling Under The Weight Of COVID-19, Says CEO Hans Vestberg
by Gina Narcisi
The Verizon chief also says he sees ‘a great opportunity’ and room for investment in the Verizon Business group that have been accentuated by COVID-19.
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AT&T Sees 'Unprecedented Volumes' Of Calls As COVID-19 Leaves Its Mark
by Gina Narcisi
AT&T says its network is handling the increased demand it's seeing as a result of the pandemic. Growth in strategic and managed services, such as VPN and security, served as a bright spot in the carrier's business services segment for its first fiscal quarter of 2020.
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The 10 Coolest IoT Connectivity Companies: The 2020 Internet Of Things 50
by Dylan Martin
5G may be coming for IoT in the future, but the need for connectivity is now. What follows are the 10 coolest IoT connectivity companies of 2020.
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