
5G will not save the industry until next year
Longer if stupid people continue to set fire to towers
Beancounters at Gartner have been shuffling some tarot cards and reached the conclusion that 5G is not going to save the telco industry this year.

British surrender again to the US, this time over Huawei
Because the last time it surrendered to the US, things worked out so well
The National Cyber Security Agency in the UK is expected to conclude that US sanctions against Huawei will make it impossible to use the Chinese company's technology as planned for 5G networks.

US nutjobs set fire 5G towers
Well what they think are 5G towers
The US is following the UK with conspiracy theory nutjobs with a bronze age understanding of science taking out what they think are 5G towers in the belief that that they cause the coronavirus.

Nokia scores 5G deal with Taiwan Star Telecom
Upgrading LTE network
Former rubber boot maker Nokia announced details of a new 5G deal with Taiwan Star Telecom (TST). The deal will see Nokia supply TST with its end-to-end AirScale Radio Access network portfolio helping the operator to launch 5G non-standalone (NSA) networks that will lay the foundations for 5G standalone (SA) in the future. Nokia is the only supplier in this deal.

UK telcos face “attack of the morons”
5G towers aflame and engineers attacked
The UK is facing an “attack of the morons” with 77 arson attack on mobile phone masts across the United Kingdom and 180 incidents of abuse over the last month.

US surrenders and agrees to work with Huawei on 5G
Realised that the only ones suffering were the US
The US Department of Commerce is close to approving a new rule that would allow US companies to work with China’s Huawei Technologies on setting standards for next generation 5G networks.

IBM and Red Hat show off 5G edge plans
Full to the brim
Big Blue and Red Hat have been sharing their ideas to integrate 5G into the edge.

Xilinx reports fiscal Q42020 and FY2020 results
$3.16 billion, data center 22 percent revenue growth
The fiscal year 2020 (April 2019 to April 2020) was a challenging year for anyone trading with China due to the US government pressures on Huawei. Despite all these challenges, Xilinx managed to make $3.16 billion revenue or three percent higher, year over year.

Ericsson doing well thanks to 5G
Going a viking on the rivals
Ericsson posted better than expected quarterly earnings on strong demand for 5G network equipment even as the coronavirus made a mess of other parts of the company.

BT gives 5G core contract to Ericsson
Too sensitive for Huawei
British mobile carrier BT has selected Ericsson to provide the core of its 5G network.