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The tower company said it plans to build a private 5G network for the upcoming AWS event to show off the activation and control of robotic in-store cleaners within mall stores after hours.

This week in broadband builds: USDA awards $759 million for rural broadband, SiFi Networks starts citywide build in Saratoga Springs, Kinetic goes to Kentucky, Vermont awards $26 million - and more.

The Japanese incumbent is an old hand at mixing technologies from different vendors. Now it wants to help other telcos do the same.

The baseband software developed for one hardware platform cannot be used on another, says Yago Tenorio, Vodafones network architecture director.

The Telecom Infra Project is pushing for interoperability in a fixed access networks market dominated by three big players.

The US software developer says the industry needs to work on ensuring smaller vendors buying in lower volumes do not pay excessive fees.

Initially targeting the home, new tech developed by CableLabs strives to improve how smartphones connect to the best Wi-Fi link and, in turn, help cable ops cut MVNO costs by offloading more data to Wi-Fi networks.

The Finnish vendor gets an open RAN endorsement as Vodafone starts trials in Germany and takes aim at systems integrator lock-in with a new NTT DoCoMo partnership.

According to a detailed report from Reuters, Extreme Networks supplied telecom equipment to a Russian missile maker. The situation helps to highlight the difficulties around isolating Russia.

Phil Harvey discusses AT&Ts edge strategy, public cloud partnership with Microsoft and provides an update on AT&Ts FirstNet emergency response service.