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I took a tour of the companys Riverfront campus in Colorado, which houses around 1,000 employees who are all working to build and sell the companys new 5G network. Heres what I saw.

Now seems like a good time to be a software engineer, with both BT and Vodafone chasing global talent.

Broadcom President Thomas Krause is leaving the chipmaker just a few weeks after it announced it would buy VMware for $61 billion, a deal he helped put together.

Light Reading is now accepting nominations for outstanding achievements in 5G, broadband, optical networking, edge computing and more as part of its annual awards program, the Leading Lights.

Worries over dominance of major telcos heightened after network outage affects banking, travel emergency services and more.

European cable executives Dr. Andrea Huber and Diane Christman discuss gender equity challenges the pandemic has exacerbated for women in tech fields.

Light Readings Mike Dano discusses growth predictions for the wireless industry in 2022 and explains the battle between WCO Spectrum and T-Mobile over the purchase of 2.5GHz spectrum licenses from academic institutions.

Beeline Russia points to ongoing technical limitations that prevent the 3.4-3.8GHz band being used for 5G in Russia.

Andre Fuetsch, who oversees the mobile and fixed network technology direction for AT&T, is set to retire in September. The move is one of many recent departures and promotions in Ma Bells exec suites.

Gary Winnicks WCO has already put $1 billion toward purchasing 2.5GHz spectrum licenses out from under T-Mobile. That, coupled with the FCCs upcoming 2.5GHz spectrum auction, could create troubles for T-Mobile.