NEC Corporation, a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies, and Cisco have entered into a Global System Integrator Agreement (GSIA) to expand their partnership for the deployment of innovative 5G IP transport network solutions worldwide.

Read more: Cisco and NEC reinforce global deployments of 5G IP transport networks

Nokia has announced the deployment of its cloud-native convergent charging solution on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate communications service providers (CSPs) migration of business-critical, high frequency charging applications to the public cloud, and to deliver the benefits of the cloud for 5G.

Read more: Nokia debuts innovative public cloud charging for CSPs on AWS

DZS, a global leader of packet-based mobile transport, broadband access, network orchestration and cloud-native automation solutions, announced the appointment of Erwin Trautmann as vice president, EMEA Sales.

Read more: DZS appoints Erwin Trautmann as VP sales to fast-track growth across Europe and MEA

CommScope Holding Company, Inc., a global leader in connectivity solutions for communications networks, announced its plan to spin-off its Home Networks business and other initiatives to reduce operating costs throughout the Company. 

Read more: CommScope to spin-off its Home Networks business into independent public company

Nokia has announced that it has resolved a multi-year, multi-technology patent cross-license agreement with Lenovo. Under the agreement, whose terms remain confidential, Lenovo will make a net balancing payment to Nokia. The deal settles all pending patent litigation and other proceedings between the two parties, in all jurisdictions, according to their statement.

Read more: Nokia settles patent cross-licensing deal with Lenovo

Nokia revealed that large communication service providers (CSPs) can potentially realize $850 million in annual value via cost savings and additional revenues by leveraging intelligent automation. The research, managed in collaboration with STL Partners, found that CSPs with an average revenue of $15 billion can generate an equivalent of 5.7% in annual value by automating intelligent automation into facets of their business, such as network and service operations, customer care, marketing and sales, and fraud protection.

Read more: Nokia calls on CSPs to leverage automation

CommScope announced the latest additions to its Wi-Fi 6 access point (AP) portfolio—the indoor RUCKUS H550 and outdoor RUCKUS T350—and new enterprise and service-provider features in RUCKUS SmartZoneOS.

Read more: CommScope ramps up RUCKUS Wi-Fi 6 portfolio for hospitality, MDUs and smart spaces

Cisco launched a new and expanded Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution to facilitate network operations (NetOps) and security operations (SecOps) teams securely connect users to applications. It also announced the enhancements to its cloud-native platform, SecureX to manage new and emerging threats efficiently.

Read more: Cisco launches expanded SASE architecture for secure user-to-application connectivity

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