Market and leaderboard news

In market and leaderboard news, Windstream has completed the removal of all Huawei equipment from its network. Meanwhile, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel proposed new rules under which the Commission would periodically reassess and consider renewing existing authorizations for foreign-owned companies to provide telecommunications services in the United States.

The Rural Broadband Association endorsed companion versions of the Reforming Broadband Connectivity Act, a bill introduced in both chambers of Congress to update the contribution mechanism that funds the federal Universal Service Fund, which is critical to promoting the availability and affordability of communications services for millions of Americans.

BearingPoint has acquired London-based specialist Salesforce consulting company Smplicity. As a registered Salesforce Partner, Smplicity offers clients a range of services to help deliver strategic and business improvement projects through the use of the Salesforce platform. Intelsat ordered a Mission Extension Pod from Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics, which will add life to an Intelsat satellite and provide uninterrupted services to many customers.

5G and network news

In 5G and network news, Deutsche Telekom is collaborating with Amazon Web Services as part of the new Integrated Private Wireless on AWS program. The Integrated Private Wireless on AWS program brings together AWS services with private wireless solutions based on 5G and LTE from Deutsche Telekom’s campus network portfolio.

NTT announced a new, live Private 5G installation for a leading university in Germany. On the heels of the Private 5G collaboration, NTT and Cisco announced they have now moved from pilot phase to live deployment with a private 5G mobile network for the Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen in Germany. Redzone Wireless announced a partnership with Cradlepoint that enables Redzone to deliver Cradlepoint wireless WAN solutions across Maine and New England. As a member of Cradlepoint's 5-star Partner Program, Redzone can accelerate the implementation of wireless WAN infrastructure for branch, mobile and IoT connectivity.

Nokia announced an upgrade to its AVA Energy efficiency software, expanding the scope of the solution with enhanced algorithms and power-saving measures, that will help communication service providers drive further reductions in electricity consumption in their networks.

Cloud news

In cloud news, IBM and Wasabi Technologies are collaborating to drive data innovation across hybrid cloud environments to enable enterprises to run applications across any environment—on premises, in the cloud or at the edge—and help enable users to cost-efficiently access and utilize key business data and analytics in real time.

Seeq Corporation has achieved the Amazon Web Services Manufacturing and Industrial Competency. This designation recognizes Seeq for its expertise in providing customers software solutions for an end-to-end Industrial Manufacturing Software toolchain. SoftwareOne Hong Kong has joined Console Connect’s PartnerConnect program, helping SoftwareOne customers in Asia Pacific improve their access to cloud services globally. VertiCast Media  Group is using Harmonic's VOS360 video  SaaS