
Swedish Ericsson plans to lay off 25,000
Needs to improve its margins as figures borked
Mobile telecom gear maker Ericsson may lay off around 25,000 employees outside Sweden as part of its savings programme.

SuperMicro draws SuperBlade
Skylake based Xeon
SuperMicro has lifted the wraps off its new Intel-based Omni-Path Architecture X11 8U/4U SuperBlade.

T-Mobile showcases GigabitLTE speed
Galaxy S8 with Snapdragon X16 modem
The Samsung Galaxy S8 will end up with pre-order customers before the end of this week. But if they get one from T-Mobile US, people might experience GigabitLTE speeds in the near future.

T-Mobile US spent $8 billion on 4G network
Buys you 1,500 wireless licenses
It is not a big secret that Verizon is the biggest network in the US, followed by AT&T and T-Mobile, but T-Mobile is doing a great job in catching up and now the outfit has announced that it plans to spend $8 billion to improve its 4G network.

AT&T to acquire Straight Path for $1.6 billion
After the 5G, 24 GHz and 39 GHz bands
AT&T has announced a plan to spend $1.6 billion to Straight Path Communications in an all-stock deal aimed at bulking up the carrier’s portfolio of millimeter wave spectrum. As you can imagine, you will need these bands for the 5G millimeter waves.