The FCC has granted more time to five service providers to remove and replace network equipment from Huawei and ZTE. The providers largely cited supply chain delays. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4cP0GRd

Appledore's Francis Haysom says traditional RAN vendors are "poisoning the waters" when it comes to evaluating objectively open RAN security. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4cQL4fZ

An integration of the two separate and very different RAN portfolios held by Samsung and Nokia would be fiendish, according to one expert. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3AYnlNA

US pay-TV lost 1.62 million subs in Q2 and a 'mindboggling' 4 million subs in the first half of 2024, says MoffettNathanson. Meanwhile, a blackout of Disney channels on DirecTV presents an even gloomier outlook for pay-TV. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4e3NqtD

#Eurobites: Telia to cut 3,000 jobs in decentralization drive; telecom giants reprise EU sob-story; Telefónica and friends claim breakthrough on holographic calls; Eutelsat-MuxIP deal brings new FAST channels to EMEA. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4dP2QSe

Vodafone and Three insist their merger would offer customers a better network experience for the same price. Rewheel expects otherwise. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4eaRiIU

Hong Kong telco SmarTone's roaming service grows 44%, returns to pre-covid levels, while revenues fall on weak handset sales. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/47fi5RZ

Kinetic, the Windstream brand, has struck a deal with AT&T that enables the broadband operator to hawk a discounted bundle of home broadband and mobile services. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3XdCEd1

It's critical for enterprises to gather and analyze the right data to prevent and react to cyberthreats, says Nicole Bucala, CEO of DataBee, a company that was incubated at Comcast. Listen on Light Reading: bit.ly/3MzhD7K

#Eurobites: EE launches 5G standalone in 15 UK cities; Kjell Johnsen steps down at Tele2; EXA Infrastructure acquires Bulgaria's GCN; Greece fights wildfires, with help from Huawei. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3X6KeG0

Verizon is nearing a deal to acquire Frontier, according to The Wall Street Journal. A play for Frontier would fit into a fiber/mobile convergence strategy at Verizon & possibly spark more M&A for fiber assets among Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. Read more: bit.ly/4gdmvgc

Verizon and Skylo are partnering to use satellite spectrum for D2D connectivity to support Emergency SOS texting instead of using cellular spectrum. Next year, Verizon will add SMS services via satellite as well. Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3XhAsku

Verizon believes acquiring Frontier will supply the scale it needs to drive a fiber/mobile convergence strategy. However, one analyst says it's not nearly enough, declaring the deal 'a terrible idea.' Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/3ZbTThc

Verizon believes acquiring Frontier will supply the scale it needs to drive a fiber/mobile convergence strategy. However, one analyst says it's not nearly enough, declaring the deal 'a terrible idea.' Read more on Light Reading: bit.ly/4dQwdn0

The Verizon-Frontier deal is focused on wireline/wireless convergence, which suits Comcast just fine. 'I think we have an incredible hand to play in convergence,' Comcast CFO Jason Armstrong said at the Citi Investor Conference. Read more: bit.ly/3Z9K6IJ