> Video platform Vimeo is the newest promoter member of the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), an organization pushing the development and implementation of video codec AV1. FierceVideo article
> Verizon CTO Hans Vestberg kicked off the MoffettNathanson Media & Communications Summit this morning with an in-depth discussion of Verizon's network plans. He described Verizon's network development as one in which "basically everything from the data center up to the access is the same equipment … it's a huge transformation.” FierceWireless article
> Adtran has taken a leadership role in the development of the Broadband Forum's new application-level testing initiative. Release | FierceTelecom article
> Only weeks after the Trump Administration's Commerce Department accused ZTE of violating the terms of a settlement agreement and hit it with an export sanction, the president now says Commerce has been directed to help the Chinese telecom tech company. Multichannel News article