News of Note—Vodafone, TIM, Huawei and more

Here are some other stories we’re following today:

> Vodafone reports seeing around a 40% improvement in resource usage from going with containers compared with virtual machines. SDxCentral article

> Italian mobile operator TIM, together with Italian broadband provider Fastweb and vendor Huawei, have announced the activation of the first 5G antenna in the city of Matera as part of a 5G trial being promoted by the Italian government. RCR Wireless article

> Ericsson joined with Swisscom to detail network slicing on its 4G and 5G equipment. Wireless Week article

> The 24 satellites that keep GPS services running in the U.S. aren't especially secure. Wired article