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JULY - AUGUST 2021 EMERGENT 8 Blockchain Down to Business Early enterprise applications emerge for blockchain technology By Martin Vilaboy CYBER PATROL 12 An Open and Shut Case The promises and pitfalls of collaboration security By Brady Hicks MOBILE & WIRELESS 16 Verizon FWA adds 16 Private vs public 5G 18 Broad Sky Helps Create Safer, Smarter, More-Connected World By Brady Hicks 20 DISH, AWS Collaborate to Reinvent 5G Connectivity By Bruce Christian 24 Cable Wireless Warming Up By Martin Vilaboy 26 Mapping the Edge 5G edge computing doesn’t exist without infrastructure aggregation By Dennis Chan CHANNEL MANAGEMENT 32 A Carrier’s Journey Providing an automated customer experience By Artur Ostrowski 34 Streamline Tax and Billing Concerns with APIC By Brady Hicks 36 Spotlight on Spectrum Enterprise 40 No Place Like WFH MSPs see remote bump By Martin Vilaboy AT YOUR SERVICE: XAAS 44 Stop Selling; Start Helping Tips for selling UCaaS By Peter Radizeski 46 Our Virtual Office Redefines the Remote Work Experience By Brady Hicks BUYERS SIDE 48 Feds embrace MSP model 4 9 Start-up surge 50 While Cloud Services Reign, Buying Nuances Remain By Bruce Christian INTERNATIONAL AGENTS 54 Aryaka adds Dublin PoP 54 Pax8 expands in Europe 56 Boom in Brazil 58 Global Partnerships Pave the Way to ‘Buy Local’ By Bruce Christian CORE COMMUNICATIONS 62 Passing the Test Touchstone Technologies offers testing tools for network assessment By Brady Hicks 64 SNOM enhance rebate program 64 Wholesale voice numbers 66 Prepare with geo-Redundancy 6 Editor’s Letter 66 Ad index CONTENTS Volume 20 – Issue 4 4 CHANNEL V ISION | July - August 2021