News of Note—Huawei's U.K. battle centers on U.S. software; NTT combines divisions and more

Here are the other stories we're following today:

> U.K. regulators are concerned about the use of Huawei's gear due to software that's provided by California-based Wind River Systems.  Reuters article

> NTT is combining three of its divisions to create one of Japan's largest IT companies. Nikkei Asia Review article

> Aricent is demonstrating its open source NFV solution that's based on CableLabs' SNAPS-Kubernetes platform at this week's CableLabs Summer Conference 2018 in Keystone, Colorado. Release

> While virtualization has had its share of issues for service providers, the early adopters are starting to reap the benefits. Light Reading article