2018 went out with a bang — and we’re not talking about fireworks from New Year’s Eve.

Three months after confirming a workforce reduction, Verizon said that number would be more than 10,000 in a voluntary separation resulting from a realignment that focuses on “the new era of 5G.” Windstream offloaded fiber assets in the Great Plains, and AppDirect announced the purchase of master-agent WTG in what the companies dubbed a first-of-its-kind transaction.

But those were only a few of the stories that cracked our list of most-read from December.

Vonage announced another new hire to beef up its channel and you helped reprise our list of 20 top SD-WAN providers.

Our most-read stories of each month are determined by you, our loyal Channel Partners readers. They are also determined by results from our weekly newsletter (sign up for that here).

Which story was No. 1? Click through our gallery below to find out!

Missed the previous month’s top stories? Click here to see our most-read posts in November. And here’s where to find our countdown of the top 15 stories of 2018.

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