British telco Onecom grabs £100m in private equity dosh With former Easynet CEO in charge of the board Networks22 Jul 2019 | 1
Having flogged off its data centers, AT&T cozies up to Microsoft, IBM to keep it running In a cloud war, the US telco opts for the Swiss model, stays neutral Networks17 Jul 2019 | 8
No backdoor, no backdoor... you're a backdoor! Huawei won't spy for China or anyone else, exec tells MPs 'If we were put under any pressure by any country that we felt was wrong, we would prefer to close the business' Networks11 Jun 2019 | 96
BT berries Juniper's SDN kit in network architecture refresh Meet Network Cloud – Brit telco's latest infrastructure play Networks03 Jun 2019 | 2
Australia launches critical infrastructure security reforms Part 1: find out who owns what. Part 2: get them to take security seriously ... or else Legal10 Oct 2017 | 15
Ofcom to crack down on telcos' handling of nuisance callers Also wants to extend consumer protection to cover more broadband services Networks19 Sep 2017 | 40
Oz attorney-general a step closer to SCNA* *George Brandis, Self-Certified Network Architect, to get keys to carrier networks Legal02 Jul 2017 | 7
Comms sector teams with business lobby to slam George-Brandis-as-NetAdmin law Inexpert regulation, scope creep, more metadata stored - what could possibly go wrong? Legal06 Feb 2017 | 2
Fifty bills for new Oz parliament, nothing much for tech A lean, lean 2016 for Canberra IT sector lobbyists Legal30 Aug 2016 | 9
Canberra passes USO review to Productivity Commission, tells the economists to hasten slowly Mostly muted response to the Regional Telecommunications Review Legal24 Feb 2016 |
Oz carriers to Attorney General Brandis: get OUT of our networks Telcos speak with one voice on telco security 'reforms' Legal12 Aug 2015 | 5
Telcos' revenge is coming as SDN brings a way to build smart pipes Wanna watch the Olympics in 8K with no jitter? Hand over your credit card, kid Networks06 Aug 2015 | 18
AT&T: Sorry vendors, SDN is eating your lunch The cold winds of disruption start to whistle through telco-tin-land Networks27 Jul 2015 | 6
Australian carriers try to head off government telco security bill Sys admin/attorney-general George Brandis not welcome in the data centre Legal22 Jul 2015 | 5
AARNet warns of 'draconian overreach' in telco regulation Security concerns shouldn't stifle innovation says research network Networks16 Jul 2015 | 2
Australian Research Council funds clean tech Telecoms, networking, microelectronics, astronomy also winners Legal09 Jul 2015 |
Australian government demands signoff on telco network designs Attorney-general wants to be ultimate network admin - what could possibly go wrong? Legal28 Jun 2015 | 15
Understanding the network energy efficiency challenge Dr Kerry Hinton ticks off seven key energy-saving techs for El Reg Networks24 Jun 2015 | 6
Oz government to put dark fibre net on the auction block Selling off an ICON Networks11 May 2015 | 12
Harper review: break up ACCC, free up IP*, let freedom reign *Except for movies – what did you expect? Legal01 Apr 2015 | 2
Botched NBN installs leave folks with no internet, or recourse TIO chases retailers, who chase NBN Co, which does ... very little we can see Legal04 Mar 2015 | 15
Harper review says ACCC telco functions need new regulator Also takes aim at trade pacts and the 'Australia tax' Legal23 Sep 2014 |
Silent Circle takes on Skype, Viber, mobile telcos with crypto-VoIP But, hey ... we cut the roaming charges, mumble mobile carriers Security10 Jul 2014 | 14
TELEPOCALYPSE as Australian carriers shed jobs with horrible speed Blame the re-invention of the NBN for giving telco-land pause in the worst possible way On-Prem30 Apr 2014 | 2
Going bush Down Under? Your fave cat vids can come too! Vulture South distills the World Solar Challenge into a bush communications guide Networks26 Nov 2013 | 1
Australia's proto-NBN now decaying in the desert The Reg tracks the Overland Telegraph and its coaxial and microwave heirs Networks02 Nov 2013 | 16
University of Minnesota demos light-powered nano-relay Photon amplification without electricity Science03 Oct 2012 | 6
Euro watchdog: Telcos ARE strangling VoIP and P2P traffic BEREC gives 1st report card – It's not your imagination Networks16 Mar 2012 | 23
Telcos in Canada: Ethics, monopolies and regulation Sysadmin blog How the Canadian regulator forces Big Biz to play ball ... Systems17 Feb 2012 | 7
LightSquared CEO wants industry's 'dumbest' wireless pipe Open Mobile Summit You didn’t ask Edison to build toasters Networks02 Nov 2011 | 10
BT on site-blocking: Every case will need a court order Pick on our freetards over our cold dead corpse Networks29 Jul 2011 | 61
Spyeye sperm-blimp in US flight trials Owning company changes name for third time Science20 Apr 2011 | 4
Gloves off on Australia's NBN: Turnbull articulates policy Clarity at last, we think Networks30 Mar 2011 | 1
International Telecom Union drags self out of past ITU Kicking, screaming, and mistaking IPs for spam Networks20 Oct 2010 | 16
196 nations open three week (!) telecoms congress ITU Quadrennial quagmire or efficient conclave? Networks19 Oct 2010 | 9
Three simultaneously cut undersea cables under repair Traffic disrupted between Europe and Middle East Networks22 Dec 2008 | 29
Sun puts Xeon, Sparc T2+ chips in Netra rack servers Maybe calling on telcos and service providers ain't such a bad idea Channel29 Sep 2008 | 2
The cheapest calling plan of all: Friends and Family on the company phone UK.biz subsidises our social life On-Prem10 Jun 2007 | 19