Florida folks dragged out of bed by false emergency texts
Laugh while you can, UK residents – you've got a nationwide emergency alert system test this weekend
Offbeat21 Apr 2023 | 158
Telecommunications
Google Fi still kicking, gets third rebrand in less than a decade
It's better than a one-way trip to the Graveyard
Personal Tech20 Apr 2023 | 7
Huawei masters the great vanishing act as UK sales evaporate
Revenues one third of 2018 peak as US and UK sanctions weigh heavy on Chinese biz
Networks19 Apr 2023 | 28
India gives itself a mission to lead the 'Global South' into 6G era
Builds its own seat at the standards development table
Off-Prem23 Mar 2023 | 8
T-Mobile US buys Ryan Reynolds-backed Mint Mobile for $1.35B
Video However, those Ryan Reynolds commercials aren't going anywhere
Personal Tech15 Mar 2023 | 9
Nvidia in blast radius as Uncle Sam looks to cut off China's Huawei for good
GeForced into a cold war
Systems07 Mar 2023 | 9
BROADER TOPICS
NARROWER TOPICS
Dish: Someone snatched our data, if you're wondering why our IT systems went down
Outage-hit telco still won't confirm ransomware infection, or if it's paying up
Cyber-crime28 Feb 2023 | 4
Fujitsu to reveal terabit optical transport system at MWC
MWC Promises 6,000km without regeneration – cutting down on transponders
Networks24 Feb 2023 | 5
Dell pitches products to drag telcos into next-gen networks
You're going to have your cloud-native infrastructure and you're going to like it
On-Prem23 Feb 2023 | 5
Privacy on the line: Boffins break VoLTE phone security
Call metadata can be ferreted out
Security11 Jan 2023 | 24
Greater London wing of comms union urges BT workers to reject pay offer
No backdated pay, no allowances, no substantial rises for all grades, 'we feel it falls falls way short of your expectations'
Networks09 Dec 2022 | 11
Norway has a month left until sun sets on its copper phone lines
Residents in westernmost municipality of Solund praise new mobile coverage, but others have been left behind
Networks01 Dec 2022 | 65
Telecoms networks could provide next-gen GPS services without the need for satellites
Decimeter-level uncertainty, sub-nanosecond time synchronization – but what happens when there's no signal?
Networks28 Nov 2022 | 68
UK government will not step in over Altice’s growing stake in BT
Telco billionaire purchase A-OK from national security standpoint, apparently, but will he buy up more?
Networks23 Aug 2022 | 11
US claims Chinese supplier violated export rules by helping ZTE sell telco equipment to Iran
Far East Cable acted as a broker in between ZTE and Iranian companies, it's alleged
Systems09 Aug 2022 | 6
India is crowdsourcing ideas for its telecommunication reform
Last update of telecom law occurred before the internet even existed
Networks26 Jul 2022 | 4
After config error takes down Rogers, it promises to spend billions on reliability
Routers flooded with internet traffic in filter blunder, watchdog told
Networks25 Jul 2022 | 20
Bill for US telcos to bin Chinese kit blows out by $3 billion
Carriers likely to get cents on the dollar for ditched Huawei and ZTE kit unless more funds are found
Security18 Jul 2022 | 13
UK government extends review of BT stake owned by French tycoon Patrick Drahi
Altice bigwig now telco's largest shareholder but denies it's a takeover attempt
Networks13 Jul 2022 | 9
Massive telecom outage in Japan kicks 40 million mobile users offline
KDDI advises customers to act like it's 1993 and rediscover landlines and payphones
Networks04 Jul 2022 | 15
Trio accused of selling $88m of pirated Avaya licenses
Rogue insider generated keys, resold them to blow the cash on gold, crypto, and more, prosecutors say
Cyber-crime29 Jun 2022 | 8
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise adds Wi-Fi 6E to 'premium' access points
Company claims standard will improve performance in dense environments
Networks27 Jun 2022 | 1
Software-defined silicon is coming for telecom kit later this year
Interview Startup EdgeQ believes pay-for-what-you-use model will make 5G transition more cost-effective
Networks26 Jun 2022 | 17
Chinese-sponsored gang Gallium upgrades to sneaky PingPull RAT
Broadens targets from telecoms to finance and government orgs
Research14 Jun 2022 | 2
Canada bans Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks, citing national security risks
Ban on shopping from September, rip and replace order with 2024 deadline
Security20 May 2022 | 21
BT: 'Quantum radios' could boost 5G network range
Tech exploits electromagnetically induced transparency to form highly sensitive electric field detector
Networks19 May 2022 | 14
FTC says Frontier lied about its internet speeds amid $8.5m settlement
Telco 'ripped off customers by charging high-speed prices for slow service', says watchdog
Networks07 May 2022 | 17
Timetable for industrial action ballot against BT imminent
CWU deputy secretary demands better pay for staff amid cost-of-living crisis
Networks25 Apr 2022 | 6
FCC gives Pacific Networks 60 days to leave the US
Agency signals more actions targeting Chinese companies to come in the name of national security
Networks17 Mar 2022 | 7
Huge DDoS attack temporarily kicks Israeli government sites offline
A state of emergency is declared as officials assess the damage and look for culprits
Security15 Mar 2022 |
Telecoms growth forecast for 2022 may be optimistic
Analyst view: 4Q21 drop plus strains from war mean component shortages drag on
Networks15 Mar 2022 |
UK government starts public consultation on telco security
Potential mass internet surveillance idea dropped after ISP pushback, uncertainty about final measures linger
Security03 Mar 2022 | 13
Microsoft updates Azure for Operators, adds private 5G
Azure Operator Distributed Services designed to let telcos run workloads on a single carrier-grade hybrid platform
PaaS + IaaS01 Mar 2022 |
Construction starts on another Asia-Europe undersea cable
Redundancy may not be a bad idea after damage to sister links
Networks21 Feb 2022 | 23
Ericsson admits it may have paid off ISIS terrorists
Share price down after word of 'unusual expense claims' emerges
Networks16 Feb 2022 | 14
Federal Communications Commission proposed stricter rules on how telco carriers should report data breaches
Customers shouldn't need to wait seven days before being told
Security13 Jan 2022 | 5
AT&T, Verizon delay 5G C-band rollout over FAA fears of passenger plane radars jammed by signals
Telcos miffed, pilots are fine with it
Personal Tech04 Jan 2022 | 36
Two Chinese companies leave US: China Telecom told it can't stay, DiDi gets out of Dodge
Just being practical here, but maybe they can share a cab?
Networks03 Dec 2021 | 8
Ofcom slams slammers: Telcos fined for switching punters' phone lines without their knowledge or consent
Guaranteed Telecom, Met Technologies nurse £35k penalty, and to them that's meaningful
Legal15 Nov 2021 | 15
Research finds cyber-snoops working for 'Chinese state interests' lurking in SE Asian telco networks since 2017
Handy way to keep tabs on 'activists, politicians, business leaders, and more'
Security03 Aug 2021 | 8
That other controversial Chinese telco: The FCC rejects ZTE's petition against its 'national security threat' designation
Local US carriers to remain unable to buy its kit with federal funding
Networks25 Nov 2020 | 1
Intelsat orbital comms satellite is back online after first robo-recovery mounting and tug job gets it back into position
No fuel, no problem! Older space kit to gets new lease of life with extentions
Science17 Apr 2020 | 56
InLink Limited limited: Firm that puts up UK's ad-supported phone booths enters administration
Updated Once a hit with drug entrepreneurs, though its algos had been weeding them out
Personal Tech18 Dec 2019 | 44
US sanctions fail to get in Huawei as embattled Chinese vendor reports 23% revenue growth
It may be a 'plane riddled with bullet holes' – but it's still flying
On-Prem30 Jul 2019 | 19
German patent hoarder IPCom fires sueball at Vodafone over 4G
A FRAND in need is a FRAND indeed, pair square up for infringement battle
Legal25 Jul 2019 | 9
BT adopts Ubuntu OpenStack as core brains for its 5G, fibre-to-the-premises rollout
Canonical drags the telco into the 21st century
Software24 Jul 2019 | 36
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 |
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