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Shots fired as AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to block Starlink's direct-to-cell plans

Rivals claim signal waiver would interfere with terrestrial networks

Networks16 Aug 2024 | 40

Big Music reprises classic hit 'ISPs need to stop their customers torrenting or we'll sue'

Stop us if you think you've heard this one before: Legal supergroup demands billions from Verizon

Personal Tech16 Jul 2024 | 86

AST SpaceMobile promises the Moon with seamless satellite phone service

Yet all its birds remain resolutely earthbound

Networks04 Jul 2024 | 5

Verizon hit with whopping $847M verdict for infringing 5G and hotspot patents

Must be hard to face a huge, unexpected bill, amirite?

Networks01 Jul 2024 | 11

Americans abroad cut off as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile US suffer roaming outages

Updated Why all three at once? Blame Syniverse – everyone else is

Networks27 Jun 2024 | 13

FCC slaps Verizon with $1M fine for dropping 911 calls, again

Less than an hour's profit - that sends a strong message for emergency cover

Networks26 Jun 2024 | 9

Unlucky AT&T subscribers struggle to make calls in multi-hour US outage

If you're wondering why connectivity seems toast at the moment

Networks04 Jun 2024 | 2

Verizon joins satellite phone party, links up to AST SpaceMobile

Rival AT&T is also with AST, although T-Mobile went with SpaceX’s Starlink

Networks30 May 2024 | 1

SIM swap crooks solicit T-Mobile US, Verizon staff via text to do their dirty work

No breach responsible for employee contact info getting out, says T-Mo

Cyber-crime16 Apr 2024 | 5

Americans wake to widespread AT&T cellular outages

Final update Telco battles to fix busted connectivity as other carriers feel the effects

Networks22 Feb 2024 | 81

Verizon says 63K employees' info fell into the wrong hands – an insider this time

Telco says it's a private matter, data 'not shared externally'

Security06 Feb 2024 |

Google warns infoseccers: Beware of North Korean spies sliding into your DMs

Infosec in brief ALSO: Verizon turns self in for reduced fine, malvertising comes to macOS, and this week's critical vulnerabilities

Security11 Sep 2023 | 2

Verizon to 'sunset' Blue Jeans vidconf platform

Also-ran service done in by ‘changing market conditions in a post-pandemic landscape'

SaaS09 Aug 2023 | 26

Cheating carriers could cost web-starved Americans billions in subsidies

And the FCC ain't exactly helping, senators say

Networks09 Feb 2023 | 20

Tumblr says nudes are back on the menu – within reason

But old 'go nuts, show nuts' attitude is dead for good

Offbeat03 Nov 2022 | 28

Verizon prepaid accounts hijacked by SIM swap crooks

Nightmare for those with one-time security codes texted to their phones

Security19 Oct 2022 | 7

Letter to FCC: Why are US carriers locking handsets to networks?

'If someone else puts a lock on a thing that you own, and doesn't give you the key, it's not for your benefit'

Networks20 Sep 2022 | 50

Verizon: Ransomware sees biggest jump in five years

We're only here for DBIRs

Research26 May 2022 | 6

Verizon expands network-as-a-service with VMware SD-WAN

MWC If enterprise apps are going into the cloud, someone needs to provide the extra plumbing

Virtualization28 Feb 2022 |

Mobile networks really hate Apple's Private Relay: Some folks find iOS privacy feature blocked on their iPhones

In brief Plus: Verizon's personal data grab, and more

Networks11 Jan 2022 | 65

Yahoo! Answers! will! be! wiped! from! the! internet! next! month!

Now we'll never know how babby is formed

Personal Tech05 Apr 2021 | 26

After spending $45bn on 5G licences, Verizon tells customers to turn off 5G to save battery life

You've just got to have 5G... except when you don't

Networks01 Mar 2021 | 35

3G ain’t totally dead yet: Verizon pushes back cut-off plans to some unspecified future date

It’s hard to kill off a trusted, stable technology that works

Networks06 Jan 2021 | 14

Beloved US telco Verizon puts arm around Nokia, Microsoft, preps enterprise 5G for Europe, APAC

Lucky old us. Plus: Azure Edge biz service software bundled in

Networks20 Oct 2020 | 5

Yahoo! Groups! to! shut! down! completely! on! December! 15!... Tens! mourn!

After nearly 20 years, it's time to say goodbye to venerable messageboard

Personal Tech13 Oct 2020 | 26

Verizon: Just 25% of global businesses comply fully with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

Gives you confidence in an era where nobody accepts cash any more

Security06 Oct 2020 | 17

No Huawei, America: Samsung scores $6.6bn for 5G at US giant Verizon

Remember how established carrier vendors were going to clean up after Huawei bans? Not so much, maybe ...

Networks07 Sep 2020 | 12

You call Verizon. A Google bot answers. You demand a human. The human is told what to say by the bot

The only winning move is... not to play?

AI + ML13 Jul 2020 | 37

Insider threat? Pffft. Hackers on the outside are the ones mostly making off with your private biz data, says Verizon

Malware-led intrusions falling out of fashion, too

Security19 May 2020 | 11

Tick tick Zoom, is this thing on? US comms giant Verizon pulls on BlueJeans for 'undisclosed amount'

Video chat for the work-at-home world

On-Prem16 Apr 2020 | 10

Guess we have to do this the Huawei then: Verizon sued by Chinese giant for allegedly ripping off patented tech

So hard to pick a side when it's the Hannibal Lecter and Charles Manson of technology going toe to toe

Networks06 Feb 2020 | 22

What a terrible result from this year's Super Bowl. Can you believe it? Awful. Yes, we're talking about the tech ads

Comment Verizon's hypocrisy, Amazon's negging, odd targeting from Google

Bootnotes04 Feb 2020 | 53

Ooh, watch out Google. You've got competition. Verizon has a new 'privacy-focused' search engine

Yep, the Verizon that sold subscribers' location data

Security23 Jan 2020 | 28

You are faking it! No, you are! No, AT&T is... Verizon, T-Mobile US execs form 5G circular firing squad on Twitter

Finally, something actually exciting happening with this mobile broadband tech

Personal Tech26 Sep 2019 | 10

How four rotten packets broke CenturyLink's network for 37 hours, knackering 911 calls, VoIP, broadband

FCC delivers postmortem after blunder cripples US fiber links

Networks20 Aug 2019 | 53

BGP super-blunder: How Verizon today sparked a 'cascading catastrophic failure' that knackered Cloudflare, Amazon, etc

Updated 'Normally you'd filter it out if some small provider said they own the internet'

Networks24 Jun 2019 | 61

US telcos' best pal – yes, the FCC – urged to dump its dodgy stats, crowd-source internet speeds direct from subscribers

Meanwhile: Commissioner celebrates forcing ISP to remove abusive content ban

Networks19 Feb 2019 | 6

Go big (with our bandwidth) or go home, Verizon: Texas mulls outlawing 911 throttling after Cali wildfire fiasco

Public safety versus profit

Networks13 Feb 2019 | 45

Judge! snuffs! Yahoo!'s attempt! to! settle! 2013! megahack! class-action!

$35m for attorney fees? Judge Lucy says Koh, hell no!

Security29 Jan 2019 | 13

Finally. The palm-sized Palm phone is back. And it will, er, save you from your real smartphone

Video Like a little tiny ghost in the machine

Personal Tech16 Oct 2018 | 72

FCC's 5G masterstroke little more than big biz cash giveaway – expert

One-size-fits-all pricing in America will expand, not narrow, digital divide

Networks19 Sep 2018 | 11

Look at me! Phone industry contracts nasty case of 5g-itis

Our 5G is bigger and better than theirs, promise Ericsson, Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T

Networks11 Sep 2018 | 20

DraftKings rides to court, asks to unmask 10 DDoS suspects

Fantasy sports outfit looks to hunt down group that bombarded its site

Security31 Aug 2018 | 12

Fire chief says Verizon throttled department's data in the middle of massive Cali wildfires

Not a great look for telco giant ahead of net neutrality suit

Networks22 Aug 2018 | 146

Verizon promises to stop selling its subscribers' location data... for now

But T-Mobile US and Sprint? Not so much

Personal Tech19 Jun 2018 | 14

Yahoo! Kills! The! Messenger!

Chat app won't be part of Purple Palace's Oath chapter

Personal Tech08 Jun 2018 | 41

Verizon commits to AWS after buying and selling its own cloud

Can anyone catch the big three (plus Oracle and IBM?)

SaaS16 May 2018 | 6

Colt, Verizon show off inter-carrier SDN

Care for some extra bandwidth? Just turn the knob

Networks22 Mar 2018 | 1

Cisco's 'Hybrid Information-Centric Networking' gets a workout at Verizon

The ten-year odyssey from concept to product continues

Networks20 Mar 2018 | 2

Yahoo! Can't! Toss! Hacking! Lawsuit!

Judge Koh trims class-action complaint, but suit will proceed

Security12 Mar 2018 | 8

FCC levies largest ever fine: $614m on Verizon (that's about three days of profit for telco giant)

Straight Path veered off promises of 5G coverage

Networks01 Mar 2018 | 7

Ohhhh-klahoma! Where Verizon's sweeping legacy down the drain

Trials virty radio with Nokia, Chipzilla

Networks27 Feb 2018 | 6

Oi! Verizon leaked my fiancée's nude pix to her ex-coworker, says bloke

Intimate photos somehow ended up on some other guy's mobe, lawsuit claims

Personal Tech17 Feb 2018 | 90

FCC commish gobbles Verizon's phone-locking BS, says it tastes great

Analysis US telco reveals bright idea in response to robberies, ID theft

Personal Tech13 Feb 2018 | 27

New York lobs $210m at telcos to hook up 120k homes, businesses with bumpkin broadband

Funny story – Verizon didn't care until they were told other ISPs might do it

Networks01 Feb 2018 | 10

Can't wait for 5G? Don't then, Gigabit LTE will be around for ages

Yes, it's real

Networks29 Nov 2017 | 20