Networks
Indian mega-carrier Jio to build pair of 200-terabit submarine cables
One going all the way from Mumbai to Italy, the other is Singapore-bound
18 May 06:58 | 7
Networks
Who, Me?
The future is now, old man: Let the young guns show how to properly cock things up
Phoning it in?
17 May 07:30 | 75
Networks
Indian telcos giving away services as customers fear going outside to top up their accounts
Over 150 million people given freebies or generous top-up deals
17 May 06:21 | 1
Networks
10.8 million UK homes now have access to gigabit-capable broadband, with much of the legwork done by Virgin Media
That's 37% of the country covered, and BT is expected to pick up the pace too
14 May 14:27 | 46
Networks
Openreach slaps another 5 million premises on top of FTTP connection target, expects to pay 'minimal tax in the UK' over next few years
We'll hire 7,000 to get it done by 2026, says boss
13 May 14:39 | 10
Networks
FCC starts probing effects of semiconductor drought on the US telecoms supply chain
If only there was a business to consult about chip shortages? Ah, that's right. Huawei, awks
12 May 23:16 | 1
Exclusive
On eve of national industrial ballot, BT, EE, Openreach agree to temporarily suspend compulsory redundancies
Well, the telco always said it's good to talk: Negotiations over jobs, pay, grading, and more set for this month
12 May 13:45 | 14
Networks
Not keen on a 5G mast in your street? At least it'd be harder for crackpots to burn down 'a flying cell tower in orbit'
Another satellite constellation prepares for launch, this one aimed at next-gen connectivity for IoT devices
12 May 09:15 | 39
Networks
Copper load of this: Openreach outlines 77 new locations where it'll stop selling legacy phone and broadband products
You can't buy this kind of service. No, literally
11 May 14:27 | 49
Networks
Broadband plumber Openreach yanks legacy copper phone lines in Suffolk town of Mildenhall en route to getting the UK on VoIP
Just four years to go before planned switch-off
07 May 13:04 | 87
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China is upset India excluded Chinese equipment from 5G network trials
Why are you giving yourself a kick in the innovation economy?
07 May 04:03 | 3
Networks
Telcos crammed 8.5m fake comments against net neutrality into FCC's inbox
While some teen generated 7.7m bogus pro-NN notes to US broadband regulator
06 May 21:06 | 20
Networks
Which? warns that more than 2 million Brits are on old and insecure routers – wagging a finger at Huawei-made kit
Default passwords, no updates, and your data's flowing through these
06 May 11:30 | 39
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India approves 5G trials – if they don't use Chinese 5G kit
Government department wants carriers to facilitate testing of homegrown tech for India-specific use cases
05 May 04:44 | 1
Networks
Norwegian telco Telenor writes off its Myanmar operation
Military coup creates such a nasty environment it’s hung up on $780 million of assets
05 May 02:04 | 2
Networks
Belgian parliament halts China Uyghur 'genocide' debate after DDoS smashes ISP offline
Plus: Register.com, Network Solutions DNS down and Cloudflare has a wobble
05 May 00:11 | 14
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Yahoo! and! AOL! sold! for! $5bn! as! Verizon! abandons! media! empire! dreams!
They! may! take! the! exclamation! point! but! they! will! never! take! our! headlines!
03 May 20:57 | 33
Networks
Intel laid me off for being too old, engineer claims in lawsuit
'If you think age is an advantage in this job, you are mistaken'
30 Apr 21:03 | 41
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
So what if I pay peanuts for my home broadband? I demand you fix it NOW!
The Zoom meeting I’m missing is already miles away
30 Apr 09:06 | 86
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Huawei revenue dips 16 per cent to $23.5bn. Bosses aren't worried because decline was a matter of (selling smartphone brand) Honor
$600m in patent royalty payments pour in to help margins pop
29 Apr 03:57 | 1
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Security
Apple sent my data to the FBI, says boss of controversial research paper trove Sci-Hub
Former Sun boss Scott McNealy offers interesting response
Who, Me?
The future is now, old man: Let the young guns show how to properly cock things up
Phoning it in?
Security
We'd love to report on the outcome of the CREST exam cheatsheet probe, but UK infosec body won't publish it
Why? It might reveal whistleblowers' names...
Personal Tech
Apple announces lossless HD audio at no extra cost, then Amazon Music does too. The ball is now in Spotify's court
You can't hear the difference anyway
Security
Mammoth grab of GP patient data in the UK set to benefit private-sector market access as rules remain unchanged
No policy shakeup to deal with snatch of info from primary physicians
Software
Microsoft sheds some light on perplexing Outlook blank email incident: Word was to blame
Office 365 users learn that Microsoft can make or break their productivity every 4 hours
Databases
Oracle sues Envisage claiming unauthorized database use amid licensing crackdown
Fiscal year end forecast: Cloudy with a chance of litigation
Science
Space is hard: Rocket Lab's 20th Electron launch fails
Firm working with FAA to 'investigate the anomaly' after second stage sputters
Security
China signals dissatisfaction with gig economy impact on ride-share drivers
Also puts brakes on data collection by carmakers
Column
When the chips are down, Intel's biggest gamble isn't what to do – it's whom to do it with
Trade you architecture and production tricks for lithography and yield plans?
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What’s the biggest roadblock to data centre automation? The network
Your first step towards the self-driving data centre is choosing the right co-driver, says Huawei
28 Apr 23:45 |
Networks
FCC gives SpaceX the go-ahead to drop Starlink satellite orbits by 500 kilometres or so
Low enough to witness Musk's Twitter trolling of Jeff Bezos?
28 Apr 18:49 | 30
Networks
Ofcom 5G auction ends with UK carriers spending £23m for choice spectrum positionings
What's £23m compared to £1.35bn?
28 Apr 11:01 | 6
Networks
FreedomFi's 5G gateways will mine HNT cryptocurrency for owners who dole out coverage to passing users, IoT devices
Traffic + Demand * Bandwidth = $$$ (maybe)
28 Apr 08:30 | 6
Networks
Don't blame rural carriers for buying Huawei, says FCC Commissioner. They couldn't afford the top-shelf stuff
Cites extremely nascent OpenRAN as country's great hope
27 Apr 18:49 | 5
Networks
China claims it has stolen a march on 6G with colossal patent portfolio
The standard is nascent and won’t land for almost a decade. But the jockeying for position is already fierce
27 Apr 02:58 | 54
Networks
Cloudflare offers $100,000 for prior art to nuke networking patents a troll has accused it of ripping off
Picking intellectual property fights with internet backbone biz seldom ends well
26 Apr 22:28 | 23
Networks
OK so what's going with these millions of Pentagon-owned IPv4 addresses lighting up all of a sudden?
Network advertisement of military addresses by obscure corporation not so exciting after all
26 Apr 20:35 | 14
Who, Me?
Don't cross the team tasked with policing the surfing habits of California's teens
You don't get me, I'm part of the union
26 Apr 07:30 | 96
Networks
Maybe high-speed internet is infrastructure after all, say US Republicans in proposal to spend $65bn over five years
Our plan is better than President Biden's, they claim, with few details
23 Apr 18:32 | 24
Networks
Starlink creates risk of internet investment doom cycle, says APNIC researcher
Early users get speed, so policy-makers may stop building, but more users means slower speeds ...
23 Apr 07:04 | 43
Networks
UK Telecoms Diversification Taskforce says Ofcom should take lead to ensure telcos don't rely on too few suppliers
Finding Huawei out of this mess
21 Apr 11:15 | 6
Networks
Chinese officials declare intention to become network superpower, tout glorious 5G rollout that's smaller than local carriers' claims
Great Leap Forward sees broadband speeds surge, 99 per cent of villages hooked up, all for $6/month
21 Apr 02:17 | 12
Networks
Working from a countryside plot nestled in a not-spot? Consultation opens on new rural mobile planning laws for bigger masts, wider coverage
Here we go again - you don't want them in your backyard, amirite?
20 Apr 15:04 | 24
Networks
If your internet wobbled last weekend, you have Vodafone India to thank for it
It's always BGP (when it’s not DNS). Absent route filtering didn't help either
20 Apr 04:32 | 7
Networks
Huawei could have snooped on the Dutch prime minister's phone calls thanks to KPN network core access
Nobody caught – er, held us responsible, says Chinese firm
19 Apr 12:45 | 44
