White House pushes for total ban on US exports to Huawei Beijing watching developments closely as death knell rings for company's foreign supply chain Networks31 Jan 2023 | 8
BT in tests to beam down 5G coverage from the stratosphere Bet is to use UAV to plug not-spots in mobile coverage with 150Mbps across 15,000 square km Networks31 Jan 2023 | 34
WAN router IP address change blamed for global Microsoft 365 outage Command line not vetted using full qualification process, says Redmond. We think it involved chewing gum somewhere Networks30 Jan 2023 | 60
Aviation overhaul bill passes US House... for the third time Maybe it'll be different this year as clamors of 'I told you so' accompany the proposal Networks26 Jan 2023 | 16
Global network outage hits Microsoft: Azure, Teams, Outlook all down Redmond rolls back network change after cloud services dip in sympathy with profits Networks25 Jan 2023 | 114
IPv6 for Dummies: NSA pushes security manual on DoD admins There's good advice here for any IT pro dealing with the transition Networks25 Jan 2023 | 26
Ericsson's earnings slip as telcos rein in 5G spending Oh, snap... next gen networks suddenly not a must-have in this economic climate Networks20 Jan 2023 | 6
If your DNS queries LoOk liKE tHIs, it's not a ransom note, it's a security improvement It’s not Google's plan. There’s no way it’s Google's plan. It was Google's plan Networks19 Jan 2023 | 83
Twitter 2.0 signal boosts Taliban 2.0 through Blue subscriptions Comment Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of your actions Networks17 Jan 2023 | 131
SpaceX tells astronomers: Fine, we'll try to stop Starlink spoiling stargazing sessions Agrees measures to prevent streaks of light across the night sky in time-lapse observations Networks13 Jan 2023 | 50
Cisco warns it won't fix critical flaw in small business routers despite known exploit Software support ended in 2021, so we’re relying on SMBs knowing how to block ports Networks13 Jan 2023 | 42
EU plan to make big tech pay 'fair share' of telco fees reportedly weeks away All traffic is equal but some traffic is more equal than others Networks12 Jan 2023 | 30
FAA grounds all US departures after NOTAM goes down Updated 'Damaged database file' blamed, no evidence of cyberattack found, as air travel chaos continues Networks11 Jan 2023 | 55
FAA sets 2024 deadline for preventing 5G crash landings US watchdog puts its foot down: Even a small possibility of interference means a fix is mandatory Networks10 Jan 2023 | 11
Southwest Airlines blames IT breakdown for stranding holiday travelers Have they tried turning it off and back on again? Networks28 Dec 2022 | 77
TikTok confirms it tracked journalists' locations as part of leak investigation As if you needed another reason to delete the app right now Networks23 Dec 2022 | 32
Crypto craziness craps out – and about time too Opinion Fintech, you're better than this. Time to concentrate on more helpful stuff Networks23 Dec 2022 | 150
FTX CTO and Alameda Research CEO admit fraud, pair 'cooperating' with Feds Samuel Bankman-Fried in FBI custody to face court 'as soon as possible' Networks22 Dec 2022 | 57
Ukraine secures 10k more Starlink receivers with EU help More cash will still be needed to maintain service come spring, says Ukrainian deputy PM Networks21 Dec 2022 | 10
Oops. Cisco installed wrong firmware on some boxes and they report fake ‘severe faults’ DNA Center Appliances shipped since September may spoil Christmas with inaccurate reports of dead disks Networks21 Dec 2022 | 10
WAN router IP address change blamed for global Microsoft 365 outage Command line not vetted using full qualification process, says Redmond. We think it involved chewing gum somewhere
FOSS could be an unintended victim of EU crusade to make software more secure Opinion Don't throw the open source baby out with the bathwater
Gee, tanks: Russian hackers DDoS Germany for aiding Ukraine in brief Also: a week of leaks; Riot Games says 'LoL' to source code ransom demands; and Yandex source also appears online
Shag pile PC earned techies a carpeting from HR Who, Me? Thankfully a veep with a sense of humor pulled the rug out
After less than half a year, Intel quietly kills RISC-V dev environment Did Pathfinder get lost in sea of red ink? Or is Chipzilla becoming RISC averse?
Labyrinth of 371 legacy systems hindered hospital's IT meltdown recovery Guy's and St Thomas' in London spent two months getting back on its feet after heatwave fried datacenter
Meanwhile, in Japan, pet fish run up credit card bill on Nintendo Switch Gaming critters wreak havoc after Pokémon attempt crashes
Chromebook SH1MMER exploit promises admin jailbreak Schools' laptops are out if this one gets around, tho beware bricking
The wages of sin aren't that great if you're a developer choosing the dark side Salary report shows OKish pay, plus the possibility of getting ripped off and the whole prison thing
Openreach offers more wholesale fiber discounts, rivals call foul CityFibre seethes that move comes straight out of 'dominant operator ... playbook' Networks19 Dec 2022 | 45
With pay strikes ending, BT merges divisions to save £100m in annual costs A day after Openreach engineers overwhelmingly accept new compensation, telco says it will merge Enterprise and Global businesses Networks16 Dec 2022 | 18
Ericsson sells Russian network support biz to local managers Transfers group of employees to new owners, makes 400 other local staff redundant Networks15 Dec 2022 | 7
European telco body looks into terahertz for future 6G comms But the 'push to higher frequencies is driven by engineers, not end users,' says analyst Networks15 Dec 2022 | 43
Arista offers up 800G switches to the data-hungry cloud gods That's a lot of personal data and cat videos per second Networks14 Dec 2022 |
Why did Microsoft just buy fiber optic cable company Lumenisity? When every nanosecond of latency counts, improvements in the physical layer matter Networks13 Dec 2022 | 41
Cisco closes in on debut of cloudy Nexus management service Existing Nexus Dashboard to be recommended for sovereign clouds or air-gapped rigs Networks12 Dec 2022 | 1
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
This is the best pay offer you'll get without more strikes, union tells BT workers Tens of thousands of engineers and call center staff can vote on negotiated pay settlement on 15 December Networks07 Dec 2022 | 29
Cisco unifies GUIs across security range 'Magnetic' design framework, already deployed in Meraki kit, will make it to other products in coming years Networks07 Dec 2022 | 5
Lumen to double size of US network with six million extra miles of fiber Big expansion of 400Gbps networking as it plays catch-up on speeds and feeds Networks06 Dec 2022 | 7
SpaceX chases government cash with Starshield satellites If Starshield smells like Space-BACN, that's because it probably is Networks06 Dec 2022 | 13
Cisco wriggles out from $2 billion bill for ‘willful and egregious’ patent infringements Supreme Court won’t revisit case after agreeing conflict of interest trumped tech Networks06 Dec 2022 | 19
Startup raises $30 million for wireless power delivery system Not the first company in the game to chase cable-free charging dragon Networks05 Dec 2022 | 39
Twitter tries to lure brands back with spend-matching scheme Spend $500k and we'll double your money, but please ignore the trolls Networks02 Dec 2022 | 60
FCC gives SpaceX OK to launch 7.5k Gen2 Starlink satellites Subject to conditions: offer only valid if you can get Starship off the ground Networks02 Dec 2022 | 17
‘Mother of Internet’ Radia Perlman argues for centralized infrastructure Inventor of the spanning tree protocol gets heretical about blockchain, crypto, and why the broken internet is a blessing in disguise Networks02 Dec 2022 | 40
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 | 66
UK to test Starlink satellite broadband for those hard to reach areas But why Elon Musk's satellite broadband biz and not govt-funded OneWeb? Networks01 Dec 2022 | 26
Submarine cable damage brings internet pain to Asia, Africa SEA-ME-WE-5 severed on land in Egypt Networks30 Nov 2022 | 6
BT performs U-turn, agrees to up wages for 85% of UK staff Cost of Living Pay Rise due in January, if unionised workers vote for it in consultative ballot Networks29 Nov 2022 | 20
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 | 69
New York cracks down on carbon fuel-based crypto-mining operations Two-year ban comes as state attempts to reduce emissions by 85% Networks23 Nov 2022 | 33
Waiting for speedy broadband? UK's Openreach prioritizing existing work over fiber expansion Broadband plumber's BT Group parent is determined to cut costs Networks23 Nov 2022 | 51
Reimagining the mining industry with Industrial Internet How the Huawei Cloud Stack is helping Hongliulin embrace intelligent digital transformation Advertorial
Biden administration earmarks $13b to modernize electric grid We need more transmission capacity, and we needed it yesterday Networks21 Nov 2022 | 48
Twitter set for more layoffs as Musk mulls next move Plus: He ran a poll 51.8% in favor of overturning Donald Trump's ban... but some must be bots, right Elon? Networks21 Nov 2022 | 135
EU reaches agreement on satellite comms project: Opens Iris Very keen to unhook infrastructure from 'third countries', private biz after Ukraine crisis brings situation into focus Networks21 Nov 2022 | 7
Job 1: Get the boss on the network. Job 2: Figure out why Job 1 broke the network for everyone else Who, Me? Running a theme park Help Desk was a non-stop roller coaster ride, and not in a fun way Networks21 Nov 2022 | 52
Network operator Vorboss offers 100 gigabit connectivity – but only in central London Guarantees fixed monthly price – but staffers will have to leg it to the City Networks18 Nov 2022 | 5
Cisco starts 'talent movement options', and restructuring amid real estate cuts Profit down in latest quarter but forecast for 2023 raised Networks17 Nov 2022 | 4
NASA's Artemis mission finally launches after faulty Ethernet switch delayed countdown Should've used Fibre Channel, although some leaky valves didn't help either Networks16 Nov 2022 | 96
Nvidia turns to optical trickery to boost long-haul InfiniBand performance SC22 The platform launches alongside new frameworks for AI preprocessing at the edge Networks15 Nov 2022 | 1
BT preparing to offer financial support to inflation struck staff CEO says UK government cap on energy has given it wiggle room, hopes payment will end further strikes Networks11 Nov 2022 | 2
EU set to sign internet satellite deal, as UK frees up spectrum Hasn't escaped Europe's notice that US, China, Russia are launching sat after sat Networks10 Nov 2022 | 26
Marvell's latest switch may not be fast but the timing is great The chipmaker's Prestera DX1500 family brings Ethernet to OT networks Networks08 Nov 2022 | 1
Fujitsu to test robot datacenter inspector that – trust us – won't take your jobs Robots aren't hard. 5G in a room full of metal is. So is explaining why you need a bot to look at blinkenlights Networks08 Nov 2022 | 14
BT re-enters pay talks to prevent further strikes, says union What forced the change in attitude? The impact on 40,000 broadband connections possibly Networks04 Nov 2022 | 6
FCC taps 13 providers to manage 6GHz band access for new Wi-Fi standards Public will be able to test each system as part of development process Networks03 Nov 2022 | 2
BT CEO ups cost-cutting plan amid rising inflation and soaring energy costs National telecom giant admits strike action is impacting customer broadband connections Networks03 Nov 2022 | 30
Aviatrix releases tool to help enterprises prevent cloud network costs spiraling Just as providers prepare to crank up their fees Networks03 Nov 2022 | 1
Irish government seeks power to bar 'high risk vendors' from telecoms networks Amendment to bill doesn’t name Chinese companies ... but is eerily similar to regs that target Huawei and ZTE Networks31 Oct 2022 | 10
Russia says Starlink satellites could become military targets Urges peace in space, while also threatening to shoot western war zone internet out of the sky Networks28 Oct 2022 | 105
If you think 5G is overhyped, wait till you meet 5.5G Less than half of next gen networking users say it has improved speed or reliability for them Networks28 Oct 2022 | 54
Left to its own devices: Huawei swipes right on revs, but profits down Still trying to recover from massive blow to its handset business Networks27 Oct 2022 | 1
Vodafone's software-defined silicon bet signals a biz model shakeup It's not through Intel, which remains quiet on plans to enable chip features via code Networks27 Oct 2022 | 7
Chinese carriers collectively claim to have cracked a billion 5G subs 5G was meant to top a billion subs globally this year – China may have done it single-handed Networks25 Oct 2022 | 5
Red Hat, Intel open centers for the edge Shuttling sensor data all the way into the cloud is so 2014 Networks25 Oct 2022 |
Starlink terminals reportedly smuggled into Iran amid internet shutdowns Don't thank Elon Networks24 Oct 2022 | 14
Union meeting BT shareholders today to discuss strikes, pay rises Exclusive CWU also planning to re-ballot entire workforce, claims stoppages are delaying fiber and network builds Networks24 Oct 2022 | 9
Biden wants SpaceX to beam internet to Iran amid uprising Er, did Joe forget who runs Starlink? Networks21 Oct 2022 | 46
Basecamp decamps from cloud: 'Renting computers is (mostly) a bad deal' Why does it always rain on renters, asks CTO? Networks20 Oct 2022 | 25
SpaceX's in-flight Wi-Fi, Starlink Aviation, takes to the skies Oh c'mon! Was it too much to expect Skynet? Networks19 Oct 2022 | 10
Cisco's latest switch packs 32 800G ports into a pizza box If you need even more speed, Nvidia and Broadcom have silicon twice as fast Networks19 Oct 2022 | 5
Children should have separate sections in social media sites, says UK coroner Also recommends age verification as Meta tells The Reg it's working on parental controls Networks18 Oct 2022 | 86
Huawei rolls dice, adds exec heads to enterprise and carrier divisions amid troubled times Wang and Li appointed following death of Ryan Ding Networks18 Oct 2022 | 3
Musk says Starlink will keep providing free service to Ukraine 'Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $' Networks17 Oct 2022 | 25
UK regulator proposes price cap on Motorola as supplier of Airwave network Home Office and emergency services appear to be locked in with monopoly provider, market watchdog says Networks17 Oct 2022 | 16
Starlink, shot by both sides in Ukrainian fracas, lives to fight on Opinion Jam today, jam tomorrow? Networks17 Oct 2022 | 44
It's official: UK telcos legally obligated to remove Huawei kit Immediate ban on new installations in 5G networks, all contravening gear must be gone by end of 2027 Networks13 Oct 2022 | 86
ULA's Vulcan Centaur to launch in early '23, with lunar lander and first Amazon broadband sats Two down, 3,234 to go for Amazon's Kuiper service as it chases Starlink Networks13 Oct 2022 | 7
Extreme Networks fesses up to selling kit to Russian hypersonic missile maker Buyer Avangard's ordnance has reportedly been used against Ukraine Networks13 Oct 2022 | 21
Quit worrying about 5G C-band and crashing aircraft, US govt eggheads sigh Back off FAA, I'm a scientist Networks12 Oct 2022 | 13
Boffins rejoice: US Energy Department's research network gets a 400G upgrade Because 100G was so 2011 Networks12 Oct 2022 | 2
Intel chips in on optical modem for DARPA's 'internet of satellites' Mmmmm... smells like Space-BACN Networks11 Oct 2022 | 3
Airline 'in talks' with Kyndryl after failed network card grounds flights Delays and cancellations thought to have cost Aer Lingus millions Networks10 Oct 2022 | 49
Viasat and Inmarsat $7.3b tie-up delayed over competition concerns The multibillion dollar question: Will it make in-flight Wi-Fi on planes more expensive? Networks07 Oct 2022 | 6
If you need a TCP replacement, you won't find a QUIC one Systems Approach But we can say what this upcoming protocol is good for Networks07 Oct 2022 | 20
He's only gone and done it. Ex-Register vulture elected to board of .uk registry Kieren's here to chew bubblegum and kick Nominet ass. And he's all out of bubblegum Networks07 Oct 2022 | 46
Europe lagging behind South Korea, Japan, US in 5G rollout UK and Germany among adoption leaders in the region Networks06 Oct 2022 | 21
BT will back down in face of non-stop protests, says union CWU: Just like UK government did a reverse-ferret on tax, so will national telecom titan on staff pay Networks06 Oct 2022 | 8
FCC takes on robotexts. Good news if your dad thinks IRS gives SMS rebates But how will you know when your vehicle's extended warranty has expired? Networks03 Oct 2022 | 16
Vodafone and Three's UK arms locked in merger talks Regulators might have thing or two to say. And analysts warn of post consolidation price rises Networks03 Oct 2022 | 33
The open internet repels its most insidious attackers. They’ll return Opinion It’ll take an army of billions to hold them back. Let’s make one Networks03 Oct 2022 | 42
As Hurricane Ian hits, FCC rules cell carriers must help each other in disasters You will or won't do it voluntarily? Doesn't matter, we'll mandate it Networks30 Sep 2022 | 8
Reverse DNS queries may reveal too much, computer scientists argue When you combine it with DHCP, that spells TRACK ME Networks29 Sep 2022 | 25
Google challenges US ISPs with 100Gbps fiber broadband An internet advertiser as your service provider – what could go wrong? Networks29 Sep 2022 | 18
UN's ITU election may spell the end of our open internet Updated Russia, China believe in more national control, maybe baked into standards. Resistance is fierce - and was victorious! Networks29 Sep 2022 | 67
Cisco asks shareholders to vote against global tax transparency Amazon's already said no to country-by-country breakdown Networks27 Sep 2022 | 7
Consolidation looms for UK broadband providers Too many small fish in the pond mean the bigger ones are about to enjoy a feeding frenzy Networks27 Sep 2022 | 58