BT is ditching workers faster than your internet connection with 55,000 for chop by 2030
FTTP build to be done by then, network will be more 'efficient,' AI to take over in customer services
Networks18 May 2023 | 112
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Up to £895M up for grabs in UK Emergency Services procurement
Here we go again: Next piece in troubled ESN upgrade
Networks18 May 2023 | 16
Telco giant Vodafone to cut 11,000 staff as part of its turnaround plan
Company 'more complex' than it needs to be, thousands set to lose jobs
Networks16 May 2023 | 42
AFRINIC warns members of fake news campaign, voting rights grab
Mysterious society fingered as source
Networks16 May 2023 | 2
Remember those millions of fake net neutrality comments? Fallout continues
Trio of digital marketing firms cough up $600K to make astroturfing brouhaha just go away
Networks15 May 2023 | 33
So much for Pakistan’s plan for digital economy – it’s turned off the internet
As protests roil, connectivity has been cut with no relief in sight
Networks11 May 2023 | 10
Cisco to manufacture telecoms gear in India – but not much and not soon
‘To further strengthen and diversify the supply chain’ which is just what India loves to hear
Networks11 May 2023 | 2
Don't turn it off and on again: Expired Cisco cert cripples vEdge SD-WAN kit
Updates said to be rolling out now... if your gateway hasn't already bricked itself
Networks10 May 2023 | 15
Google Cloud's watery Parisian outage enters third week, with no end in sight
To make matters worse, other bits of the same region have wobbled
Networks10 May 2023 | 20
LinkedIn links out of China with 716 roles for the chop
Basic InCareers app perfect candidate to be included in cost cutting
Networks09 May 2023 | 5
Cloudflare opposes Europe's plan to make Big Tech help pay for networks
Prefers open peering – from which it profits
Networks09 May 2023 | 14
The future of cars may be self-driving EVs gossiping about their humans and traffic
Which might explain what Qualcomm wants with Autotalks
Networks08 May 2023 | 23
Telcos need another $3B in Uncle Sam's cash to remove Chinese network kit, says FCC
Take it Huawei? Not if they don't think Feds will refund them
Networks05 May 2023 | 30
European companies form space jam to secure comms sovereignty with satellites
IRIS² program aims to get the EU off other countries' infrastructure
Networks05 May 2023 | 23
Beware of geeks bearing gifts, so check the fine print on Cisco's latest financing deal
Buy now, even services or second-hand kit, and pay in 2024 … if you feel lucky
Networks04 May 2023 | 4
West warns Malaysia to keep Huawei out of 5G networks
Entertaining offers from 'untrusted suppliers' could cause damage, according to US and EU envoys
Networks02 May 2023 | 25
US sanctions cut Huawei profits by half in first quarter
The Chinese tech giant has 'yet again increased investment in R&D' to make up for technology losses
Networks28 Apr 2023 | 10
UK emergency services take DIY approach amid 12-year wait for comms upgrade
Motorola's contract departure draws question mark over future of ESN
Networks28 Apr 2023 | 77
China again signals desire to shape global IPv6 standards
As local usage slips despite annual call to do better
Networks28 Apr 2023 | 36
The truth about those claims of Qualcomm chips secretly snooping on you
Analysis Snapdragon giant and others insist alleged data gathering is overblown
Networks27 Apr 2023 | 36
Tokyo has millions of surplus Wi-Fi access points that should be shared with blockchain, says NTT
Claims it's verified viability of city-scale network that would free vast resources, in Japan or elsewhere
Networks27 Apr 2023 | 29
5G on the high seas brings the Internet of Things to Singapore's port
Inspection drones and telemedicine enabled by island-hopping hybrid network
Networks27 Apr 2023 | 2
Spain gets EU cash to test next gen network, and US 'scrum for 6G' already under way
How much better do mobile networks really have to be by 2030-ish?
Networks26 Apr 2023 | 28
Chinese city of Changshu to issue salaries in digital yuan
Adoption has been slow, maybe because there are few places to use it
Networks26 Apr 2023 | 22
Aruba's AI strategy cuts the backchat, talks network automation instead
What's NaaS? Whatever customers need it to be
Networks25 Apr 2023 |
Building your own private 5G is as easy as Wi-Fi
Systems Approach YMMV. Hold onto your hats, we're diving into network technicals today
Networks25 Apr 2023 | 24
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
Ericsson braces for 'choppy' year despite meeting Q1 expectations
Waning 5G deployments in response to economic uncertainty blamed
Networks18 Apr 2023 |
Germany to examine China-made kit in its 5G networks over security concerns
Do you like American music? I like American music
Networks17 Apr 2023 | 13
Tencent said to have demoted and fired tech bosses after brief outages
Think the news has execs at Microsoft 365 or AWS quaking in their boots?
Networks14 Apr 2023 | 10
Twitter users can now trade stocks on the platform – sort of
Musk's everything app begins to take shape ... by adding links to an outside service
Networks13 Apr 2023 | 20
Elon Musk actually sits down and talks to 'government-funded media' the BBC
Updated Plus: RIP Twitter Inc – it's X Corp now
Networks12 Apr 2023 | 108
UK govt wants standalone 5G by 2030 but won't shell out to help hit target
Instead tech department working on 'range of measures' to foster investment
Networks12 Apr 2023 | 105
Amazon: Diamonds are a quantum network's best friend
While we're just here for De Beers
Networks06 Apr 2023 | 8
UK's Emergency Services Network unlikely to start operating until 2029
CMA initiates price cap amid spiraling costs, Motorola Solutions to appeal
Networks06 Apr 2023 | 21
Cisco Moscow trashed offices as it quit Putin's putrid pariah state
Even destroyed spare parts, then may have rubbed salt into the wound by filing for tax write-offs
Networks06 Apr 2023 | 97
Parts of UK booted offline as Virgin Media suffers massive broadband outage
Updated Even managed to kick its own website into touch in spectacular fail
Networks04 Apr 2023 | 139
Defunct comms link connected to nothing at a fire station – for 15 years
Who, Me? Realization they'd burned money for ages led to smoldering solution rather than angry conflagration
Networks03 Apr 2023 | 131
Decade-old patent battle goes Apple's way
But wait! There could be more litigation as VirnetX isn't giving up yet
Networks31 Mar 2023 | 14
Lockheed Martin launches biz to build lunar satellite network
Crescent Space will be 'well positioned' to get a piece of NASA's cash pie, no contract yet
Networks29 Mar 2023 | 1
Amazon opens its ad-hoc Wi-Fi-sipping Sidewalk mesh to all manner of gadgets
A reminder you can still opt-out
Networks28 Mar 2023 | 33
APNIC backed off naming naughty nominees after injunction threat
Code of conduct complaints were not publicized in case it disrupted voting
Networks28 Mar 2023 | 3
OneWeb lofts last batch of satellites to enable global internet service
Mission accomplished? Meanwhile Musk's Starlink's V2 sats experience de-orbit-worthy 'issues'
Networks27 Mar 2023 | 3
Botched migration resulted in a great deal: One for the price of two
Who Me? Moving premises can have all manner of hidden traps. Here's one to watch for
Networks27 Mar 2023 | 99
Cisco, Huawei, Ericsson on the hook for Philippine telco's $880M overspend
Next time you blow a project budget, console yourself that you weren’t this bad
Networks24 Mar 2023 | 4
Turing Award goes to Robert Metcalfe, co-inventor of the Ethernet
A cool $1 million to a man who is not afraid to eat his own words, nor roll out his own cable
Networks23 Mar 2023 | 42
IT phone home: How to run up a $20K bill in two days and get away with it by blaming Cisco
Who, Me? Badly configured routers ended up costing a bundle
Networks20 Mar 2023 | 141
Germany clocks that ripping out Huawei, ZTE network kit won't be cheap or easy
More than half of Euro nation's infrastructure would have to go
Networks18 Mar 2023 | 58
UK watchdog still not ruled on Openreach wholesale fiber discounts
Rival network operators champing at the bit amid claims dominant former state firm's undercutting them
Networks17 Mar 2023 | 14
Lenovo ordered to pay $140M for InterDigital patents – sees this as a 'major win'
Oh wait, another appeal is on the way. Seventh time the charm?
Networks17 Mar 2023 | 11
Biden wants to claw back, flog off 1.5GHz of spectrum
Good news, unless trees or walls get in the way
Networks15 Mar 2023 | 10
Amazon: Behold our antennas, which you cannot use just yet
Project Kuiper satellite broadband coming next year, maybe
Networks15 Mar 2023 | 15
Requiem for Google Reader, dead for a decade but not forgotten
Special report RSS pioneer Dave Winer sees Mastodon as a positive sign
Networks14 Mar 2023 | 50
Qualcomm tries to kick holes in logic behind €242M fine
Hopes to avoid paying up for crushing a rival while helping Huawei and ZTE to prosper
Networks14 Mar 2023 | 4
Rebel without a clause: ISP promises broadband with no contract
We don't need to trap customers to force loyalty, says boss
Networks13 Mar 2023 | 45
Switchzilla revisits training and cert tools with looming debut of 'Cisco U.'
Some training in refreshed certification platform to be free, including short how-to vids
Networks13 Mar 2023 | 7
Is this the year 100GE NICs go mainstream? If you're into AI, it might be
Gotta go fast!
Networks10 Mar 2023 | 5
60% of Germany's 5G network is Huawei, says Chinese embassy
Would be a shame if anything happened to it
Networks09 Mar 2023 | 40
£2B in UK taxpayer cash later, and still no Emergency Services Network
And not even a tentative date for a system go-live either
Networks09 Mar 2023 | 112
US Air Force scares up $75.5M for ad-hoc missile silo network
At a planned 25k square miles, it's said to be largest net of its kind yet
Networks07 Mar 2023 | 7
Biting the hand that feeds IT
