Cyber Security
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T-Mobile has confirmed a significant cyber attack allegedly carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers, marking the latest in a series of breaches targeting major telecom providers globally.
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US security agencies claim Chinese-affiliated hackers are conducting a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” against US telco operators.
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EU cybersecurity experts conducted a series of exercises to test the bloc’s preparedness for large-scale cyber crises.
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Social media app TikTok has said it will fight an order by the Canadian government to cease operations in the country over national security concerns.
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Google Cloud announced it will make multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for all users of its cloud services.
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Germany’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country’s security agency’s surveillance of international telecom operators to try and detect cyber threats was unconstitutional.
Forthcoming events
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Mobile operators will have to offer more than connectivity if they are to make money from 5G.
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Telia Carrier has opted for Telesmart.io’s DID inventory management platform to allow it to simplify and optimise how it delivers global numbers.
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Telcos are behind with regards to the implementation of automation according to Peter Coppens, vice president at Colt.
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The group behind this week’s report on fraud is suggesting the scope should be extended to cover other parts of the telecoms ecosystem.
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Nominations are now open for next year's Datacloud Awards, scheduled to return to Monaco in April.
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Ericsson has lost market share in China and its overall global sales were down by 1%, the company reported this morning.
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Dataplex Group has a new stakeholder, the Dubai-based DAMAC Group, and is planning a series of greenfield and brownfield development projects across Europe.
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South African telcos Vodacom and MTN have joined Telkom SA’s case against the country’s regulator ICASA over plans to remove temporarily allocated spectrum.
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DE-CIX and Barcelona's Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) have partnered to launch the Global Interconnection Academy, with fully hybrid courses starting in 2022.
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Almost 10 months into its £8 million nationwide edge project across the UK, Pulsant CTO Simon Michie tells Melanie Mingas that things are right on track
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GlobalConnect Carrier is building a new high-capacity freeway between the Nordics and Central Europe that promises virtually unlimited bandwidth. CEO Regina Donato Dahlström tells Melanie Mingas about the developments driving the business case
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As managing director and co-founder of legal firm Trenches Law, which specialises in telecoms and technology, Sharon McDermott’s day is fairly relentless.