Cyber Security
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BT has announced an expansion of its managed secure SD-WAN solution for UK business and public sector customers. -
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.
Forthcoming events
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BT is to build what it calls the world’s first quantum-secured commercial metro network, operating from London to Bristol.
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Pension investor TIAA has backed Arcadian Infracom's new, long-haul fibre backbone with "up to US$140 million".
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Stonepeak now owns a 50% stake in DELTA Fibre following an ownership shakeup.
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Telstra is the selected carrier for Microsoft Azure Peering Service and Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams.
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Airtel Africa has appointed Olusegun "Segun" Ogunsanya, as managing director and chief executive officer.
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Avalon Campus gets bigger. Construction of Avalon 3, the new hyper-connected and sustainable Data Center in Milan, is under way.
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SoftBank has partnered with SES to deliver live sporting events in Japan.
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DigitalBridge Group has acquired the 24MW CA22 facility for $539 million, expanding its Vantage SDC (Stabilized Data Centers) platform.
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Reinforcing the investment value in ICT, AustralianSuper has snapped up a 70% stake in another tower portfolio.
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Neeloy Bhattacharyya, Dell Technologies' former director of systems engineering, has landed a new role as VP of customer experience at Kaloom.
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IoT network carrier 1NCE has raised $50 million in capital from a raft of investors including Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank.
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Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from its business activities to "effectively zero by 2030".
