Cyber Security
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A former US telecom and IT worker was sentenced to four years in prison for passing on information about Chinese dissidents to the Chinese government. -
BT has announced an expansion of its managed secure SD-WAN solution for UK business and public sector customers.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Telstra has appointed Noah Drake as vice president of the customer solutions group for the Americas region.
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Yahsat, which began trading on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange (ADX) today, is planning to launch a new satellite in 2023.
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Rural broadband access provider American Broadband has boosted its executive leadership team with several senior appointments.
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Luxembourg is to build a satellite-based quantum key distribution network in association with its local satellite company, SES.
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The proliferation of 5G edge computing is driving the greater need for real-time processing, better user-experience and data intelligence. Capacity heard from Cliff Tam, VP of global data strategy, international business, HGC Global Communications, about the new real-time economy and digital glocalization.
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Expereo, a provider of managed Internet, SD-WAN, SASE, and Cloud access solutions, is to acquire Brodynt, a provider of global managed Internet services, for an undisclosed sum.
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Telia Company's Jonas Bengtsson (pictured) has resigned from his role as executive vice president and general counsel after six years with the company.
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Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou will hear today whether a Canadian court will allow evidence from HSBC in her fight to avoid extradition to the US.
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Millicom to invest $135 million over two to three years as it modernises its mobile networks in Honduras, Paraguay, and Bolivia.
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A double winner back in 2020, it was Sparkle’s projects across the Middle East and Africa, as well as the Americas, that saw it take home the trophies.
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Munich-based network equipment company Adva says it has an optical encryption solution to protect data against cyberattacks from quantum computers.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest we roundup the biggest stories of the week from the latest on DigitalBridge's EdgePoint to the dawn of quantum computing as-a-service.
