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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Huawei has lost two court appeals within a few days that together set back its desire to return to supplying European and US telcos with its equipment.
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Minister of Communications, Yoaz Hendel, has confirmed that Israel is to abolish the split it imposed between infrastructure providers and internet service suppliers.
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Private Bahraini telco Kalaam Telecom has updated its infrastructure map following the acquisition of Zajil Telecom.
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Lightpath, the NY metro-based fibre provider, has left its home state to launch operations in Boston (pictured).
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Caban Systems (Caban), a provider of software-enabled energy storage and management systems for the telecoms industry, has secured investment from Ember Infrastructure (Ember).
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Nominations for the Global Carrier Awards are now open.
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Season 2, episode 20 is presented by deputy editor Melanie Mingas, and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, senior reporter Natalie Bannerman, and special guest Tiago Rodrigues, CEO, Wireless Broadband Alliance.
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Sinch has partnered with Jazz to ensure messages received by Jazz subscribers are safer, more secure, free of spam and only sent to the intended recipient.
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The first wholesale connectivity provider in LATAM to receive payments in cryptocurrency
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NTT Ltd has appointed Sunil Kishore as its new senior executive vice president (SEVP) of managed network & collaboration services.
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A new satellite communications project is to use quantum encryption from the start, to protect customers’ data.
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The creation of Celcom Digi Berhad is "a matter of days or a week" away from completion, according to Axiata CEO Izzaddin Idris.
