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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Karsten Gewecke, VP for the EMEA broadband business unit at Zyxel Communications, explains how the firm overcame a global crisis to keep its products moving between Taiwan and Europe
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An expansion project at the American Tower's Atlanta-based Metro Data Center has added almost 20,000 square feet and 2MW of capacity to the facility.
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Somalia's Hormuud Telecom has launched the country's first native mobile money app, WAAFI.
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Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten global operators, has launched a managed cyber security training platform to protect businesses against cyber attacks.
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Macquarie Telecom Group has appointed Major General Marcus Thompson AM PhD – the former head of the Australian Defence Force’s cyber warfare division – to its new government advisory board.
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Angola Cables is now offering a global data centre interconnection (GDI) service, leveraging its direct link to major international data centres and PoPs in the network.
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Data center and connectivity service provider Ascenty is using Seaborn’s international fiber network to connect its São Paulo and Vinhedo data centers in Brazil to the US.
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With five major regional groups, the Latam region is facing lower revenues year-on-year, but the demand for infrastructure continues to grow. Tomás Sarmiento and Georgia Jordan, research analysts for Kagan, the media research unit of S&P Global Market Intelligence, explain.
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From fibre and satellites to towers and subsea, Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman dives into the markets along South America’s west coast, to see how its digital transformation is progressing.
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Augusto Dumit, director of multinationals and wholesale at Tigo Business, speaks to Natalie Bannerman about the journey from launch to present day and how the business is rising to meet the demands of its customers.
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Team Telecom Group (TTG), an international communications organisation, has completed its management buy-out (MBO).
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Sunrise UPC, the Swiss unit of Liberty Global that was acquired last year, is to cut 600 jobs by the end of next year.
