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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Cyber security company Darktrace could be worth £2.5 billion or more by the end of April after it announced its plans to float its shares.
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Liquid Telecom began as a carrier providing services across Africa. Now, CEO Nic Rudnick tells Alan Burkitt-Gray why they’ve changed the name to reflect the group’s new business.
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ESR Cayman has acquired a data centre facility in Osaka, Japan, which is estimated to have a gross asset value of around $2.15 billion. It is ESR Cayman's first active data centre development.
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Satellite operator Telesat, has joined MEF, a global federation of network, cloud, and technology providers, to empower enterprise digital transformation.
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The chief executive and CFO who will head the 50/50 joint venture (JV) created by the merger of Virgin Media and O2, have been named.
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The Iberian Peninsula is to become home to a series of new, carbon neutral data centres after Spain's Merlin Properties partnered with Edged Energy.
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Open RAN in Afghanistan, acquisition plans from Digital 9, digital hubs in West Africa and an interview with TSF
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Global network services provider Hurricane Electric has added 13 points-of-presence across the EdgeConneX international edge data centre footprint, to lower latency and improve operations for businesses.
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Flexential has entered into a sale and leaseback transaction with Legacy Investing for the development of its upcoming Hillsboro 3 data centre near Portland, Oregon - its biggest facility yet.
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Telenor Group and Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata) are in advanced discussions regarding a potential merger of its Malaysian mobile operations Digi and Celcom.
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US carrier GTT, which bought European infrastructure company Interoute for US$2.3 billion three years ago, has signed a major UK-based cloud deal.
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Bulgaria has concluded its 5G spectrum auction in a single day, raising US$8.1 million for the state.
