Fraud and 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. -
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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Meta is making its Llama family of AI language models available to US government and defence agencies to power security-related AI applications.
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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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The low Earth orbit satellite industry should be ready to face regulatory challenges, according to a Capacity Europe panel.
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The 17th annual Global Carrier Awards (GCAs) was back live in London during this year's Capacity Europe conference.
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Data released on 20 October by British regulator Ofcom confirmed that 44.6 million adults in the UK were targeted with scam calls and texts over the summer.
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A panel at Capacity Europe has revealed the Digital Silk Way is on track to see several project milestones over the coming weeks as infrastructure deployments progress.
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RETN is enhancing its network presence with a new DWDM route Rezekne, Latvia – Daugavpils, Latvia – Vilnius, Lithuania, one of the shortest existing routes to connect Vilnius and Moscow.
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Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier (DTGC) is to increase the speed of Lambda Connect from 100GE to 400GE, using tech from Ciena.
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HGC Global Communications Limited and the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX) are working together to enhance services for customers in Chicago and the Bay Area.
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Mobile operators will have to offer more than connectivity if they are to make money from 5G.
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Telia Carrier has opted for Telesmart.io’s DID inventory management platform to allow it to simplify and optimise how it delivers global numbers.
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Telcos are behind with regards to the implementation of automation according to Peter Coppens, vice president at Colt.
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The group behind this week’s report on fraud is suggesting the scope should be extended to cover other parts of the telecoms ecosystem.
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Nominations are now open for next year's Datacloud Awards, scheduled to return to Monaco in April.
