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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To support new, mission-critical applications associated with cloud architectures, 5G and Industry 4.0, IP networks must be trusted to provide guaranteed high-performance and secure connectivity. Nokia has pioneered this approach by embedding network security functions into every layer of the IP network infrastructure.
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Nokia has unveiled the fifth generation of its IP routing silicon, adding encryption capabilities and allowing service providers to scale network capacity while delivering higher speed IP services.
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Altice France has entered into an exclusivity agreement to acquire French independent telecom group Coriolis Télécom.
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Ericsson has won a 5G contract with Bhutan Telecom as the landlocked Eastern Himalayan country prepares to launch 5G services at the end of the year.
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XL Axiata has switched on a 4G service for the remote communities located across Maluku and Papua.
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AT&T has teamed up with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to explore and develop 5G and edge computing-based maritime solutions primarily for national defence and homeland security.
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Colt Technology Services (Colt) confirms the appointment of two new senior roles completing the company’s executive leadership team (ELT).
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Quantum satellite start-up Arqit has signed a deal with Juniper Networks to explore network security technology.
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Geneva, Switzerland – 16 September, 2021, Huawei became a founding member of the Equipment Vendor Program (EVP) of the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS), in an effort to actively improve global Internet security.
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Schneider Electric has kitted out a new, on-premise facility for the University of Birmingham Dubai’s new campus, creating energy savings of up to 15% while operating at peak performance.
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Colt Group has committed to achieve net zero emissions by 2030, across all its operations.
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Liberty Latin America confirms that its subsidiary Cable & Wireless Panamá has agreed to acquire América Móvil's operations in Panama (Claro Panamá).
