Fraud and Security
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T-Mobile’s cybersecurity chief has come out in support of the company’s security measures after it was targeted by Chinese-linked hackers, saying its defences “worked as designed.” -
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.
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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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Veon has added a new face to its leadership line-up after appointing Michael Schulz to the role of group chief people officer.
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EdgeConneX has agreed to acquire Israel-based Global Data Center (GDC), in a deal that includes underground facilities in Herzliya and Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv.
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Lendlease has confirmed its first data centre in Japan, a facility that it said will be "one of the largest of its scale" in the country.
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United Group has struck a deal to purchase Greek operator Wind Hellas from Crystal Almond Holdings for an undisclosed fee.
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British satellite operator Inmarsat is launching a "major upgrade" to its L-band services, which it said would offer faster speeds, and bring new opportunities in industrial IoT and maritime services.
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Mike Michalik, CTO at Evoque Data Center Solutions explains what IT managers are looking for from their cloud providers – and what it means for the future of hybrid
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Deutsche Telekom has raised its profit outlook for the second time this year in is Q2 financial results.
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Infovista is to sell its Ipanema SD-WAN business to Extreme Networks for an undisclosed sum.
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Dish Network reported total revenue of US$4.49 billion for the quarter ending June 30, compared to $3.19 billion for the corresponding period in 2020.
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Eloise Walker and Catherine Robins from Pinsent Masons, explain how changes to the international tax system will affect telecoms and tech multinationals.
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Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) is an emerging business model for communications service providers (CSPs) and enterprises with interest surging.
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Intelsat is providing cellular backhaul services in French Guiana for Orange, via the Intelsat 10-02 satellite.
