Fraud
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XConnect has acquired Sekura.id, a provider of mobile identity, authentication and fraud prevention services. -
Quantum Industries, an Austrian firm developing quantum secure communications technologies, has secured $10 million in seed funding.
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New research from Cisco found that DeepSeek’s flagship R1 AI model failed to block a single harmful prompt during a series of tests that uncovered critical safety flaws.
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DeepSeek took the world by storm this week. However, new research reveals the Chinese AI model has serious ethical and security flaws, including being 11 times more likely to generate harmful output than OpenAI’s o1.
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Numbering intelligence solutions provider XConnect has partnered with the GSMA to take on International Revenue Share Fraud (IRSF).
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has tightened rules for requirements for its Robocall Mitigation Database, placing more accountability on providers to ensure they remain vigilant in dealing with spam calls.
Forthcoming events
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Syniverse will work with Vodafone Oman to enable 5G roaming services in the Middle Eastern country.
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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world today.
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Vodacom has partnered with Amdocs to create an African Centre of Excellence (COE).
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Telstra and the National Hockey League (NHL) have signed a five-year agreement to distribute up to 1,400 games per year using Telstra’s Global Media Network (GMN).
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Speaking at the Huawei webinar "5Grows Together: Innovation for a 5Gigaverse Society" on 13 January, Daisy Zhu, VP of wireless marketing, outlined how 5G is rapidly on the rise around the world, growing to over half a billion users since mobile operators started launching the technology two and a half years ago.
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CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (CITIC Telecom CPC) has appointed Brook Wong (Ching Wa Wong) as its new chief executive officer (CEO).
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued an order revoking China Unicom Americas authority to provide telecoms services in the US.
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Reconnecting Tonga; rebuffing KKR; digital investments down under; and BDx's Braham Singh
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TIM has given its new CEO Pietro Labriola a mandate to explore strategic alternatives as it ponders KKR’s $12.18 billion bid ahead of a board meeting on March 2.
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Telecoms fraud expert Jaime Zetterstrom has joined Somos, the company that runs North American numbering.
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NTT Ltd has appointed Avinash Joshi as the new chief executive officer of its India business.
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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world today.
