Fraud
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Proximus Global, through its messaging security arm 365squared, has launched 365guard, an AI-powered platform designed to help mobile network operators (MNOs) fight back against the growing wave of SMS fraud, spam, and ‘smishing’ attacks. -
XConnect has acquired Sekura.id, a provider of mobile identity, authentication and fraud prevention services.
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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).
Forthcoming events
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from Subsea cables to roaming charges and satellite launches.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet venture has been informed by the Indian government to refund all pre-orders in the country.
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AT&T has partnered with NVIDIA to offer 5G GeForce NOW subscriptions to its customers.
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#ICYMI - Capacity shares five key telecoms stories that were making headlines in December!
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Vodafone has announced a strategic partnership with Oman Future Telecommunications (OFT) to develop its 5G network and bring cloud services to the country.
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IHS Towers has appointed Bill Bates as its senior vice president and chief strategy officer.
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Africa’s largest data centre services provider has joined the likes of Interxion and Ascenty to become a Digital Realty company.
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Capacity shares five key 5G stories to know for January 4, 2022.
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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd is to provide backhaul services for "one of the world's largest MNOs", allowing it to deploy 4G voice and data services over LTE.
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Roaming charges have been reintroduced by EE this month with Vodafone UK set to follow on January 6.
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Three and EE have announced they have joined the BAI Communications network to provide 4G and 5G mobile connectivity across the London Underground.
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Airtel Africa confirms that Chimera Investment has investment $50 million in Airtel Mobile Commerce (AMC BV), through shares from one of its subsidiaries.
