FCC to telcos: By law you must secure your networks from foreign spies. Get on it
Plus: Uncle Sam is cross with this one Chinese biz over Salt Typhoon mega-snooping
CSO17 Jan 2025 | 28
Telecommunications
Scammers exploit UK's digital landline switch to swipe cash
Old deadline of January 2025 being used to push victims into paying up
Networks10 Jan 2025 | 36
FCC boss urges speedy spectrum auction to fund 'Rip'n'Replace' of Chinese kit
Telcos would effectively fund grants paid to protect national security
Networks08 Jan 2025 | 15
Charter, Consolidated, Windstream reportedly join China's Salt Typhoon victim list
Slow drip of compromised telecom networks continues
Cyber-crime06 Jan 2025 | 4
Encryption backdoor debate 'done and dusted,' former White House tech advisor says
interview When the FBI urges E2EE, you know it's serious business
Cyber-crime04 Jan 2025 | 72
Will 2025 be the year satellite-to-smartphone services truly take off?
Analysis Connectivity direct to unmodified mobes looms, thanks to Starlink and co
Networks02 Jan 2025 | 39
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NARROWER TOPICS
More telcos confirm China Salt Typhoon security breaches as White House weighs in
Intrusions allowed Beijing to 'geolocate millions of individuals, record phone calls at will'
Cyber-crime30 Dec 2024 | 36
Blocking Chinese spies from intercepting calls? There ought to be a law
Sen. Wyden blasts FCC's 'failure' amid Salt Typhoon hacks
Security11 Dec 2024 | 17
China's Salt Typhoon recorded top American officials' calls, says White House
No word yet on who was snooped on. Any bets?
CSO09 Dec 2024 | 24
Salt Typhoon forces FCC's hand on making telcos secure their networks
Proposal pushes stricter infosec safeguards after Chinese state baddies expose vulns
Security06 Dec 2024 | 4
Telco security is a dumpster fire and everyone's getting burned
Opinion The politics of cybersecurity are too important to be left to the politicians
Security02 Dec 2024 | 63
China has utterly pwned 'thousands and thousands' of devices at US telcos
Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his 'hair is on fire' as execs front the White House
Cyber-crime25 Nov 2024 | 51
Trump's pick to run the FCC has told us what he plans: TikTok ban, space broadband, and Section 230 reform
Loathes Big Tech and is not at all keen on net neutrality
Public Sector19 Nov 2024 | 120
FCC probes whether it can pop a cap in ISP data caps
'Our networks have the capacity to meet consumer demand without these restrictions,' says chair
Networks16 Oct 2024 | 10
Verizon outages across US as hurricane recovery continues
Final update California, Arizona, beyond affected as well as storm-smashed states
Networks30 Sep 2024 | 15
Verizon snaps up Frontier in $20B fiber power play
Marking yet another round of telecom consolidation
Networks05 Sep 2024 | 9
FCC finally gets around to banning Kaspersky from telecoms kit
Communications agency now passing on the order to operators
Networks04 Sep 2024 | 3
Indian telcos to cut off scammy, spammy, telemarketers for two whole years
There's a blockchain involved so it's totally going to stop you getting those calls
Public Sector14 Aug 2024 | 33
Appeals court kicks fate of net neutrality in America further down the road
Judges wonder out loud: If Congress wanted this, it would have passed a law, no?
Networks02 Aug 2024 | 8
64% of people not happy about idea of AI-generated customer service
Not unreasonably, nearly half worried it would give them the 'wrong answers'
Personal Tech09 Jul 2024 | 54
Europol says mobile roaming tech is making its job too hard
Privacy measures apparently helping criminals evade capture
Cyber-crime05 Jul 2024 | 36
AT&T forbidden from cutting landline services to large parts of California
Telecoms company will remain a carrier of last resort per CPUC ruling
Networks21 Jun 2024 | 22
T-Mobile US drags New Jersey borough to court over school cell tower permit denial
Comms outfit says 'think of the children' isn't a legal reason to reject application
Networks18 Jun 2024 | 32
Two cuffed over suspected smishing campaign using 'text message blaster'
Thousands of dodgy SMSes bypassed network filters in UK-first case, it is claimed
Cyber-crime10 Jun 2024 | 23
Big Telco takes aim at renewed net neutrality rules
New red-tape will cost us big, American ISPs and their lobbyists claim
Networks06 Jun 2024 | 10
Flying phone base stations to take off over Japan in 2026
NTT Docomo teams with Airbus subsidiary to make it happen
Networks04 Jun 2024 | 2
Recycling old copper wires could be worth billions for telcos
800,000 metric tons of cabling is just lying there
Networks31 May 2024 | 61
AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile US fined $200M for selling off people's location info
Carriers claim real culprits are getting away with it - the data brokers
Personal Tech29 Apr 2024 |
911 goes MIA across multiple US states, cause unclear
Updated Some say various cell services were out, others still say landlines were affected. What just happened?
Networks18 Apr 2024 | 36
SIM swap crooks solicit T-Mobile US, Verizon staff via text to do their dirty work
No breach responsible for employee contact info getting out, says T-Mo
Cyber-crime16 Apr 2024 | 5
Tele2 secure collaboration hub for public sector keeps Swedish data in Sweden
Data sovereignty is eftersökt these days
Networks08 Apr 2024 | 2
Vodafone, Three hustle to tie knot before regulators crash wedding
Price hikes and reduced competition in virtual network space raised as major concerns
Networks22 Mar 2024 | 27
ChatGPT side-channel attack has easy fix: Token obfuscation
Infosec in brief Also: Roblox-themed infostealer on the prowl, telco insider pleads guilty to swapping SIMs, and some crit vulns
Security18 Mar 2024 | 2
UK minister tells telcos to share telegraph poles if they can't lay cable underground
The NIMBYs are fed up, and it's an election year
Networks15 Mar 2024 | 61
China Unicom becomes Middle Kingdom's second carrier with a billion subscribers
Rivals aren't far behind and 5G numbers are huge, but growth is slowing
Off-Prem21 Feb 2024 | 2
Biden admin keeps O-RAN dream alive with $42M funding for R&D facility
AT&T, Verizon leading new initiative to finally commercialize OpenRAN technology, sans timeline
Networks13 Feb 2024 | 2
FCC gets tough: Telcos must now tell you when your personal info is stolen
Yep, cell carriers didn't have to do this before
Security12 Feb 2024 | 8
Nokia walks the walk about its RAN to play on Uncle Sam’s China fears
Comment It pays not to be Huawei, and the US military can be lucrative, too
Security17 Jan 2024 | 8
Adios, dead zones: Starlink relays SMS in space for unmodified phones on Earth
Now you'll never have an excuse for missing that weekend work text or call
Networks12 Jan 2024 | 58
Is it time for 6G already? Traffic analysis says yep
Comment 5G networks won't have the capacity to cope by end of the decade
Networks29 Dec 2023 | 134
India's long-awaited telecoms bill drops language that would have regulated social media
OTT apps in the clear. Indian citizens, not so much – law proposes registration, surveillance, and shutdown powers
Public Sector19 Dec 2023 | 7
FCC reminds US mobile carriers that customer data needs to be protected
Telcos schooled on how to combat SIM swapping and port-out fraud
Networks13 Dec 2023 | 5
UK government rings the death knell for SIM farms
Acts under the guise of protecting the public from fraud, yet history suggests Home Office has other motives
Security29 Nov 2023 | 80
Major telco outage leaves millions of Australians disconnected
Communication minister advises businesses to “keep receipts”
Networks08 Nov 2023 | 36
Brit competition regulator will make or break Vodafone and Three union
Interested parties invited to speak now or forever hold your peace
Networks12 Oct 2023 | 45
Israel and Italy have cheapest mobile data out of 237 countries
Some in globe pay just $0.02 per GB, others rinsed for $43.75
Networks28 Sep 2023 | 42
FCC plans to restore net neutrality rules tossed out under Trump
Discriminatory handling of data and paid internet fast lanes could again be disallowed
Networks26 Sep 2023 | 29
South Korean telco SK Broadband and Netflix call a truce in network payment fight
Maybe better together? Duo announce AI and entertainment product partnership
Legal18 Sep 2023 | 3
22 million Brits suffer broadband outage blues and are paying a premium for it
Southampton top for connectivity flops, says Uswitch research
Networks08 Sep 2023 | 71
Aerial cable tangles are still being strung up, but carriers are slowly burying the problem
'Sky spaghetti' remains on the menu for Asian carriers, and tourists
Networks28 Aug 2023 | 46
We'll show you our patents if you show us yours, say Huawei and Ericsson
Analysts reckon extension of 2016 deal will be good for industry – as long there are no gotchas
Networks25 Aug 2023 | 12
South Korea's biggest mobile telco says 5G has failed to deliver on its promise
Inflated expectations and an underdeveloped ecosystem have led to consumer disappointment
Networks21 Aug 2023 | 35
NASA to test potential 400Mbps laser link for Mars
High bandwidth comms experiment to fly with Psyche asteroid mission in October
Networks10 Aug 2023 | 12
Canada's Telus to shed 6K workers as profits plunge 61%
Big cheese asks if anyone wants to take early retirement?
Networks04 Aug 2023 | 10
Telecom giants dial up the heat on suppliers: It's not you, it's your CO2
Tackling sneaky Scope 3 emissions with 'best practices' and a 'climate lens'
Networks04 Aug 2023 | 6
It’s official: Vodafone and Three to tie the knot in the UK
Smile and say '5G' – CK Hutch and Voda group couple up in MergeCo
Networks14 Jun 2023 | 47
Billionaire BT stalker Patrick Drahi increases stake to 24.5%
Just a shade under the 25% threshold that would spark investigation, but he still doesn't want to take over, honest
Networks23 May 2023 | 9
5G on the high seas brings the Internet of Things to Singapore's port
Inspection drones and telemedicine enabled by island-hopping hybrid network
Networks27 Apr 2023 | 2
Florida folks dragged out of bed by false emergency texts
Laugh while you can, UK residents – you've got a nationwide emergency alert system test this weekend
Offbeat21 Apr 2023 | 158
Google Fi still kicking, gets third rebrand in less than a decade
It's better than a one-way trip to the Graveyard
Personal Tech20 Apr 2023 | 7
Huawei masters the great vanishing act as UK sales evaporate
Revenues one third of 2018 peak as US and UK sanctions weigh heavy on Chinese biz
Networks19 Apr 2023 | 28
India gives itself a mission to lead the 'Global South' into 6G era
Builds its own seat at the standards development table
Off-Prem23 Mar 2023 | 8
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