Why post-Covid DDoS gangs have their sights aimed on telecoms
DDoS gangs appear to have taken a real interest in telecoms over the last few years, reaching its high watermark over the last year.
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Myanmar telcos reportedly pressured to install spyware
The failed state of Myanmar, which is currently run by a military junta, is apparently preventing telecoms execs from leaving the country until they install wire taps.
How mobile ad and carrier billing fraud flourished during COVID-19 pandemic
As the world anxiously waits out a global pandemic, cyber thieves have been taking full advantage of our lives getting increasingly and rapidly digitalized to commit mobile fraud of epic proportions.
What MNOs need to achieve revenue optimisation and operational excellence
In this interview, Matteo Gatta, CEO of BICS, talks about the company’s strategy to address mobile network operators’ needs on revenue optimisation, operational excellence, customer experience, and risk reduction, and why MNOs should work with BICS. Q1. What do you see as the main issues and challenges currently impacting mobile operators? What do they need […]
WhatsApp resists Indian mass surveillance demands
The Indian government is increasingly unhappy about its inability to intercept private communications.
UK requires device makers to provide better security info
Proposed new UK legislation will require device makers to provide vital security information to consumers at the point of sale to help protect against cyber-attack.
AdaptiveMobile Security reckons 5G network slicing contains a major security flaw
Research published by mobile security specialist AdaptiveMobile claims all the extra complexity created by network slicing leads to new vulnerabilities.
McAfee uncovers Chinese cyber espionage campaign to steal 5G secrets
Operation Diànxùn used a fake Huawei career site to target telecoms professionals with the apparent aim of getting hold of 5G technologies.
US judge overturns Xiaomi blacklisting
One of Trump’s last acts as President was to blacklist Chinese gadget giant Xiaomi for reasons basic due process has revealed to be fundamentally flawed.
India takes steps towards Huawei, ZTE ban
The Indian government has published new procurement rules for the telecoms space, a move that looks a lot like step in the direction of blocking Chinese vendors from the market.
IPX – maximising security for a global community
IPX covers data, signalling, voice and messaging, includes transport/proxy and hub services, and ensures an end-to-end quality of service.
Corporate America vs China Inc: the constants and the variables
With the many different forces in play it’s very difficult to accurately project where the equilibrium of the US-China dynamic in the technology and telecoms sectors will go under the Biden administration, or if there will ever be an equilibrium at all.
Corporate America vs China Inc: a halfway house?
The most likely future relationship between the two superpowers will neither go back to the hyper-globalised world nor revert to the earlier model of business conducted on national level entirely insulated from one another.
Corporate America vs China Inc: good riddance?
Another extreme scenario, the opposite to that of going back to the romanticised good days of globalisation, would be a complete parting of ways between the US and China.
Securing the path from 4G to 5G
Where security was very once much a secondary topic, today it is fundamental to the design, build and operation of the core network.
China threatens Sweden over 5G vendor ban
Sweden went ahead with its 5G spectrum auction despite legal challenges from Huawei and now China is not happy.
The Telecoms.com Podcast: Public cloud, OpenRAN and towers
Week 2 of Lockdown 3 sees Scott and Iain open with another look at the pros and cons of the public cloud after watching AWS throw its weight around. They move on to OpenRAN, which is increasingly becoming a political football and conclude with an analysis of consolidation in the telecoms towers sector.
The megalomania of US tech oligarchs is balkanising the internet
Targeted censorship and inept enforcement of terms of service are pouring fuel on the factional fire and driving millions of people to alternative platforms.
SoftBank accuses Rakuten of industrial espionage
A former employee of Japanese operator group Softbank, who now works for rival MNO Rakuten Mobile, has been arrested on suspicion of violating unfair competition prevention law.
China’s biggest chipmaker added to Entity List
SMIC has been formally added to the Entity List by the US Commerce Department, hitting the Chinese chipmaker’s access to American technology and equipment.
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