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ANGOKA is an IoT security company focused on protecting M2M communications for Smart Cities and Smart Mobility. ANGOKA offers solutions that safeguard communications between devices. The solution effectively provides a “diplomatic bag” to ensure that communications come from an authorised device, arrive at an authorised device…
Cloud-first, AI-first: BT selects Google Cloud for strategic shift
Today, BT has announced a new five-year deal with Google Cloud, aiming to leverage the latter’s AI and cloud expertise to foster a new company culture BT calls ‘The Digital Way’.
According to the press release, the partnership will include a wide range of products and services…
Bug bounties: Telenor Sweden partners ethical hacker group YesWeHack
It is no secret that cybersecurity attacks are on the rise worldwide, growing both in frequency and sophistication. The number of reported ransomware attacks worldwide, for example, grew by roughly 105% in 2021, with governments, the healthcare industry, and telecoms operators being disproportionately popular targets for attackers.
In recognition of this evolving threat, Telenor Sweden has today announced that it has forged a new partnership with crowdsourced security platform YesWeHack, aiming to find and fix vulnerabilities in the operator’s telecoms infrastructure…
India considering lowering prices of 5G spectrum at upcoming auction
Over two years ago, India’s government expressed its intent to set the reserve price for 5G airwaves at 4.92 billion rupees ($64.1 million) per megahertz of spectrum in the 3,300MHz to 3,600 MHz bands.
Since then, the Indian operators have repeatedly complained to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) that this price was extortionate…
Three UK and Vodafone Give Free Mobile to Ukrainian Refugees
Mobile operator Three UK has today announced that Ukrainian refugees arriving in the UK – assuming they can get past the painfully slow UK Border Force first – will be supplied with a free 30-day Pay As You Go (PAYG) SIM card that comes preloaded with unlimited domestic calls, texts and mobile broadband data. So […]
Switching Survey Claims 7 Million UK Broadband Users Overpaying
A new survey of 2,000 UK adults has estimated that around 6.95 million households are now out of contract with their current home broadband ISP, which they claim means that all of those customers could be “overpaying” by an average of £162 when out-of-contract (collective total of around £1 billion). The Uswitch commissioned study, which […]
Highlands Project Connects 152 Public Sector Sites to Full Fibre
The Highlands and Islands Enterprise in Scotland has announced the completion of a joint £12m state aid funded project to build a new gigabit-capable “full fibre” broadband and Ethernet network to connect 154 public sector sites (schools, NHS, council etc.) across Inverness, Fort William, Thurso and Wick. But it’s also fostering FTTP. The four-year-long project […]
Connexin Launch 2Gbps Home Broadband on Hull UK Network
Broadband ISP Connexin, which recently began work on their £80m project to build a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to unseat KCOM’s “broadband monopoly” in Hull and East Yorkshire (here and here), has today launched a new 2000Mbps (2Gbps) trial package for local homes. The operator has recently been busy deploying their new fibre optic network […]
Q4 2021 Progress Update on BT FTTP Broadband Rollout in Wales
The Welsh Government has provided a Q4 2021 progress update on their £52.5 million Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contract with BT (Openreach), which confirms that 25,855 premises (up from 24,515 in Q3) have now gained access to the operator’s gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network. Just to recap. The contract consists of two stages, the original […]
ISP Pure Broadband Joins New MS3 North England FTTP Network
Hull-based UK ISP Pure Broadband, which currently delivers internet connectivity services to homes and businesses covered by the full fibre networks from KCOM, CityFibre and OFNL, has today added a fourth network provider in the shape of MS3. The latter is busy building across the North of England. At present MS3 runs an independent Dark […]