For much of the last decade, investment in telecom infrastructure followed a familiar script: capital flowed into towers, fiber, and data centers as long-term, yield-focused assets. Growth was steady, demand predictable, and returns depended more on tenancy rates than on how networks were actually used. That model is changing. SoftBank Group’s agreement to acquire DigitalBridge … Read more

Apple will introduce a major change at WWDC 2025: instead of continuing with sequential numbering, it will name its operating systems by year. That means in fall 2025 we will see iOS 26 instead of iOS 19, and the same change will apply to iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS and visionOS. The move is intended to … Read more

March 31 is World Backup Day — an annual reminder to protect your data from loss and theft. Regular backups and keeping offline copies remain essential. However, in an increasingly digital and cloud-based world, threats evolve rapidly. That makes several aspects of backup strategy more important than ever. Three often-overlooked components of a modern backup … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/robynmac) UK consumers would be willing to pay nearly £1.5 billion extra a year to telecom providers for noticeably better services—but they are intolerant of security failures. In a KPMG survey of 2,000 adults in the UK, respondents indicated they would spend an additional £900 million annually for improved customer service and fewer … Read more

Ecosystems, APIs, open-source software, agile development, COTS servers and programmable networks are among the cloud attributes service providers plan to leverage using technologies such as software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV). Providers are moving from closed, appliance-centric architectures toward open servers and software-defined components. That shift requires a change in mindset, operational practices, … Read more

Cristie is proud to announce that we are now Rubrik Black Belt certified. This recognition confirms our deep technical expertise and our long-term commitment to delivering market-leading cyber recovery and restore solutions when it matters most. Achieving Black Belt status is not about backup alone. It’s about ensuring recovery. To mark this milestone, we are … Read more

Barracuda Networks has launched the next generation of threat detection: multimodal AI. This technology can identify advanced cyberthreats more quickly and accurately by combining multiple types of data—such as text, documents, images, QR codes and URLs—delivering a more comprehensive analysis of potential attacks. Unlike traditional solutions, multimodal AI can analyze several information sources simultaneously and … Read more

UK households with home broadband connections download an average of 17 gigabytes of data per month. That amount is roughly equivalent to streaming 11 full-length films or about 12 hours of pre-recorded television. Regulator Ofcom published these findings in its detailed “Infrastructure Report,” which assesses the performance of the country’s telecommunications networks. The study examined … Read more

A few weeks ago at MWC19 in Barcelona, telecom software provider Optiva announced that its BSS-focused Optiva Revenue Management Suite is now available on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This move could influence how telecommunications operators approach use of the public cloud for core systems. The term “telco cloud” has long been used in different ways … Read more

Søren Gjevert Petersen has been appointed Head of Security Services at GlobalConnect, a newly created position responsible for the company’s security solutions for corporate customers. Søren previously served as Head of Security for the company’s operations in Denmark and Germany and most recently held the position of Head of Security at IT firm Aeven. In … Read more