MWC Netherlands-based telecom operator Altice has announced that it will extend its partnership with Cisco, aiming to develop a comprehensive network function virtualization (NFV) platform over the long term. The agreement, revealed at Mobile World Congress, also includes collaboration with Red Hat. Altice’s French subsidiary, SFR, already runs an NFV initiative co-engineered by Cisco and … Read more

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has said the UK “won’t say no to us” when it comes to the rollout of 5G, while also praising Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Ren made these remarks to Sky News amid ongoing debates about whether Huawei should be permitted to supply equipment for critical national infrastructure. The comments come as … Read more

The FBI has confirmed that Chinese state-sponsored hackers infiltrated multiple telecommunications companies in an espionage campaign aimed at stealing data on politicians and other individuals involved in government and public affairs. This confirmation follows reporting that a hacking group linked to China, known as Salt Typhoon, may have targeted the phones of prominent US figures. … Read more

After finding that roughly half of UK households are on poor broadband deals, regulator Ofcom has unveiled measures to improve consumer awareness and encourage better choices. Superfast broadband—defined as speeds of 24 Mbps or higher—is now available to approximately 94 percent of premises in the UK, but take-up remains below 50 percent. Ofcom’s research shows … Read more

Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows the telecommunications sector has become the fastest-growing R&D investor in the UK as businesses largely set aside Brexit concerns. Telecoms companies increased their research and development expenditure last year by £192 million, bringing total telecoms R&D spending to £947 million. R&D spending in the sector rose … Read more

Akamai reports that it successfully stopped what would have been a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeting a customer in Eastern Europe. This follows a recent pattern: last month Cloudflare described thwarting a record DDoS attack in June, and now Akamai has announced a separate, large-scale mitigation. According to Akamai, one undisclosed organization experienced sustained … Read more

HTC is leveraging private 5G and edge computing to deliver high-fidelity wireless VR for its VIVE Focus 3 all-in-one headset. Today’s VR users face a trade-off: connect a headset to a powerful PC for low latency and top-tier graphics, or go wireless with an all-in-one device and accept reduced performance. Achieving high-fidelity wireless VR is … Read more

Glasgow has the widest disparity in broadband speeds among major UK cities, with its fastest area delivering download speeds 866 times greater than its slowest, according to analysis of 16,500 consumer speed tests by Uswitch.com. The highest average download speed recorded in Glasgow was 840.4 Mbps in the Milton district. Just four miles away in … Read more

I found it notable that at Google’s annual I/O developer conference, the Mountain View company chose to highlight a Samsung Galaxy S4 running a clean, stock Android build. That choice raises a question: is Google shifting its strategy away from the traditional Nexus line? This is speculative, but with upcoming hardware initiatives like Glass and … Read more

Singtel has introduced Paragon, an integrated platform that enables enterprises to leverage its 5G network for next-generation applications. Paragon supports on-demand 5G network slicing, deployment of mission-critical applications on Singtel’s multi-access edge compute (MEC), and access to a broad ecosystem of partner applications designed for enterprise needs. Bill Chang, Chief Executive Officer Group Enterprise at … Read more