NATO has warned that cyberattacks such as WannaCry and NotPetya could, if attributed to a state, trigger Article 5 of the treaty and prompt a military response from member countries. The alliance indicated there are signs these incidents may have been state-sponsored, raising the prospect of treating them as violations of sovereignty. Article 5 is … Read more

Dish Network has selected Palo Alto Networks to provide security solutions for its effort to build the first cloud-native, OpenRAN-based 5G wireless network in the United States. Palo Alto Networks will support Dish with container security, network slicing protection, real-time threat correlation and dynamic policy enforcement. Dish plans to deploy Palo Alto’s VM-Series and CN-Series … Read more

Deutsche Telekom has announced a partnership with Nokia and the Hamburg Port Authority to study the application of 5G technologies in an industrial setting. The partners will use the Port of Hamburg’s expansive site, spanning 8,000 hectares, as a real-world test area to evaluate 5G capabilities such as network slicing and other advanced network functions. … Read more

A new report from Berg Insight highlights rapid expansion in the global cellular IoT connectivity market, which is forecast to reach 6.4 billion connections by 2029. According to the 10th edition of the Global M2M/IoT Communications Market report, cellular IoT subscribers grew 14 percent in 2024, bringing the global total to 3.8 billion connections. This … Read more

Public services face a growing and serious cyber threat, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO). The watchdog warns that unless urgent action is taken, government operations and vital public services could suffer significant damage. The NAO evaluated whether the government is keeping pace with evolving cyber risks from hostile actors and … Read more

A new report from Arthur D. Little (ADL) forecasts that the telecoms industry will become more varied over the next five years, highlighting a significant opportunity in the B2B2x (business-to-business-to-x) market. The study, titled “Major strategic choices ahead of telcos: Reconfiguring for value,” is based on interviews with more than 100 executives worldwide. ADL predicts … Read more

Telecom companies, leveraging extensive real estate and mature network infrastructure, are rethinking their role as the world transitions into an AI-first era. Enterprise leaders face a growing challenge: the compute and energy requirements of generative AI models are rapidly outpacing traditional data centre capacity. As organisations move beyond pilot projects, they encounter rising costs, latency … Read more

Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank plans to deploy high-altitude solar-powered drones to deliver internet and IoT connectivity by 2023. SoftBank has partnered with US drone manufacturer AeroVironment to develop the HAWK30, a solar-electric aircraft designed to operate at stratospheric altitudes. The HAWK30 stores solar energy and uses ten electric motors to sustain flight up to approximately … Read more

We’re not criminal experts, but after binge-watching enough crime dramas it’s clear why people committing illegal acts often use cheap, pay-as-you-go phones: they can be discarded quickly to prevent investigators from extracting data that could incriminate them or their associates. That said, not every suspect is so careful. Many offenders have been caught because incriminating … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/SolStock) Compression specialist V-Nova has unveiled a new 4K compression technology called Perseus at an industry event attended by more than 20 major telecom and media companies, including Sky Italia, Intel and the European Broadcasting Union. Perseus is designed to reduce the bandwidth required for ultra-high-definition video, enabling multiple 4K streams to be … Read more