Users of popular messaging platforms Telegram and WhatsApp experienced major access problems in Russia on Wednesday, leaving many unable to send or receive messages during the outage. Russia’s state communications monitoring service attributed the disruption to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, where networks are flooded with malicious traffic from many sources to overwhelm systems and … Read more
The Cloud is a major focus at Enterprise Apps World (which is why the event is paired with Cloud World Forum), and few companies understand cloud streaming better than OnLive. Best known for pioneering game streaming, OnLive has overcome business challenges and is now applying its streaming expertise to enterprise software delivery. OnLive’s enterprise offering, … Read more
The European Union is reportedly considering measures aimed at creating a pan‑European telecoms market, according to the Financial Times. Such a move would represent a major shift for European telecoms infrastructure, addressing the long‑standing fragmentation that has limited cross‑border investment and competition. Neelie Kroes, Vice‑President of the European Commission, told the Financial Times that while … Read more
Huawei has reaffirmed its commitment to the UK by opening a new 5G Innovation and Experience Centre in London. The company says the centre will serve as a hub for knowledge exchange and collaboration, bringing together businesses, technologists, and innovators to explore commercial and private-sector 5G use cases. The London facility allows visitors to experience … Read more
Huawei is the global leader in 5G patents and is now determining how much to charge major smartphone manufacturers like Apple and Samsung to license its valuable intellectual property. According to industry analysis, Huawei holds the largest share of declared 5G standard essential patents at about 15.39%, followed by Qualcomm (11.24%), ZTE (9.81%), Samsung (9.67%), … Read more
(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/Sjoerd van der Wal) Select airlines within the International Airlines Group (IAG) — including British Airways — will soon offer passengers hybrid satellite and 4G broadband on short‑haul flights across Europe. This service combines a satellite link with a ground-based LTE network to deliver faster, more reliable in-flight internet access. Inmarsat will provide … Read more
Virgin Media O2 has launched Volt, the company’s first joint offering since the telecoms giants completed their £31 billion merger earlier this year. Volt bundles Virgin Media’s fast home broadband with O2’s mobile connectivity into a single, streamlined package designed to deliver better value and a simpler experience for customers. Key benefits of subscribing to … Read more
Virgin Media O2 is taking a different path from several rivals by confirming it will not reintroduce roaming charges across Europe. Gareth Turpin, Chief Commercial Officer of Mobile at Virgin Media O2, said: “We’re starting the year by giving our customers some certainty: we will not be reintroducing roaming fees in Europe for customers on … Read more
Cloudflare recently mitigated the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on record: a massive 7.3 terabits-per-second (Tbps) surge of malicious traffic aimed at one of its customers. The incident, which occurred in mid-May, exceeded Cloudflare’s previous recorded peak by 12 percent and was 1 Tbps larger than another recent high-water mark. The company had just published … Read more
It’s safe to say there have been more eventful weeks in Indian telecommunications. After the approval of a new national telecoms policy and a cyberattack on the state-supported provider Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) by the group calling itself Anonymous India, the sector has been under the spotlight. MTNL’s website was offline for at least … Read more