National Public Data, a firm that provides background check services, has suffered a significant data breach after hackers gained access to its systems and sold the compromised database online, exposing sensitive personal information to the public. According to reporting by BleepingComputer, the breached dataset contains extensive personal records, including millions of Social Security numbers along … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/kupicoo) Many people know about China’s strict internet controls, commonly called the Great Firewall, and in the past virtual private networks (VPNs) were a common way to access blocked sites. Recently, however, residents of Xinjiang, a northwestern Chinese region, have had their mobile service suspended after using VPNs to bypass government filters. Xinjiang … Read more

In the coming months, Russia plans to conduct an experiment that will test whether the country can maintain internet functionality while disconnected from the global network. A draft law within the broader Digital Economy national program is pushing internet service providers (ISPs) to demonstrate resilience in the face of potential isolation by foreign actors. The … Read more

South Korean telecommunications leader SK Telecom has completed successful 5G trials using the 3.5GHz spectrum in partnership with Samsung and Nokia. As the country’s largest mobile operator with 29.83 million subscribers, SK Telecom is working to maintain its lead in next-generation networks. The company aims to accelerate commercial 5G deployment by validating key technologies across … Read more

The ETSI Open Source MANO (OSM) group has announced the release of its latest OSM version, designed to provide production-quality open-source management and orchestration for Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV). This release focuses on delivering a robust, secure and scalable platform suitable for operators pursuing proof-of-concept deployments and field trials. Key enhancements in this release address … Read more

A new analysis from O2, part of the Telefónica group, outlines the economic benefits the company expects 5G to deliver across Britain. By boosting productivity and enabling smarter services, the report estimates that 5G could create roughly £6 billion in annual savings. On average, each household could save about £450 a year across energy, council, … Read more

Australia will maintain its ban on Huawei telecommunications equipment despite the UK’s recent decision to allow the company limited access to that country’s networks. When asked on the Today Show whether Australia would reconsider its position, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton responded unequivocally: “No, we’re not.” “They are a high-risk vendor. We have been very … Read more

Broadcom’s silicon division has unveiled its next-generation networking chip, Jericho4, engineered to connect data centres separated by more than 96 kilometres and to accelerate AI workloads. Jericho4 brings several enhancements focused on moving greater volumes of traffic across large-scale networks that span multiple facilities. As AI models grow larger and more compute-intensive, training and inference … Read more

I Squared Capital, a New York-based independent global infrastructure investment manager, has reached an agreement to acquire 100% of Hutchison Global Communications (HGC) from Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited (HTHKH). The transaction, valued at approximately HKD 14.5 billion (about £1.4 billion), is expected to close by October and will be executed through I Squared … Read more

Cisco and NEC Corporation have announced an expanded collaboration to deliver system integration solutions and explore opportunities in 5G xHaul and private 5G. The extended partnership aims to help customers modernize their network architectures and connect more people and devices with scalable, reliable solutions. Under an expanded Global Systems Integrator Agreement (GSIA), the two companies … Read more