Mike Burgess, Director General of Security at Australia’s Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), has warned about the growing risk of sabotage aimed at the nation’s critical infrastructure. Speaking at ASIO’s annual threat assessment, Burgess highlighted the steady efforts by hostile actors to exploit weaknesses in digital and physical systems, and the particular danger posed when essential … Read more

Ministers have reached an agreement with the Church of England to permit the installation of mobile phone masts on the tall spires of rural churches. Digital Secretary Matt Hancock explained the purpose of the deal: “Churches are central features and valued assets for local communities across the country. This agreement with the Church of England … Read more

(Image Credit: Raphaël Chekroun) Vodafone is urging London’s boroughs to allow access to the rooftops of around 1,000 buildings so the company can install additional antennas to strengthen 4G coverage for mobile broadband and voice services. Londoners use roughly 90 terabytes of mobile data every day, but the capital still trails many major cities in … Read more

Pax8 named strategic AI partner in a UK government programme aimed at boosting AI skills for ten million workers by 2030. Pax8, the leading marketplace for cloud commerce, has been selected as a strategic partner in the UK government’s national AI skills initiative. Led by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the programme … Read more

When I attended the SDP Summit last week, I joined the WebRTC workshop. WebRTC is a promising HTML5 standard that enables real-time multimedia communication directly in web browsers. In this article I provide a clear technical introduction to WebRTC, explain its disruptive potential across the communications industry, and discuss what those changes could mean for … Read more

Comarch User Group brings together representatives from 40 countries and has become an established annual event. “The only continent not represented here is Antarctica,” one organizer joked when asked about the guests’ countries of origin. At Comarch’s campus in the Czyżyny district of Kraków, the company’s CEO, Dr. Anna Pruska, welcomed attendees in several languages … Read more

Rival vendors Nokia and Ericsson have set aside their competition to partner with SK Telecom on collaborative 6G research. Although 5G deployments are still gaining momentum, companies and researchers are already exploring what the next generation of mobile networks might look like. “Collaboration between companies like this will be important as the technology and standard … Read more

Cybersecurity firm Barracuda Networks, a long-established provider of IT security for organizations of all sizes, today announced a top-level leadership change. Rohit Ghai, former CEO of RSA, has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Barracuda. He succeeds Hatem Naguib, who steps down after four successful years during which the company achieved major … Read more

Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) has announced a new milestone in high-speed mobile connectivity, achieving download speeds of up to 1 Gbps on its live 4.5G network. The operator describes the test as proof of its technological leadership and a stepping stone toward full 5G deployment, promising enhanced performance and superior mobile data quality for customers. … Read more

After a period of reduced cyberactivity targeting the United States, a new report from CrowdStrike shows Chinese hacking operations are once again increasing. CrowdStrike’s annual Global Threat Report outlines several shifts in the cyber threat landscape. The 2019 report, titled “Adversary Tradecraft and the Importance of Speed,” highlights that China is gathering intelligence to support … Read more