Net neutrality is back in the Land of the Free – for now
Until the Democrats leave office, that is
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Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated
Networks19 Oct 2023 | 6
Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites prepare for testing after one late Prime delivery
If all goes well, production to start 'before the end of the year'
Networks17 Oct 2023 | 8
Ericsson pins hopes on cloudy future after Q3 lightens wallets
Watch out, 'macroeconomic uncertainty' is at it again as network operators slow deployments
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China requires any new domestic Wi-Fi kit to support IPv6 and run it by default
Beijing set big targets for next-gen networks, but adoption stats suggest it's falling short
Networks17 Oct 2023 | 13
Tell me Huawei: Chinese giant wants to know what made EU label it high security risk
Files official complaint as it battles to keep market share
Networks16 Oct 2023 | 43
Ericsson sues Lenovo over 5G patents, accuses it of stalling talks
Swedish company claims Moto parent is violating its FRAND commitment
Networks16 Oct 2023 | 3
Starlink starts advertising Direct to Cell satellite phone service as coming in '2024'
Slated to work with existing 4G phones, though space rivals still trying to shoot it down
Networks12 Oct 2023 | 24
Cilium leaves incubator, gets the nod from Cloud Native Computing Foundation
eBPF project jumps from 'just a network plugin' moves to begin wide adoption
Networks12 Oct 2023 | 3
Brit competition regulator will make or break Vodafone and Three union
Interested parties invited to speak now or forever hold your peace
Networks12 Oct 2023 | 42
EU consultation on future telecoms cools on having big tech pay for network builds
€1.5 trillion needed in the next five years – some to turf Huawei – and nobody's quite sure where to find it
Networks12 Oct 2023 | 11
APNIC close to completing delegation of its final /8 IPv4 block
Asian internet registry still has 5M 32-bit addresses from different sources – or practically infinite IPv6s
Networks11 Oct 2023 | 6
Vodafone to fast-track Arm-based OpenRAN for mobile networks
Working with Ampere and others in modular approach
Networks10 Oct 2023 | 5
Net neutrality meets opposition in US, while Europe mulls charges for Big Tech
Republican senators claim move will never survive judges' scrutiny
Networks09 Oct 2023 | 20
Juniper makes 440 redundant to pursue better margins
Not even AI offers a lot of upside right now
Networks06 Oct 2023 |
Amazon to launch first Project Kuiper internet satellites
Bezos rocket biz not involved this time – now that's a blue origin
Networks05 Oct 2023 | 2
Airwave a 'license to print money' on legacy blue-light comms contract
Updated Profits and revenue increase for Motorola subsidiary challenging regulator price cap ruling
Networks04 Oct 2023 | 11
DISH must pay for bungled orbit change in landmark space debris penalty
FCC wants $150K after EchoStar-7 missed its orbital graveyard
Networks03 Oct 2023 | 10
Huawei's UK tech eviction reportedly caused Sky to fall on mobile customers
Whatever the cause, MNVO customers not happy
Networks29 Sep 2023 | 43
Search for phone signal caused oil spill, say Japanese investigators
Skipper caught on tape saying 'What have I done? My career is gone' after crashing into coral reef after a couple of whiskeys
Networks29 Sep 2023 | 41
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‘How not to hire a North Korean plant posing as a techie’ guide updated by US and South Korean authorities
Advise turning off and never using remote desktop protocol, prohibiting private VPNs, not trusting recruiters’ due diligence
In-memory database Redis wants to dabble in disk
Aims to lower costs and broaden appeal of system popular with devs
Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle
Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe
Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man
Analysts scratch heads over MariaDB's decision to ditch DBaaS crown jewels
'Their future is murky at the moment'
Making the problem go away is not the same thing as fixing it
On Call The difference is especially stark at 2:00 AM
Casio keyed up after data loss hits customers in 149 countries
Crooks broke into the ClassPad server and swiped online learning database
Indian authorities raid fake tech support rings after tipoff from Amazon and Microsoft
Also went after crypto-crooks who sought money to buy miners for fake token
Amazon unveils new drone design, plans liftoff of aerial delivery in UK, Italy
Smaller, quieter, and expected to deliver millions of packages in coming years
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Israel and Italy have cheapest mobile data out of 237 countries
Some in globe pay just $0.02 per GB, others rinsed for $43.75
Networks28 Sep 2023 | 42
FCC plans to restore net neutrality rules tossed out under Trump
Discriminatory handling of data and paid internet fast lanes could again be disallowed
Networks26 Sep 2023 | 27
Switch to hit the fan as BT begins prep ahead of analog phone sunset
Vows it won't 'proactively' shift folks who only use a landline or have no mobile signal
Networks26 Sep 2023 | 204
The Intersection of network security and Wi-Fi
A guide for networking and IT professionals
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The home Wi-Fi upgrade we never asked for is coming. The one we need is not
Column 46Gbps to our sofas. At last, freedom from the nightmare of a mere 9.6
Networks25 Sep 2023 | 139
How TCP's congestion control saved the internet
Systems Approach We guess it's OK it did
Networks24 Sep 2023 | 45
Vodafone claims first space-based 5G phone call – no modifications needed
The roaming charges must be out of this world
Networks21 Sep 2023 | 13
EE touts next-gen broadband Smart Hub with Wi-Fi 7 for 2024
Sure to lure in a few in the WFH crowd ... but no pricing yet
Networks21 Sep 2023 | 20
UK Online Safety Bill to become law – and encryption busting clause is still there
Admits it's 'not technically feasible' ... but with no promise not to invoke it
Networks20 Sep 2023 | 91
Starlink speeds ahead in the satellite race but rivals aren't starstruck just yet
Download rates stabilize after influx of users dragged on service
Networks19 Sep 2023 | 13
BT confirms it's switching off 3G in UK from Jan next year
Time to retire that Nokia N97 at last?
Networks19 Sep 2023 | 123
Irish watchdog fines TikTok €345M for mishandling kids' data
Tok is Tiking for app to bring processing into compliance within 3 months
Networks15 Sep 2023 | 6
Google outlines Outline SDK: Censorship, geo-block-beating tool to drop into apps
Well, when it's finished, anyway
Networks14 Sep 2023 | 3
How's this for X-ray specs? Wi-Fi can read through walls... if the letters are solid objects
No, miscreants won't be able to use it to read secret printed docs
Networks13 Sep 2023 | 12
Ransomware fiends pounce on Cisco VPN brute-force zero-day flaw
No patch yet – but you've got strong creds and MFA enabled anyway, yeah?
Networks08 Sep 2023 | 6
22 million Brits suffer broadband outage blues and are paying a premium for it
Southampton top for connectivity flops, says Uswitch research
Networks08 Sep 2023 | 70
Bombshell biography: Fearing nuclear war, Musk blocked Starlink to stymie Ukraine attack on Russia
Updated Exploding drone subs 'lost connectivity, washed ashore harmlessly'
Networks07 Sep 2023 | 332
Vodafone and Amazon shoot for the stars while Kuiper satellites remain grounded
Bezo birds to provide a mobile backhaul. When they finally launch
Networks05 Sep 2023 | 4
The only thing launched for Amazon's Project Kuiper is a lawsuit
Updated Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk... not the bestest of buddies?
Networks04 Sep 2023 | 15
IT needs more brains, so why is it being such a zombie about getting them?
Opinion Open-book exams aren’t nearly open enough
Networks04 Sep 2023 | 116
Intel shows off 8-core, 528-thread processor with 1TB/s of co-packaged optics
Hot Chips 'Embarrassingly parallel' protoype baked for DARPA to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon at massive scale
Networks01 Sep 2023 | 16
USENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix
Alive and still quite vigorous considering its age
Networks30 Aug 2023 | 118
UK air traffic woes caused by 'invalid flight plan data'
Former BA boss slams resilience, says explanation 'doesn't stand up from what I know of the system'
Networks30 Aug 2023 | 138
AMD on the edge: Stripped down Siena Epycs teased
Hot Chips Hopes cool-running Zen cores can socket to Intel's Xeon-D – maybe with a smaller socket
Networks29 Aug 2023 | 4
Aerial cable tangles are still being strung up, but carriers are slowly burying the problem
'Sky spaghetti' remains on the menu for Asian carriers, and tourists
Networks28 Aug 2023 | 46
Profits just keep rolling in at T-Mobile US. So only thing to do is axe 5,000 workers
From Un-carrier to Un-employed
Networks25 Aug 2023 | 29
We'll show you our patents if you show us yours, say Huawei and Ericsson
Analysts reckon extension of 2016 deal will be good for industry – as long there are no gotchas
Networks25 Aug 2023 | 12
Getting meshy: BAE scores £89m deal with MoD to build new battlefield network
It'll replace the old one, also built by BAE, on a very tight schedule: The old junk's due to be ripped out in 2026
Networks25 Aug 2023 | 17
UN cybercrime treaty risks becoming a 'global surveillance pact'
Diplomats debate Russia-backed rules on what can be said online
Networks24 Aug 2023 | 17
SpaceX, T-Mobile US phone service will interfere with ours, claims rival
5G mobile and satellite operator accuses Musk firm of making 'elementary errors' in its calculations
Networks23 Aug 2023 | 16
Want tech cred? Learn how to email like a pro
Feature Distinguish tech pros from tech poseurs with this one weird trick
Networks23 Aug 2023 | 178
Pentagon dumps $1.5B more into military sat network that's already slipping behind
One might say this program is truly up in the air
Networks22 Aug 2023 | 4
ICANN warns UN may sideline tech community from future internet governance
'We built this thing and now you don't want to hear from us – WTF?' is the gist of it
Networks22 Aug 2023 | 55
Biden to bolster boondocks broadband with a billion bonus bucks (barely)
ISPs in 22 states and Marshall Islands get to split nine-figure pot
Networks22 Aug 2023 | 20
South Korea's biggest mobile telco says 5G has failed to deliver on its promise
Inflated expectations and an underdeveloped ecosystem have led to consumer disappointment
Networks21 Aug 2023 | 36
Germany to cut Huawei from networks 'irrespective of costs'
What a difference four years makes
Networks18 Aug 2023 | 32
BYD and Huawei build smart factories together
Ushering in an era of intelligent manufacturing with quality connectivity
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ISP's ads 'misleadingly implied' existence of 6G, says watchdog
Biz says folks know the difference between fixed and mobile broadband. Do they, though, asks ASA
Networks17 Aug 2023 | 49
Cisco close to clearing the backlog of hardware orders a certain virus caused
Subscriptions and software surge – just the way boss Chuck Robbins planned
Networks17 Aug 2023 | 1
Why securing East-West network traffic is so important – and how it can be done
Systems Approach You don't want to hand your datacenter over to an intruder quite so easily
Networks16 Aug 2023 | 14
Viasat probe into ailing $700M satellite casts shadow over Q1 results
'We understand the risks involved in space systems, and have insurance'
Networks10 Aug 2023 | 1
NASA to test potential 400Mbps laser link for Mars
High bandwidth comms experiment to fly with Psyche asteroid mission in October
Networks10 Aug 2023 | 12
10Gbps campus networks: How to get LAN infrastructure right
Huawei named Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice fourth year in a row
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Deutsche Bahn stands to lose €400M if it has to do Huawei with Chinese kit
Telcos also due to get it in the neck unless the government pays up
Networks05 Aug 2023 | 39
Canada's Telus to shed 6K workers as profits plunge 61%
Big cheese asks if anyone wants to take early retirement?
Networks04 Aug 2023 | 10
Telecom giants dial up the heat on suppliers: It's not you, it's your CO2
Tackling sneaky Scope 3 emissions with 'best practices' and a 'climate lens'
Networks04 Aug 2023 | 6
Virgin Media O2 offers plug-in 5G network in a box
Hefty box said to be 'slightly larger than a carry-on' – but likely not for budget flyers
Networks02 Aug 2023 | 11
AWS: IPv4 addresses cost too much, so you’re going to pay
Perhaps that'll focus your minds on speeding up your adoption of IPv6, eh?
Networks31 Jul 2023 | 68
BT hires chartered management accountant and telco veteran as next CEO
Got to keep up with those FTTP builds and the tens of thousands of staff that will leave
Networks31 Jul 2023 | 6
The choice: Pay BT megabucks, or do something a bit illegal. OK, that’s no choice
On Call We’ve dipped into the mailbag for more tales of rogue cabling and keyboard confusion
Networks28 Jul 2023 | 122
FCC boss says 25Mbps isn't cutting it, Americans deserve 100Mbps now, gigabit later
First refresh of minimums in eight years for the country that invented the internet
Networks26 Jul 2023 | 54
ESA sees satellite-based air traffic monitoring on near horizon
EURIALO project aims to prove flights can be tracked in real time through multilateration
Networks26 Jul 2023 | 18
BT and OneWeb deliver internet to rock in Bristol Channel – population 28
More puffins than people on Lundy, and no one wants to say how much it cost
Networks24 Jul 2023 | 36
Amazon sets up shop at Kennedy Space Center to prep Kuiper broadband satellites
Web super-biz dreams of lobbing 3,000-plus internet-relay birds into orbit
Networks22 Jul 2023 | 25
Douglas Adams was right: Telephone sanitizers are terrible human beings
On Call This one cleaned things up so well that signals couldn't get through
Networks21 Jul 2023 | 181
Ultra Ethernet Consortium wants to optimize networking for AI and HPC
Not changing the standard, but tweaking how applications work over top
Networks20 Jul 2023 | 3
Viasat says latest broadband satellite failed to fully deploy antenna
Stock price plunges after malfunction, as vendor works with part supplier to nail down cause
Networks14 Jul 2023 | 17
Let there be light ... based wireless networks: LiFi spec OK'd as Wi-Fi complement
Talk about a bright idea
Networks14 Jul 2023 | 41
UK university gets £5M to strap lasers to CubeSats
Only comms lasers, sadly
Networks14 Jul 2023 | 8
'There has never been a realistic plan' for UK's £11B Emergency Services Network
Commercial and technical risks yet to be addressed by Home Office, spending watchdog says
Networks14 Jul 2023 | 56
Clingy Virgin Media won't let us leave, customers complain
Ofcom launches investigation into whether telco is making it difficult for people to cancel services
Networks13 Jul 2023 | 70
Internet registry APNIC announces governance and election reforms
Addresses criticisms raised by sections of the community and recent controversies
Networks12 Jul 2023 | 1
Ofcom proposes Wi-Fi and cellphones share upper 6GHz band
It's where the cool kids are at... and 'international harmonization' is important
Networks11 Jul 2023 | 13
BT CEO Jansen confirms he's quitting within 12 months
FTTP builds? 25M homes target on track. 68% coverage of 5G in UK. Mega redundancies programme initiated. He's off
Networks10 Jul 2023 | 15
China ends crackdown on web giants with colossal fines for Ant Group, Tencent
Alibaba's valuation of its fintech outfit now way below numbers touted ahead of cancelled 2020 IPO
Networks10 Jul 2023 | 1
UK court sides with Optis Cellular Technology in Apple 4G patent clash
Appeal rejected: iPhone and iPad have infringing components inside
Networks06 Jul 2023 | 3
HSBC banks on quantum to lock down comms network
Meanwhile, Vodafone worries about sci-fi tech's potential to break encryption
Networks06 Jul 2023 | 5
Brit broadband subscribers caught between crappy connections and price hikes
Survey suggests 'mediocre services' now cost 14% more
Networks05 Jul 2023 | 92
Indian telecoms leaps from 2G, to 4G, to 6G – on a single day
Lays out ambition to set standards, as a $12 not-quite feature phone emerges to get millions connected
Networks04 Jul 2023 | 34
UK government hands CityFibre £318M for rural broadband builds
Openreach rival promises first live connections by next summer
Networks03 Jul 2023 | 30
The number’s up for 999. And 911. And 000. And 111
Opinion When the world’s on fire, what number do you call?
Networks03 Jul 2023 | 229
How a dispute over IP addresses led to a challenge to internet governance
Updated Who is behind this lobby group calling for a stock market of-sorts for network resources?
Networks03 Jul 2023 | 78
Want to feel old? Ethernet just celebrated its 50th birthday
The original bus network continues to run rings around all its rivals
Networks30 Jun 2023 | 37
Huawei claims it’s ready to ship entire 5.5G networks – whatever they are – in 2024
Nobody else is using that nomenclature for planned updates to 5G
Networks30 Jun 2023 | 11
It's time to mark six decades of computer networking
Systems Approach As we yearn for a return to a truly decentralized internet
Networks28 Jun 2023 | 87
Comms watchdog to probe errors that left Brits unable to make emergency calls
Police reported backlog of 999 calls after unspecified technical error
Networks28 Jun 2023 | 48
Cisco buys SamKnows to give ThousandEyes a look at millions of endpoints
Packets you make at home or on mobile devices are in Switchzilla's sights, to make hybrid workers happy
Networks27 Jun 2023 | 10
First pushback against EU's Digital Services Act and it's not Google
Who are you calling a VLOP? asks German web fashionista
Networks27 Jun 2023 | 31
Alphabet, Bharti Airtel to bridge India's digital divide with frickin' laser beams
Dr Evil would be proud
Networks27 Jun 2023 | 9
Biden lines up $42.5B for US broadband boost
You get funding, you get funding, everybody gets funding
Networks26 Jun 2023 | 14
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