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FCC sounds alarm after emergency tones turned into potty-mouthed radio takeover
Agency flags hijacks of insecure studio-to-transmitter gear after attackers pipe in fake alerts and vulgar audio
Cyber-crime27 Nov 2025 |26
ZTE honored with EU ePrivacyseal Global certificate for five fixed network and smart home
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ICANN distances itself from radical proposal – which it funded – to give nations a role in internet governance
Africa is again at the center of strife
Networks27 Nov 2025 |15
AWS builds a DNS backstop to allow changes when its notoriously flaky US East region wobbles
60-minute RTO means big outages can still happen
PaaS + IaaS27 Nov 2025 |17
CodeRED emergency alert system CodeDEAD after INC ransomware attack
Regions across US affected, and one tore up its contract for the product
Cyber-crime26 Nov 2025 |8
China Telecom and China Unicom jointly launch the world’s first 5G-A service for high-speed rail
Delivering Gigabit 5G-A connectivity and AI-assured experiences for high-speed rail passengers
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China Unicom Shangdong and ZTE collaborate to create a benchmark of 5G+AI differentiated service guarantee innovation for campuses
Intelligent 5G+AI capabilities deliver over 20% improvement in video, gaming, and live-class experiences
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Ukraine first country in Europe to get Starlink satellite phone service
Kyivstar begins trials offering SMS connectivity when ground networks fail
Networks25 Nov 2025 |7
Russian spy ship theories sink after Orkney blackout traced to wind farm fault
Timing of Yantar's visit sparked gossip, but engineers point to a misbehaving protection system
Offbeat25 Nov 2025 |18
China Telecom and ZTE join forces to boost Shandong's rural revitalization via 5G-powered digital transformation
800MHz 5G breakthroughs and IoT integration drive a new model of rural digital transformation
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PMI (China) awarded ZTE the 2025 Outstanding Project Award for its innovative work in building the state emergency communications system
ZTE’s integrated “Air-Sky-Ground” network sets a new benchmark for national emergency communications
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6G isn't even here yet but mobile industry wants triple the spectrum
Report warns of 2030s capacity crunch without expanding mid-band airwaves
Networks24 Nov 2025 |25
Implementation of ZTE All-RAT FDD Massive MIMO AAU on the XLSMART network for investment efficiency and optimization of data and voice services in the transition toward the 5G era
Multi-generation FDD Massive MIMO trial boosts coverage, capacity, and user experience for XLSMART’s 5G evolution
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ZTE collaborates with Telkomsel to build an UE-transparent Hybrid Private Network
Setting a new standard for digital transformation with a scalable hybrid private network for next-generation factories
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Google links Android’s Quick Share to Apple’s AirDrop, without Cupertino’s help
Relies on very loose permissions, but don’t worry – Google wrote it in Rust
Networks21 Nov 2025 |22
China Unicom, ZTE and Trina Solar set a new benchmark for green energy digitalization
5G-A, AI and Digital Twin technologies reshape PV manufacturing and operations
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ZTE's Signal Reach Program in Africa advances digital inclusion with sustainable networks in Ethiopia
Transforming remote communities with accessible, green, and inclusive mobile networks
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Reshaping the future technology landscape with all-band AI beamforming
Vice President of ZTE explains how combining AI with M-MIMO technology is leading to multiple gains for operators
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ZTE and China Unicom Jilin enable digital inclusion through 5G uplink enhancement at world's largest ginseng market
5G uplink innovation empowers rural live-streaming commerce at the world’s largest ginseng market
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Cloudflare broke itself – and a big chunk of the Internet – with a bad database query
Thought it was the victim of a ‘hyper-scale DDoS attack’ before finding the fix
Databases19 Nov 2025 |83
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Alibaba Cloud can’t deploy servers fast enough to satisfy demand for AI
Chinese giant adds to ‘No AI bubble’ babble by citing oversubscribed infrastructure and surging demand
Gainsight CEO downplays breach, says only a 'handful' of customers had data stolen
Maybe if your hand has 200+ fingers...
AWS builds a DNS backstop to allow changes when its notoriously flaky US East region wobbles
60-minute RTO means big outages can still happen
Apple’s lousy AI didn’t stop it beating Samsung’s smartphone sales for the first time since 2011
Analyst Counterpoint says second-hand phones are also helping Cupertino to the smartphone shipment summit
ICANN distances itself from radical proposal – which it funded – to give nations a role in internet governance
Africa is again at the center of strife
TSMC lawsuit claims former exec is probably leaking secrets to Intel
Chipzilla can certainly use foundry smarts, but denies the allegation
HPC won't be an x86 monoculture forever – and it's starting to show
Feature Arm and RISC-V would like a word
Tiny tweak for Pi OS, big makeover for the Imager
Debian 13.2 freshness, better HiDPI support, and 101 other things to run on your Pi
One-fifth of the jobs at your company could disappear as AI automation takes off
AI-pocalypse IT in the firing line as 'legacy' roles under the microscope
Scottish council still rebuilding systems two years after ransomware attack
Audit sympathetic toward Comhairle nan Eilean Siar as staff stretched to capacity trying to recover
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Networking startup Meter takes a page from the Steve Jobs playbook
Vertical integration meets subscriptions
Networks19 Nov 2025 |14
Cloudflare coughs, half the internet catches a cold
Updated Outage leaves users staring at error pages while recovery crawls along
Networks18 Nov 2025 |154
Vodafone, EE, O2, Three hit with £3B overcharging lawsuit
Case alleges loyal customers continued to pay bundled rates after minimum contract terms ended
Networks18 Nov 2025 |30
ZTE wins the "2025 Global Connectivity Award - Best Mobile/5G Service Innovation" award, demonstrating its global competitiveness
Award recognizes ZTE’s breakthrough dual-network convergence success
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China Telecom, ZTE and DeepRobotics unveil revolutionary 5G+ quadruped robot for intelligent emergency response
Robots that go where humans can’t—powered by 5G and built to save lives
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ZTE and Whale Cloud deepen global collaboration to foster new ecosystem of AI and digital transformation
Building full-stack digital capabilities for the next era of global innovation
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Starlink’s method of dodging solar storms may make it slower, for longer
Researchers think SpaceX needs to revisit its resilience regime
Networks18 Nov 2025 |16
Eurofiber admits crooks swiped data from French unit after cyberattack
Regulator reports suggest telco was extorted, but company remains coy as to whether it paid
Cyber-crime17 Nov 2025 |
China Mobile and ZTE have completed the deployment of an AI Agent-driven personalized experience solution
New AI Agent solution transforms data plan provisioning and unlocks fresh revenue potential for operators
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China Telecom and ZTE unveil 5G-A Mobile Turbo solution for AR glasses in 2B & 2C applications
5G-A and AI integration enable large-scale AR adoption across industry and tourism
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Project Kuiper becomes Amazon Leo as satellite network trickles into orbit
Starlink challenger drops the codename, but full-blown service still years out
PaaS + IaaS14 Nov 2025 |17
China Mobile and ZTE complete Pre6G GigaMIMO field trial, achieving breakthroughs in network capacity and user experience
Pre6G GigaMIMO delivers multi-layer capacity boost on live 5G-A network
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ZTE and Partners co-create value by providing digital delivery services to Europe and America for a more intelligent future
Partnership expands intelligent infrastructure across key markets
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London left buffering as Hyperoptic backup link refuses to boot
Updated Broadband provider says damaged fiber and dormant failover path knocked customers offline for nearly 24 hours
Networks13 Nov 2025 |21
Networking students need an explanation of the internet that can fit in their heads
Systems Approach Networks have changed profoundly, except for the parts that haven’t
Networks13 Nov 2025 |54
Microsoft is building datacenter superclusters that span continents
The 100 trillion-parameter models of the near future can't be built in one place
Systems13 Nov 2025 |28
Broadcom creates a new Seal Of Approval for servers that run AI under VMware
This apparently makes VCF more extensible and open to partners
Virtualization12 Nov 2025 |1
From passive to proactive: How AI is personalizing 5G in Xi'an
AI-powered service engine enables personalized, real-time 5G optimization, dynamically allocating resources for high-density tourist areas.
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From best-effort to best-in-class: Guaranteeing 5G experience with AI
China Mobile Fujian and ZTE introduce AI-powered Quality of Experience (QoE) guarantees, transforming 5G from best-effort delivery to a user-centric, reliable, and monetizable service model.
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ZTE and XLSMART celebrate 10,000-site wireless delivery milestone in Indonesia
ZTE and XLSMART achieve large-scale network deployment success, boosting nationwide coverage and paving the way for next-gen, automated, and energy-efficient wireless innovation.
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China Telecom, Wuhu Fire Rescue, United Aircraft, and ZTE launch 5G-A powered drone firefighting solution
Partnership pioneers an intelligent, high-efficiency firefighting system that redefines emergency response capabilities through 5G-A and drone innovation.
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UK asks cyberspies to probe whether Chinese buses can be switched off remotely
Norwegian testers claim maker has remote access, while UK importer says supplier complies with the law
Security11 Nov 2025 |74
Cisco creating new security model using 30 years of data describing cyber-dramas and saves
Exclusive Doubles parameters to over 17 billion, to detect threats and recommend actions
Security10 Nov 2025 |6
Europe to decide if 6 GHz is shared between Wi-Fi and cellular networks
Two different groups want this valuable spectrum, but can they share?
Networks09 Nov 2025 |62
Help desk boss fell for ‘Internet Cleaning Day’ prank - then swore he got the joke
On Call Lost packets would be cleaned out of routers, dead gopher servers would be pulled out of holes …
Networks07 Nov 2025 |154
Tanzania back online after politically motivated five-day outage
Net access cut on election eve, resumed after widely-loathed president was sworn in after disputed poll
Public Sector05 Nov 2025 |4
The race to shore up Europe’s power grids against cyberattacks and sabotage
Feature Ukraine first to demo open source security platform to isolate incidents, stop lateral movement
Security03 Nov 2025 |23
Network operator ponders building a new submarine cable – on land
It’s less bonkers than it sounds given the challenges of wiring Africa
Networks03 Nov 2025 |50
ISPs more likely to throttle netizens who connect through carrier-grade NAT: Cloudflare
When operators see danger, innocent users are dragged down along with bad actors
Networks03 Nov 2025 |101
VodafoneThree to offshore UK network jobs to India
Exclusive TUPE or not TUPE? Not for roles being sent overseas amid a push to meet post-merger rollout targets
Networks31 Oct 2025 |137
O2 cranks prices mid-contract, essentially telling customers to like it or lump it
Updated Ofcom 'disappointed' by decision that 'goes against the spirit of our rules'
Networks31 Oct 2025 |82
Italian tech company promises to make America Online great again
Dial-up dinosaur finds yet another corporate home as Yahoo waves goodbye
Networks30 Oct 2025 |22
Zen Internet loses unfair dismissal appeal case with former CEO
Judges agree broadband biz didn't follow its own procedures when booting boss
Networks29 Oct 2025 |25
Starlink tells the world it has over 150 sextillion IPv6 addresses
But the data describing where they're used - which is help to fight crime - isn't very useful
Networks29 Oct 2025 |38
ZTE hosts ZTE Broadband User Congress 2025 in Mexico city under the theme "AI Boosting Broadband Benefits"
ZTE proposes the "AI x Optical" solution to help operators shift from selling bandwidth to providing computing power as a service.
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Euro cloud alliance urges action on Broadcom as Microsoft mends fences
CISPE says post-VMware conduct raises fresh antitrust concerns
Networks28 Oct 2025 |3
Cloudflare Q3 report shows the internet still breaks for the strangest reasons
From natural disasters to stray bullets and exams, it's been a shaky quarter for the world's connectivity
Networks28 Oct 2025 |4
Frustrated consultant 'went full Hulk' and started smashing hardware
Who, Me? Four back-to-back weekends of work – and disastrously bad documentation – will do that do a techie
On-Prem27 Oct 2025 |131
How to build sustainable AI? Start with the network
Baking in sustainability begins with smart network design
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Engineering CPO is easy — scaling it for AI will take an ecosystem
Co-packaged optics promise a big boost for AI
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AI is driving networking and compute together
ZTE CEO Xu Ziyang talks power, performance and sustainability
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Apple’s AirDrop makes weird latency spikes for Wi-Fi wonks, researcher finds
Cupertino wants you on certain channels, and pushes back if you have your own preferences
Networks23 Oct 2025 |34
Amazon spills plan to nuke Washington...with X-Energy mini-reactors
Now they just need to get regulatory approval
Networks17 Oct 2025 |39
Literal crossed wires sent cops after innocent neighbors in child abuse case
Eight-year telco blunder had a profound impact on three wrongly accused in Wales
Networks17 Oct 2025 |120
'Fax virus' panicked a manager and sparked job-killing Reply-All incident
On Call The 1990s called with a reminder that in the time before ransomware, infosec panics could be quite quaint
Networks17 Oct 2025 |147
NordVPN open sources its Linux GUI client under GPLv3
Joins its command-line client from a couple of years ago
Networks16 Oct 2025 |11
Senator presses Cisco over firewall flaws that burned US agency
Bill Cassidy letter asks if Switchzilla sat on critical flaws before feds were forced into emergency patching
Public Sector16 Oct 2025 |6
Mind the gap – in mobile coverage: UK train signal to stay patchy till 2030
Minister pins hopes on low Earth orbit satellites to plug crap rail connectivity
Networks16 Oct 2025 |17
Mozilla is recruiting beta testers for a free, baked-in Firefox VPN
Lucky few randomly selected to trial the feature, which won't fully roll out for several months
Networks14 Oct 2025 |47
Ofcom refuses to bite over Openreach's fiber freebies
Watchdog says it sees no case to investigate discounted FTTP upgrade offer – but will keep an eye on it
Networks14 Oct 2025 |23
Vodafone keels over, cutting off millions of mobile and broadband customers
Outage knocks out phones, broadband – even telco's own status page
Networks13 Oct 2025 |73
SpaceX limbers up for Starship flight 11 as launch pad faces retirement
Updated Another flawless demonstration or unplanned explosion await
Science13 Oct 2025 |29
UK waves £750M supercomputer contract at HPC builders
Pre-market charm offensive begins for Edinburgh's next national number-cruncher
Supercomputing Month13 Oct 2025 |7
Techies tossed appliance that had no power cord, but turned out to power their company
Who, Me? Illicit colo cleanup seemed like a good way to get out of the house during Covid
Networks13 Oct 2025 |177
Cisco’s new router unites disparate datacenters into AI training behemoths
With enough routers, Switchzilla says it can link bit barns 1,000 km apart and scale fabrics beyond 3 exabits per second
Networks08 Oct 2025 |2
As real life banks close, network operator starts a Scam School to stop Granny getting mugged online
Broadband biz teams up with Good Things Foundation to teach the digitally doddery how to dodge fraud
Networks08 Oct 2025 |28
EchoStar secures rights to spectrum it plans to sell to SpaceX
Musk space biz: 'Anyone else that wants to use the spectrum must coordinate with us first'
Networks06 Oct 2025 |7
Subpoena tracking platform blames outage on AWS social engineering attack
Software maker Kodex said its domain registrar fell for a fraudulent legal order
Cybersecurity Month02 Oct 2025 |
BT promises 5G Standalone for 99% of the UK by 2030
Because 100% would just be silly
Networks02 Oct 2025 |32
Texas man accidentally shoots cable, brings internet down
And it’s not the first time gunfire has cut Spectrum’s lines
Networks01 Oct 2025 |87
Taliban impose tele-ban and take Afghanistan offline
No internet or phones, which means no banks or commercial aviation, but lots more misery
Networks01 Oct 2025 |56
Warnings about Cisco vulns under active exploit are falling on deaf ears
50,000 firewall devices still exposed
Patches30 Sep 2025 |22
Submarine cable security is all at sea, and UK govt 'too timid' to act, says report
Feature Guess how much of our direct transatlantic data capacity runs through two cables in Bude?
Networks29 Sep 2025 |43
Zero-day deja vu as another Cisco IOS bug comes under attack
The latest in a run of serious networking bugs gives attackers root if they have SNMP access
Networks25 Sep 2025 |13
Google, Meta and Vodafone want smartphone-makers to reduce their bandwidth bills
By supporting efficient video codecs in hardware, which to be fair will also help punters
Networks25 Sep 2025 |23
SIM city: Feds say 100,000-card farms could have killed cell towers in NYC
Secret Service seizes 300-server network allegedly tied to nation-state hackers
Cyber-crime23 Sep 2025 |81
Slow Wi-Fi? Add houseplants to the list of suspects
Pass the tinfoil hat
Offbeat23 Sep 2025 |79
One of TikTok’s network boffins says it causes ‘massive data wastage’
China-funded research suggests video app's new American operators might byte off 40 percent more traffic than they can chew
Networks23 Sep 2025 |9
Huawei used its own silicon to re-educate DeepSeek so its output won’t bother Beijing
Asia In Brief PLUS: India ponders tax breaks for datacenters; Samsung plans hiring spree; Taliban bans fiber internet; and more
AI + ML22 Sep 2025 |7
Firewall upgrade linked to three deaths after Australian telco cut off emergency calls
Optus was unaware network changes caused a problem, and ignored some customer complaints
Networks21 Sep 2025 |41
Crims bust through SonicWall to grab sensitive config data
Vendor pulls plug on cloud backup feature, urges admins to reset passwords and re-secure devices
Cyber-crime18 Sep 2025 |6
Cloudflare DDoSed itself with React useEffect hook blunder
Dashboard loop caused API outage that was hard to troubleshoot
Networks18 Sep 2025 |10
UK telco Colt’s recovery from August cyberattack pushes into November
Pentesters confirm key system is safe but core products remain unavailable
Cyber-crime17 Sep 2025 |3
Sky plans to ditch up to 500 staff in the Technology Group
Exclusive Insiders say AI trials involving 'critical network services' underway and some engineering roles being moved to India
Networks17 Sep 2025 |45
China slaps 1-hour deadline on reporting serious cyber incidents
Cyberspace watchdog tightens reporting regime, leaving little time to hide incidents
Cybersecurity Month16 Sep 2025 |16
After years of strife, AFRINIC has elected a board. Now the hard work begins
Regional internet registry faces numerous critics and isn’t out of the legal woods
Networks15 Sep 2025 |
Starlink outage knocks tens of thousands offline worldwide
Downdetector logged 40,000 reports before service flickered back
Networks15 Sep 2025 |49
Bharti big shots storm BT boardroom after £3.6B raid
Sign 'relationship agreement' as Bharti Mittal and Vittal take non-exec directorships
Networks15 Sep 2025 |11
‘IT manager’ needed tech support because they had never heard of a command line
On Call Traceroute was also a mystery to this mountebank
Networks12 Sep 2025 |134
Experts scrutinized Ofcom's Online Safety Act governance. They're concerned
Academics and OSA stakeholders say watchdog needs to amend how controversial legislation is enforced
Legal11 Sep 2025 |28

