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Complaints from small businesses around Australia to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) have risen as a percentage received to almost 15%, with over 19,000 complaints filed. Of that number, 885 complaints are related to a business being disconnected due to a stuff up by a telco, a report released by the TIO said. One of […] More
Cisco has warned customers with Nexus switches running its NX-OS software to install updates to address a serious flaw that allows a remote attacker to bypass network access controls and route malicious internet traffic to internal networks. This bug, tracked as CVE-2020-10136, can be used to trigger a denial of service on affected Nexus switches […] More
An NBN FttN node getting a Nokia line card installed Image: Corinne Reichert/ZDNet The company responsible for deploying the National Broadband Network (NBN) across Australia has entered into a court enforceable undertaking with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over its conduct during the first half of 2019 in the Australian Capital Territory. NBN […] More
Calling a technological domain “the edge” gives it a cool sound, like it’s just pushing the boundaries of some innovative envelope. So naturally, there are multiple subdomains of the world’s wireless network that operators and equipment providers have staked out as “the edge.” There is a “network edge” that you’d think would extend to the […] More
Image: NBN The company responsible for deploying the National Broadband Network across Australia has revealed the extent to which the black summer bushfires of 2019-2020 impacted its network. Responding to Senate Estimates Question on Notice, NBN said it had four force majeure events from November onwards as a result of bushfire, with 332 outages hitting […] More
A team of engineers and researchers are working to tap quantum cryptography technology to enhance network encryption tools, so these can be ready to mitigate security risks when quantum computing becomes mainstream. ST Engineering and National University of Singapore (NUS) will use “measurement-device-independent” quantum key distribution (MDI QKD) technology in their efforts to to build […] More
Image: Chris Duckett/ZDNet The wholesale pricing changes flagged by the company responsible for deploying the National Broadband Network (NBN) across Australia at the end of 2019 came into force on Friday, and along with the new 100/20, 250/25, and 1,000/50Mbps speed tiers, a bunch of caveats were also released. NBN said its new 500-1,000Mbps plan, […] More
Cisco said it is acquiring ThousandEyes, which provides analytics for the digital delivery of applications and services. ThousandEyes provides a platform that enables enterprises to visualize environments that increasingly run through multiple clouds and networks. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cisco said it will combine its network and applications performance tools with ThousandEyes […] More
