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For those without access to the internet, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), want to work with telcos around the world to text health information related to the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet. “The goal is to reach everyone with vital health […] More
Alibaba has unveiled plans to invest 200 billion yuan ($28 billion) in its cloud business over the next three years, focusing on infrastructure development including servers, chips, network, and operating system. It also will deploy its proprietary technologies in its data centres “in the coming years”. The Chinese tech giant said in a statement Monday […] More
Peak upstream throughput on NBN Image: NBN Whereas the downstream traffic profile on Australia’s National Broadband Network has retained an identifiable evening busy period, for the upstream profile, it is much less so. In stats released on Friday, NBN said peak upstream throughput across the three time periods it measures — business hours from 8am […] More
Up until a month ago, work life for many was routine and involved commuting into work, sending emails, and catching up with colleagues and clients in person. But since governments worldwide began mandating for people to work from home in a bid to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the new norm has […] More
The company responsible for deploying the National Broadband Network (NBN) across Australia announced on Friday it had created a AU$150 million relief fund for low-income households with children at school and struggling small and medium-sized businesses. The package will comprise of three parts valued at AU$50 million each: One part is aimed at getting school-aged […] More
The US now has 31,000 dead from the coronavirus. There are also 22 million unemployed, and the Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan program is out of money. But, against the constant darkness of bad news, there is one shining point of good news: The internet keeps going and going and going. […] More
Cisco has gone ahead and disclosed a critical flaw in a range of its internet protocol (IP) phones. However, it had originally wanted to break from its own 90-day disclosure policy due to “extenuating circumstances” created by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Like Google, Cisco’s policy is to publicly disclose security bugs found in its own […] More
StarHub is being investigated for two broadband service disruptions that lasted hours on Wednesday and during a time when many of its customers are working from home amidst a COVID-19 lockdown in Singapore. The country’s industry regulator says it has begun reviewing the incident and will mete out penalties if the telco is found to […] More
