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No one wants a naked man barging into a virtual classroom video conference, but that’s what happened in Norway-based class using the WhereBy service. Here, in the US, the enormously popular Zoom video-conferencing service meetings are getting attacked so often there’s even a phrase for it: Zoombombing. Indeed, it’s gotten so bad that the FBI […] More
When you think of Chinese 5G smartphone superpower Huawei and intellectual property (IP), your first thoughts are of the US Department of Justice charging Huawei with racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets. Or, if you follow intellectual property (IP) issues closely, you’d recall that Huawei has made $6 billion in patent royalties since 2001 […] More
Image: Chris Duckett/ZDNet The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced it would pause its NBN entry-level access pricing and wholesale service standards inquiries to allow the industry to deal with the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the planet. At the same time, the consumer watchdog also released a position paper on each inquiry. The […] More
The federal government has amended legislation to allow telco carriers to deploy temporary facilities, including cells on wheels and networks on wheels, as “low-impact facilities” in certain circumstances such as during emergencies, events, peak holiday periods, and the maintenance or replacement of existing facilities. Under the amended Telecommunications (Low-impact Facilities) Determination 2018 and the Telecommunications Code of Practice […] More
Image: Spark New Zealand telco Spark has said its network is now seeing what it calls a “7-day weekend”, with increasing numbers of people working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the planet. The telco said its daytime broadband load has almost doubled, with peak broadband demand hitting 27% above normal levels, while […] More
Special Feature T-Mobile said it has completed its merger with Sprint and that Mike Sievert is now CEO of the wireless carrier. John Legere, who was CEO of T-Mobile since 2012 and orchestrated the company’s “Un-carrier” campaign, had planned to step down. Sievert’s job will now revolve around integrating Sprint, maintaining momentum vs. Verizon and […] More
Credit: Slack Featured stories A week ago, Slack’s CEO Stewart Butterfield said Slack intended to provide a way to integrate directly with Microsoft Teams calling. Today, April 1, Slack is rolling out a beta of the Microsoft Teams Calls app for Slack. Slack also is unveiling additional VOIP phone integrations in addition to the Teams […] More
With unprecedented numbers of people working from home as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, many are finding that their home Wi-Fi network aren’t up to the job of remote working and video collaboration. A wired network connection direct to the router makes more sense. It’s more robust and not susceptible to interference from […] More
