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Facebook and Twitter have uncovered another network of Russian-backed trolls running an influence campaign on both of their platforms, mainly targeting an US audience, but from accounts working in Ghana and Nigeria. The campaign has been on-going since June 2019, but according to Nathaniel Gleicher, head of security policy at Facebook, the operation was shut […] More
With the video calls ramping as fast as novel coronavirus cases and emails about remote work policies, I’m already starting to hear about the hiccups, lags, and hitches in home networks. Yes, folks, it’s going to be really obvious who has a Wi-Fi router that is more than six years old. And it’s about to […] More
Image: ComCom The New Zealand Commerce Commission (ComCom) has found the nation’s 900Mbps broadband plans are well below the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average price for such plans, while otherwise, New Zealand pays more for its broadband than the OECD average. In its Annual Telecommunications Monitoring Report 2019 [PDF] released on Thursday, […] More
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk reckons its Starlink satellite broadband will have enough capacity to watch high-definition videos and play online games without the user noticing speed issues. The entrepreneur has told a conference that the Starlink space network will have latency of about 20 milliseconds, making it suitable for online gaming applications. Networking But he […] More
Have you ever been in a disaster? I have, and you probably have, too. One of the worst things about them is that, when you need help, you can’t get it because communication links fall apart. That’s when The Linux Foundation Project OWL’s IoT device firmware comes in handy. Internet of Things Project OWL (Organization, […] More
The New Zealand Commerce Commission (ComCom) on Wednesday opened an online consultation about the nation’s home phone networks, seeking feedback for the development of a code that protects customers who are at particular risk of being unable to contact emergency services. The consultation was opened in response to New Zealanders increasingly making the shift to […] More
Google Cloud on Thursday announced Anthos for Telecom, an extension of the Anthos cloud platform to the network edge. The new service is part of Google’s new, broad strategy to help the telecommunications industry harness the potential of 5G and the cloud. G Google plans to use Anthos, other services and new partnerships to help […] More
Image: JM Black Telstra has said it wants NBN to pick up its obligations to supply voice services within the government-owned wholesaler’s fixed wireless network. Under the 20-year contract that is the Universal Service Obligation, Telstra is paid by the government and industry to supply copper phone lines and behave as a fixed line infrastructure […] More
