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    Britain 'doing the wrong thing' by letting in Huawei 5G: former ASD officer

    British authorities have allowed Huawei to take a limited role in UK 5G roll-outs. A former Australian cyberspook thinks that’s a mistake. “It is disappointing that the Brits are doing the wrong thing on 5G, having not exhausted other possibilities,” wrote Simeon Gilding at The Strategist, the blog of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). […] More

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    Verizon shows solid Q4 net adds for business, consumer wireless

    Verizon Special feature How 5G Will Transform Business 5G will be popularized via telecom carriers and the marketing of wire-cutting services, but the biggest impact and returns will come from connecting the Internet of things, edge computing and analytics infrastructure with minimal latency. Read More Verizon had a strong fourth quarter adding subscribers as it […] More

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    NBN retreats from directly signing enterprise customers

    The company responsible for deploying the National Broadband Network (NBN) across Australia announced on Thursday that it would step back from directly signing up enterprise customers. NBN has come under intense criticism from retailers for entering into contracts with end-users, which culminated with Vocus advocating for NBN to be structurally separated if its direct sales […] More

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    Honeywell, Verizon partner on integrating LTE, smart meters, lay groundwork for 5G

    Special feature The Rise of Industrial IoT Infrastructure around the world is being linked together via sensors, machine learning and analytics. We examine the rise of the digital twin, the new leaders in industrial IoT (IIoT) and case studies that highlight the lessons learned from production IIoT deployments. Read More Honeywell and Verizon are teaming […] More

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    Blocking robocalls: Now US-based VoIP 'gateway carriers' hit by DoJ lawsuits

    The US Justice Department has filed two lawsuits against five US-based VoIP ‘gateway carriers’ and their owners for operating robocall services that were allegedly used to defraud American consumers with calls that mostly originated from India.  The lawsuits mark another front in US government efforts to stem the flood of robocalls that consumers face. The […] More

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    AT&T says 5G network nationwide by mid-year as Q4 earnings solid

    Special feature How 5G Will Transform Business 5G will be popularized via telecom carriers and the marketing of wire-cutting services, but the biggest impact and returns will come from connecting the Internet of things, edge computing and analytics infrastructure with minimal latency. Read More AT&T’s fourth quarter earnings topped expectations as the company added 229,000 […] More

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    TPG and iiNet customers need to change DNS to skirt outage

    Screenshot: Chris Duckett/ZDNet Users of TPG and its other brands such as iiNet were impacted by an outage that began at around 1:00 pm AEDT on Wednesday. According to a network status update on iiNet’s site, the impacted area was listed as “Australia”. To get around the outage, iiNet recommended users set their DNS to […] More