Telcos need to make more investments in security: Reliance Jio CISO

NEW DELHI: Indian telecomoperators need to make more investments in ensuring that security is built into all of their products, especially in the 5Gscenario, Reliance Jio’s chief information security officer, Brijesh Datta said. 5G technology, the...

Malaysian, Chinese police nab 146 over telecom fraud scams

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Police in Malaysia and China have worked together to nab 146 suspects over telecom fraud scams, the Malaysian state news agency Bernama reported on Tuesday,...

Ethio Telecom fights telecom fraud

The state-owned telecom monopoly, Ethio Telecom, is fighting a telecom fraud committed by individuals using illegally imported VSATs and other telecom gadgets that bypass the company’s satellite network. Thesedays it is quite...

Abraaj buys stake in Tunisie Telecom

Dubai-based Abraaj Group has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase a significant minority stake in Société Nationale des Télécommunications (Tunisie Telecom), Tunisia’s largest telecom operator. The stake will...

Vodafone selects huawei for SDN & NFV global roll out

Huawei announced that it has been selected by Vodafone Group as an approved vendor to supply its FusionSphere OpenStack platform, to support the operator’s global roll out of Network Functions Virtualization...

New Zealand operator Chorus calls for shared 5G backbone

New Zealand operator Chorus is calling on the nation's operators and regulators to create a national shared, regulated nationwide 5G backbone using the same model as the Ultrafast Broadband (UFB) national...

Intel unveils array of commercial 5G radio modems

Intel is also working on the XMM 7660 for Cat-19 Gigabit LTE speeds up to 1.6 Gbps. Qualcomm's been making huge strides in developing the 5G future lately, but it isn't the...

Intel demos 5G facial-recognition payment technology

Intel and Foxconn have demonstrated use cases for AI facial recognition cashless payment technology using 5G-ready applications. A new collaboration between Intel Corp, Hon Hai Precision (Foxconn) and Asia Pacific Telecom (APT)...

Juniper Networks Builds Turn-Key Telecoms Cloud with Contrail, Red Hat OpenStack

Tier 1 service providers, including AT&T, are already using Juniper Networks’ Contrail Networking in their telco clouds. Based on its experience with these operators, the vendor is now offering a turn...

The seven deadly sins of digital transformation

One of the most persistent buzzwords infesting today’s telecoms industry is digital transformation, but what’s it all about at the end of the day? This was the question Heavy Reading Analyst James...