Ian made landfall in Florida yesterday as a Category 4 hurricane, bringing 155 mph winds, heavy rain and historic storm surge, noted CNN. Thousands of homes were left without power even before the storm tracked across the middle of the state. As of noon Wednesday, nearly 200,000 were without power […]
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Rural carriers are weighing the “when” and “how” of the transition to 5G, both in terms of technical issues and business cases. During a carrier panel at the Competitive Carriers annual convention this week, representatives from US Cellular, Alaska’s GCI and Wisconsin’s Cellcom discussed the state of their networks and […]
British Prime Minister, Liz Truss, announced she will approve hiring foreign fiber broadband engineers due to a domestic shortage. ISPreview reported that U.K. network operators and ISPs are facing a deficiency of skilled workers as the country funds the most extensive broadband rollout in its history. Currently, over one hundred […]
New Netscout report says botnets are “more potent than ever before” Geopolitical tensions involving Russia and Ukraine are being reflected in cyberattacks, while botnets “continue to evolve at a frightening pace,” according to a new security report from Netscout. Netscout, which draw the anonymized data on Dedicated Denial of Service […]
According to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, changes in the economic climate and geopolitical volatility will lead to a seven percent year-over-year decline in the smartphone market. “The challenging headwinds and notable inventory corrections conspired to outweigh any growth potential in 1H 2022, which has tempered smartphone demand amid […]
“Some speeds have shown signs of slowing down from their initial launches,” Ookla says of Starlink service Starlink’s commercial success is causing network slowdowns, benchmarking company Ookla concludes in new analysis, as new customers result in a heavier network load and slower speeds for the Low-Earth Orbit-based internet service, compared […]
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has clarified its intentions for its wireless business. “We have no plans to build out a full national wireless network,” stated Tom Nagel, Comcast SVP, Wireless Strategy, in a blog post on the company’s website on Wednesday. “Rather, where it makes sense, we plan to selectively deploy […]
Now Platform Tokyo gets telco features “with service delivery, care, and assurance in mind” Enterprise workflow management software maker ServiceNow has announced the release of Telecommunications Network Inventory (TNI), a workflow management solution to help telco network engineers design and build network resources and services. TNI is available through ServiceNow’s Now Platform, […]
Global 5G Connections Reach 813 Million in Q2 2022; Up 112% from Q2 2021 Expected to Reach 5.9 Billion by End of 2027, Adding 1 Billion a Year from 2023 to 2027 North America 5G Connections Grew 21% Quarterly to Reach 99 Million at End of Q2 2022 BELLEVUE, Wash. […]
The FCC added equipment and services from two entities – Pacific Network Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary ComNet (USA) LLC, and China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited – to its list of communications equipment and services that have been deemed a threat to national security. The move is meant to strengthen […]