TPG suffers data breach impacting 280,000 customers | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Attackers reportedly hacked into an order management system from TPG’s subsidiary, the broadband provider iiNet Australia’s TPG has become the latest telco to suffer a major cybersecurity breach this weekend, with data having been exfiltrated from its ISP subsidiary, iiNet. The breach occurred on August 16, where reports suggest it was quickly detected and contained. Nonetheless, the attack reportedly compromised around 280,000 active email...
Virgin Media UK Preparing New TV 360 and STREAM Software Update | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) may like to know that the provider will shortly begin rolling out a new firmware update for their TV 360 and STREAM platforms (set-top-boxes), which is expected to introduce a number of new features (e.g. enhanced search functionality that will use image tiles instead of a text heavy display). The planned development was first mentioned in a newsletter that was issued to some of the providers customers,...
Judge upholds $92m fine for T-Mobile for illegally sharing location data | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News The operators had a duty to ensure customer data was not misused by third parties, the judges reiterated This week, the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has sided with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), upholding a fine against T-Mobile for illegally selling customer location information (CLI). The ruling relates to an FCC decision last year, which saw the regulator issue fines totalling almost $200 million to...
O2 UK to Upgrade 4G and 5G Mobile Signals for 22 Haven Holiday Parks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Mobile network operator O2 (Virgin Media) and partner Freshwave have today revealed that they’re in the process of upgrading their 4G and 5G mobile (mobile broadband) network for visitors to 22 Haven holiday parks across the UK “ahead of a summer of staycations“. We’ll overlook that it’s already the latter half of summer and the deployment won’t finish until 2026. Freshwave typically deploys small cell style solutions, which are akin to small shoebox...
Survey Claims Broadband ISPs Expect AI and Streaming to “Crush” Today’s Networks | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More A new survey of 200 “senior telecom decision-makers” from the USA, UK, and Australia, which was conducted by network technology firm RtBrick, has claimed that broadband ISP and mobile operators are at risk of being “overwhelmed by the demands of AI and streaming bandwidth” in the next 5 years – around 80% of respondents expect it to “crush” today’s networks. According to RtBrick’s State of Disaggregation’ Report, the survey finds fault with people and...
Monzo Looks to Copy Revolut by Preparing to Launch a UK Mobile Service | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Digital banking company Monzo has revealed that they’ve begun to “explore” how they could launch their own mobile provider in the UK, which seems likely to echo the approach that rival banking and money management app Revolut recently began to take (here); although we’re still waiting for the latter to take their training wheels off. “When we heard from our customers that mobile contracts can be a pain point, we set out to explore how we could do this...
VMO2 Stick to Nexfibre UK Build Target as More Homes Get FTTP Broadband | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More Broadband ISP Virgin Media (O2) has revealed that their joint expansion of 2Gbps speed FTTP broadband with nexfibre has now reached 94,867 new homes in Belfast (Northern Ireland), 68,631 in Birmingham, 56,652 in Leeds, 65,121 in Coventry and 63,870 in Stoke-on-Trent. But interestingly, the provider still expects to reach their target of “5 million homes across the UK by 2026“. “Our latest rollout … is part of our goal to deliver high speed full-fibre...
Equinix leans into nuclear power for its data centre empire | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More Press Release Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world’s digital infrastructure company®, announced it is working with leading energy companies that are developing innovative approaches to generating reliable and sustainable electricity to support the needs of Equinix data centers worldwide. This is part of Equinix’s diversified portfolio power strategy to help mitigate potential power constraints in the future, by expanding traditional power...
Deutsche Telekom and Porsche target defence sector with €500m fund | Total Telecom
Original article Total Telecom:Read More News Geopolitical instability across the globe is seeing European spending on defence technology surge According to a report from Bloomberg, Deutsche Telekom and Porsche Automobil Holding SE are discussing the formation of a new venture capital fund aimed at investing in defence technology. Anonymous sources say the companies are looking to raise €500 million, though the size and composition of the fund have yet to be confirmed. The fund will reportedly...
Former CEO of APFN Becomes Non-Executive Director of Wessex Internet | ISPreview UK
Original article ISPreview UK:Read More The former Group CEO of All Points Fibre Networks (APFN), Jarlath Finnegan, has today been appointed as a Non-Executive Director for UK broadband ISP Wessex Internet, which is currently busy extending their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural parts of Southern England. The provider, which also holds several state aid backed Project Gigabit build contracts (i.e. a total of four contracts worth £72m to deliver full fibre...