Category: networks

FCC estimates it’ll cost carriers $1.8 billion to replace Huawei, ZTE hardware

Post author By Randall
Post date September 4, 2020
Categories In ajit pai, China, fcc, federal communications commission, federalcommunicationscommission, gear, Huawei, Internet, networks, News, Security, Tech, telecoms, zte

[ad_1] Many carriers that serve rural areas use relatively inexpensive ZTE and Huawei equipment. After the FCC started collecting data about that in February, more than 50 carriers have told the agency they or their subsidiaries have tech from those companies in their networks. However, it might be prohibitively expensive for them to tear all […]

A ransomware attack is holding Baltimore’s networks hostage

Post author By Randall
Post date May 8, 2019
Categories In baltimore, bernard young, bitcoin, city, Cybersecurity, encryption, fbi, frank johnson, gear, government, Hack, hostage, municipal, networks, Politics, ransom, ransomware, robbinhood, Security, Tech

[ad_1] Nearly every department of the city government was affected in some way, though the police, fire, emergency response and 311 systems remained up. The city’s phones are still active, and employees are at work. City Council did cancel at least one hearing on gun violence. According to the Baltimore Sun the ransomware — a […]

AT&T and Comcast test ‘verified’ phone calls to fight spam

Post author By Randall
Post date March 20, 2019
Categories In at&t, att, authentication, business, comcast, gear, Mobile, networks, robocalls, Robots, shakenstir, Tech, verify, voice providers
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[ad_1] While AT&T and Comcast have been able to verify calls between their own customers, earlier this month, they successfully tested verifying calls between providers. They believe this is the first time separate providers have used the SHAKEN/STIR protocol (which applies a kind of digital signature to every phone). In a press release today, the […]