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Palo Alto, NTT Data form AI security alliance, target $1B in joint sales

Vendors will combine Palo Alto’s AI-powered cybersecurity platforms with NTT Data's managed services.

By Michael Cooney

Aug 21, 20262 mins

Artificial IntelligenceManaged Service ProvidersNetwork Security

FCC reversal removes federal cyber safeguards targeting telecom weaknesses post-Salt Typhoon attacks

By Taryn Plumb

Nov 21, 20255 mins

GovernmentLaws and RegulationsTelecommunications Industry

Telco’s botched firewall upgrade left emergency callers unable to connect

By Maxwell Cooter

Sep 22, 20256 mins

CarriersNetworkingTelecommunications

Articles

2024 network outage report and internet health check

ThousandEyes tracks internet and cloud traffic and provides Network World with weekly updates on the performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers.

By Ann Bednarz

Jan 7, 2025 122 mins

Cloud ComputingInternet Service ProvidersNetwork Management Software

More telecom firms were breached by Chinese hackers than previously reported

Salt Typhoon’s latest victims include Charter, Consolidated, and Windstream, underscoring the widening scope of China’s cyberespionage campaign against critical US infrastructure.

By Gyana Swain

Jan 6, 2025 1 min

Data BreachSecurityTelecommunications Industry

Europe takes on Starlink with $11.5 billion IRIS² satellite constellation

The European Space Agency expects to launch the first satellites in 2029, with service beginning early in 2030.

By Gyana Swain

Dec 17, 2024 4 mins

InternetManufacturing IndustryTelecommunications Industry

AT&T to eliminate landlines by 2029

Legacy copper services are no longer meeting customer needs for speed, reliability and always on-connectivity, AT&T says.

By Andy Patrizio

Dec 10, 2024 2 mins

NetworkingTelecommunications Industry

Red Sea cable cuts disrupted up to 70% of traffic, says RETN

Global network services provider RETN says the impact of the cable cuts has been underestimated, and calls for industry-wide efforts to build resilient networks.

By Gyana Swain

Oct 8, 2024 4 mins

TelecommunicationsTelecommunications Industry

Ciena and Arelion achieve 1.6 Tb/s optical transmission milestone

Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) is the optical networking technology that enabled the new speed record in carrier data networking transport.

By Sean Michael Kerner

Sep 4, 2024 4 mins

CarriersNetworking

US investigates China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom over data misuse concerns

The latest action reflects the administration’s ongoing approach to regulating Chinese companies that access sensitive data for business operations in the US.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Jun 25, 2024 3 mins

Cloud ComputingData CenterTelecommunications Industry

T-Mobile deal could mean advantages for UScellular customers

T-Mobile has agreed to buy the bulk of UScellular's wireless operations in a $4.4 billion deal announced Tuesday.

By Paul Barker

May 28, 2024 3 mins

CarriersMergers and AcquisitionsTelecommunications Industry

Altnets and neutral hosts: Are network service options widening?

Independent broadband and telecom-infrastructure providers could provide connectivity options in areas where service is thin, if enterprise concerns about business viability and technology operations are addressed.

By Tom Nolle

Apr 22, 2024 7 mins

Managed Service ProvidersNetworkingVirtualization

Google unveils $1B plan for subsea cables to Japan

Google and partners including KDDI will lay cables linking Japan with existing trans-Pacific cable routes to the continental US.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Apr 11, 2024 5 mins

InternetTelecommunicationsTelecommunications Industry

2023 global network outage report and internet health check

Look back at the 2023 performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers, as tracked by Cisco subsidiary ThousandEyes.

By abednarz

Mar 22, 2024 91 mins

Cloud ComputingInternet Service ProvidersNetwork Management Software

Cloud providers should play by same rules as telcos, EU commissioner tells MWC

Speaking at MWC 2024, the European Commissioner for the Internal Market detailed the pillars of the future European Digital Networks Act.

By Francisca Domínguez Zubicoa

Feb 26, 2024 5 mins

GovernmentLaws and RegulationsTelecommunications Industry

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Nvidia partners with telecom providers for open 6G networks

Mplify launches AI-focused Carrier Ethernet certifications

2025 network outage report and internet health check

FCC reversal removes federal cyber safeguards targeting telecom weaknesses post-Salt Typhoon attacks

Telco’s botched firewall upgrade left emergency callers unable to connect

Articles

2024 network outage report and internet health check

More telecom firms were breached by Chinese hackers than previously reported

Europe takes on Starlink with $11.5 billion IRIS² satellite constellation

AT&T to eliminate landlines by 2029

Red Sea cable cuts disrupted up to 70% of traffic, says RETN

Ciena and Arelion achieve 1.6 Tb/s optical transmission milestone

US investigates China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom over data misuse concerns

T-Mobile deal could mean advantages for UScellular customers

Altnets and neutral hosts: Are network service options widening?

Google unveils $1B plan for subsea cables to Japan

2023 global network outage report and internet health check

Cloud providers should play by same rules as telcos, EU commissioner tells MWC

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