Britain needs to boost its capabilities to carry out offensive cyber attacks, said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of a national security review slated for later this week. “Cyber power is revolutionising the way we live our lives and fight our wars, just as air power did 100 years ago,” said Johnson in a…
According to two sources briefed on the matter at hand, U.S. lawmakers will back $1.9 billion program to fund a removal of Chinese communication gear that it deems as a threat to national security risks. Lawmakers will also back a $3.2 billion program for an emergency broadband which will benefit low-income Americans, confirmed senior congressional…
In a development that cements Huawei’s exit from Britain’ future telecom market, the British government has notified telecommunications companies operating in the country that after September 2021, they should not install any new Huawei 5G kit. The development is part of a broader push to purge Huawei’s equipment from Britain’s high speed mobile networks. Falling…
Rejecting a petition filed by China’s ZTE Corp, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stated, the Chinese company continues to be a national security threat to the United States’ communications networks. In June, the FCC had designated China;s Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE as threats to national security and had bared the duo from accessing U.S.…
On Saturday, the United States and Japan agreed to start a dialogue on economic security which includes 5G mobile networks as well as the export of civilian technology that also has military use, reported Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper. On Friday, the U.S. administration moved to block the global supply of chips to Chinese 5G equipment giant…
On Tuesday, Spark New Zealand Ltd stated, it will manage part of New Zealand’s allocation of 5G spectrum as the country prepares to roll out the next generation mobile technology over the next year. In a statement to the New Zealand Stock Exchange, Spark New Zealand Ltd said, it will be offered management rights to…
In a statement, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stated, it is mulling options which include the shutting down the U.S. operations of three state-controlled Chinese telecommunications companies, due to potential national security risks. To this end, the FCC has issued show cause orders to China Unicom Americas, China Telecom Americas, and Pacific Networks Corp along…
In a significant development, several agencies from the U.S. government including the Justice Department called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke China Telecom (Americas) Corp’s ability to provide international telecommunications services to and from the United States. China Telecom is the U.S. subsidiary of a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-owned telecommunications company.…
In an exclusive news bulletin, Sky News has revealed that Imagination, which makes graphics processing units (GPUs) for customers including Samsung and Apple and is one of the UK’s most important technology companies, is scheduled to have an emergency board meeting next week in order to discuss the appointment of four representatives of China Reform…
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, has banned its employees from using Zoom, a video conferencing app, following “significant privacy and security concerns”, according to an internal memo. The development comes days after U.S. law enforcement agencies warned users about security concerns regarding the popular app. With many Americans quarrantined in their homes because of the…
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