News
From geopolitical clashes between East and West, to AI grandmothers confounding scammers, this week has been a rollercoaster of telecoms news.
Check out the top 5 recent telecoms stories from Broadband Communities sister site, Total Telcom, below!
- US accuses China of telecoms espionage
A joint statement from the FBI and the CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) accuses the Chinese government of conducting a far-reaching espionage campaign against commercial US networks. - EE takes coverage to the top of Ben Nevis
EE has expanded 4G coverage to the top of the UK’s highest mountain. - Reliance Jio makes last-ditch attempt to stop satellite spectrum allocation
India’s largest telco is clashing with Elon Musk’s SpaceX once again, making a final appeal to regulators to block direct allocation of satellite spectrum. - Gangster Granny! Meet Daisy: O2’s new weapon against scammers
Virgin Media O2 is using a Generative AI Grandmother to waste the time of known scam callers. - NASA and Microsoft partner to simplify access to Earth science data
NASA and Microsoft are working together to develop ‘Earth Copilot’, an AI-powered tool to make Earth science data more accessible.
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