Telecoms security law introduced in UK for cyber threat protection

In July, the Government announced that – despite previously permitting Huawei a limited role in providing equipment for the non-core parts of the UK’s 5G network – it would be entirely shut out of the networks, along with other vendors considered to be “high-risk”. Mobile operators will have until 2027 to remove all Huawei equipment from their 5G infrastructure. The government’s decision to formal

A draft bill proposes tough penalties on firms that breach the ban on Huawei gear The UK government is considering a ban on installing Huawei's 5G equipment as soon as next year, to pacify politicians who are pressing for tougher restrictions on the Chinese telecom giant. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that the ban could come as early as September 2021. Con

A newly discovered malware strain has been identified in the wild that unwittingly registers victims for premium services provided by legitimate telecoms firms. Named WAPDropper, the malware downloads and executes a payload, dropping a wireless application protocol (WAP) premium dialer which subscribes its victims to premium services in Thailand and Malaysia without their knowledge or consent. Th

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany would need to reach a consensus within government that a telecoms vendor poses a national security threat in order to exclude its equipment from national 5G

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Cyber Security in the SMB Market: Survey of Telecoms Operators” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Security is seen by telecoms operators as a large adjacent opportunity for their business divisions. This report explores operators' plans for security, their views on vendors and how vendors could improve. This report is based on a survey of 34

The EU’s new ePrivacy regulation is a strange beast. It’s important, designed to complement the EU’s GDPR. Where the GDPR is concerned with personal data “at rest” – how it is stored and processed – the ePrivacy Regulation can be thought of as dealing with personal data in motion. Despite that importance, it is largely unknown, except to people working in this area. That low profile is particula

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Wednesday ordered a raft of new security regulations for telecommunications providers, including rules on equipment and software suppliers and a

PE-backed network aggregator completes deal to purchase PSU Business Technology Former Rigby Group business FluidOne has acquired PSU Business Technology. PSU was established over 30 years ago and is a 6m-revenue business. It specialises in managed services, Mitel unified comms, connectivity and mobile and telecoms services. It is based in Cheltenham and has a headcount of 38. FluidO

Bears, scares and ransomware Well, what a year it's been. 2020 kicked off as it meant to go on, with news emerging from China of a new virus which lead to a swiftly imposed lockdown in the city of Wuhan. Looks grim, we thought, but it will probably peter out like previous viruses before it. How wrong we were. To coincide with our Deskflix Cyber Security event, here’s a look back at t