Critical Baicells Device Vulnerability Can Expose Telecoms Networks to Snooping

A critical vulnerability affecting wireless communications base stations from Baicells can be exploited to cause disruption or take complete control of data and voice traffic.

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Sinch acquires Inteliquent for $1.14B to take on Twilio in the US

After raising $690 million from SoftBank in December to make acquisitions, the Sweden-based cloud communications company Sinch has followed through on its strategy in that department. Today the company announced that it is acquiring Inteliquent, an interconnection provider for voice communications in the U.S. currently owned by private equity firm GTCR, for $1.14 billion in […] Continue reading Sinch acquires Inteliquent for $1.14B to take on Twilio in the US

Cellwize raises $32M to help carriers and their partners adopt and run 5G services

As 5G slowly moves from being a theoretical to an active part of the coverage map for the mobile industry — if not for consumers themselves — companies that are helping carriers make the migration less painful and less costly are seeing a boost of attention. In the latest development, Cellwize, a startup that’s built […] Continue reading Cellwize raises $32M to help carriers and their partners adopt and run 5G services

Japanese Telecoms Giant NTT Suffers Data Breach, Takes Four Days to Learn of Intrusion

Japanese Telecoms Giant NTT Suffers Data Breach, Takes Four Days to Learn of Intrusion Japanese telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) has suffered a data breach that resulted in the leak of hundreds of client records from a … Continue reading Japanese Telecoms Giant NTT Suffers Data Breach, Takes Four Days to Learn of Intrusion

What Happens When Telecom Companies Search Your Home for Piracy

Adam Lackman ran TVAddons, a site hosting unofficial addons for Kodi media player. A legal team representing powerful telecom and media companies—Bell and Rogers included—searched his home and sued him for piracy. Now, he’s fighting to make it to trial. Continue reading What Happens When Telecom Companies Search Your Home for Piracy

2 million lines of source code left exposed by phone company EE

What should be secret AWS and API keys were (un)secured with the default password credentials: “admin” as the name, “admin” for a password. Continue reading 2 million lines of source code left exposed by phone company EE