Category: telecommunications

Critical Entities Targeted in Suspected Chinese Cyber Spying

RICHMOND, Va.—A cyberespionage campaign blamed on China was more sweeping than previously known, with suspected state-backed hackers exploiting a device meant to boost internet security to penetrate the computers of critical U.S. entities. The hack of Pulse Connect Secure networking devices came to light in April, but its scope is only now starting to become…


Teleco Giant Telstra Announces Next Step in Restructuring Plan

Telstra is taking the next steps in its proposed corporate restructure with the telecommunications giant set to split into four branches under the new holding company, Telstra Group. The process is part of Telstra’s T22 strategy—a strategy started in 2018 to simplify operations and reduce costs by 2022. Telstra CEO Andrew Penn said in a market…


Telco Giant Telstra Announces Next Step in Restructuring Plan

Telstra is taking the next steps in its proposed corporate restructure with the telecommunications giant set to split into four branches under the new holding company, Telstra Group. The process is part of Telstra’s T22 strategy—a strategy started in 2018 to simplify operations and reduce costs by 2022. Telstra CEO Andrew Penn said in a market…


‘HyperOne’ to Offer Undersea Cables Safe Passage Through Troubled Indo-Pacific Waters

An Australian entrepreneur has unveiled an ambitious countrywide, fibre-optic network that could open significant commercial opportunities and make Australia a hub for international undersea networks traversing the troubled Indo-Pacific region. HyperOne is a AU$1.5 billion hyperscale, national fibre network that will stretch more than 20,000 kilometres across Australia, and achieve speeds of 10,000 terabits per…


On Its Silver Anniversary, Let’s Modernize the Telecom Act of 1996

Commentary A quarter century ago, on Feb. 8, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law the landmark Telecommunications Act of 1996. At the signing ceremony, the president’s rhetoric was soaring: “With the stroke of a pen, our laws will catch up with our future.” Right in the 1996 Act’s preamble, Congress declared the statute’s purpose…