Posted on April 12, 2018

Categories Carriers, cybersecurity, diameter signaling, Diameter Signaling Controller (DSC), EPC, Policy, Security, SS7

FCC committee warns of diameter signaling network vulnerabilities

Diameter signaling has similar vulnerabilities as SS7 Location tracking, interception of voice and text messages, denial of service and account fraud are all potential attack vectors associated with the Signaling System 7 protocol. And those same vulnerabilities can be applied to diameter signaling, according to a recent report from the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability

Posted on April 12, 2018

Categories Archived Articles, Featured, General Magic, MagicTalk, Motorola, PCS, price wars

#TBT: A lull in the PCS price wars; casting some General Magic; Chinese network equipment market booms … this week in 1998

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up

Posted on April 12, 2018

Categories artificial intelligence, Mobile virtual network operator, MVNO, Opinion, Reader Forum

Can Artificial Intelligence give the MVNO business model wings? (Reader Forum)

The Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) business model first emerged in Japan in 1997. Since then, the global MVNO subscriber base has steadily grown and

Posted on April 11, 2018

Categories ACI, Cisco, monitoring solution, NetScout, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Network Infrastructure, SDN, Software-defined networks (SDN), WANs

SevOne pushes SDN migration with monitoring solution updates

SevOne introduces SDN Monitoring Solution 2.0 for Cisco ACI Infrastructure management software company SevOne premiered the second version of its software-defined defined (SDN) monitoring platform for

Posted on April 11, 2018

Categories data breaches, DBIR, Featured, network security, Software, Verizon

Verizon DBIR: Ransomware rising

If it seems like you’re hearing more about ransomware attacks, it’s not just that more high-profile attacks — like the recent takeover of some city

Posted on April 11, 2018

Categories ASI, LFN, NetScout, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Network Infrastructure, NFV, Open Source, SDN, Software, The Linux Foundation

NetScout brings smart data technology to LFN

NetScout Systems becomes member of LFN The Linux Foundation Networking Fund (LFN) continues to grow with NetScout Systems Inc. jumping on board as its newest member. LFN

Posted on April 11, 2018

Categories A.I., cybersecurity, Fundamentals, machine learning, Network Infrastructure, network traffic, Software, zero-day exploits

How to improve cybersecurity with machine learning

Leveraging machine learning for cybersecurity Data breaches and cyber attacks have become harder to deter over the last few years. According to Cisco’s 2018 Annual Cybersecurity

Posted on April 11, 2018

Categories 5G, Carriers, EMEA, Ericsson, Featured, Nokia, Telefonica, use cases

Telefonica showcases 5G use case as part of its technological cities project

Telefonica carried out the 5G trial using an autonomous minibus and technology from Ericsson Spanish telecommunications firm Telefónica has showcased a 5G use case in Talavera

Posted on April 11, 2018

Categories 28 GHz, 5G, Carriers, millimeter wave spectrum, Network Infrastructure

AT&T 5G trials yield 1.2 Gbps, nine millisecond latency

5G trial in Waco will give way to commercial service this year Ahead of a planned commercial 5G service launch later this year, AT&T is continuing

Posted on April 10, 2018

Categories AI, artificial intelligence, Business, Cloud Computing, machine learning, Oracle, Oracle Communications, Software

Oracle EVP: ‘You have to go to the cloud’

For service providers and enterprises, cloud adoption drives innovation NEW YORK–Oracle Executive Vice President Bob Weiler stressed to attendees of the Oracle Industry Connect event that

Posted on April 10, 2018

Categories Cisco, Cloud Computing, cyber threats, Network Infrastructure, Software, Stealthwatch, Tetration, workloads

Cisco introduces integrated solution to protect data center workloads

Cisco aims to secure workloads across data centers and multi-cloud environments Cisco announced it is combining Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), Tetration, Stealthwatch and Application Centric Infrastructure

Posted on April 10, 2018

Categories Apcela, API, ELK, Enhanced Analytics Platform, machine learning, Network Infrastructure, SD-WAN, Software, Software-defined networks (SDN)

Apcela rolls out Enhanced Analytics Platform with SD-WAN API

Apcela aims to improve machine learning with Enhanced Analytics Platform Application delivery company Apcela is breaking into machine learning with the deployment of its Enhanced Analytics

Posted on April 10, 2018

Categories Cloud Computing, containers, edge computing, IoTium, Kubernetes, Network Infrastructure, OT-Edge, SDK, Software

IoTium container platform brings Kubernetes to the edge

IoTium announces availability of OT-Edge Industrial IoT company IoTium introduced a new container-based platform, dubbed OT-Edge, which it claims is the first edge-cloud infrastructure solution built

Posted on April 10, 2018

Categories 5G, APAC, Carriers, fixed wireless, NBN

NBN Co., Ericsson to trial 5G services in Melbourne

The Australian telco said it will use 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5GHz band Australian firm NBN Co., which is currently rolling out the country’s

Posted on April 10, 2018

Categories 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), National Science Foundation, Platform for Advanced Wireless Research, smart cities, Test and Measurement, US Ignite

NYC, Salt Lake City to become smart city testbeds

New York City and Salt Lake City will both become large-scale testbeds for smart city and 5G technologies, having won funding from the National Science