UK Trial Suggests Customers See No Benefit in Switch from PSTN to VoIP
Landlines may be turning more digital but the process of cleaning up after an engineer remains stubbornly analog.
UK Government Backs Down on Drahi’s BT Investment but New Security Attitude Is Clear
Billionaire Patrick Drahi now owns 18% of BT, but it is clear that national security laws would be used to block a takeover.
Probe into BT Investor Reveals More about Government than Security
Patrick Drahi, billionaire owner of Altice, will know national security can be a euphemism for safeguarding government investments.
Free EU Roaming Continues Because UK Telco Systems Not Ready to Charge
Both Vodafone UK and EE have fallen behind schedule with technical changes needed to reintroduce charges for roaming in the EU.
Suspended Sentence for Fraudster Who Stole and Sold Passwords for Streaming TV
32 year old Darren Walker made ‘thousands of pounds’ by selling compromised account details for BT Sports and Sky TV.
BT Proposes Phone Tracking Service to Protect Women from Violence
Philip Jansen, Chief Executive of BT, wants women to dial 888 so their late-night journeys can be monitored.
Adoption of Anti-Smishing Registry in Singapore and Ireland Prompts Dispute over Its Effectiveness in UK
Experts argued over whether the Mobile Ecosystem Forum’s SMS Protection Registry has reduced SMS phishing in Britain.
Angry Cryptocurrency Spammer Says “We Don’t Spam”
Slimeballs are attracted to the internet because they believe their scum will always rise to the top.
First Speakers Confirmed for RAG London 2021
Leading experts from Telefónica, BT, Inmarsat, Virgin Media and Vodafone have already committed to participating in RAG’s first post-lockdown conference.
Why Are Fair Usage Policies So Inconsistent?
There is a lot of overlap between behavior indicative of fraud and behavior that should be stopped by a fair usage policy.