Tag: MWC
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Hunting for Rogue Base Stations at MWC Barcelona
How would you detect a surveillance device at the world's biggest convention for mobile communications?
Should Anti-Scam Controls Generate Revenue?
Protecting people and saving our way of life must become a higher priority than saving pennies or serving businesses.
Why This Year’s MWC Barcelona Is the Most Important for Global Comms Security
The state of international relations between the USA, Europe and China cannot be ignored. We may not be able to change the whole world, but meet me in Barcelona if you share my desire to change one small but important part of it.
Deutsche Telekom Commits to Global Title Leasing Code That Stops Phone Spies
The German operator says they are the first to obey new rules that close loopholes exploited by both spammers and the murderers of Mexican journalist Fredid Román Román.
What Mobile World Congress Showed Me about Sexism in the Communications Sector
There is no short cut to equality but openly criticizing sexism and other forms of favoritism would be a step in the right direction.
Is This the Time for the US to Ban More Chinese Telcos?
The US government and its comms regulator pursues their international objectives in such a piecemeal fashion that they lack coherence when viewed together.
RAG Dubai Shows Demand for Face-to-Face Conferences
A majority of telecoms risk professionals are now impatient to meet so they can work together on common problems.
Why Believe Huawei’s Security Promises?
Huawei Chairman Guo Ping made a robust speech at MWC, but the reporting of his words suggests some telecoms journalists have only a tenuous understanding of security risks.
Governments + Telecoms Data = Utopia?
Some previous loose talk about telcos giving their data to government sounds even worse following revelations about the ways data, and people, have been abused in real life.
If MWC Is “Creating a Better Future” Why Do So Many Attendees Have Their Phones Stolen?
Fighting organized crime would also be a good goal, not that many will want to talk about that at Mobile World Congress.
Mixed Messages on Privacy and Security at MWC
Vittorio Colao, Vodafone Group CEO, has been praised for talking about security and privacy during his speech at Mobile World Congress. But did he say enough? And was it undermined by what DT CEO Timotheus Hottges said afterwards?
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