Samsung and Cisco work with Verizon to implement 5G in Detroit

Samsung Electronics America, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, and Cisco, in partnership with Verizon, announced the successful deployment of what is believed to be the first multi-vendor end-to-end 5G trial network in the field, specifically in the Ann Arbor suburb of metropolitan Detroit in Michigan. The companies noted that earlier in the year, Verizon announced that it planned to conduct customer trials of 5G technology for home broadband...

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Openreach to Consult on Broadband Expansion

Openreach, a unit of BT and the largest network infrastructure provider in the UK, responsible for a network serving around 30 million residential and business customers, has announced that it will consult with its communications provider customers regarding the best way to enhance broadband connectivity across Britain. The company, which provides broadband infrastructure to more than 580 service providers, is to request customer input relating...

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Worldwide Disruptions from WannaCry Ransomware

On Friday 12-May-2017 major organizations worldwide fell victim to a rapidly spreading ransomware attack known as WannaCry, WCry, WanaCrypt and WanaCrypt0r.  The ransomeware ecrypts files on the victim's Windows PC and displays a note demanding $300 or $600 in Bitcoin to unlock the machine. Here's a roundup: The ransomware exploits a vulnerability (MS17-010) in the Windows Operating that was once part of the NSA's toolkit and was leaked earlier...

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