Lawson and KDDI are beta testing a futuristic convenience store at Takanawa Gateway City. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/23/companies/tech-lawson-store/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lawson #conveniencestores #mitsubishi #kddi #telecoms
Ukrainians will get cheap calls and texts in the EU from 2026.
The European Commission wants to let Ukraine into the EU's roaming area in 2026, it said on Tuesday.
"We want Ukrainian citizens to stay connected to their loved ones across the EU, as well as in their home country," Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. "That's why we propose that Ukraine join our roaming family.”
U.S. President Donald Trump’s family is getting into the mobile phone business. The venture stands to escalate concerns over how the president’s business enterprises conflict with his government responsibilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/17/trump-branded-mobile-service/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #donaldtrump #telecoms
In the UK, worries are starting to peak
About undersea cables, so to speak
Chinese and Russian threat
Makes us break out in sweat
Defenses are what we urgently seek
#GuardianLimerick #Telecoms #Infrastructure #Espionage #Internet #Russia #China #Europe
Corporate investigators found evidence that Chinese hackers broke into an American telecommunications company in the summer of 2023, indicating the country’s attackers penetrated the U.S. earlier than publicly known. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/05/world/chinese-hack-us-telecom-wireless/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #china #hacking #us #telecoms #salttyphoon #cybersecurity
https://www.europesays.com/2112115/ Japanese telecoms giant NTT launches energy storage business, brings online three BESS projects #Energy #energystorageasia #forecasting #GreenTransformation #japan #optimisation #telecoms
Trump threatens 25% tariff on Apple and Samsung phones not made in US https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/23/donald-trump-threatens-25-percent-tariff-iphones-not-made-in-us #Manufacturingsector #SouthandcentralAsia #Trumptariffs #Mobilephones #DonaldTrump #AsiaPacific #Smartphones #USpolitics #Technology #Computing #Worldnews #Business #Telecoms #Tariffs #iPhone #USnews #Apple #India #China
The parliament enacted a bill to revise the law that governs Nippon Telegraph and Telephone's operations at a House of Councilors plenary session on Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/05/21/companies/revised-ntt-law-enactment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #telecoms #ntt #ldp
OH NO CARMEN SANDIEGO HAS STOLEN the least significant bit of every sixth and twelfth frame for signaling
KDDI plans to utilize its new service connecting smartphones directly with Space X's Starlink satellite communication network to operate drones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/24/companies/kddi-starlink-use-for-drones/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #kddi #telecoms #starlink #satellites #drones
Sumitomo and SBI Holdings are to each acquire a 20% stake in a unit of Vietnam’s software and telecommunications conglomerate FPT to foster artificial intelligence adoption in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/22/companies/sumitomo-sbi-stakes-vietnam/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sumitomo #sbi #vietnam #fpt #ai #telecoms #software
EU draft on #telecoms #infrastructure #security headed for May vote, despite disagreements: Germany wants clarity that the 5G toolbox won't apply to #fixed networks, while France wants tougher language on undersea cables. https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/eu-draft-on-telecoms-infrastructure-security-headed-for-may-vote-despite-disagreements/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
#Russian cable attacks ‘threaten to cut off world’s #internet’
#Telecoms companies including Vodafone, O2 owner Telefonica and Orange have written to UK, EU and #NATO officials warning that a rise in #sabotage incidents was putting critical services at risk.
At least 11 subsea cables have been damaged in the #BalticSea since October 2023 and similar outages have been reported in the #NorthSea.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/04/10/nato-warned-over-internet-blackouts-in-wake-of-subsea-cable/
Incoming British laws offer a test on how to get networking and messaging apps to beef up defenses against fraud. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/09/world/fighting-social-scams/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #socialmedia #cybersecurity #banks #lawenforcement #telecoms #tech #cybercrimes
The four #telecoms ‘visionaries’ spotted at BEREC’s conference: When jokingly called a "visionary" in #telecoms regulation, Roberto Viola replied that in his native Italian, visionary means "a complete fool." https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/the-four-telecoms-visionaries-spotted-at-berecs-conference/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
Even zero fine excessive to the US as ‘liberation day’ dawns, and #BEREC #telecoms meet unwrapped: Plus, the #GDPR omnibus and deadlock over the European Data Protection Supervisor. https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/even-zero-fine-excessive-to-the-us-as-liberation-day-dawns-and-berec-telecoms-meet-unwrapped/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
Infrastructure businesses in Japan are stepping up measures to reduce potential damage from a possible huge earthquake in the Nankai Trough. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/japan/society/infrastructure-measure-nankai-trough/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #earthquakes #nankaitrough #disasterpreparedness #phones #telecoms #internet #electricity #jr #nttdocomo
Tech Transparency Project: Millions download covert Chinese VPNs https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/tech-transparency-project-millions-download-covert-chinese-vpns/ #ttp #china #security #vpn #privacy #infosec #telecoms #connectivity #ios #android #mobile #tech #news #technology
EU #telecoms regulator seeks rapprochement with Commission, #Norway’s bold bid, SEPs: Plus the agenda for the week ahead 31 March - 4 April https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/eu-telecoms-regulator-seeks-rapprochement-with-commission-norways-bold-bid-seps/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
