Hacker News with Generative AI: Telecommunications

Subsea fibre optic cable deliberately cut for the 2nd time between N.S. and N.L (cbc.ca)
Telecommunications giant Bell is exploring surveillance options in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after one of its subsea fibre optic cables between Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland's west coast was recently severed for the second time.

Telecommunications, Canada, Security, Infrastructure

31 points by awnird 2 days ago | 1 comments

Meta plans to link US and India with longest undersea cable project (theguardian.com)
Meta has announced plans to build the world’s longest underwater cable project, which aims to connect the US, India, South Africa, Brazil and other regions.

Meta, Undersea Cable, Infrastructure, Telecommunications, International Relations

22 points by Brajeshwar 3 days ago | 2 comments

T-Mobile Opens Cellular Starlink Beta to AT&T and Verizon Users, Reveals Pricing (pcmag.com)
T-Mobile said today that customers on its most expensive Go5G Next plan will receive access to satellite-to-phone connectivity via SpaceX's Starlink as a free perk starting in July.

Telecommunications, Satellite Internet, Starlink, T-Mobile, AT&T

21 points by tech234a 12 days ago | 15 comments

Residential Networking over Telephone (computer.rip)
Recently, I covered some of the history of Ethernet's tenuous relationship with installed telephone cabling.

Networking, Telecommunications, History

111 points by zdw 12 days ago | 48 comments

Telnyx Knows Nothing (fredposner.com)
Telnyx, a US based company offering communication products, recently received a $4.5 million fine proposal from the FCC. The proposed fine relates to “government imposter robocalls made on its Telnyx’s network.”

Telecommunications, Regulation, Lawsuits

12 points by kimi 13 days ago | 4 comments

Robocallers posing as FCC staff blocked after robocalling real FCC staff (arstechnica.com)
Robocallers posing as employees of the Federal Communications Commission made the mistake of trying to scam real employees of the FCC, the FCC announced yesterday.

Scams, Telecommunications, Government, Technology

14 points by nobody9999 16 days ago | 2 comments

Researchers link DeepSeek blockbuster chatbot to Chinese telecom banned from US (apnews.com)
The website of the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek, whose chatbot became the most downloaded app in the United States, has computer code that could send some user login information to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company that has been barred from operating in the United States, security researchers say.

Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, China, Telecommunications, United States

9 points by Rooster61 16 days ago | 0 comments

Starlink Profit Growing Rapidly (arstechnica.com)
In the near term, this may be good for Starlink's business. The Financial Times reported that corporate America, in an effort to deepen ties with the Trump Administration, has been "cozying" up to Musk and his business empire. This includes Starlink, with United Airlines accelerating a collaboration for use of the service on its fleet, as well as deals with Oracle and Apple.

Business, Technology, Space, Telecommunications, Politics

5 points by bookofjoe 16 days ago | 0 comments

FCC Proposes Nearly $4.5M Fine for Apparently Illegal Robocall Scheme (docs.fcc.gov)

Telecommunications, Law Enforcement, Scams

18 points by impish9208 16 days ago | 3 comments

FCC Issues Robocall Cease-and-Desist Letter to Twilio (2023) (fcc.gov)
The FCC issued a cease-and-desist letter to Twilio Inc. for apparently transmitting illegal robocall traffic.

Telecommunications, Regulation, Lawsuits

7 points by kimi 16 days ago | 0 comments

Ontario rips up $100M Starlink contract ahead of U.S. tariffs (ctvnews.ca)

Ontario, Canada, Telecommunications, Starlink, Government Contracts

45 points by belter 18 days ago | 19 comments

Chairman Carr Stops Costly Regulatory "Overreach" [pdf] (docs.fcc.gov)

Government, Regulation, Telecommunications

4 points by compootr 19 days ago | 0 comments

Comcast is rolling out 'ultra-low lag' tech that could fix the internet (theverge.com)
Comcast is officially starting to roll out the “pioneering new, ultra-low lag connectivity experience” to cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Philadelphia, Rockville (in Maryland), and San Francisco.

Internet, Technology, Comcast, Networking, Telecommunications

23 points by hochmartinez 23 days ago | 24 comments

Apple and SpaceX link up to support Starlink satellite network on iPhones (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. has been secretly working with SpaceX and T-Mobile US Inc. to add support for the Starlink network in its latest iPhone software, providing an alternative to the company’s in-house satellite-communication service.

Apple, SpaceX, Satellite Networks, Mobile Technology, Telecommunications

234 points by mfiguiere 24 days ago | 258 comments

Oliver Heaviside and the theory of transmission lines (2021) (pa3fwm.nl)
An antenna cable is not just a piece of wire. Technically, it's called a "transmission line", with special properties such as its characteristic impedance. But transmission lines are quite a bit older than radio technology: they date back to the second half of the 19th century, in the form of (mostly submarine) telegraph cables. In this article we look at the principles and properties of transmission lines, with special emphasis on Oliver Heaviside's contribution to our knowledge of them.

Telecommunications, History, Physics, Electrical Engineering

264 points by xeonmc 25 days ago | 71 comments

100 years of Bell Labs [pdf] (novitoll.com)

History, Technology, Bell Labs, Telecommunications, Research

97 points by cloked 26 days ago | 6 comments

Trump admin fires security board investigating Chinese hack of large ISPs (arstechnica.com)
The Department of Homeland Security has terminated all members of advisory committees, including one that has been investigating a major Chinese hack of large US telecom firms.

Politics, Cybersecurity, China, Telecommunications

18 points by duxup 30 days ago | 0 comments

FCC to telcos: By law you must secure your networks from foreign spies (theregister.com)
Decades-old legislation requiring American telcos to lock down their systems to prevent foreign snoops from intercepting communications isn't mere decoration on the pages of law books – it actually means carriers need to secure their networks, the FCC has huffed.

Telecommunications, Security, Government Regulations, Foreign Interference

7 points by LinuxBender 34 days ago | 0 comments

Feds worry AT&T breach could out informants (scworld.com)
The FBI is reportedly in a panic over a possible leak of informant data thanks to an AT&T data breach.

Data Breaches, Cybersecurity, Law Enforcement, Telecommunications

8 points by LinuxBender 35 days ago | 0 comments

FCC to telcos: By law you must secure your network from foreign spies. Get on it (theregister.com)
Decades-old legislation requiring American telcos to lock down their systems to prevent foreign snoops from intercepting communications isn't mere decoration on the pages of law books – it actually means carriers need to secure their networks, the FCC has huffed.

Telecommunications, Cybersecurity, Government Regulation, Law, Foreign Intelligence

19 points by rntn 35 days ago | 1 comments

CDMA: Unpacking Signals (maurycyz.com)
CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), which requires no synchronization, and is used by 2G, 3G, 2.4 GHz WiFi, GPS and more. 1.

CDMA, Telecommunications, Technology, Wireless Communication

3 points by jnord 35 days ago | 0 comments

AT&T kills home Internet service in NY over law requiring $15 or $20 plans (arstechnica.com)
AT&T has stopped offering its 5G home Internet service in New York instead of complying with a new state law that requires ISPs to offer $15 or $20 plans to people with low incomes.

Telecommunications, New York, Legislation, Business

13 points by pseudolus 36 days ago | 3 comments

Nevermind Chinese spies: US Air Force picks Verizon for 35 base network upgrades (theregister.com)
Never mind that whole Salt Typhoon hiccup - Verizon's reputation hit hasn't stopped it from securing a deal to upgrade the networks on 35 US Air Force bases with new 4G and 5G kit.

Military, Technology, Telecommunications

5 points by rntn 44 days ago | 0 comments

SrsRAN: Open-Source 4G/5G (github.com/srsran)
The srsRAN software suite is an open-source collection of 4G and 5G software radio applications from SRS.

Open Source, 4G, 5G, Telecommunications, Software

195 points by gballan 47 days ago | 65 comments

5G NR-U: Bringing the power of 5G to unlicensed spectrum globally (qualcomm.com)

5G, Mobile Networks, Spectrum, Technology, Telecommunications

28 points by ksec 49 days ago | 24 comments

Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Appeals Court (nytimes.com)
A federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s landmark net neutrality rules on Thursday, ending a nearly two-decade effort to regulate broadband internet providers like utilities.

Net Neutrality, Law, Telecommunications, Internet

50 points by jbegley 50 days ago | 5 comments

Pink Floyd's Young Lust telephone signalling explained (telephoneworld.org)
Pink Floyd’s Young Lust has been a staple of rock radio for over 40 years. But many people are mystified about the section at the end when a “Mr. Floyd” in the United States attempts to make a collect call to “Mrs. Floyd” in England.

Music, History, Telecommunications

10 points by fanf2 50 days ago | 2 comments

More telcos confirm Salt Typhoon breaches as White House weighs in (theregister.com)
AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies confirmed that Chinese government-backed snoops accessed portions of their systems earlier this year, while the White House added another, yet-unnamed telecommunications company to the list of those breached by Salt Typhoon.

Cybersecurity, Telecommunications, China, Government

413 points by rntn 53 days ago | 354 comments

ComCom orders: Swisscom must operate zero-settlement peering with Init7 [pdf] (init7.net)

Switzerland, Telecommunications, Regulation, Peering, Networking

10 points by sschueller 59 days ago | 0 comments

AT&T Hits Texas Man with $6k Bill for Using 3GB of Data (pcmag.com)
An AT&T customer in Texas claims they were hit with a $6,223.60 wireless bill for the month of November because of a pay-as-you-go data charge.

Data Overages, Telecommunications, Consumer Issues, Texas

8 points by thunderbong 65 days ago | 0 comments