US telcos telling porkies about 5G coverage
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Less available than COVID-19,  report claims

US mobile phone companies have taken to making up figures about their 5G coverage according to new data released by OpenSignal.

BT and Tosh build quantum-secured metro fibre optic network
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Beware the potentially dead or alive quantum kitty

UK ISP BT and partner Toshiba have today announced that they intend to build the “world’s first” quantum-secured metro fibre optic network between commercial sites in London.

Russia arrests top Russian cybersecurity company boss
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Charges him with treason

Russia has arrested Ilya Sachkov, the chief executive of top Russian cybersecurity company Group IB, on suspicion of state treason and will hold him in custody for two months.

French billionaire wants to buy Iliad
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RAGE: Sing, Goddess, Achilles' rage, Black and murderous,

French tycoon Xavier Niel, the founder and controlling shareholder of telecoms firm Iliad, is making a 3.1 billion euro offer to buy the remaining shares in the company and take it private.

US has bad broadband because of Telco lobbying
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$234 million spent per day

The US has terrible broadband because its telcos are allowed to bribe lobby politicians.