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Dormant IPv4 Addresses Can Help Mitigate Expected Network Outages

Last year, internet users experienced multiple network outages due to increased reliance on the online space. Connectivity problems are predicted to continue throughout 2022; however, employing currently dormant IP resources could help mitigate the problem.

To Accelerate 5G Adoption, European Telcos Need More IP Addresses

European telecommunication service providers are being pushed to pick up the pace regarding 5G adoption. However, the next-gen technology requires immense data capacity and transmission speeds, thus setting up the new infrastructure is no easy task for telcos.

Telcos Are on Phishers’ Radar, Who Is at Risk?

The November 2021 PhishLabs Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence Report indicated the finance, social media, and telecommunications industries as phishers’ most targeted sectors. Last month, we analyzed a squatting campaign targeting U.S. Bancorp to determine if other banks were at risk, this time we’ll look into the top 3 phishing industry target – telecommunications.

Smart City Market Boom: New eco Study Forecasts Over 17 Percent Annual Growth

The future belongs to Smart Cities, as evidenced by the new joint study by the eco Association and the management consultancy Arthur D. Little, supported by NetCologne, Cloudflare, Uber and the Vodafone Institute. The study forecasts an average annual growth in Germany of over 17 percent.

A Glimpse of Big Telcos’ Domains and Subdomains Footprints

Telecommunications companies are a favored cyberattack target. After all, telcos build, control, and operate critical infrastructure that almost everyone uses to communicate. They also store large amounts of sensitive data that could easily be exploited when falling into the wrong hands.

i2Coalition Launches Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Internet Infrastructure Providers

The COVID-19 pandemic has proven the vital importance of Internet connectivity during a global crisis, and we want to find out exactly how Internet infrastructure providers are coping through a new survey.

Neustar Expands Professional Services Offerings for Communications Service Providers

The new offerings support the broad array of information services and analytics solutions offered by the company, which include business assurance, network analytics, and marketing and advertising analytics.

Neustar and University of Illinois Launch the Neustar Innovation Center

As part of its mission to foster open and secure technology innovation, Neustar, a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information and analysis to the Internet, telecommunications, entertainment, advertising and marketing industries, today announced a partnership with the University of Illinois to open the Neustar Innovation Center, a research facility located at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Neustar Names Joe Pasqua to Head Neustar Labs

Neustar Inc. today announced the appointment of Joe Pasqua as Vice President of Neustar Labs, a newly created position. Mr. Pasqua was previously chief technology officer of Symantec's $2B Data Center business, and later led that company's global research, producing technologies for a diverse set of security and storage products.

President Obama Names Neustar President and CEO Lisa Hook to NSTAC

The NSTAC is a group of up to 30 industry CEOs from major telecommunications companies, network service providers, information technology, finance and aerospace companies. The NSTAC provides the President with critical, collaborative advice and expertise as well as robust reviews and recommendations regarding national security, cybersecurity and emergency preparedness.