Government News 3 | Rapid Meta

BlackBerry offers BlackBerry Protect for free to U.S. Government and Financial Institutions

BlackBerry is offering BlackBerry Protect for free to U.S. government and financial institutions in the United States, which are chief among the organizations most likely to be impacted first by cyberattacks against institutions in the United States.

US BlackBerry

·3 years ago

Digital Markets Act set to clamp down on Tech Giants

In an agreement brokered Thursday evening, negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on the Digital Markets Act, which establishes a series of prohibitions and obligations for companies including Apple, Google, Meta and Amazon, and a number of smaller platforms.

News

·3 years ago

Cyberflashing to become a criminal offence in England Wales

Cyberflashing will become a new criminal offence in England and Wales with perpetrators facing up to two years behind bars under new laws to be introduced by the Government.

News UK

·3 years ago

UK and Japan to diversify tech used in telecoms networks

The governments of the UK and Japan have agreed several joint initiatives to support efforts to reduce the global overreliance on a small number of suppliers to build and maintain telecoms networks.

Connected

·3 years ago

FCC revokes China Unicom’s licence to operate in the US

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted unanimously to revoke China Unicom's operator’s licence to do business in the US, citing concerns over national security.

News US

·3 years ago

Vodafone to begin turning off 3G in 2023

Vodafone has today confirmed that it will begin retiring its 3G network in 2023 as part of a network modernisation programme to improve the 4G and 5G experience

Connected UK Vodafone UK

·3 years ago

BlackBerry Jarvis bringing ability to generate SBOM report in U.S. government mandated format

BlackBerry is introducing a new feature to BlackBerry Jarvis, the company's software composition analysis tool, that enables those doing business with the U.S. Federal Government

US BlackBerry

·4 years ago

CommAgility awarded UK government funding for 5G Open RAN project

Wireless Telecom Group's CommAgility brand is part of a consortium awarded funding from the UK government to develop 5G infrastructure for an Open RAN project.

5G Connected UK

·4 years ago

UK Mobile Networks to turn off 2G and 3G by 2033

UK mobile network operators have all agreed to switch off their 2G and 3G mobile data services by 2033 at the latest – freeing up room for 5G.

Connected UK

·4 years ago

Image Analyzer wins UK Government grant to develop CSAM-detection technology for end-to-end encrypted services

visual content moderation software company, Image Analyzer, has been selected to receive a share of the UK Government’s Safety Tech Challenge Fund to find new ways to detect Child Sexual Abuse Material

Connected UK

·4 years ago

Biden signs legislation to tighten US restrictions on Huawei, ZTE

US President Joe Biden has signed legislation to prevent companies like Huawei or ZTE, deemed security threats, from receiving new equipment licences from US regulators.

US Huawei

·4 years ago

BlackBerry SecuSUITE for Government implements certified end-to-end encryption of group phone calls and instant messages

BlackBerry's SecuSUITE for Government now provides certified end-to-end encryption of all group phone calls and instant messages for governments and enterprises.

Apps BlackBerry

·4 years ago

Rapid Newsletters