---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200113205732.GA1693@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:57:32 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: US Administration told "hands off our networks." It's the law! By Ian Scales Remember that weird incident last year when it was reported that Trump appeared to be mulling the possibility of somehow bringing the US 5G effort under government control in the interests of continuing US mobile leadership with 5G and ensuring the Chinese have non-leadership? https://www.telecomtv.com/content/5g/us-administration-told-hands-off-our-networks-it-s-the-law-37360/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200113204730.GA1640@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:47:30 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Alarming tests from Princeton reveal five of the largest US carriers are not following authentication protocols By Stacy Liberatore The five largest US carriers are not protecting customers from SIM-swap attacks, according to a new study. Researchers at Princeton University contacted AT&T, T-Mobile, Tracfone, US Mobile and Verizon Wireless and found they all used 'insecure authentication challenges that could be easily subverted by attackers'. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7882451/Princeton-reveals-five-largest-carriers-not-protecting-consumers-SIM-swap-attacks.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200113205335.GA1671@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:53:36 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Telcos issue reference architecture for blockchain settlement system Telcos issue reference architecture for blockchain settlement system The members of the Communications Business Automation Network (CBAN), a project initiated by the ITW Global Leaders' Forum in 2018, an- nounced the structure and governance principles for the special purpose entity established to create a live Distributed Ledger Technology-enabled automated settlement platform for the ICT service provider industry. The CBAN brings together over 20 carriers and technology developers to design an architecture for a blockchain-based settlement platform. https://www.telecompaper.com/news/cban-drives-industry-collaboration-by-defining-structure-for-interoperable-multi-dlt-settlement-environment--1322510 -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 14 Jan 2020