The Vietnamese government has reportedly signed a new decree that, among other things, promises to make it easier for telecoms players, data centre operators and cloud providers to get the necessary approvals to set up operations in Vietnam.
Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, has introduced new measures to protect consumers from scam calls originating overseas. The strengthened industry guidance, announced today, requires phone companies to block calls from abroad that falsely…
Another attempt to manage virtual private network (VPN) use is under way in Pakistan, where the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has extended a deadline for unregistered VPN owners to give their details until the end of this month.
India’s Department of Telecommunication (DoT) wrapped up its second 5G spectrum auction on Wednesday, selling 141.4 MHz of spectrum for just Rs113.4 billion (US$1.35 billion), a tenth of the value of the total spectrum on offer and its lowest auction r…