A glitch in Japan's payments clearing system affects 11 institutions

The operator of Japan's payments clearing network reported on Tuesday that the system had experienced a glitch, which caused some clients of 11 different banks, including MUFG Bank, to experience issues with their ability to transfer funds.

According to the Payment Clearing Network ...

Germany's BioNTech revises its vaccine factory network plans in Africa.

BioNTech SE is revising plans to construct a manufacturing network of vaccine plants in three countries in Africa, just over a year after breaking ground on the first facility in Rwanda.

According to people familiar with the project who requested anonymity to discuss confidential inform...

Netflix and SK Broadband have resolved their dispute over network traffic costs.

Following a dispute over whether Netflix should pay for costs stemming from increased network traffic and maintenance work, South Korean internet service provider SK Broadband and Netflix have announced that they will cease all lawsuits with each other.

On Monday, SK Broadband and its p...

More and more groups are coming together to support ONDC, which bodes well for the realization of the vision of open, unfettered e-commerce.

Gopal Srinivasan, Chairman and MD of TVS Capital, has said, "The limit of ONDC (Open Network for Digital Commerce) is the limit of our own imagination." When Kudumbashree, a government-supported network of women's neighborhood groups in Kerala, signed on to the plan in March, he cou...

Cisco is working with telcos on a private 5G as a service model, says a senior executive.

US network equipment maker Cisco is working with telecom operators to find ways to make money off of 5G use cases, especially the private 5G as a service model, a senior company executive said. This is happening as Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel speed up their 5G rollouts. India will jump ahead e...

Germany is planning to restrict the use of Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE in certain 5G networks.

A government source has revealed that Germany intends to ban telecoms operators from using certain components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in 5G networks, a potentially significant move to address security concerns. The German ban could include components already built into the networ...

Networks in France band together to compete with Netflix

On Friday, three French television networks revealed that they will be creating their own streaming website in an effort to compete with American behemoths Netflix and Amazon. The new site, dubbed Salto, will be a collaboration between France Televisions, a public broadcaster, and TF1 and M6, two...

Europol busts a massive crime network involving cocaine, hashish, cannabis, and methamphetamine

According to Europol and Eurojust, authorities from 11 nations collaborated and carried out an operation to target one of Europe's most dangerous criminal networks.

"Several criminal groups were cooperating to conduct out large-scale polycriminal operations both within and beyo...

French media demand that Iran free a journalist reporting the Mahdi Amini protests.

French media outlets have demanded the release of a journalist assigned to cover protests in Iran for the Franco-German television network Arte, which reported his arrest.

Iranian native and French resident Vahid Shamsoddinnezhad was arrested in Iranian Kurdistan a month ago, Arte repor...

Sydney project connects 70 care facilities over the cloud to address interoperability issues

Clinicians in Australia's healthcare system have been prevented from delivering better care and ensuring better outcomes for patients due to disparate systems and dispersed health information. One primary health network stepped up to the plate and pushed to enhance the flow of information thr...

In the last nine years, harmful pesticides have increased by 53% in EU fruit

Pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables have increased dramatically throughout Europe over the last nine years, according to a recent analysis by the Pesticide Action Network (PAN).

From 2011 to 2019, the frequency of "more harmful pesticide" residues on fruits climbed by ...

The SEA Games will be covered in depth by a TV pool

Officials announced on Wednesday that eight TV networks will broadcast live coverage of the SEA Games, which will be held in Vietnam next month.

The 31st Southeast Asian Games will be held from May 12 to 23, with certain competitions taking place before the opening ceremony.

T...

Australia Post undergoes a major network improvement

Australia Post has completed a significant network upgrade that improved internet access in around 4000 post offices, delivery facilities, and support offices across the country. The two-year network upgrade is now complete, with the installation of a new information network that connects the off...

Technology Increasing Distributed Energy in Low Voltage Networks

The latest invention by a company based in Brisbane might be helpful in the penetration of solar power and batteries at homes in low-voltage areas. This would significantly reduce the need to construct costly grid stations for distributing electricity.

The Australian Renewable Energy Ag...

South Australia's Smart Solution to Staff Scheduling

South Australia’s Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) has started benefitting from the Core Schedule's ability of smart staff scheduling in 15 different services.

Core Schedule provides rostering and scheduling services to hospitals and other healthcare facilities. I...

Hackers return heist money

Money from the one of the greatest crypto heists has been returned to Poly network. A hacker who had stolen cryptocurrency worth over $600m has returned most of the assets that were stolen. As confirmed by Poly Network on Thursday, Ether tokens worth of $268m has been recovered. crypto-currencies...

SpaceX program of Satellite internet facility

The name of Elon Musk and innovation go hand in hand in today’s world. The billionaire entrepreneur and his company SpaceX has the new venture of Starlink which is a collection of satellites that orbit the Earth at a distance of 550km. The project beginning in 2015 has secured the grant of ...

BT TO PHASE OUT 3G BY 2023

HIGHLIGHTS

• BT is set to phase out 3G by 2023 to make space for 5G in the British airwaves.
• Plan is to bring 5G to the UK by 2028.
• After the launch of iPhone 12, the use of 5G network rapidly increased in UK.

BT, the owner ...

UK’S ELECTRIC CAR MOTORWAY CHARGING NETWORK IS SOLD TO GRIDSERVE

Highlights:

• The electric car motorway charging network of UK is sold to the company backed by Hitachi
• The company Gridserve is understood to buy the remainder of the business from the company Ecotricity

The company, which has been op...

NOKIA AND OPTUS DEPLOYED FIRST INTEGRATED 5G ANTENNA IN AUSTRALIA

Highlights:

• Nokia and Optus deployed the first integrated 5G antenna in Australia
• The companies have deployed the first IPAA 5G antenna in the region of Yeerongpilly in Brisbane

The companies Nokia and Optus has announced the deploym...