BlueJeans improves encryption in its video conferencing app
The BlueJeans video conferencing platform will tackle security in the upcoming update. Stronger encryption and the addition of a waiting area should provide users with a more secure experience.
In a time when almost everyone has to work from home due to the coronacrisis, many businesses are swit... Read more
Verizon completes acquisition of BlueJeans for 500 million dollars
Verizon announces that it has officially acquired BlueJeans. The acquisition of 500 million dollars (457 million euros) has not taken long as Verizon only announced the acquisition last month.
The acquisition of BlueJeans comes at an excellent time for Verizon. The company wants to tap into the ... Read more
Huawei sues Verizon for patent infringement
Huawei has announced that they are suing Verizon for patent violations. The case, filed to court in Texas, concerns Verizon allegedly using 12 of Huawei's patents without any permission.
The patents deal with network technology without exception. The technologies in the patents have names such a... Read more
Verizon introduces new tool for efficient connection to data centers
Verizon introduced Software-Defined Interconnect (SDI) on Monday, a tool to make it easier for organizations to connect to 115 Verizon data centers around the world.
Any organisation with a Verizon private IP network can take advantage of this service. SDI is combined with Equinix Cloud Exchange Fa... Read more
Verizon and Zoom want to improve business communication customers together
Verizon and Zoom have announced a partnership to offer customers a new Unified Communications solution. The new solution is intended to improve cooperation between organisations.
According to Shawn Hakl, senior vice president of Business Products at Verizon, companies around the world are becoming i... Read more
5G AT&T’s e-service appears to be slower than 4G networks
AT&T's 5G Evolution service is marketed as a true 5G service. The aim is to make the American public aware of the high speeds that 5G can achieve. But test results from OpenSignal show that the service is slower than competitors' enhanced 4G LTE networks. A small disgrace for the company, which ... Read more
U.S. court rejects Yahoo’s settlement proposal
An American judge has rejected Yahoo's proposed settlement around the data breaches in 2013 and 2014. This leaves parent company Verizon Communications with a problem, because it now has to look for an alternative way to satisfy about 200 million people.
The proposed settlement covered plaintiffs in... Read more
Samsung comes in first half of 2019 with a 5G smartphone
Samsung has already announced a lot of details about the smartphones it will be releasing next year. After revealing its foldable phone for the first time a few weeks ago, the South Korean company is now also announcing that it will launch a 5G smartphone in 2019.
Few details are known about it, alt... Read more
Yahoo settles 50 million U.S. dollars for giant data breach from 2016
Yahoo pays 50 million dollars to the victims of a large data breach discovered in 2016. Data from more than three billion accounts became available on the streets. That is the outcome of a settlement that applies to sun a billion accounts.
That's what Associated Press reports today in a settlement r... Read more