As AI systems take charge of an increasing range of decisions and improve in optimizing objectives, the potential for unintended consequences escalates.

Rural and small-town Americans need modern communication tools for competitiveness in the global economy. Enhanced connectivity, particularly wireless access, would offer rural residents similar broadband benefits as urban areas. Rural communities should experience the same advancements in public safety, social interaction and business technology as cities, contingent on robust mobile broadband infrastructure.

The semiconductor industry operates on a global scale, encompassing everything from design and manufacturing to end-user applications. With this in mind, the leading semiconductor-producing countries are China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and the United States.

Internet companies Google, Amazon and Cloudflare have successfully defended against the largest-known denial-of-service attack on the internet, raising concerns about a new technique that could potentially cause widespread disruption.

By Angie Kronenberg, President, INCOMPAS

With the National Football League (NFL) kicking off its regular season in September, we will once again witness how the American football bring friends, family and neighbors together, creating an exciting environment within local communities.

As networks become increasingly complex, it is imperative that telecommunications companies equip their network engineers with the most powerful testing tools available. The risk in not doing so? Facing a crisis like the one the Rogers team was dealt.

MEF and CyberRatings announced the kick-off of its beta program for certification of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) products and services. Participants in the beta program include MEF Technology Advisory Board (TAB) member companies Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, Versa Networks, VMware, as well as Palo Alto Networks.

At the MEF Awards ceremony, held in Dallas within the MEF Global Naas Event, the global industry association recognized Sparkle as best European service provider in the areas of SD-WAN, SASE and MEF 3.0 Carrier Ethernet on Demand services, while honoring Daniele Mancuso, Chief Product Management, with the “Michael Howard Industry Impact Award” for his outstanding contribution to the development of the telecom sector.

MEF announced the formation of an Enterprise Leadership Council (ELC), comprised of senior executives representing all major enterprise vertical markets with mission-critical network infrastructures. The ELC will bring important end user perspective and involvement to MEF.