Tag Archives: national security

Huawei 2011 financials: 20 million smartphones sold yet profit down 53 percent

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Huawei’s annual earnings report is out and it’s a mixed bag, since while turnover increased by 11.7 percent to 203.9 RMB ($32.3 billion), profits plummeted 53 percent to 11.6 billion RMB ($1.8 billion). Revenue from overseas sales (138.4 billion RMB)…


Telecoms win immunity in wiretapping case, US court approves separate suit against the government

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Looks like a case of good news-bad news for the Electronic Frontier Foundation in its fight against warrantless wiretapping. A US appeals court upheld a 2008 ruling, granting telecoms such as AT&T, Verizon and Sprint immunity for cooperating with t…


US Cyber Command completes major cyber attack simulation, seems pleased with the results

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The US Cyber Command is barely out of its infancy, but it’s already crossed one milestone off its to-do list, with the successful completion of its first major test run. The exercise, known as Cyber Flag, was carried out over the course of a singl…


Huawei blocked from first responder network contract, US cites ‘national security concerns’

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The inability to win US government approval isn’t exactly an unfamiliar issue for Huawei, which by now must be conditioned not to expect a nod from major US telecom companies. But now, The Daily Beast reports that the U.S. Commerce Department has made …