It appears that most mobile carriers, including O2 and SoftBank, have recovered from yesterday’s cell phone network outage that was triggered by a shutdown of Ericsson equipment running on their networks. That shutdown appears to have been triggered by expired software certificates on the equipment itself. While Ericsson acknowledged in their press release yesterday that expired […]
View More Here’s what caused yesterday’s O2 and SoftBank outagesCategory: Ericsson
Ericsson software problem causing widespread cell phone outages
A problem with the software in Ericsson equipment is causing outages across the world including O2 users in Great Britain and Softbank users in Japan, according to a report in the Financial Times earlier today. Ericsson took blame for the outage in a press release. It apparently involves faulty software on certain Ericsson equipment used […]
View More Ericsson software problem causing widespread cell phone outagesHans Vestberg to take over as Verizon’s CEO in August
Verizon today announced CEO Lowell McAdam is stepping down from his post as August 1, 2018, seven years to the day he took the spot. He will stay on as Executive Chairman of the Board through the end of 2018 and as Non-Executive Chairman thereafter. Hans Vestberg, Chief Technology Officer of Verizon as well as […]
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