Speaking of encryption, encryption solutions provider Mustbin announced it has received a groundbreaking patent for digital privacy and security enabling users to completely and securely own, encrypt, and access their data with military-grade encryption technology.

Unwanted network traffic

Even with increased security technology, there is a lot of unwanted and unauthorized network traffic around the globe and regulators are looking for ways to clean it up.

Rising crime rates within the European Union has led to the need for a traffic monitoring process called lawful interception. Various countries within Europe use lawful interception along with a coordinated effort of network operators and law enforcement agencies. A new report on the European lawful interception VoIP market released this month indicates that Germany tops the list of European countries that use the process of lawful interception to monitor suspicious SMS, chats, and emails. 

Meanwhile, in the United States, a new National Robocall Index report by YouMail, Inc. was released revealing a record two and a half billion of mostly unwanted and unsolicited robocalls were placed in May – almost 1000 robocalls per second --  a  6.3 percent increase over April.

In Canada the government has decided to take new measures to curb unlawful telecommunications, including spam and unsolicited phone calls. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) this month announced a partnership with ten international enforcement agencies to combat unlawful spam and unsolicited telecommunications. 

Broadband: Enabling the device and more

This month saw new tools and solutions being introduced to improve network deployment, management, and testing to accommodate rapidly evolving broadband services, the variety of devices that use them, and increased deployments.

Software-defined network (SDN) solutions provider Coriant announced new SDN and network management tools to help communications service providers improve service planning, control, and optimization from packet-based access to long-haul optical core. The global supplier of SDN-enabled end-to-end packet optical networking solutions introduced an enhanced portfolio of network software solutions to improve service planning, control, and optimization in end-to-end transport networks. New features and capabilities extend SDN control to a broader set of multi-layer (Layer 0-3) transport applications and enhance end-to-end service planning and optimization.

Optical transport equipment supplier Ekinops introduced a new line of transponder/muxponders it claims enables network operators to easily double their transport capacity achieving an immediate boost on any span through a software upgrade.

CommScope, a communications network infrastructure solutions developer, introduced a suite of fiber products and services to enable communication service providers to meet growing customer demands and plan for the future with fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) solutions to increase speed, simplicity and cost savings. With the acquisition of TE Connectivity’s telecom, enterprise and wireless business, CommScope has significantly expanded its fiber connectivity solutions for service providers. 

SmartRG Inc. this month announced a new, smart, open-source, carrier-grade, Linux-based operating system that leverages open, scalable vCPE devices and Wi-Fi for easier, more cost-efficient residential broadband service delivery. Connection to the home has become an increasingly critical touchpoint for service providers as they look to deliver the bandwidth and services that are being consumed through an ever-increasing variety of wired and wireless devices in the emerging connected home and residential IoT markets.