very cool initiative about to launch to build open source CCSDS stacks for LunaNet and session control. hosted by my former tribe at Goonhilly: if you're interested in #telecomms, #space stuff, #coding, protocols, etc. this might be fun for you.
Don't think "yikes, I don't know enough about CCSDS to join in", but do think "I bet nobody knows or likes this stuff, but I'm ready to maybe learn".
https://amsat-dl.org/en/ccsds-outreach-initiative-and-reference-implementation-development-competition/
CCSDS Outreach Initiative and Reference Implementation Development Competition

ESA is presenting a pilot programme on behalf of The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) and is pleased to announce a new outreach initiative aimed at strengthening engagement with the European amateur satellite and academic communities. This initiative supports the wider objective

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Hélène Mallebrancke 1924 1st female #Belgian civil #engineer graduate at #Ghent University. Qualified as electrical engineer 1925. 1 of 1st #womenengineers in #Belgium. Joined Belgian public telephone service, Régie des Télégraphes et Téléphones. 1940 was chief engineer in charge of the Ghent region. #WWII involved in Belgian Resistance, keeping Allied #telecomms operational against huge odds whilst terminally ill. d. OTD 30 Aug 1940 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Mallebrancke
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#photober 2023

* Camera ∘ Panasonic Lumix LX3
* Aperture ∘ f/4.5
* Speed ∘ 1/800
* ISO ∘ 80
* Focal Length ∘ 7.4mm
* Editing ∘ Darktable

#photo #photography #october #lumix #lumixlx3 #powerlines #broadband #internet #fibrelines #dangerzone #electricity #telecomms #connectivity

TeleSign profiles half of the world’s phone users

TeleSign generates a “reputation score” and sells it to various clients. TeleSign secretly received the mobile phone data from BICS, a Belgian company that provides interconnection services.

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Today’s meeting of EU #telecomms ministers focused on key areas for the EU’s #digital transformation:

💻Gigabit infrastructure
🔁Public sector interoperability
⚠️Cyber resilience

More ➡️ https://europa.eu/!CtCkvK

#TTE

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncil/status/1664643958645850113

A 14.5% increase on my mobile bill (3.9%+CPI) is absolutely criminal.

How mobile companies are allowed to raise costs during a contract, is insane to me.

Maybe if you were outside of contract, as a way to get you to sign up again & stop legacy offers from lasting forever, but not during the actual contract.

This is my No.1 issue with UK mobile providers.

#Mobile #Telecomms #EE #CPI #MobileContracts

AST Spacemobile, Lynk Global, and the upcoming SpaceX V2 satellites will work directly with any standard 2G or 4G mobile device

https://gadgeteer.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AST-SpaceMobile-BlueWalker-3-ove-400x266.jpg There is no need to build in special support as in the iPhone 14. Depending on the configuration of the satellite, it will provide messaging, voice or broadband services. When the satellites are in place […]

https://gadgeteer.co.za/ast-spacemobile-lynk-global-and-the-upcoming-spacex-v2-satellites-will-work-directly-with-any-standard-2g-or-4g-mobile-device/

https://gadgeteer.co.za/ast-spacemobile-lynk-global-and-the-upcoming-spacex-v2-satellites-will-work-directly-with-any-standard-2g-or-4g-mobile-device/

There is no need to build in special support as in the iPhone 14. Depending on the configuration of the satellite, it will provide messaging, voice or broadband services.

When the satellites are in place — and handsets can connect directly to them — it can change the mobile telecommunications landscape.

It will provide near-complete coverage worldwide, including in South Africa, enabling people to use satellites instead of mobile networks for basic mobile communications.

Developing nations in Africa with low mobile network penetration will benefit significantly from satellite networks.

Very interesting times ahead!!! But of course it is telecomms related, and potentially crossing international borders, so we can expect regulation, complications, and we lose the nice stuff...

See Game-changer can threaten Vodacom and MTN’s business models

#technology #satellite #telecomms #southafrica

A space-based revolution in mobile communications is brewing.

Game-changer can threaten Vodacom and MTN’s business models

A space-based revolution in mobile communications is brewing.

EU releases its 5G conclusions - The Chinese company is at the heart of a security spat with the US that has also been causing some... more: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/12/10/eu-releases-its-5g-conclusions/ #governmentsurveillance #governmentsecurity #securitythreats #5gcybersecurity #telecomms #privacy #mobile #huawei #china #usa #5g #eu #uk
EU releases its 5G conclusions

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