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A time server failure knocked Australia offline — and exposed a fragile system

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

At 4:30 AM on Wednesday, something broke inside Telstra’s network. It took the company more than 13 hours to fix it.

Before the morning commute began, Australia’s largest telecommunications provider had already lost control of its time synchronization servers at data centers in Sydney and Melbourne. The cascade was swift. Rail services across Victoria ground to a halt — Melbourne’s entire train network went dark, stranding commuters. Payment terminals stopped working: people couldn’t tap their cards on buses, couldn’t withdraw cash, couldn’t charge their EVs.

China Mobile's next satellite will process cell signals directly in orbit

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

China Mobile is about to launch a satellite with a built-in cell tower.

The 03 experimental satellite, set for liftoff in the coming days, carries an onboard base station capable of processing signals directly in orbit. That puts it ahead of the 02 satellite launched on June 9, which could only relay signals. The 03 satellite can decode and retransmit them instead — what the industry calls “regeneration mode” — giving it more control over how it handles traffic.

Huawei and China's Big Three Carriers Unveil 5G-A, U6GHz, and AI Innovations at MWC Shanghai 2026

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:25:00 +0800

The three-day 2026 Shanghai World Mobile Communication Conference (MWC Shanghai 2026) opened on June 24 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center under the theme “Intelligence Ignites Innovation,” focusing on 6G, mobile AI, and embodied intelligence.

MIIT Pushes Dual 10-Gigabit Network Evolution and 6G R&D at MWC26 Shanghai

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:48:00 +0800

At the MWC26 Shanghai opening ceremony on Tuesday, Zhong Zhihong, Chief Engineer of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), laid out a sweeping vision for the country’s next-generation digital infrastructure — one that moves decisively beyond the current dual-gigabit era toward dual 10-gigabit connectivity, while simultaneously accelerating 6G research and building a space-air-ground integrated information network.