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Mobile networks call for 5G security inspector

Technology

The mobile network industry has called for a new European security testing scheme to check the safety of 5G equipment before it is deployed.Several countries have stopped individual companies supplying equipment for their next-generation networks, citing security concerns.Chinese giants Huawei and ZTE have both faced intense scrutiny.The GSMA, which represents 800 network operators, said a testing scheme would reduce the need to ban suppliers.Australia, New Zealand, and the United States have already barred Huawei from supplying equipment for their future 5G networks.Meanwhile, Canada is carrying out a security review of Huawei's products and UK service provider BT is removing Huawei kit from the core of its 5G network.Many countries fear that the Chinese...

RBI must act as an alert inspector, not just off-site surveyor, says bank union

Finance

Reserve Bank union today requested Governor Urjit Patel to monitor banks through a combination of risk-based supervision, off-site surveillance and on-site inspections of operational systems. In a letter written to the governor, the union suggested that the RBI should undertake random supervision of bank branches in all parts of the country periodically - possibly 10 per cent of bank branches comprising all regions on an annual basis. "We would request you that RBI monitoring of banks should be a triad - a combination of risk-based supervision, off-site surveillance and random on-site inspections of operational systems, which, we feel, will give the best result instead of RBI totally dispensing with on-site inspections," the union said in the letter. "We strongly feel that RBI must remain ...

NHS 'not fit for 21st Century', says chief hospital inspector

Health

The NHS is not fit for the 21st Century, the new chief inspector of hospitals in England has said.Professor Ted Baker, who started the role last month, said the system had not adapted to deal with the growth in the population.In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, he said: "The model of care we have got is still the model we had in the 1960s and 70s."The Department of Health is yet to respond to his views.Prof Baker succeeded Sir Mike Richards overseeing the hospital division of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), having been his deputy since 2014.The former hospital medical director said the NHS had not modernised because of a historic lack of investment. He said: "One of the things I regret is that 15 or 20 years ago, when we could see the change in the population, the NHS did not chan...