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Telco Nerd - Mobile Networks, VoIP, Packet Core, IMS, all the Gs. Penchant for Crossbar, Step-by-Step / Strowger and obsolete exchange kit.

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Kamailio v6.1.1 Released – The Kamailio SIP Server Project

Kamailio 6.1.1 released! Download today, and we'll double your licenses for FREE!

www.kamailio.org/w/2026/03/ka...

04.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of the leather rear seats of a 1990s executive sedan with a built-in laptop that folds down into a writing desk, a corded phone, and a very bulky center armrest with a black plastic fax machine built into it.

A photo of the leather rear seats of a 1990s executive sedan with a built-in laptop that folds down into a writing desk, a corded phone, and a very bulky center armrest with a black plastic fax machine built into it.

A closer look at an example of the armrest fax machine, whose exterior identifies it as an AEG Olympia Roadfax

A closer look at an example of the armrest fax machine, whose exterior identifies it as an AEG Olympia Roadfax

Learned today that around 1990, Mercedes-Benz briefly offered a "mobile office" package for the W126 S-Class that included a fully functioning printer, scanner, and fax machine built into an armrest.

03.12.2025 02:56 πŸ‘ 520 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 19

Perhaps eSafety should have it explained to them that a "pull request" on Github is different to Grindr.

24.09.2025 06:30 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bang & Olufsen Beocom 1401 (1996)

14.09.2025 21:26 πŸ‘ 321 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 9
Tales from the Trenches – Samsung mystery packet on IMS Call | Nick vs Networking

Handset / baseband manufacturers IMS stacks always come up with new ways to ruin my day. We're seeing certain Samsung phones stops sending RTP mid-call and instead send random unidentified data (Not IPv4/v6) making the UPF unhappy and drops the bearer.
nickvsnetworking.com/tales-from-t...

09.09.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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No adblocker detected https://maurycyz.com/misc/ads/ (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45176206)

09.09.2025 07:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Architectural triumphs every last one of em!

28.08.2025 10:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legalβ€”judges disagree T-Mobile can’t overturn $92 million fine; AT&T and Verizon verdicts still to come.

T-Mobile claimed selling location data without consent is legal–judges disagree https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/t-mobile-claimed-selling-location-data-without-consent-is-legal-judges-disagree/ (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44944291)

19.08.2025 05:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Handy #Elixir learning for today:
export ERL_AFLAGS="-kernel shell_history enabled"
Will give you the ability to scrollback in the iex shell for commands from previous sessions.

25.05.2025 03:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kamailio World Conference 2025

Monday starts @KamailioWorld 2025 with an amazing lineup of sessions! Huge thanks to our sponsors that made it possible again: Sipfront, Sipgate, Diabolocom, Libon, Pascom, Mango Voice, Simwood, dSIPRouter, Snom, LOD, ClueCon, APIBan and Asipto - www.kamailioworld.com/k2025/

08.05.2025 07:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Before there was Grafana – How Telcos did metrics & observability at scale before computers | Nick vs Networking

If you've ever wondered how big systems did observability at scale before computers, welcome to the wonderful world of the mechanical counter:
nickvsnetworking.com/before-there...

06.05.2025 22:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reading a bio of Claude Shannon and it crystallized a sense I have of how engineering culture has changed into tech culture. Shannon embodies a certain ethos that used to be everywhere, where the goal was to do really smart stuff, and spend your spare time on unicycles and flamethrowing trumpets.

26.04.2025 15:41 πŸ‘ 235 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 1

Just downloaded it for Kindle, thanks for the tip off!

24.04.2025 20:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TIL that if you uninstall python3-yaml from Apt on Ubuntu it'll uninstall Netplan, breaking all networking if you reboot the machine...

20.04.2025 08:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That is exactly what I'd done!

15.04.2025 20:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Donations – The Kamailio SIP Server Project

The Kamailio Project now has a simple and open way of providing financial support to the project:

www.kamailio.org/w/donations/

07.04.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We've been using it for the past ~6m to develop telecom applications, it's awesome!

30.03.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Freaking loved this.

18.03.2025 23:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On The Insecurity of Telecom Stacks in the Wake of Salt Typhoon - Dhole Moments Towards the end of last year, we learned that a group (allegedly affiliated with the Chinese government, referred to as β€œSalt Typhoon”) breached T-Mobile and other telecommunications co…

The Insecurity of Telecom Stacks in the Wake of Salt Typhoon Discussion

12.03.2025 06:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nokia Put a 4G Cellular Network on the Moon, but Couldn't Make a Phone Call Nokia's Lunar Surface Communications System was supposed to be the first 4G network deployed on the moon and a test for future crewed missions. Things didn't go to plan.

Nokia's Lunar Surface Communications System was supposed to be the first 4G network deployed on the moon and a test for future crewed missions. Things didn't go to plan.

07.03.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8

The illusive consumer who's willing to pay extra for QoS still yet to be found 18 years later...

27.02.2025 09:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

AI advocates advocating for more AI isn't exactly a headline, but Telstra is a public company whose focus is on telecom, it's kind of a stretch to argue that just because they're a big technology company in Australia that they should be developing Australia specific AI here right?

25.02.2025 09:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"

23.02.2025 21:12 πŸ‘ 5342 πŸ” 1489 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 94
Basic CAMEL Charging Flow | Nick vs Networking

CAMEL had always been one of those weird #3GPP protocols that was hard for me to find info on or play with, I had a chance to work with it last year and get familiar with CAMEL, so here's the basics of CAMEL charging flows:
nickvsnetworking.com/basic-camel-...

15.02.2025 20:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NBN Co at great pains to explain it's not them, followed by NBN Co's website also shitting the bed due to everyone Googling "why doesn't my NBN work".

10.02.2025 10:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Blog If Nobody Reads It? What's the point of blogging?

Why Blog If Nobody Reads It? https://andysblog.uk/why-blog-if-nobody-reads-it/ (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42992159)

10.02.2025 03:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
CGrateS in Baby Steps – Part 5 – Events, Agents & Subsystems | Nick vs Networking

Here's the final part in the 5 part series I've written on understanding how to use CGrateS for all your VoIP rating and billing needs, that somehow took me 3 years to write...

nickvsnetworking.com/cgrates-in-b...

10.02.2025 05:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
GTPv2 Source Ports | Nick vs Networking

Ever wondered when to use what GTPv2-C source port?
No? Well, here's an answer anyway:
nickvsnetworking.com/gtpv2-source...

08.02.2025 03:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would love a high-res scan of this - The "All Red Line".
Been to a few of those landing stations myself!

28.01.2025 23:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is perhaps the most beautiful cable map I've come across in the archives ... presents Britain as the center of the world

28.01.2025 22:35 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0