O2's UK Network Crash Hits Offender Monitoring

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Submission + - O2's UK Network Crash Hits Offender Monitoring (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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judgecorp

on Friday July 13, 2012 @12:08PM

judgecorp writes: "Mobile operator O2's network crashed on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. In the aftermath it has emerged how other services rely on mobile networks. Law enforcement agencies were unable to track some convicted criminals wearing electronic tags, and the crash also disabled parts of London's network of "Boris Bikes" — public hire bikes."

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