President Trump moves to restrict subjective social media censorship
The US President’s crusade to tackle what he perceives as biased political censorship by social media platforms is gathering momentum.
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Facebook’s Clegg called upon to backtrack once more
Drawing on his considerable experience in such matters, Facebook’s Vice President for Global Affairs and Communications has fine-tuned his company’s position on data transfers.
Ex BT CEO to chair UK government’s anti-Huawei taskforce
Lord Livingston will serve as chairman of a new taskforce designed to broaden the UK telecoms industry’s supply chain, Digital Infrastructure Minister Matt Warman revealed on Wednesday.
The sad irony of 3GPP’s Rel-17 delay
The standards body at the forefront of advances in mobile technology is still reliant on face-to-face meetings in order to actually get stuff done.
Huawei remains defiant in the face of US sanctions
At its Connect 2020 event, besieged telecoms vendor Huawei vowed to endure the difficulties created for it by US sanctions.
Virgin Media hopes to lead Gig economy with ‘hyperfast’ speeds
Ultrafast suddenly sounds a little bit pedestrian, after Virgin Media used the term ‘hyperfast’ to big up its new broadband breakthrough.
Mobile World Congress 2021 delayed to 28 June
The telecoms industry’s headline trade show will be disrupted, at the very least, by the COVID-19 pandemic for the second year running.
What the hell is going on at Synchronoss? Part 2
Synchronoss, a specialist in digital products for the operator channel, has brought attention to itself for all the wrong reasons once more.
Facebook threatens to flounce out of Europe over Irish data transfer decision
A European court recently ruled that data transfers to the US flout GDPR rules, but Facebook doesn’t see how it can continue without them.
Three UK parades new hires as part of network and IT transformation
Three UK has named two new executives who will play a crucial role in its ongoing network and IT systems transformation project.
Mobile-focused streaming service Quibi reportedly thinking of throwing in the towel
Things have not gone according to plan for hot, new streaming service Quibi this year, so now it’s apparently exploring its strategic options.
NBN treads on big telco toes with business fibre offer
NBN Co has unveiled a new A$700 million investment plan to provide fibre to businesses that could shake up competition in the Australian enterprise services market.
The European Commission reckons 5G is a great idea
Telcos all over the EU are celebrating after their overlords at the European Commission officially gave 5G and fibre the green light.
1&1 Drillisch shares plunge after it reveals elevated Telefónica charges
German MVNO 1&1 Drillisch has significantly downgraded its earnings outlook after host network provider Telefónica plays tough in negotiations.
Oracle-TikTok partnership is by no means a done deal
Despite the air of optimism swirling around Oracle and TikTok’s new partnership, the video-sharing app’s continued presence in the US is far from assured.
China counterattacks in trade war by starting an ‘Unreliable Entity List’
Xi’s making a list, checking it twice, gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. Retaliation’s coming to town.
Iliad becomes Europe’s sixth largest mobile operator with Poland move
Iliad has announced its intention to acquire Poland’s Play, a move that it claims will make it the sixth largest mobile operator in Europe.
SoftBank sell-off continues as it flogs Brightstar
Even flogging Arm and much of its eponymous Japanese operator isn’t enough to cover SoftBank’s speculative positions, it seems.
Smartphone market headed for mid-range mediocrity
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, a lot more people are too skint to fork out for a flagship smartphone.
Ericsson drops $1.1 billion on enterprise connectivity provider Cradlepoint
The biggest piece of M&A in the Ekholm era is designed to bolster Ericsson’s direct-to-enterprise offering.
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