A new law has been passed in France that allows it to impose draconian punishments on social media companies that fail to take down some content within 60 minutes.
French operator Orange has already opened 30% of its shops and expects to have the rest up and running by the end of the month.
Disruptive French telco Iliad has reported 6.9% growth in consolidated revenues for the three months to March 31, but depressed device sales took some of the shine off.
As France prepares to relax its coronavirus lockdown, the government is avoiding parliamentary scrutiny of its controversial contact tracing app.
Much has been said about using technology to combat the coronavirus outbreak, but France has done exactly what many critics feared by cutting corners to compromise security and privacy.
A new joint venture between Phoenix Tower International and Bouygues Telecom has been announced to develop approximately 4,000 new towers across France to its 5G prospects.
BT has announced it intends to sell its French domestic operations to Computacenter as it continues to trim down the Global division which caused so much heartache in bygone years.
An auction of a bunch of mid-band 5G spectrum was due to take place in France next month, but now it isn’t coz of COVID-19.
The iGiant has already said it strongly disagrees with the opinion of the French Competition Authority, though a decade-long investigation has found Apple, Tech Data and Ingram Micro guilty of price fixing.
Reports are suggesting the bullet dodging display from Huawei is set to continue as France edges closer to a decision.
Europe is a key front in the trade war between the US and China, as is Huawei, so President Trump won’t be happy to hear Huawei is building a factory in France.
Spanish tower operator Cellnex has continued down the path of aggressive expansion, launching a new joint venture with Bouygues Telecom and announcing 15% growth at its earnings call.
French operator Orange will not have any Huawei kit in its 5G network, following the announcement of Nokia and Ericsson as its chosen vendors.
After France unveiled plans to raise taxes on internet companies the US threatened to slap tariffs on French food. Now France is putting the new tax on hold.
The French antitrust authority has fined Google €150 million for applying opaque and difficult to understand rules in an inconsistent manner.
The US Trade Representative (USTR) has begun the process of targeting French cheese and fashion for trade tariffs in retaliation for Digital Sales Tax imposed by France.
German Chancellor Merkel has surprised nobody by calling for all member states to do what the EU tells them when it comes to 5G policy.
The French fibre sector is undergoing a spot of consolidation with the news that Altice-owned SFR is acquiring the country’s fourth largest fibre wholesaler.
One by one, members of the European Union are announcing they won’t follow the United States’ lead on banning Huawei from their 5G networks.
Huawei has filed defamation lawsuits against two individuals in France after claims that the business is controlled by the Chinese Government were aired on national television.
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