US gives Huawei back some gear it nicked two years ago
In September 2017 US authorities confiscated a bunch of Huawei kit on its way from California to China and has only just returned it.
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French parliament passes “Huawei Law” to govern 5G security
Both houses of the French parliament have voted in favour of the new law, dubbed the “Huawei Law”, to give the government the power to security vet 5G rollouts in the country.
Orange CEO cleared of fraud
The interminable Tapie saga, which threatened to topple Orange CEO Stéphane Richard, has finally concluded with everyone acquitted of wrongdoing.
FedEx sues US Department of Commerce over entity list
US courier company FedEx is suing its own government over its ‘entity list’, which it claims puts undue burden of enforcement on companies.
US Senator moves to strip social media giants of platform status
The issue of social media censorship has caught the attention of the US Senate, where one member has proposed stripping tech giants of their legal protection as platforms.
US moves to protect Verizon from Huawei patent claim – report
Apparently Huawei thinks Verizon owes it a billion bucks in unpaid patent licence fees, but a US Senator want to block its ability to sue.
Qualcomm’s share price nosedives after FTC antirust loss
Qualcomm might have some of the most battle-hardened legal experts in the technology world, but it can’t win every fight.
Huawei hints at legal retaliation to Trump executive order
US President Trump has issued an executive order calling for major restrictions on technology suspected of assisting ‘foreign adversaries’.
CityFibre calls BS on high court fibre ruling
The UK high court has rejected CityFibre’s appeal against an ASA ruling that it’s OK to market copper connections as ‘fibre’.
Facebook calls on governments to help control content on the Internet
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has asked governments and regulators to play a more active role in developing new rules for the internet.
Huawei launches its counter-attack by suing the US government
Another major front of Huawei’s counter-attack against the US government has been opened in the form of a lawsuit claiming the imposition unconstitutional sales restrictions.
EU set to proceed with controversial new online copyright rules
Inevitably the EU Copyright Directive, complete with its widely despised Articles 11 and 13, is continuing its glacial progress along the European rubber-stamping conveyor belt.
AT&T claims its customers love 5GE
In response to rival US operator Sprint suing it for deception over its 5G Evolution move, AT&T has insisted it’s just thinking of the punters.
Europe has not been great at net neutrality – report
Nearly three years after the EU net neutrality regulations came into effect, neither service providers nor national regulators have been role models in following the rules, a new report concluded.
OECD has decided to go ahead with a global digital tax
The OECD member states have agreed to move ahead with the plan to reach a global solution by 2020 to harmonise tax regimes on the digital companies.
US charges Huawei with a litany of crimes
The US Department of Justice has hit Chinese telecoms vendor Huawei with a 23-count indictment, covering allegations ranging from bank fraud to theft of trade secrets.
Eurocrats lose vote to ‘break the internet’
The European Parliament has voted to reject a new Copyright Directive that many feared would critically damage the way we use the internet.
US is considering CLOUD Act but it looks shoddy
The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (CLOUD Act) is currently working its way through Congress but opposition to the legislation is starting to ramp up.
The world looks to Germany for social media censorship precedent
A new German law designed to prevent, remove and prosecute ‘hate speech’ online has come into full effect, which could set a precedent for the rest of the world.
Italian court rules excessive mobile phone use caused brain tumour
A Telecom Italia employee has won compensation for a benign brain tumour he says was caused by using his mobile phone for three hours a day over 15 years.
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