With the Biden administration keen to turn back the clock on many policy fronts, it is worth examining what this may mean for the next episode of the USA China rivalry, especially in the technology domains.
It turns out that when governments muck about with markets there are sometimes unintended consequences.
Huawei is benefiting from the popularity of the latest iPhone model, whose success demonstrates the strength of the Chinese vendor’s 5G networks in Europe, insists the Huawei founder.
A group of US states has warned that Verizon’s proposed acquisition of Tracfone could affect the ability of American consumers to access low-cost mobile phone services.
AT&T has entered into a loan agreement worth US$14.7 billion with Bank of America as it seeks to raise money for what looks set to be a hefty bill from the ongoing C-band spectrum auction.
Charter Communications has outlined plans to spend US$5 billion on the rollout of gigabit broadband to 1 million or more customers in unserved areas, with a quarter of the funding coming from the government.
The US belatedly added Chinese gadget giant Xiaomi to its list of dodgy companies a couple of weeks ago, forcing it to call in the lawyers.
Social media platform Twitter, famous for the measured and conciliatory attitude of its users, wants to let them annotate each other’s posts.
With the separation of Honor having gone according to plan, Huawei is now reportedly considering the same manoeuvre for its own-brand premium smartphones.
The smartphone brand spun out from Huawei in a bid to circumvent US sanctions is keen to show what a different proposition it is.
2021 is off to a flying start for satellite communications, with China launching the third satellite in its Tiantong-1 series and Elon Musk’s SpaceX sending its latest batch of Starlink satellites into orbit.
New US President Biden has promoted FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel to chair the regulator and the policing of social media is likely to be her biggest single task.
The US Commerce Department has revoked export licences from vendors including Intel to stop them supplying Huawei with essential semiconductors, according to a report by Reuters.
The clock phase of the headline-hitting C-band spectrum auction in the US has closed with bidders pledging a staggering US$80.92 billion.
Chinese gadget giant Xiaomi has been belatedly added to one of the US lists of companies its citizens aren’t allowed to interact with.
T-Mobile US has signed two 5G equipment deals with Nokia and Ericsson, both of which carry multi-billion-dollar valuations.
T-Mobile is tapping the bond markets to raise US$3 billion that will help to fund its upcoming spending on spectrum.
The legal protections enjoyed by social media companies need updating, but that responsibility will fall to the Democrat-controlled FCC.
The storming of the Capitol by a few nutters in fancy dress seems to have been the straw that broke the camel’s back regarding Trump’s relationship with social media.
T-Mobile US is crowing about the growth in its customer base over the past year, but appears to be studiously ignoring the effect its acquisition of Sprint has had on the figures.
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