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NYSE backtracks on plans to delist three Chinese telecom giants
The New York Stock Exchange scrapped plans to delist three Chinese telecommunications companies just days after saying it would remove their shares from trading. The iconic exchange announced on New...
NYSE starts process of delisting 3 Chinese telco companies
The New York Stock Exchange is starting the process of delisting securities of three Chinese telecom companies, after President Trump last month barred US investments in Chinese firms Washington says...
France will not ban Huawei, but encouraging 5G telcos to avoid company
PARIS - The head of the French cybersecurity agency ANSSI said there would not be a total ban on using equipment from Huawei in the rollout of the French 5G...
Advocacy group pushes for blocking Chinese companies from US markets
An anti-China advocacy group that includes former White House adviser Steve Bannon is calling on the Trump administration to exclude Chinese companies from US financial markets, as the White House...
Chinese telecom firms weren't properly overseen by US: Senate panel
A trio of Chinese telecommunications companies operated in the US for roughly two decades without proper oversight from government agencies, according to a report on Tuesday. The bipartisan Senate Permanent...
Pompeo rips Huawei after China 'failed to be transparent' about coronavirus
“This moment, where the Chinese Communist Party failed to be transparent and open and handle data in an appropriate way, will cause many, many countries rethink what they were doing...
Nokia shares surge on news of possible takeover
Nokia declined to comment on Thursday on a media report saying it was working with an investment bank to defend itself from a hostile takeover — the news of which...
Sprint and T-Mobile officially complete merger
T-Mobile US said Wednesday it officially completed the merger with Sprint, solidifying its position as the No.3 wireless provider in the US. T-Mobile’s longtime chief executive John Legere is stepping...
Zoom confusion leads SEC to halt trading for Chinese company
The Feds on Thursday clamped down on trading in shares of an obscure, China-based company called Zoom Technologies, concerned that investors have been confusing it with the teleconferencing giant whose...
Congress preps plan to work from home amid coronavirus outbreak
Congress is bracing for coronavirus with a plan that could direct Capitol Hill staffers to work from home. The House Administration Committee will launch a center Monday to coordinate computers...
US says Huawei stole trade secrets, aided Iran
US prosecutors on Thursday accused Huawei of stealing trade secrets and helping Iran track protesters in its latest indictment against the Chinese company, escalating the US battle with the world’s...
Feds move to stop US telecom companies from carrying foreign robocalls
Federal authorities are trying to crack down on five US telecom companies who they say are helping flood Americans’ phones with robocalls from overseas. Prosecutors on Tuesday filed for restraining orders...
Huawei slams WSJ exposé alleging it received boost from China
Huawei lashed out Thursday at a report detailing how the Chinese government has propped up the telecom giant. Huawei has become one of the globe’s leading telecom companies thanks in...
Hackers stealing cell records from global telcos to 'spy on high-profile targets'
An ambitious group of suspected state-backed hackers has been burrowing into telecommunications companies in order to spy on high-profile targets across the world, a US cybersecurity firm said in a...
Dish Network boss eyes creating 4th mobile carrier
Talks to create a No. 4 US wireless carrier are quickly picking up steam — and Charlie Ergen is poised to run the prospective telecom colossus. The maverick telecom tycoon...
T-Mobile-Sprint merger appears to be in major trouble
The legal mess engulfing T-Mobile’s $26 billion deal to buy Sprint looks more complicated than ever, but experts say the upshot is starting to look simple: the merger is in...
NY AG's challenge throws T-Mobile-Sprint merger into doubt
New York State Attorney General Letitia James is leading a group of states in challenging T-Mobile’s controversial merger with Sprint — an unusual legal salvo that throws the $26 billion...
French telecom giant Orange on trial over staff suicides
The toll is shocking: 19 suicides, 12 suicide attempts and eight cases of serious depression among employees over a three-year span at France’s main telephone and internet company. A long-awaited...
Trump made the right call on how to win the 5G race
President Trump has announced that 5G, the next communications revolution, will be “private-sector-driven and private-sector-led,” while the federal bureaucracy will focus on facilitating innovation and reforming regulatory impediments. There remain...
House passes bill to restore Obama-era ‘net neutrality’ rules
The House has passed the bill Wednesday to restore Obama-era “net neutrality” rules, but the legislation faces slim odds of making it through the Republican-controlled Senate. The Save the Internet...