telecom
Nationwide internet outage hits CenturyLink customers
BOISE, Idaho — Many CenturyLink customers across the U.S. were without internet Thursday amid a lengthy outage that stretched from New York to California. The outage began early in the...
Trump wants to ban US companies from using Chinese telecom equipment
WASHINGTON — President Trump is considering an executive order in the new year to declare a national emergency that would bar US companies from using telecommunications equipment made by China's...
US urges allies to boycott Huawei equipment over espionage concerns
The US government is trying to persuade wireless and internet providers in allied countries to avoid telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies, the Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported on Thursday....
Verizon screwed over firefighters battling deadly wildfire
Although calling out wireless carriers is a frequent pastime here at BGR, sometimes a story comes along that sounds so cartoonishly villainous that you assume something in the story is wrong....
Feds provide boost to Sprint, T-Mobile merger chances
US regulators believe three national 5G wireless providers are needed to ensure robust competition, The Post has learned — a position that provides a big boost to the proposed $26.5...
Charter may have to stop business in NY after state regulator ruling
Charter Cable’s Spectrum may be forced to stop doing business in New York for failing to live up to a service agreement and “misleading the public,” a state utility regulator...
ZTE's Q1 profit lowered after factoring in supplier ban
ZTE revised its first-quarter results to a net loss on Friday, after China’s second-biggest telecommunications equipment maker took into account the impact of a crippling US supplier ban that has...
Lawmakers drop measure to block Trump from helping ZTE
Capitol Hill lawmakers who reached an agreement on a must-pass defense bill cut from the legislation a measure that would have made it harder for President Trump to undo sanctions...
US lifts ban on suppliers selling to China’s ZTE
The Department of Commerce on Friday lifted a ban on US companies selling goods to ZTE, allowing China’s second-largest telecommunications equipment maker to resume business. The Commerce Department removed the...
US a step closer to lifting ban on China’s ZTE
The United States signed an agreement with ZTE Corp. that paves the way for the Chinese tech company to resume operations after a nearly three-month-old ban on doing business with...
China’s ZTE names new leaders to comply with US deal
ZTE has appointed a new team of top executives including a CEO to comply with a deal it made with the US to end a ban on US firms supplying...
NSA deleting more than 685M call records
WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is deleting more than 685 million call records the government obtained since 2015 from telecommunication companies in connection with investigations, raising questions about the...
China’s ZTE shakes up board in bid to get US ban lifted
Chinese telecom giant ZTE is moving quickly to get itself back into Uncle Sam’s good graces. The Asian smartphone maker unveiled on Friday a shake-up of its board — one...
White House to block Congress from stopping ZTE deal
The White House will aim to block legislative language before Congress that would block a Trump administration agreement allowing China’s No. 2 telecommunications equipment maker, ZTE Corp., to resume business...
Commerce Department settles with China's ZTE for $1B fine
The United States and China have reached a deal that allows the Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp. to stay in business in exchange for paying an additional $1 billion in...
State says Charter failed to provide enough broadband access
New York state has told Charter Communications to get with the program or risk having its license revoked. The conflict stems from assurances made by Charter when it took over...
Russian ships may be using underwater cables to spy
WASHINGTON -- Russian ships are skulking around underwater communications cables, causing the US and its allies to worry the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths. Is Moscow...
AT&T urged to cut commercial ties with Chinese phone maker
US lawmakers are urging AT&T, the No. 2 wireless carrier, to cut all commercial ties to Chinese phone maker Huawei Technologies and oppose plans by telecom operator China Mobile to...
FCC set to scrap net neutrality
Federal regulators reportedly plan to junk net neutrality, the Obama-era safeguard designed to guarantee that all web traffic is treated equally. FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai is expected to announce the...
Altice joins talks to buy Charter Communications
Charter Communications, which just a year ago swallowed Time Warner Cable in a $60 billion deal, is now being chased by a slew of potential bidders. Altice, the European-headquartered cable...