Tag: Telecom sector
US: Qualcomm wants iPhone import ban
According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple and Qualcomm are heading to the International Trade Commission to fight over a potential ban on imported...
India: Telecom regulator to clear Vodafone-Idea merger
The telecom department (DoT) is likely to approve on Monday (June 18), the merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular that will create the...
Canada: Public inquiry into telecom sales practices underway
The Canadian government has ordered telecommunications regulator CRTC to investigate and report on sales practices by the country’s leading operators. Ottowa’s move to demand...
US: Delrahim uncertain of need for four wireless carriers
The head of the US Justice Department’s (DOJ) antitrust division, Makan Delrahim, declined on Friday, June 1, to support the Obama administration’s firm backing...
China/US: Trump offers concessions to ZTE
The White House and senior Chinese officials are discussing a targeted economic deal that would relax severe penalties on ZTE, a major Chinese telecom...
US: Former DOJ chief counsel sees T-Mobile, Sprint merger affecting the...
The poorest US consumers would lose most from the proposed tie-up of wireless carriers T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint, according to consumer advocates who...
US: Top law firms join up for for $146 billion Sprint,...
On Sunday, April 29, Sprint and T-Mobile US announced a merger that could transform the U.S. telecommunications sector. And more than a few lawyers...
EU: Commission fines Altice US$153m for closing PT Portugal deal early
The European Commission said on Tuesday, April 24, it had fined French telecoms group Altice €125 million (US$153 million) for closing its 2015 takeover of...
Mexico: Regulator fines America Movil $5.4 million in antitrust case
Mexico's telecom regulator, the IFT, announced on Wednesday, April 19, that it has fined billionaire Carlos Slim's flagship company America Movil and its mobile...
US: TV bills will spike US$436m a year with AT&T-Time Warner...
If AT&T is allowed to buy Time Warner Inc., the Justice Department (DOJ) argued, it will raise the total annual US pay TV bill...
