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As the Federal Communications Commission renewed its calls to ban TikTok, Apple and Google may have to seriously consider removing access to the Chinese-owned product from its app stores. -
The United States Senate has voted by a large majority to confirm Jessica Rosenworcel as chair of the Federal Communications Commission for the next five years.
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Joe Biden has revoked his predecessor’s ban on TikTok, WeChat, Alipay and other Chinese apps, but has told the Commerce Secretary to keep investigating.
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US President Joe Biden has toughened up his predecessor’s ban on Americans investing in Chinese technology companies.
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Broadband operators in the US paid research companies to generate 18 million fake emails to the telecoms regulator and half a million fake letters to Congress, the New York attorney general is claiming.
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Huawei’s business everywhere but China has slumped following the US embargo on the company, according to today’s annual report.
Forthcoming events
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The new US president is suspending actions started by the former Trump administration against Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat.
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As the Biden-Harris administration comes into power at noon Eastern Time today, leaders in the telecoms industry have told Capacity what their priorities should be.
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BlackRock has filed documents that confirm it is selling part of its stake in China Telecom for US$200 million.
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The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) yesterday flipped back to its original plan, announced a few days ago, to delist the shares of China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom.
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IBM has appointed Gary D. Cohn as its new vice chairman and member of the IBM executive leadership team.
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Outgoing US president Donald Trump has taken action to ban the use in the country of Chinese e-commerce services including Alipay and WeChat.
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The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has halted its plan to delist the shares of China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom.
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Ajit Pai is to leave the US telecoms and media regulator, which he has chaired since 2017, on the day Joe Biden replaces Donald Trump as president.
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US president-elect Joe Biden has appointed Mignon Clyburn, a former acting chair of the US regulator, to his telecoms transition team.
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Losing the US election hasn’t stopped Donald Trump from taking further shots at China in recent days.
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Broadband association US Telecom has written to President-elect Joe Biden setting out five connectivity-related priorities for his first 100 days as POTUS.
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Former FCC chairman William Kennard is to become the next chairman of AT&T, taking office in January just before Joe Biden becomes 46th US president.
