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The new US president is suspending actions started by the former Trump administration against Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat.

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.

BlackRock has filed documents that confirm it is selling part of its stake in China Telecom for US$200 million.

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.

IBM has appointed Gary D. Cohn as its new vice chairman and member of the IBM executive leadership team.

Outgoing US president Donald Trump has taken action to ban the use in the country of Chinese e-commerce services including Alipay and WeChat.

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has halted its plan to delist the shares of China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom.

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.

US president-elect Joe Biden has appointed Mignon Clyburn, a former acting chair of the US regulator, to his telecoms transition team.

Losing the US election hasn’t stopped Donald Trump from taking further shots at China in recent days.

Broadband association US Telecom has written to President-elect Joe Biden setting out five connectivity-related priorities for his first 100 days as POTUS.

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.

President Donald Trump has blocked the nomination of a telecoms regulator who disagreed with him over freedom of speech.

American policy towards Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE has been shaped by politics and by the US president’s desire to make “personal gestures” to his Chinese counterpart, according to a new book.

The Group Of Seven – the international intergovernmental organisation that counts Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and US as members – has turned its attention to 5G in the hope that an extended membership can create a rival to China’s Huawei.

The bad news continued for Huawei this week as CFO Meng Wanzhou lost the first bid to block her extradition to the US on charges of bank fraud. She is also accused of misleading HSBC about a Huawei Technologies Co Ltd-owned company’s dealings with Iran.

The fortunes of Chinese start-ups looking to list on US stock exchanges could be about to sour as the Senate and Nasdaq both introduced new rules over the last 48 hours.

US government action against Huawei threatens to undermine the entire telecoms industry worldwide, the company said this morning.

India has confirmed it is to delay auctions for 4G and 5G spectrum scheduled for this financial year and, while some analysts have put the delay down to the logistical challenges posed by Covid-19 lockdowns, others have noted that the decision has bought time for cash-strapped operators and regulators conflicted over the involvement of Huawei.

The US has extended its ban on US telcos from using Huawei and ZTE equipment and software for another year.

The US government is threatening to withdraw the licences of China Telecom, China Unicom and two CITIC subsidiaries to operate in the US.

A year after the US denied China Mobile a licence to operate in the country, the regulator has widened its plans to block Chinese operators.

The US Senate has voted to pass the Secure and Trusted Telecommunications Act that will prohibit the use of federal funds to buy equipment “untrusted suppliers”.

During his two-day trip to India, US president Donald Trump is said to have discussed a 5G collaboration with India’s prime minister Narendra Modi.