Joe Biden
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The White House has condemned obsolescent encryption techniques to the waste bin in a simple eight-page memo, and told US Federal agencies to move to quantum encryption. -
IBM’s plans to invest US$20 billion in New York’s Hudson Valley region over the next decade has been praised by US President Joe Biden.
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US President Joe Biden has signed a bill that will see the investment of billions of dollars into the country’s semiconductor industry.
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The US aviation industry has warned of the "catastrophic" consequences of 5G network deployments using C-Band spectrum.
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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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President Joe Biden is due to nominate Jessica Rosenworcel, the acting chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to serve another term and appoint her as permanent chair.
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Former US telecoms regulator Mike O’Rielly has criticised the Biden administration for failing to confirm Jessica Rosenworcel as chair of the body.
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The Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) has announced that Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC has been issued with a final licence. However, over half of the winning consortium's financing could be in doubt due to US sanctions.
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President Joe Biden is threatening to copy action by previous administrations to break up monopolies – and to undo approvals given for past mergers.
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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.
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Intel is investing US$20 billion in two new production facilities in the US and will use its facilities to start making chips for other companies.
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The US has taken the next, decisive step to prevent China Unicom and two companies owned by CITIC Telecom from operating in its territory.
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US chip manufacturers had their wishes granted yesterday when President Joe Biden pledged US$37 billion in funding to boost manufacturing.
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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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US senator Amy Klobuchar is taking on Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple (GAFA) in an anti-trust reform bill that she has introduced into Congress.
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