An executive of Chinese global communications giant Huawei Technologies returned from Canada Saturday night following a legal settlement that also saw the release of two Canadians held by China, potentially bringing closure to a nearly 3-year-long feud embroiling Ottawa, Beijing and Washington. Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer and the daughter of the company’s founder, […]
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In a regulatory maneuver to reel in Alibaba, the Chinese government asked the retail giant to submit some of its recently owned media assets, resulting in the company disposing of its 5 percent stake in its Chinese broadcaster, Mango Excellent Media Co Ltd. In March, following a thorough investigation into the tech giant’s media assets, […]
Beijing Communications Administration released a data report revealing that by end of August, the Chinese capital obtained 45,700 5G network stations with 12 million users, according to local news agency Xinhua. Beijing fulfilled full 5G network coverage in the city’s key areas, such as the downtown core area, sub-center, and central business district. With every 10,000 […]
India’s telecom sector witnessed a striking fluctuation in its telcos’ subscribers, with Reliance Jio gaining 6.5 million and Airtel adding 1.9 million to its userbase during July, whereas Vodafone Idea’s consumer base went down by over 1.4 million, according to a data report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). With the emergence of […]
NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, two of the world’s largest groups that represent Big Tech firms issued a lawsuit against the state of Texas in an attempt to halt the implementation of HB 20. HB 20, a new bill signed by Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott earlier this month, is concerned with […]
Activision Blizzard’s Chief Legal Officer (CLO), Claire Hart, announced her resignation Tuesday on LinkedIn after three years of commitment to the gaming titan. Following a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) subpoena, Blizzard’s CLO departs the company without any clarifications supporting her decision and whether it has a direct association to the company’s latest legal […]
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) disclosed on Tuesday the administration of a set of directives aimed to simplify Know Your Customer (KYC) processes for the sector’s latest mobile connections and prepaid to postpaid transfers to supplement telecom upgrades. Following the Cabinet’s issuance of its latest relief package directed at the telecom sector, the DoT, Minister […]
Indonesian authorities have found no evidence that the country’s main intelligence service’s computers were compromised, after a U.S.-based private cybersecurity company alerted them of a suspected breach of its internal networks by a Chinese hacking group, an official said. The Insikt Group, the threat research division of Massachusetts-based Recorded Future, said it discovered the hack […]
Li Zhanguo’s two children, ages 4 and 8, don’t have their own smartphones, but like millions of other Chinese children, they are no strangers to online gaming. “If my children get their hands on our mobile phones or an iPad, and if we don’t closely monitor their screen time, they can play online games for […]
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has boasted of barging uninvited into a video conference call hosted by his political opponents. An enthusiastic user of social media, Hun Sen said Friday he intruded into the Zoom call to warn his opponents that he and his spies were keeping a close eye on them. The Sept. 9 […]