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Telecom Sales Strategies that will Bring You Success in 2020

With 2020 around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about telecom sales strategies that win the competition. According to experts, the worldwide telecommunications industry expects to expand to $1.5 trillion by the end of 2020. The industry is booming but fierce competition between carriers may reduce the market share of each of them. Whether […]

Trump signs law to reduce robocalls, though they won't end

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An anti-robocalls measure signed into law Monday by President Donald Trump should help reduce the torrent of unwanted calls promising lower interest rates or pretending to be the IRS, though it won’t make all such calls disappear. The new law gives authorities more enforcement powers […]

Rust Belt region banks on becoming hub for electric vehicles

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press The day Youngstown’s steel mills began shutting down 40 years ago remains fresh in the minds of those who live in the blue-collar corner of Ohio. Community leaders don’t want the recent closing of General Motors’ massive assembly plant to leave that same lingering gloom. The region is embarking on […]

Smart Home Connectivity

Global tech giants Amazon, Apple, Google, and the Zigbee Alliance have created a working group that intends to develop and promote smart home products in an attempt to increase connectivity and compatibility among devices in the home. Other tech and home companies such as IKEA, Legrand and Samsung SmartThings, are also on board to contribute […]

China promises more access to oil, telecoms, power markets

BEIJING (AP) — China’s government promised Monday to open its oil, telecom and power markets wider to private competitors as the ruling Communist Party tries to shore up growth in the slowing, state-dominated economy. The Cabinet also promised to give private companies equal treatment with state-owned enterprises in more industries. The statement gave no indication […]

France fines Google $166 million for abusing ad dominance

PARIS (AP) — France’s competition authority fined Google 150 million euros ($166 million) on Friday for “abusing its dominant position” in the online ad market. The agency said the U.S. tech company mistreated buyers of ads based on keywords. Methods used by its Google Ads platform are “opaque and difficult to understand” and the company […]

French telecom company Orange convicted over suicides

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press French phone and Internet provider Orange was found guilty Friday of a string of employee suicides. A Paris court fined it 75,000 euros (more than $83,000) on Friday in a landmark court ruling over suicides in the 2000s while the company was undergoing difficult restructuring. A decision on whether to […]

Facebook to tackle efforts to interfere with 2020 US census

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook plans to clamp down on attempts to use its services to interfere with the 2020 U.S. census, including the posting of misleading information about when and how to participate, who can participate and what happens when people do. Facebook and other […]

UK opens inquiry into Google's takeover of data company

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s competition watchdog said Tuesday it launched a formal inquiry into Google’s takeover of cloud data analytics company Looker Data Sciences, as it intensifies scrutiny of technology deals. The Competition and Markets Authority said it had notified the two companies on Monday that it was opening an initial inquiry and would decide […]

Norway's Telenor drops Huawei for Ericsson in 5G contract

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Norway’s biggest wireless carrier, Telenor, on Friday chose Sweden’s Ericsson to supply part of its new 5G network, ending its cooperation with Chinese tech giant Huawei after a decade. The company signaled it would gradually remove Huawei equipment as it upgrades radio gear for the next […]