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FILE PHOTO – A woman photographs a banner for Snap Inc. on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the morning of the company’s IPO in New York City, NY, U.S. March 2, 2017. MSCI Inc has proposed leaving shares of Snap Inc (SNAP.N) and other compan... More »
FILE PHOTO – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) logo is seen before the FCC Net Neutrality hearing in Washington February 26, 2015. A group representing major technology firms including Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and Facebook Inc (FB.O) urged the U.S. Fed... More »
Vodafone Qatar, an affiliate of Vodafone Group, said on Monday that access to its network was being affected by technical issues. More »
A Saudi woman shows the Careem app on her mobile phone in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 2, 2017. Ride-hailing firm Careem, a Middle East rival to Uber Technologies Inc, has bought a minority stake in a three-month-old Egyptian start-up that connects commuters ... More »
Commuters are reflected on an advertisement of Reliance Industries’ Jio telecoms unit, at a bus stop in Mumbai, India, February 21, 2017. India’s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd [RELIB.UL], which is looking into reports of a major leak of user data, has filed a poli... More »
FILE PHOTO: Empty Maersk shipping containers are seen stacked at Peel Ports container terminal in Liverpool northern England, December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo Maersk said it was too early to predict the financial impact of last month’s global Pe... More »
A Vocus data center is pictured in Melbourne in this undated handout image provided by Vocus. Vocus/Handout via REUTERS Embattled Australian internet company Vocus Group Ltd said it will open its books for KKR & Co LP to conduct due diligence, a sign it may ac... More »
FILE PHOTO: Two men chat beside a logo of Alibaba (China) Technology Co. Ltd at its headquarters on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province May 17, 2010. REUTERS/Steven Shi/File Photo Chinese tech giants Alibaba Group Holdings (BABA.N) and Tencent Holding... More »
A customer views the new iPhone 7 smartphone inside an Apple Inc. store in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Apple Inc will soon start selling wireless plans from Virgin Mobile USA, the first new carrier offered by the i... More »
Marissa Mayer, President and CEO of Yahoo, participates in a panel discussion at the 2015 Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco, California, U.S. on November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) said on Tuesday it closed its $4.4... More »
People walk in front of the headquarters of the Brazil’s largest fixed-line telecoms group Oi, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 22, 2016. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes Bernal and Alexandra Alper More »
People speak on their cell phones near a blocked off area after a speeding vehicle struck pedestrians in Times Square in New York City, May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid Police officers for the first time could be required to obtain warrants to get data o... More »
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration Asian governments and businesses reported some disruptions from the WannaCry ransomware worm on Monday... More »
A hooded man holds a laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration Officials across the globe scrambled over the weekend to catch the culprits ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A man types on a computer keyboard in front of the displayed cyber code in this illustration picture taken on March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo Many companies outside the United States may not have cover for a recent comp... More »
Tom Bossert, Homeland Security Advisor to President Trump, announces that Trump today signed an executive order to bolster the government’s cyber security and protect the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber attacks, during a news briefing at the White ... More »
The company logo for BT is seen on the BT Tower in London, Britain, January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville – BT (BT.L) said on Thursday it would cut 4,000 jobs in its Global Services unit that serves multinationals and scale back its dividend growth ambitions... More »
Keith Meister, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Corvex Management, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Bayliss More »
FILE PHOTO — A Verizon sign is seen at a retail store in San Diego, California, U.S. on April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) is considering making a buyout offer for Straight Path Communications Inc (STRP.A) which wou... More »
People pass by a T-Mobile store in the Brooklyn borough of New York June 4, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) bid $8 billion and Dish Network Corp (DISH.O) $6.2 billion to win the bulk of broadcast airwaves spectrum for sale in a governme... More »
FILE PHOTO: A computer keyboard lit by a displayed cyber code is seen in this illustration picture taken on March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo Cyber security breaches erode companies’ share prices permanently, with financials the wors... More »
A man walks past a Yahoo logo during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo/File Photo Yahoo’s European regulator said it is preparing to give the U.S. Internet company the results of an investigation in... More »
The logo of cable and mobile telecoms company Altice Group is seen during a news conference in Paris, France, March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer Altice USA, the cable operator that Netherlands-based Altice NV (ATCA.AS) put together by acquiring Cablevisi... More »
A man crosses a pedestrian bridge next to the headquarters of internet and fixed-line phone company Telmex, commercial brand of America Movil, in Mexico City, Mexico, March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido Mexican mogul Carlos Slim’s fixed-line telephone firm T... More »
The NBC and Comcast logo are displayed on top of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, formerly known as the GE building, in midtown Manhattan in New York July 1, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Comcast Corp, Verizon Communications Inc and AT&T Inc said Friday they ... More »
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Finance in Athens, Greece March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis Euro zone deputy finance ministers have recommended that Greek bailout review talks continue in A... More »
Ajit Pai, Chairman of U.S Federal Communications Commission, delivers his keynote speech at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard The Republican chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to... More »
A Samsung Galaxy S8+ smartphone is pictured at the introduction of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones during the Samsung Unpacked event in New York City, United States March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) u... More »
An illustration picture shows a network cable next to a pack of smartphones in Berlin, June 7, 2013. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski President Donald Trump plans to sign a repeal of Obama-era broadband privacy rules as a bigger fight looms over rules governing the op... More »
Consumers stand in front of an Oi store, Brazil’s largest fixed-line telecoms group, in Sao Paulo, Brazil June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker A new reorganization plan from Brazil’s debt-laden phone carrier Oi SA boosted shares on Thursday, but analysts cont... More »
The logos of America Movil is seen on the wall of the reception area in the company’s corporate offices in Mexico City August 12, 2015. REUTERS/Henry Romero Antitrust measures announced last week that would split up Carlos Slim’s America Movil and open its fix... More »
Branding for Vodafone is seen on the exterior of a shop in London, Britain, September 10, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville Mobile operator Vodafone will create 2,100 new customer service jobs across Britain in the next two years as part of an investment drive to im... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Vodafone logo is seen on a mobile internet dongle in this photo illustration, November 9, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/Illustration/File Photo British mobile operator Vodafone risks being left on the sidelines as rivals converge to break free f... More »
People are seen behind an electronic board showing stock prices after the New Year opening ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), held to wish for the success of Japan’s stock market, in Tokyo, Japan, January 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Stocks rose, t... More »
Telefonica’s chairman Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete speaks at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Gonzalez Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica announced a new strategy on Sunday promising to give customers back control of th... More »
The Netflix logo is pictured on a television remote in this illustration photograph taken in Encinitas, California, U.S., January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake – RTSWAFL New Zealand telecommunications company Spark said on Monday it was partnering with U.S. vid... More »
People walk past the main entrance of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 24, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea Seeking to escape a cycle of falling prices and tight regulation, big telecom operators from Vimpelcom (VIP.O) to Telefonica (TEF.MC) are ... More »
The founder of an Indian tech firm that shot to prominence by offering a $4 smartphone has been arrested on allegations of fraud, after a handset dealer accused the company of not refunding him for an unfulfilled order, the police said. More »
People walk past the logo of German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG seen at the Telekom’s headquarters in Bonn February 25, 2016. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested a suspect in connection with la... More »
A Bharti Airtel office building is pictured in Gurugram, previously known as Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo Bharti Airtel , India’s largest telecoms network operator, is buying Norwegian Telenor’s I... More »
FILE PHOTO: The Verizon logo is seen on one of their retail stores in San Diego, California, U.S. April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) said on Tuesday it would buy Yahoo Inc’s (YHOO.O) core business for $4.48 billion,... More »
Commuters are reflected on an advertisement of Reliance Industries’ Jio telecoms unit, at a bus stop in Mumbai, India, February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade Reliance Industries’ Jio telecoms unit will charge a tariff for its services from April, but will... More »
FILE PHOTO – A Reliance employee demonstrates Jio LYF phone at their headquarters on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Clara Ferreira Marques/File Photo India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani is likely to announce on Tuesday that Reliance Indust... More »
The logo of Spain’s Telefonica is seen on its headquarters outside Madrid, February 25, 2015. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo Spain’s Telefonica (TEF.MC) said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell up to a 40 percent stake in its telecom masts subsidiary Telxius to p... More »
The Verizon logo is seen on one of their retail stores in San Diego, California, U.S. April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Verizon Communications Inc will introduce an unlimited data plan on Monday, its first in more than five years, in its latest eff... More »
Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb’s Third Point LLC took new equity stakes in Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co during the fourth quarter, according to regulatory filings on Friday, on a bet that interest rate hikes and operating lev... More »
Natixis SA appointed Jean Raby chief executive of Natixis Global Asset Management, effective Feb. 20. More »
FILE PHOTO: Turkish lira banknotes are seen in this photo illustration shot January 7, 2014. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/Illustration/File Photo Turkey’s new sovereign wealth fund is more akin to a national development bank, with its design suggesting an effort to cre... More »
Turkey’s Finance Minister Naci Agbal is pictured during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas Foreign banks and sovereign wealth funds are interested in working with Turkey’s newly formed wealth fund, which is lik... More »
A man speaks on his mobile phone next to a Vodafone advertisement in Kolkata, India, September 26, 2016. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri Vodafone (VOD.L) said on Monday it was in talks to merge its Indian operations with rival Idea Cellular (IDEA.NS) in an all-shar... More »
A flag bearing the logo of Samsung Electronics is pictured at its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Samsung Electronics Co Ltd indicated on Monday that its latest flagship Galaxy S smartphone could be delayed as it pled... More »
A photo illustration shows a Yahoo logo on a smartphone in front of a displayed cyber code and keyboard on December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Illustration The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating a previously disclosed data breach a... More »
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer delivers her keynote address at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada in this January 7, 2014, file photo. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/Files Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) said Monday that it would rename itself Altaba Inc an... More »
Argentina has loosened regulations to allow more competition in its telecoms sector and widen internet penetration, according to a decree published on Monday that the government hopes will attract billions of dollars in investments. More »
Arrangement of various world currencies including Chinese Yuan, US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, in this picture illustration taken January 25, 2011. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo Global equity raising fell by more than a quarter in 2016, data s... More »
Bezeq Israel Telecom said on Sunday it had received notice that Israel’s telecoms regulator would likely allow Bezeq to merge its various business units. More »
Ride-hailing app Careem has closed the first part of a $500 million funding round backed by investors including Japan’s Rakuten Inc and Saudi Telecom Co (STC), the Dubai-based company said in a statement on Monday. More »
Telefonica Deutschland said on Sunday its supervisory board has appointed Markus Haas to lead the company from 2017, replacing chief executive Thorsten Dirks who announced in November he was leaving the telecoms firm. More »
A man and power lines are reflected in a Telstra poster adorning a public telephone in Sydney, Australia, August 13, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo The ability of Australian telecoms company Telstra Corporation (TLS.AX) to offset the fall in its tradition... More »
An online game following the journey of an elderly former sea explorer who has lost his memories has helped scientists lead a vast international dementia study and given important preliminary results about human orientation skills. More »
The headquarters of the Brazil’s largest fixed-line telecoms group Oi, is pictured in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 22, 2016. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes Bernal More »
Windstream Holdings Inc said on Monday it would buy fellow U.S. telecommunications company EarthLink Holdings Corp in a deal valued at about $1.1 billion, including debt, in a bid to cut costs and better compete with rivals. More »
The set of 176 original emoji characters which have been donated to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City are seen in an undated handout image. Shigetaka Kurita/Gift of NTT DoCoMo/Museum of Modern Art/Handout via REUTERS Smiley faces and images of food and... More »
The building of Vodafone Egypt Telecommunications Co is seen at the Smart Village in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat have requested fourth-generation mobile phone service licenses in Egypt, an o... More »
The building of Vodafone Egypt Telecommunications Co is seen at the Smart Village in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat Misr signed licensing agreements on Sunday for the operation of 4G mobile bro... More »
Signage is seen at the Samsung 837 store in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Samsung Electronics’ (005930.KS) worst-ever recall could cost the company as much as $17 billion after it halted sales of ... More »
Sales promotion staff stand in front of a Galaxy Note 7 advertisement at a Samsung store in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 11, 2016. REUTERS/Beawiharta Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) scrapped its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone on Tuesday less than two ... More »
A Yahoo logo is pictured in front of a building in Rolle, 30 km (19 miles) east of Geneva, December 12, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File photo Yahoo’s disclosure that hackers stole user data from at least 500 million accounts in 2014 has highlighted shortcom... More »
A Google search page is seen through a magnifying glass in this photo illustration taken in Berlin, August 11, 2015. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski/Files EU antitrust regulators plan to order Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google to stop paying financial incentives to smartph... More »
A Yahoo logo is pictured in front of a building in Rolle, east of Geneva, Switzerland December 12, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) was sued on Friday by a user who accused it of gross negligence over a massive 2014 hacking in which ... More »
A Yahoo logo is seen on top of the building where they have offices in New York City, U.S., July 25, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Yahoo (YHOO.O) on Friday faced pointed questions about exactly when it knew about a cyber attack that exposed the email credenti... More »
People look at Deere equipment as they attend National Farm Machinery show in Louisville, Kentucky, February 11, 2016. REUTERS/Meredith Davis Borrowings by U.S. companies for capital investment rose 12 percent in August compared with a year earlier, the Equipm... More »
An employee poses for photographs with Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 7 new smartphone at its store in Seoul, South Korea, September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo Samsung Electronics Co (005930.KS) was sued on Friday by a Florida man who said he su... More »
A Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 7 new smartphone is displayed at its store in Seoul, South Korea, September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo Airline passengers should not turn on or charge their Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) Galaxy Note 7 sm... More »
A model poses for photographs with a Galaxy Note 7 new smartphone during its launching ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, August 11, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo Owners of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) Galaxy Note 7 smartphones should stop using ... More »
An employee poses for photographs with Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 7 new smartphone at its store in Seoul, South Korea, September 2, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has recalled all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones equipped with batteries it... More »
FILE PHOTO — The logo of Brazil’s largest fixed-line telecoms group Oi is seen inside a shop in Sao Paulo October 2, 2013. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo Brazilian telecom provider Oi SA is set to file its bankruptcy reorganization plan with a Rio de Janeiro co... More »
File photo of Vincent Bollore, Chairman of media group Vivendi, reacts during the company’s shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo When French tycoon Vincent Bollore backed out of a deal to buy the pay-TV busi... More »
File photo of Vincent Bollore, Chairman of media group Vivendi, reacts during the company’s shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – When French tycoon Vincent Bollore backed out of a deal to b... More »
File photo of Vincent Bollore, Chairman of media group Vivendi, reacts during the company’s shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – When French tycoon Vincent Bollore backed out of a deal to b... More »
By Mathieu Rosemain | PARIS PARIS When French tycoon Vincent Bollore backed out of a deal to buy the pay-TV business of Italian broadcaster Mediaset (MS.MI), and instead proposed to take a large slice of the parent company itself, investors feared he was plott... More »
File photo of Vincent Bollore, Chairman of media group Vivendi, reacts during the company’s shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo When French tycoon Vincent Bollore backed out of a deal to buy the pay-TV busi... More »
Arianna Huffington, president and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post Media Group attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 25, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington said on Thursday she would... More »
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WASHINGTON The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Friday pressed major U.S. phone companies to take immediate steps to make technology that blocks unwanted automated calls available to consumers at no charge. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, in lett... More »
MANILA Patrolling downtown Manila in his new Toyota, Uber driver Daniel Canezal is grumpy. It’s not from the heat, grime or traffic of the capital’s clogged streets – it’s the Philippines’ ramshackle internet service that is making his life a misery. Since sig... More »
WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Friday that 62 bidders have made upfront payments in a forthcoming wireless spectrum auction, including AT&T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Dish Network, T-Mobile US and Comcast Corp. The auction ... More »
LOS ANGELES “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” a TV mini-series exploring racial tensions that strained the criminal justice system 20 years before Black Lives Matter, dominated the Primetime Emmy nominations on Thursday along with HBO’s medie... More »
PARIS French telecoms company Orange (ORAN.PA) said on Friday it plans to maintain several group offices in the United Kingdom, which employ about 900 people, despite Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The company said it was not present in the Britis... More »
Tony Fadell, a well-known Silicon Valley executive who was once expected to play a central role in Alphabet Inc’s hardware efforts, has stepped down as chief executive of the search giant’s Nest unit, the company said. Fadell will remain an adviser to Alphabet... More »
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chairman Warren Buffett is backing a consortium vying for Yahoo Inc’s internet assets that includes Quicken Loans Inc founder Dan Gilbert, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. While there is no certainty that the consortium wi... More »
TORONTO Business got even tougher for Canada’s newspaper industry last year, data showed on Friday, with nationally distributed advertising cut by almost a quarter and online ad sales barely taking up any of the slack. Total daily-newspaper revenue in 2015 fel... More »
WASHINGTON The Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission have asked mobile phone carriers and manufacturers to explain how they release security updates amid mounting concerns over security vulnerabilities, the U.S. agencies said on Monday... More »
WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Communications Commission confirmed on Friday that it had voted to approve Charter Communications Inc’s acquisitions of Time Warner Cable Inc and Bright House Networks. The deals, which would create the second-largest U.S. broadband... More »
SAO PAULO Oi SA (OIBR3.SA) will start talks to restructure $14.3 billion of bonds as early as Monday, sources familiar with the situation said, pitting some of the world’s biggest investors against each other as Brazil’s most-indebted phone carrier fights for ... More »
WASHINGTON The Obama administration on Friday weighed in on the debate over allowing consumers to switch from pricey cable television boxes to less expensive devices, urging regulators to set an example for the rest of government on how to boost competition. C... More »
SEOUL South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc said its first-quarter operating profit likely rose 66 percent, pointing to its best quarter in nearly two years with earnings apparently lifted by healthy appliance sales and falling television panel prices. The world’s ... More »
Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) has extended the deadline to bid for its businesses by a week to April 18, technology news website Re/code reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Yahoo, whose shares were up 1.7 percent in early trading, had set an April 11 deadli... More »
