The board of Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], including two new appointees of former Chief Executive Travis Kalanick, will meet on Tuesday to consider proposals that diminish the co-founder's influence, strip early investors of supervoting power and secure a m... More »
The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai for another five-year term on the telecommunications regulatory panel where he faces decisions over dismantling Obama-era internet protections and a major television statio... More »
European stocks, propelled by a weaker euro, were heading for their best monthly gains this year on Friday, but Volkswagen shares sank on further provisions for its diesel scandal settlements. More »
China's latest push to revive its bloated state-owned sector is set to pick up pace this year, with bankers and investors expecting possible spin-offs and asset sales to follow a key Communist Party Congress in October. More »
Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday launched a localized payments app for India as it tries to gain a foothold in the country's rapidly-growing digital payments space. More »
Software startup Slack Technologies Inc said it raised $250 million from SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) and other investors in its latest funding round, boosting the company's valuation to $5.1 billion. More »
The chief executive of Russian oil giant Rosneft (ROSN.MM) said on Sunday his company was not seeking the frozen assets of Sistema as it presses its multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the business conglomerate. More »
European satellite launching firm Arianespace said it had called off the launch of two communications satellites seconds before lift-off on Tuesday, citing unspecified problems. More »
Estonian start-up Taxify is to go head to head with Uber [UBER.UL] in London's highly competitive taxi-hailing market, and also has Paris in its sights. More »
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim's America Movil said on Tuesday that it had complied with a Colombian arbitration ruling ordering it to pay the government $1.08 billion for wireless telecommunication assets used in the South American nation. More »
China Unicom's $11.7 billion ownership reform plan does not violate rules, the nation's securities regulator said, helping shares in the telecom group's units surge as they resumed trade on Monday after speculation that the deal was under scrutiny. More »
BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO)(BBRY.O) shares have been plunging from their more than two-year high hit in June after lackluster earnings and competitive threats have raised doubts about prospects for a turnaround at the business software maker. More »
The unaired fourth episode of the new season of HBO's hit series "Game of Thrones" has been leaked online, the premium channel's distribution partner Star India said on Friday. More »
The logo of SoftBank Group Corp is displayed at SoftBank World 2017 conference in Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2017. Charter Communications Inc’s shares surged to a record high on Monday after a source said Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp was considering an acquisition ... 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 »
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: Headphones are seen in front of a logo of online music streaming service Spotify, February 18, 2014 Spotify has reached a licensing deal with a second major label, Sony Music Entertainment, according to media reports, setting the stage for a U.S. s... More »
FILE PHOTO: A general view of Reliance Jio headquarters is seen on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Clara Ferreira Marques/File Photo India’s Reliance Jio said on Monday it was investigating claims that personal data of over 100 million of... More »
FILE PHOTO: A private security guard stands at a gate of Snapdeal headquarters in Gurugram on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo India’s No. 3 e-commerce player Snapdeal has rejected an initial takeover offer from ... 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 »
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 »
U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Representative Bill Shuster (R-PA) holds strips of paper used by air traffic controllers to keep track of planes during an event where U.S. President Donald Trump proposed reforms to the U.S. a... More »
A Blackberry sign is seen in front of their offices on the day of their annual general meeting for shareholders in Waterloo, Canada in this June 23, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/Files BlackBerry Ltd on Monday downplayed news that Toyota Motor Corp woul... 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 »
Britain’s Inmarsat said on Friday it had ordered a satellite from Thales Alenia Space to increase capacity on its broadband network as Qatar Airways signed up to use the service to provide in-flight connectivity. 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 »
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 »
Makan Delrahim, who was chosen by President Donald Trump to be the top U.S. antitrust regulator, said on Wednesday that he would maintain independence from the White House in enforcing antitrust law. More »
People shop for handsets at an M1 mobile shop in Singapore March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su Top shareholders in Singapore telecoms company M1 Ltd (MONE.SI) have approached potential buyers China Mobile (0941.HK) and global private equity firms, among others, t... More »
Mongolia launched its first satellite on Wednesday, part of its efforts to make use of new technology to diversify its resource-dependent economy. More »
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Foxconn, the trading name of Hon Hai Precision Industry, is seen on top of the company’s headquarters in New Taipei City, Taiwan March 29, 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo Taiwan’s Foxconn has asked for SoftBank Group’s cooperation i... 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: The Apple Inc. store is seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) decision to stop licensing graphics chips from Imagination Technologies Group Plc (IMG.L) is the clearest exam... 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 »
A Blackberry logo hangs behind a Canadian flag at their offices on the day of their annual general meeting for shareholders in Waterloo, Canada June 23, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo BlackBerry Ltd reported better-than-expected adjusted earnings for the... 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 »
A recycled SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars toward space above a Virgin Airlines passenger jet, which had just departed Orlando International Airport, in Orlando, Florida, March 30, 2017. The launch marked the first time ever that a rocket was reused for spaceflig... 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 »
Indian e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal on Wednesday firmly denied that it was in talks to sell the firm, after Mint newspaper reported the company was in talks with domestic rivals for a potential sale. More »
FILE PHOTO- Potential buyers look at models of a new public housing estate to be constructed in Singapore February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photos Business sentiment at Asia’s top companies rose to its highest in almost two years in the first quarter of... More »
FILE PHOTO: NSA Deputy Director Richard Ledgett answers questions during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the House-passed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act reform bill while on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 5, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing/Fi... 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 »
The exterior of a RadioShack store is seen in New York February 5, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid U.S. electronics chain RadioShack Corp filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday for the second time in a little over two years, faced with a challenging retail environme... More »
FILE PHOTO: People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with binary code and a Central Inteligence Agency (CIA) emblem, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Dado Ruvi... More »
Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin and CEO of Amazon, greets Rodolphe Belmer, CEO of Eutelsat, while speaking about the future plans of Blue Origin during an address to attendees at Access Intelligence’s SATELLITE 2017 conference in Washington, U.S., March 7, ... More »
China’s three state-owned telecommunications companies plan to eliminate domestic roaming fees and offer pricing incentives to small and mid-sized enterprises, to encourage corporate customers to adopt network technology such as cloud computing. More »
A Blackberry sign is seen in front of their offices on the day of their annual general meeting for shareholders in Waterloo, Canada in this June 23, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/Files Jim Mackey, BlackBerry Ltd’s head of corporate development and strat... More »
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim speaks during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido Mexico’s telecoms regulator has discussed forcing billionaire Carlos Slim to legally separate part of his fixed-line unit Telmex fro... More »
Israel’s Space Communications has begun operating a new communications satellite, Amos-7, it said on Monday, a major milestone after it lost two satellites in the past two years. More »
A man talks on the phone as he stand in front of an advertising poster of the SoftBank telecommunications company in Tokyo October 16, 2015. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) is close to making an investment in U.S. office-sharing start... More »
Richard Yu, chief executive of Huawei’s consumer business, holds up new P10 devices during the presentation ceremony at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Paul Hanna Phonemakers are piling in to fill a gap in the market left ... 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 »
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 »
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 »
An employee walks at the office of ride-hailing service Uber in Gurugram, previously known as Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, April 19, 2016. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/File Photo Uber users in India, who until now had Chinese Internet giant Ali... More »
The Hundertwasser House landmark, an apartment house designed by artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, with the ‘Terrassencafe im Hundertwasserhaus’ is seen in Vienna, Austria, February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader Grumpy waiter service is a... More »
Commuters pass Grab transport booking service app advertisements at a train station in Singapore February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo Grab is likely to announce a deal to buy Indonesian online payment startup Kudo for over $100 million, a source clos... 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 »
FILE PHOTO – A Time Warner logo is seen at a Time Warner store in New York City, October 23, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo Time Warner Inc reported higher-than-expected fourth-quarter results, largely due to box office hits such as the “Harry Potter... More »
Manufacturers in Asia’s export-oriented economies are rushing to announce investment plans in the United States, as U.S. President Donald Trump calls for companies to build more products in the country. 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 »
Chief Executive of Kenya’s telecom operator Safaricom Robert Collymore speaks during a Reuters interview at their headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya Kenya’s Safaricom is reallocating funds to build up its fixed-data network... More »
The Chinese government has renewed calls for private investment in the country’s telecommunication firms as it encourages them to cut fees and other costs and become more competitive in offering internet-related services. More »
SpaceX Falcon rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., January 14, 2017. REUTERS/Gene Blevins A SpaceX Falcon rocket blasted off from California on Saturday, returning the company to flight for the first tim... More »
Elon Musk in Hong Kong, China January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company has been cleared to resume flying following a launch pad explosion four months ago, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday. 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 »
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida April 8, 2016 in this handout photo provided by SpaceX. REUTERS/SpaceX/Handout via Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to resume flying rockets next week following an investigation into why one of t... More »
A Qualcomm sign is pictured in front of one of its many buildings in San Diego, California November 5, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo South Korea’s antitrust regulator fined Qualcomm Inc 1.03 trillion won ($854 million) for what it called unfair business ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Asahi Super Dry beer cans are displayed at the Asahi Group Holdings headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, May 17, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Japan Inc may become a more important force in dealmaking next year as its cashed-up companies seek to buy... More »
A Blackberry logo hangs behind a Canadian flag at their offices on the day of their annual general meeting for shareholders in Waterloo, Canada June 23, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO) will open an autonomous driving resear... 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 »
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils his plans to colonize Mars during the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, on September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer By Irene KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – – Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been forced to delay... More »
Staff at satellite communications company Inmarsat work in front of a screen showing subscribers using their service throughout the world, at their headquarters in London March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Winning/File Photo British satellite company Inmarsat will... More »
Hulu, Dish Network Corp’s Sling and other streaming services battling for customers who are ditching cable are working to make new live TV services more personalized for each user, an effort to help viewers navigate a sea of movies, news and television shows. ... More »
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX hopes to return its Falcon 9 rocket to flight on Dec. 16, said Iridium Communications Inc, which plans to have 10 of its satellites on board for launching. More »
A giant poster of Tintin is seen inside the Centre Pompidou modern art museum in Paris December 19, 2006. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin helped popularize the 1950s Space Race with his iconic cartoon rocket- seven decades on ... More »
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks after unveiling the Dragon V2 spacecraft in Hawthorne, California, U.S. on May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Private rocket launch service SpaceX is requesting government approval to operate a massive satellite network ... More »
A booth introducing Alibaba Cloud services is seen at an exhibition venue during Alibaba Group’s 11.11 Singles’ Day global shopping festival in Shenzhen, China November 11, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip Alibaba Cloud plans to open four new data facilities outside Ch... 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 »
Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump delivers remarks at a campaign event in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 22, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised on Saturday to foil a proposed deal f... More »
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton pauses as she speaks at a campaign event accompanied by vice presidential nominee Senator Tim Kaine in Pittsburgh, U.S., October 22, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinto... More »
Signage for an AT&T store is seen in New York October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo The tie-up of AT&T Inc (T.N) and Time Warner Inc (TWX.N), bringing together one of the country’s largest wireless and pay TV providers and cable networks like ... More »
An AT&T logo is seen at an AT&T store in New York City, October 23, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith When Time Warner Inc’s (TWX.N) Jeff Bewkes welcomed AT&T Inc’s (T.N) Randall Stephenson for lunch at Time Warner Center in New York in late August, their meeting ... More »
AT&T Inc (T.N) may bypass a powerful telecommunications regulator by offloading a Time Warner broadcast station, analysts say, as the telcommunications giant braces for what is expected to be a lengthy and tough antitrust review of its proposed $85.4 billion d... More »
Signage that reads Time Warner is seen at the Time Warner Center in New York City, October 23, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith AT&T Inc’s (T.N) proposed $85 billion takeover of Time Warner Inc (TWX.N) generated skepticism among both Democrats and Republicans on ... 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 »
German carrier Air Berlin’s aircraft is pictured at Tegel airport in Berlin, Germany, September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/File Photo German carrier Air Berlin (AB1.DE) on Saturday said it had banned Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 mobile phones from flights, whil... 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 »
