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Dubai telecom talks hit by hackers
closed-door workingtelecommunicationsUnited NationsU.N.'s International Telecommunications UnionDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Organizers of a U.N. conference on global telecommunications say...
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Over 1.2m SIM cards are blocked in Kenya
Four mobile operators, Safaricom, Orange, Yu and Airtel, switched off 1.28 million unregistered lines following the December 31 deadline for mandatory SIM card registration. An amendment to the Kenya...
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TeliaSonera denies charges of bribery
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nordic telecommunications company TeliaSonera on Tuesday refuted allegations that two of its employees engaged in bribery and money laundering while launching operations in...
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The four mobile operator's Safaricom, Orange, Yu and Airtel switched off 1,280,840 unregistered lines after the expiry date for regulation on mandatory SIM card registration on December 31. An...
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AT&T to buy Alltel operations for $780M
DALLAS (AP) — AT&T said Tuesday that it has reached a deal to buy the Alltel U.S. wireless operations for about $780 million to boost its spectrum in rural areas.The Dallas telecommunications...
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U.N. group OKs new video format to save bandwidth
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. telecommunications agency says its members have agreed upon a new compression format that could dramatically cut the amount of Internet bandwidth currently used by video...
View ArticleAlcatel-Lucent boss leaving as losses mount
PARIS (AP) — Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen is leaving the loss-making French-U.S. telecommunications gear maker after a failed four-year bid to turn the business around.Verwaayen said in a statement...
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Mexico moves against TV, telephone tycoons
MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Enrique Pena Nieto moved Monday to overhaul and strengthen the weak and chaotic regulations that have allowed the world's richest man and its largest Spanish-language media...
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Politics rule everyday life in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A sea of marchers in red and yellow T-shirts flowed through the capital's main downtown boulevard, paralyzing traffic while state TV cameras stood ready to record every...
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Russia seeks to censor online content
Russia has started to take initiative on censoring sections of the internet deemed “objectionable” and “extremist” while facing resistance from U.S.-based networks.Media...
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