Tag: Telecommunications services

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

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A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...

FCC gives state prisons tech options to quash cellphones

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Federal regulators are giving state prisons across the country more technological options to combat contraband cellphones, which prison officials have long...

Mobile World Congress tech fair, pandemic version, kicks off

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BARCELONA, Spain — A major wireless technology trade fair kicked off in Barcelona on Monday with scaled-back attendance and beefed-up health and safety measures,...

UK cellphone firm EE reintroduces roaming charges to Europe

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LONDON — British cellphone operator EE said Thursday that it will start to charge U.K. customers for using their phones in other European countries...

EXPLAINER: Just how vulnerable is the internet?

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BOSTON — An outage at a little-known firm that speeds up access to websites knocked a lot of top internet destinations offline on Tuesday,...

Huawei to roll out its own operating system to smartphones

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HONG KONG — Huawei is launching its own HarmonyOS mobile operating system on its handsets as it adapts to losing access to Google mobile...

Australian telco fined $39M for exploiting Indigenous folk

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CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra was fined 50 million Australian dollars ($39 million) on Thursday for unconscionable conduct in selling remote...

Emergency program to give people $50 off internet bill

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Americans can begin applying for $50 off their monthly internet bill on Wednesday as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected...

Mexico moves to require biometric data from cellphone users

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MEXICO CITY — Activists and opposition figures cried foul Wednesday after Mexico’s Senate passed legislation to require cellphone companies to gather customers’ identification and...

EXPLAINER: What Biden’s new $100B plan for broadband means

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The problems with U.S. broadband networks have been obvious for years. Service costs more than in many other rich nations, it still doesn't reach...