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Romania approves bill to bar China and Huawei from 5G networks

Romania’s centrist government has approved a United States-backed bill that effectively bars China and Huawei from taking part in development of its 5G network. Europe has emerged as a battleground in the technology ‘Cold War’ playing out between China and Washington

Huawei 5G

·4 years ago

Varonis now supports Microsoft’s Government Community Cloud

Varonis Data Security Platform now supports Microsoft's U.S. Government Community Cloud (GCC/Impact Level 2) and U.S. Government Community Cloud High (GCC-High/Impact Level 4) environments.

Microsoft US

·4 years ago

Shared Services Canada selects BlackBerry for secure productivity and communications needs

Shared Services Canada (SSC) has selected BlackBerry for their secure productivity and secure communications needs. The Government of Canada also relies on BlackBerry for critical event management. and is recognised by the Government as a benchmark for trusted technology,

Canada BlackBerry

·4 years ago

£5bn ‘Project Gigabit’ launched by UK Government

More than one million hard to reach homes and businesses will have next generation gigabit broadband built to them in the first phase of a £5 billion government infrastructure project.

Connected UK

·4 years ago

EE partners with Scottish Government and the Home Office to bring 4G to some of Scotland’s most rural locations

EE has partnered with the Scottish Government and the Home Office to bring 4G to some of Scotland’s most rural locations for the first time. Strathconon, Blairmore and Reawick have been connected to 4G, with a further 32 locations across rural Scotland to follow.

Connected UK EE

·5 years ago

UK Telcos banned from installing new Huawei 5G equipment from September 2021

UK Telecoms providers will be banned from installing Huawei equipment in the UK’s 5G networks from next September, the government has said.

Huawei 5G Connected UK

·5 years ago

NEC to support 5G roll out in the UK

As part of a diplomatic trip to Japan, British International Trade Secretary Liz Truss spoke to NEC Chairman Nobuhiro Endo about 5G

5G Connected UK

·5 years ago

Judge Rejects US Governments Appeal On WeChat Ban

U.S. Judge Laurel Beeler rejected a Justice Department request Friday, which seeked to overturn a decision that allowed the Tencent backed app WeChat to stay on App Stores in the country.

News US

·5 years ago

Italy vetoes Fastweb and Huawei 5G Deal

The Italian government has blocked an agreement between Huawei and telecommunications group Fastweb, where Huawei would be supplying equipment for its 5G core network.

5G Connected Huawei

·5 years ago

Bytedance, Walmart and Oracle deal gets Tentative U.S. Government Approval

Oracle and Walmart have agreed to acquire a 20% stake in TikTok’s global business as part of a pre-IPO financing round. Oracle will be owning about a 12.5 percent stake in the company while Walmart CEO Doug McMillon will join the company’s board.

News US

·5 years ago

China implements sanctions against US companies

China has implemented its “unreliable entities list” in retaliation against the U.S., which has used its own “entity list” to shut Huawei out of the U.S. market, while also attacking TikTok and WeChat.

News US China

·5 years ago

TikTok and WeChat banned from US app stores from Sunday

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Friday morning that downloads of video app TikTok and messaging app WeChat will be banned in the U.S. from Sunday (Sept 20). If a deal is not struck by 12 November, the app will be fully banned, and using as well as downloading the app will be illegal.

Apps US

·5 years ago

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