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MobileIron Drops Patent Extortion Claims against BlackBerry

MobileIron has agreed to drop both patent infringement and extortion claims it levelled against BlackBerry. In a four page joint filing, BlackBerry and MobileIron asked Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero to end MobileIron's case, which it filed against BlackBerry in April.

BlackBerry

·5 years ago

CMA refers Virgin Media and O2 merger for an in-depth Phase 2 probe

UK competition regulator the CMA has referred the proposed merger of Liberty Global-owned Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile with Telefónica’s O2 for an in-depth Phase 2 probe following Virgin and O2’s request that the watchdog move quickly to this stage through a ‘fast-track’ process.

·5 years ago

Ofcom fines BT for breaking Ofcom rules in Northern Ireland tender

Ofcom has today fined BT £6.3m after its network division failed to give a rival company the same information as BT’s own bid team during the tender for a public sector telecoms contract in Northern Ireland in 2017/18.

UK BT Group

·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.

UK Huawei 5G Connected

·5 years ago

FCC rejects ZTE appeal to remove national security threat designation

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has today rejected ZTE’s petition to have its status as a national security threat reconsidered.

News US

·5 years ago

Swedish Court Overturns Huawei Ban halting 5G spectrum auction

A Swedish court has overturned a decision to prohibit Huawei equipment from entering the country’s 5G network

Huawei 5G Connected

·5 years ago

FTC settlement with Zoom requires a robust information security program to be implemented

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced a settlement with Zoom that will require the company to implement a robust information security program

News US

·5 years ago

Huawei appeals against 5G network ban in Sweden

Huawei has appealed against Sweden’s decision to exclude the Chinese company from 5G networks, the Swedish telecoms regulator PTS said on Friday.

Huawei 5G Connected

·5 years ago

Apple to face proposed class-action lawsuit by shareholders

Apple has been ordered to face a proposed class-action lawsuit by shareholders who accused Chief Executive Tim Cook of concealing falling demand for iPhones in China.

Apple

·5 years ago

UK Mobile phone companies to be banned from selling ‘locked’ handsets

Mobile phone companies in the UK are to be banned from selling ‘locked’ handsets, under a range of new rules from Ofcom, that will make switching networks even simpler.

News 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

US Department of Justice files antitrust lawsuit against Google

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against Google, over allegations that its search and advertising empire violated federal antitrust laws.

News US Google

·5 years ago

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