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Verizon Selling Media Business To Apollo For $5 Billion
Verizon Selling Media Business To Apollo For $5 Billion
May 03, 2021  |  Acquiring

Verizon said on Monday (May 3) that it is selling off its media business, which includes Yahoo and AOL, to private equity firm Apollo Global...

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Great Expectations: Apple and Verizon Start Their 5G Engines
Great Expectations: Apple and Verizon Start Their 5G Engines
November 10, 2020  |  Internet of Things

When it comes to 5G, there’s the anticipation of a tipping point – but the tipping point is somewhere off on the horizon. It would...

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France To Outlaw Huawei 5G Equipment Within 8 Years
France To Outlaw Huawei 5G Equipment Within 8 Years
July 22, 2020  |  Mobile

France is kicking Huawei to the curb. The Chinese technology company, one of the early entrants into the 5G era with a $600 million investment in the...

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UK Lowers Boom On Huawei With Equipment Purchase Ban
UK Lowers Boom On Huawei With Equipment Purchase Ban
July 14, 2020  |  International

The United Kingdom has reversed course on Huawei, announcing plans Tuesday (July 14) to start banning companies in the country from buying equipment from the...

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Vodafone Reports Difficulties In Paying Vendors In India
Vodafone Reports Difficulties In Paying Vendors In India
July 12, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Vodafone, the U.K.-based telecom giant, has run into trouble making payments to vendors in India, according to Sputnik News. The company’s Indian operation, Vodafone Idea,...

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Ericsson Says UK Telecom Rules Are Slowing 5G, Driving Up Costs
Ericsson Says UK Telecom Rules Are Slowing 5G, Driving Up Costs
June 19, 2020  |  Mobile

Swedish telecom giant Ericsson said the United Kingdom could lose out on the newest fifth-generation (5G) wireless network because of government rules that are making it expensive...

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Big Tech And The Lure Of India’s (Mobile Payments) Market
Big Tech And The Lure Of India’s (Mobile Payments) Market
June 08, 2020  |  Mobile Payments

Deal or no deal? For Big Tech, India beckons — increasingly so, and it is the mobile space that seemingly is poised to get a...

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Silver Lake Increases Stake In Indian Telecom Jio Platforms
Silver Lake Increases Stake In Indian Telecom Jio Platforms
June 05, 2020  |  Investments

Silver Lake has upped its ante on India’s Jio Platforms. The Menlo Park, California-based private equity firm said Friday (June 5) it will buy an additional...

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UAE Fund Pumps $1.2B Into Jio Platforms, India’s Telecom Giant
UAE Fund Pumps $1.2B Into Jio Platforms, India’s Telecom Giant
June 05, 2020  |  Investments

Mubadala Investment Co., an investment arm of the government of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is investing $1.2 billion in Jio Platforms, the Indian telecommunications firm,...

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