The FTC is suing Facebook for 'illegal monopolisation'. We look here at the arguments on both sides and conclude that the proposed remedy of forcing Facebook to sell ...
AT&T has won the lawsuit brought by the US Department of Justice against its takeover of Time Warner, allowing the US operator to complete the deal without conditions. The ...
The latest edition of Mobile World Congress shows that 5G is well on the way to becoming a reality, with the first services expected before year-end. While it appears the US ...
"Altice seeks to reassure investors, plans disposal of non-core assets", according to recent news. The headline begs some questions: what went wrong, why are investors ...
Comcast has announced a partnership with the solar energy group Sunrun. This sounds like a promising new venture, putting customers first and bringing benefits to both ...
Supporters of copper or fibre are unlikely to come to any consensus soon. While the former announce new advances in G.fast and vectoring, the latter continue to push ahead ...
AT&T's proposed takeover of Time Warner raises two big questions: will the deal obtain regulatory approval and why do they want to merge? While regulators are likely to clear ...
Verizon has introduced a new offer called PopData: paying for a short period of intensive LTE use at low nominal rates (USD 2 for 30 minutes, USD 3 for an hour). While the ...
AT&T and DirecTV have reached agreement on a merger. AT&T is offering USD 67.1 billion in cash and shares as well as taking over USD 18.6 billion in debt from DirecTV. This ...
Google has acquired the company Nest Labs for USD 3.2 billion. Nest Labs makes two connected devices, a thermostaat (USD 250) and a smoke alarm (USD 130), both of which can ...
Vodafone has agreed to allow Verizon to buy out its 45 percent stake in their joint venture Verizon Wireless, for USD 130 billion. As part of the deal, Vodafone will also ...
AT&T is in search of takeovers in Europe, according to recent media reports. Possible candidates could include EE, the UK joint venture of Orange and Deutsche Telekom, or ...
T-Mobile USA has made a big step forward in its strategy. After its proposed merger with AT&T was blocked by regulators, the mobile operator is moving ahead with its own ...
Intel plans to launch this year its own set-top box and streaming video service, aimed at the consumer market. One can assume this will first target the US market. Erik ...
The late Apple CEO Steve Jobs would surely have been pleased with the American court ruling that Samsung infringed Apple's patents. However, there may be someone even ...
Google has started a new phase of its Google Fiber project. The subscription period has opened, and on 10 September the company will announce which areas ('Fiberhoods') in ...
Facebook has gone from hype to hysteria in barely two weeks. The biggest IPO of a technology company ever - with proceeds of USD 16 billion - ended in disappointment and in ...
One of the co-founders of Skype, Niklas Zennstrom, has launched a new company that looks to turn the US telecom sector on its head. FreedomPop is a MVNO on the Clearwire ...
The US' biggest cable operator Comcast is launching a new TV app for the Xbox gaming console from Microsoft. The app is already in testing, and Comcast announced that ...
AT&T has withdrawn its bid for T-Mobile USA, following opposition from the Department of Justice and FCC. The company was apparently unable to save the bid by selling off ...
Verizon Wireless is buying the unused radio spectrum of three cable companies in the US: Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. They bought the spectrum in ...
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has moved to block the sale of T-Mobile USA by Deutsche Telekom to AT&T. The move was justified by the DoJ's expectation that the merger of ...
A group of 29 American universities has formed an alliance to stimulate the roll-out of gigabit fibre-optic networks on campuses and in nearby residential areas. The Gig.U ...
According to the Wall Street Journal, Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable operator in the US, is considering promoting a singe-play offer more, with just broadband. ...
While Time Warner Cable's iPad app has been plagued with rights questions since its launch, rival Cablevision has launched its own iPad app with much more content and ...