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UK identifies fresh Huawei risks to telecom networks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 28 08:14 PM

Britain has identified "significant" issues in Chinese giant Huawei's engineering processes that pose "new risks" for the nation's telecommunications, a government report found Thursday. Read more »

India's richest man helps tycoon brother avoid jail

Peter Hutchison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 19 03:03 PM

The epic feud between India's Ambani brothers has taken a new twist with the older and now vastly richer brother paying a debt owned by his struggling sibling, helping him avoid jail. Read more »

Germany launches 5G auction amid row with US over Huawei

Ryland James, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 19 03:01 PM

Germany launches its auction Tuesday for the construction of an ultra-fast 5G mobile network as a transatlantic dispute rages over security concerns surrounding giant Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei.   Read more »

Huawei invites foreign media to see for itself on spy claims

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 01 06:36 PM

Huawei on Thursday purchased full-page adverts in major US newspapers including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post to invite US media to visit its Shenzhen headquarters in southern China next week, extending a similar welcome to AFP on Friday. Read more »

SWIFT says helping Bangladesh Bank rebuild network after cyber heist

Krishna Das, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 04 11:19 PM

SWIFT's comments came after the New York Fed on Friday agreed to provide "technical assistance" to Bangladesh Bank in its lawsuit against Manila-based Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC). RCBC was used to funnel the money, much of which disappeared into the casinos of the Philippines. Read more »

Huawei warns of action against hostile markets

Jitendra Joshi, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 23 08:02 AM

Chinese tech giant Huawei said Tuesday it could pull out of partnerships in hostile countries as it seeks to counter security concerns in the West over its 5G technology. Read more »

PLDT 'open' to leasing facilities from tower companies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 22 11:06 AM

PLDT said it would continue to invest in building its network while evaluating how it could work with tower companies. Read more »

Calls for Huawei boycott get mixed response in Europe

Erwan Lucas, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 11:38 AM

Europe is giving US-led calls for a boycott of Huawei 5G telecoms equipment a mixed reception, with some governments untroubled by spy suspicions against the Chinese giant, but others backing a ban. Read more »

Smart celebrates 25th anniversary with biggest raffle promo

Smart
Updated as of Dec 21 04:26 PM

PLDT mobile services arm Smart Communications is celebrating its 25th anniversary with 'Smart Amazing 25,' its biggest raffle promo to date. Read more »

Gov't orders 'mandatory' unlocking of phones after telecom lock-in period

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 14 05:04 PM

This would ensure that subscribers have "greater freedom and flexibility" on using wireless devices, the DICT said in a statement. Read more »

Third telco to spur economy in remote areas: DICT chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 25 11:46 AM

Some 40 percent of the country is either unserved or underserved by the 2 telecommunications giants, Department of Information and Communications Technology officer-in-charge Eliseo Rio said. Read more »

Apple, Samsung fined millions for slowing phones in Italy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 24 08:04 PM

Italy's competition authority on Wednesday said it was fining Apple and Samsung 10 and five million euros ($11.5 and $5.7 million) respectively for the "planned obsolescence" of their smartphones. Read more »

Instagram ramps up battle against bullying

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 10 07:45 AM

Instagram on Tuesday added more weapons to battle cyber bullying, using artificial intelligence to scan photos for abusive content at the Facebook-owned service. Read more »

Grupo ng mga bisor sa PLDT, umalma sa 'tripleng' trabaho

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 09:26 PM

Naniniwala naman ang kompanya na walang basehan ang strike notice dahil wala umano silang labor dispute sa mga supervisor. Read more »

Instagram adds verified accounts to 'stop bad actors'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 29 08:01 AM

Instagram on Tuesday set out to thwart duplicity with an option to authenticate high-profile accounts at the Facebook-owned image or video sharing social network. Read more »

Google sued for unwanted tracking of phone locations

Agence-France Presse
Posted at Aug 21 11:39 AM

A lawsuit filed in federal court here accuses Google of invading people's privacy by tracking the whereabouts of smartphones users despite "location history" settings being turned off. Read more »

WhatsApp out to make money from business messages

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 02 07:51 AM

Facebook on Wednesday set out to make money from WhatsApp with a scheme to connect businesses with customers via the smartphone messaging service. Read more »

Australia prepares to ban Huawei from 5G over security fears

Reuters
Posted at Jul 12 12:39 PM

Western intelligence agencies have for years raised concerns about Huawei's ties to the Chinese government and the possibility that its equipment could be used for espionage. But there has never been any public evidence to support those suspicions. Read more »

Snapchat aims to spread reach to other apps

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 15 10:41 AM

Snapchat messaging service on Thursday set out to spread its reach, and panache, to other smartphone apps with a software kit that promised to share little data about users. Read more »

Despite Trump deal, China's ZTE, Huawei to face closed doors in US market

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 10 10:46 AM

Chinese telecoms companies like ZTE and Huawei face severely tightened access to the US market despite the Trump administration's deal this week to give ZTE a lifeline after it agreed to a steep fine. Read more »