Attorneys general from 49 U.S. states are suing telecommunications company Avid Telecom, claiming the firm is “initiating and facilitating billions of illegal robocalls to millions of people.” The lawsuit (pdf) was filed on May 23 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, where Avid Telecom is headquartered. Defendants in the suit are listed…

Experts are calling China’s sudden U-turn on virus policy a “wild card” for the globe. How will China’s current COVID-19 outbreak play out on the global stage? Fever drugs are out of stock in China. A U-turn in the country’s COVID-19 policy is catching drugmakers off guard and shaking the global supply chain. Millions of…

The federal ethics watchdog says the head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission did not breach the Conflict of Interest Act when he held meetings with large telecom providers while they had files before the regulator. One of the meetings scrutinized involved CRTC head Ian Scott and senior BCE Inc. and Bell Canada executive…

While China’s lengthy and difficult lockdown shows no sign of abating, telecom authorities in many provinces recently stopped cellphone calls and text messages from outside the mainland, including from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, saying it is necessary to prevent fraudulent calls. The move adds to concerns over the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) expanding its lockdown…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Jan. 27 voted to block state-owned China Unicom from the U.S. market, adding to a growing list of Chinese telecommunication carriers ejected from operating on American soil over national security concerns. The body’s 4-0 vote on Thursday means that all three of China’s leading wireless carriers are now barred,…

MILAN—U.S. fund KKR said on Monday it expected to be able to take a decision on its takeover approach for Telecom Italia (TIM) only after a due diligence process but it had set no deadline to start its analysis. Asked by market regulator Consob to clarify whether it would still proceed with the offer if…

MOSCOW—Nokia and Russia’s YADRO plan to set up a joint venture to build 4G and 5G telecom base stations in Russia, the two equipment makers said on Wednesday, as a deadline for building networks using only Russian equipment approaches. Russia has said it will extend telecoms operators’ licenses beyond 2023 for LTE (long-term evolution) networks…

Telstra is taking the next steps in its proposed corporate restructure with the telecommunications giant set to split into four branches under the new holding company, Telstra Group. The process is part of Telstra’s T22 strategy—a strategy started in 2018 to simplify operations and reduce costs by 2022. Telstra CEO Andrew Penn said in a market…

Telstra is taking the next steps in its proposed corporate restructure with the telecommunications giant set to split into four branches under the new holding company, Telstra Group. The process is part of Telstra’s T22 strategy—a strategy started in 2018 to simplify operations and reduce costs by 2022. Telstra CEO Andrew Penn said in a market…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on March 17 it has begun efforts to revoke authorization for China Unicom Americas, Pacific Networks and its wholly-owned subsidiary ComNet to provide U.S. telecommunications services. In April, the U.S. telecom regulator issued show-cause orders warning it might revoke the operating licenses of three state-controlled Chinese telecommunications companies—the two…