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Hurricane Ida Spurs Calls to Bolster Mobile Networks After Phones Fail
As Hurricane Ida pummeled New Orleans, officials told residents needing help to flag down a police officer or go to a fire station. The city’s 911 emergency calling service, served by AT&T, wasn’t working. The failure, rectified on August 30, is helping to fuel calls for Washington regulators to demand greater resiliency for mobile phone networks in the face of storms, fires and other natural disasters.
Alphabet Surges With 65% Gain in Longest Rally Since 2009 (Bloomberg)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 08/31/2021 - 06:14China Slashes Kids’ Gaming Time to Just Three Hours a Week (Bloomberg)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 08/30/2021 - 11:06China Plans Control of Tech Algorithms US Can Only Dream Of (Bloomberg)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 08/27/2021 - 10:44Opinion: T-Mobile’s Broken Promises, Cyber Breach Are a Bad Look (Bloomberg)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 08/27/2021 - 06:34Facebook’s Stealth M&A Puts Focus on Deals Under Antitrust Radar
Facebook did something US technology giants have done countless times before: it bought a smaller company and closed the deal without notifying competition regulators. But this transaction -- the $400 million acquisition of image library Giphy -- was particularly bold. Giphy used a common -- and legal -- maneuver that lets companies avoid scrutiny from merger watchdogs: it paid a dividend to investors.
FCC’s T-Mobile Probe Is Early Sign of Democrats’ Privacy Stance (Bloomberg)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 08/22/2021 - 15:50NTIA and States Get Say Over Broadband Funds in Senate Infrastructure Bill
Under the Senate infrastructure bill, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) would distribute $42.5 billion in new broadband subsidies through grants to eligible states. Local authorities would then competitively award that money to broadband service and infrastructure providers.
Google and Facebook’s New Cable to Improve Internet Connectivity in Southeast Asia
Google and Facebook announced their participation in a new subsea cable system for 2024 set to improve internet connectivity across the Asia-Pacific region. Dubbed Apricot, the infrastructure project will link Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Guam, the Philippines, and Indonesia and help serve growing demand for broadband access and 5G wireless connectivity.