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In call for tougher rules, consumer rights champion says phone networks cannot be trusted to self-regulate

The consumer champion says new protections are needed as mobile operators are no longer legally required to tell customers about some roaming rules.

Reliance Jio, Adani Data Networks, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to participate in the auction set to begin on July 26, at which analysts do not foresee any aggressive bidding due to the abundancy of spectrum and the limited number of participants

OneWeb, touted by Boris Johnson as a potential rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink, provides communications services

LOS ANGELES — San Diego-based One America News, the strident right-wing cable channel, may soon be fighting for its survival after being dropped by another major cable operator.

During what was arguably the worst internet outage in the country, nearly 10 million Canadian residents were left without internet and mobile services beginning at 4:30 a.m. two Fridays ago. 

A strike by workers at Mexican telecommunications firm Telmex, controlled by the family of tycoon Carlos Slim, will end on Friday after the union and the company reached a deal, the union said.

The Biden administration is investigating Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei over concerns that U.S. cell towers fitted with its gear could capture sensitive information from military bases and missile silos that the company could then transmit to China, two people familiar with the matter said.

Telcos have been told they need to make it easier for customers to talk to a "real person" instead of online bots and make their sale pitches more honest.