Canada’s industry minister is set to meet with the head of Rogers Communications and other major telecom companies on Monday afternoon in the wake of last week’s massive outage that paralyzed the company’s network. The office of François-Philippe Champagne said he planned to meet with Tony Staffieri and other telecom leaders to discuss the importance…
Telecoms Company Orange to Buy Groupama’s Stake in Its Online Banking Unit
PARIS—France’s biggest telecoms group Orange said it would buy insurer Groupama’s 21.7 percent stake in Orange Bank, its online banking unit, and also provide the bank with a 230 million euros ($266.4 million) capital increase. “To strengthen the development of Orange Bank, Orange is continuing to invest in its bank”, Orange said in a statement….
Telstra Fined $1.5 Million From Regulator
Telstra has paid a $1.5 million penalty for failing to allow consumers to keep existing local phone numbers when changing telephone companies. From March to July 2020, Telstra suspended the majority of its local number porting operations, saying the COVID-19 pandemic impacted offshore operations. More than 42,000 services could not be moved from Telstra to…
Hong Kong Telecoms Provider Blocks Website for First Time Citing Security Law
HONG KONG–Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) said on Thursday it has blocked a website that publishes material mainly on 2019 anti-government protests, to comply with the city’s national security law, marking the first censorship of a local website under the law. While the internet in mainland China is heavily censored and access to foreign social…
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