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Tech & Telco
Tech & Telco sectors are highly regulated and have many intersections with various laws, including data privacy, antitrust and intellectual property. MLex has for many years closely watched this evolving space and the trends in regulation, enforcement and litigation. From new areas such as IoT, mobile, social media and ecommerce, MLex has been on the forefront of monitoring and reporting on potential risks and opportunities for related businesses. The selected stories below represent some of the latest technology, media and telecommunications regulatory news reporting from our journalists across the globe.
Recent Tech & Telco articles
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Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication technologies — which allow cars to “talk” to other cars -
European businesses are looking at 6G developments, even when the rollout of 5G networks is moving at a slower pace -
UK needs a new law on self-driving vehicles with a robust two-step regulatory framework to ensure safe roll out -
Microsoft is to be asked by German watchdogs to improve its data-protection standards for its Office 365 program. -
Google is facing a multistate investigation into whether its privacy practices violate state consumer protection law. -
Huawei must accept a single global license for mobile-phone patents held by Unwired Planet. -
Like many online services, Twitter has seen traffic surge during the Covid-19 pandemic, even as its physical infrastructure, advertising revenue and policy rules have come under unprecedented pressure. -
Google’s speech-assistance system's compliance with the EU’s data-protection rules is the subject of an investigation initiated today by Hamburg's data protection authority. -
The US Department of Justice is looking into whether a group of companies at a key standards organization attempted to exclude technologies from certain firms in creating a new Wifi connectivity standard, MLex has learned.