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Investigating Facebook: a fractious relationship with academia (Financial Times)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 12/06/2021 - 10:26Google, Facebook and Amazon control half of advertising outside China (Financial Times)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 12/06/2021 - 10:25South-east Asian telecommunications companies merge into mega-groups to invest in 5G (Financial Times)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 12/06/2021 - 10:25New generation of smaller alternative networks in UK are forcing incumbents to increase investment in broadband
There was once a time when the words “fixed line” turned investors cold — as the extraordinary growth of wireless telecoms and mobile data made cabling seem antiquated. Yet, in the age of full-fibre broadband, those tables have turned. Investors are backing a new generation of smaller, alternative cabled networks — dubbed “alt-nets” — forcing larger incumbents to increase their investment in broadband.
UK's Competition and Markets Authority orders Facebook to sell Giphy (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/30/2021 - 06:22Competition Chief Vestager urges European legislators to push through rules to regulate Big Tech (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 11/29/2021 - 06:32Global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts makes €33bn buyout offer for Telecom Italia (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 11/22/2021 - 06:15EU lawmakers agree on rules to target Big Tech
EU lawmakers have reached a breakthrough on how to target tech companies, including Apple and Google, as part of moves by Brussels to curb anti-competitive practices in the digital economy. The European Parliament’s main political parties agreed to a deal that would apply to companies with a market capitalisation of at least €80 billion and offering at least one internet service, such as online search. It means the rules would draw more companies than thought into the EU’s planned Digital Markets Act (DMA), a wide-ranging effort to rein in Big Tech.