Halifax judge Michael Wood provides Canadian cryptocurrency Quadriga temporarry relief from creditor lawsuits

Gerald Cotten, 30, died in India from complications from from Crohn’s disease. He was the only person who knew the passwords to Quadriga’s digital wallets which contained $137.13 million worth of cryptocurrencies, shows court filings. As a stop solution, Halifax judge Michael Wood has ordered a 30-day stay on filing claims against Quadriga, a Canadian…

T-Mobile US Inc rules out price increase if allowed to acquire Sprint for $26 billion

T-Mobile’s $26 billion acquisition of Sprint has already gained approval from a national security panel headed by the Treasury Department. An antitrust review by the Justice Department and the FCC remain its only hurdles. In a communication to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, T-Mobile US Inc has disclosed that if it gets the go-ahead to…

France’s competition regulator orders review of Google’s Advertisement policies

According to Google, the issue revolves around Amadeus charging consumers for services that are available for free, or for a nominal charge; this practice is against its internal policies which prohibit ads for services that can be obtained for free or at a lower price from the government or another public source. In a significant…

Saracen-linked FB accounts spreading hate & fake news taken down: Facebook

Three members of the Saracen group have so far been arrested in Indonesia. On Friday, in a significant development, Facebook Inc has removed hundreds of Indonesian accounts, groups and pages from its social network following the discovering that they were linked to an online group accused of spreading fake news and hate speech. In 2016,…

France to auction 5G frequencies this autumn: Agnes Pannier-Runacher

France’s 5G auction, which will in most probability exclude bids from China’s Huawei Technologies, will set the groundwork for next generation industries, including IoT. On Thursday, French news agency Le Figaro reported Junior Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher as stating, France will commence the auction of 5G telecoms frequencies this autumn, with licenses expected to be given…

Huawei Device Co Ltd & Huawei Device USA Inc to be arraigned on Feb. 28, 2019

Huawei faces gale force headwinds with intelligence agencies linking its telecom devices as potential Trojan Horses which can be tapped by Chinese intelligence. According to information available in court filings, two units of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd are set to be arraigned on February 28 in Seattle on a 10-count indictment on charges of conspiring…