The deal will enable Enel to expand its fibre optic operations to market overseas. On Monday, Europe’s biggest utility Enel stated, it has agreed to acquire a 21% stake in Ufinet International, a Latin American fiber company, for $175 million (150 million euros). The deal includes an option to buy the remaining shares from owner…
For Uber London is a key market since of the roughly 50,000 drivers in Britain, 40,000 operate there. On Monday, Uber is set to go to court as it ramps up its efforts to overturn a decision to strip it of its license in London following a court decision that ruled it was unfit to…
Employing more than 1 million people, Foxconn’s export market includes both the United States and China. On Friday, Hon Hai Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, also known as Foxconn, stated the tariff war between the United States and China is more of a tech war than a trade war. This tech war is the…
Telenor has said it is contemplating an appeal in the case. Incidentally, in 2016, Norway’s Competition Authority had considered imposing a fine of 906 million Norwegian crowns, but later dropped parts of the case. On Thursday, Norway’s Competition Authority stated it had imposed a fine of $96.3 million (788 million crowns) on Telenor, the country’s…
The move is part of a larger, strategic bipartisan efforts by U.S. lawmakers to rein in collaboration between U.S. tech companies and their Chinese peers, especially in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning which have application in the military. In a bipartisan move, Republican and Democratic lawmakers have asked Alphabet Inc’s Google on…
Xiaomi’s Hong Kong IPO is slated to be one of the biggest tech IPO globally in recent years. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, Xiaomi plans on raising $6.1 billion from its planned Hong Kong IPO scheduled for launch this week. Xiaomi’s Hong Kong IPO is slated to be one of the…
Hackers stole $31.5 million from Bithumb, the 6th busiest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. According to a notice put up by Bithumb on its website on Wednesday, it has stopped all of its trading activities after it ascertained that “some cryptocurrencies worth about [$31.5 million] 35 billion won has been seized between late yesterday and…
According to a latest report, Brexit trade barriers would reduce UK household income by up to £1,000 a year, reported the BBC. The cost to the UK economy could total £27bn because of the most negative scenario of high Import Tariffs And High Regulatory Barriers, Says Global Consultancy Firm Oliver Wyman. Supply chain disruption could…
According to CB Insights, Mercari is one of Japan’s two unicorns. On its market debut its market cap touched $7.4 billion. The other unicorn is Preferred Networks Inc, an IT startup. On Tuesday, the share prices of Mercari Inc, a flea market app operator, jumped by 100% in their stock market debut in Tokyo and…
For Google, the investment will benefit in terms of improved analytics and market reach in China, one of Asia’s fastest growing economies. In an effort aimed at expanding its presence in one of Asia’s fastest growing economy, Google is set to invest $550 million in China’s e-commerce firm JD.com. The strategic move is also aimed…
