UK’s New Quarantine Rule For French Visitors Deal Blow To EU Travel Industry

With Britain adding France, the most visited country in the world, on its quarantine list, the efforts and hopes of Europe to restart its huge travel and tourism sector has been dealt a severe blow. According to the latest guidance from the UK Department of Transport, updated late on Thursday, a mandatory quarantine of 14…

BP Considering Radical Cut In Office Space Globally And Adopt Flexible Working

A radical change in the configuration of its offices is being planned by British Petroleum (BP). According to the plan, the oil and gas giant could reduce the properties its holds by almost 50 per cent by shifting about 50,000 employees towards remote working and flexible workplace layouts because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. According…

Investigation Into TikTok Being Opened By French Data Privacy Regulator

Following a complaint that it had been sent to it in May against the Chinese owned short video sharing app TikTok, the data privacy watchdog of France, CNIL said on Tuesday that it was initiating a preliminary investigations into the app and its activities and business practices. Data regulators in the United States, the European…

White House announces auction of 100Mhz mid-band 5G spectrum

In a significant development, the Trump administration has unveiled plans to auction off 100 megahertz of mid-band spectrum that was previously reserved for military purposes. The commercial use of this spectrum is slated to start from mid-2022. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) aims to auction this spectrum to companies including Verizon Communications Inc and AT&T…

“Substantial Agreement” In Most Point In UK And Japan Trade Deal

“Substantial agreement” on most of the elements of a post-Brexit trade deal was reached between Britain and Japan earlier this week after two days of talks. It has been reported that during the talks, moves to restrict British farm exports was resisted by UK trade secretary Liz Truss. The elements of the trade deal between…