Telecommunications

California lawmakers eye back-up power for cellphone towers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When the nation's largest electric utility preemptively shut off power last fall to prevent wildfires in California, customers lo...
20:19 8 January 2022

French telecom company Orange convicted over suicides

French phone and Internet provider Orange was found guilty Friday of a string of employee suicides.
10:23 20 December 2021

Iran internet slowly revives; US sanctions telecom minister

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The internet slowly trickled back on in Iran on Friday after a dayslong shutdown by authorities amid protests and unrest...
16:06 22 November 2021

Ailing ex-telecom executive Ebbers seeks release from prison

JACKSON, Miss. — A former telecommunications executive convicted in one of the largest corporate accounting scandals in U.S. history is asking a judge...
17:59 15 November 2021