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Swisscom warns curbs on antenna upgrade stalling 5G rollout; keeps 2020 outlook
ZURICH (Reuters) - State-controlled telecoms group Swisscom AG said on Thursday that the rollout of its new fifth-generation (5G) mobile technology was getting stalled due to the governments' resistan...
Apr 30, 2020
Proximus says receives temporary 5G license
(Reuters) - Proximus, the first mobile operator to launch a 5G network in Belgium, said on Thursday that market regulator BIPT has allotted temporary 5G licences to it and four other companies. BIPT h...
Apr 30, 2020
Telecom operator Orange posts higher sales as France business picks up despite virus
PARIS (Reuters) - Telecoms operator Orange posted higher revenues for the first quarter on Thursday, as business in its French home market improved despite the onset of the coronavirus crisis that den...
Apr 30, 2020
Nokia first quarter in profit, revenues miss consensus
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj on Thursday reported a 2% fall in first-quarter revenue that missed analysts' estimates, as it took a hit of about 200 million euros to its topline largely because the C...
Apr 30, 2020
Thailand reports seven new coronavirus cases, no new deaths
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand on Thursday reported seven new coronavirus cases but no new deaths, taking its tally to 2,954 cases while fatalities remained at 54 since the outbreak began in January. Ne...
Apr 29, 2020
Nintendo seen extending profit streak as housebound consumers switch on
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd is expected to extend its decade-high earnings streak when it reports fourth-quarter results next week, powered by the hit Switch console which ...
Apr 29, 2020
Clash of tech titans: Zuckerberg praises coronavirus lockdowns; Musk sees ‘fascism’
By Munsif Vengattil (Reuters) - Silicon Valley billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg offered dueling views on lockdown measures designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus on Wednesday, with F...
Apr 29, 2020
South Korea reports no new domestic coronavirus cases, first time since Feb peak
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported on Thursday no new domestic coronavirus cases for the first time since its Feb. 29 peak, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said. KCDC r...
Apr 29, 2020
SoftBank sees $8.4 billion net loss on WeWork writedown
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said it sees a loss of around 700 billion yen ($6.6 billion) in the year ending March on the portion of its WeWork investment held outside the Visio...
Apr 29, 2020
Brazil has record number of new cases of coronavirus, deaths total 5,466
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Brazil soared by a record number on Wednesday to 78,162 from 71,886 the day before, with 449 deaths in the last 24 hours,...
Apr 29, 2020
