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Sprint, T-Mobile merger wins support of the chairman of the US telecommunications regulator
•T-Mobile also promised that the new company would build a “world-leading 5G” network.
US democrats unveil legislation to renisntate net neutrality rules repealed by FCC
•The “Save the Internet Act” bill said to protect consumers from higher prices, blocked websites.
US FCC to let wireless carriers have authority to block robotext or spam messages
•The FCC voted 3-to-1 to classify text messages as an information service rather than a telecommunications service
Trump administration sues California for striking down new net neutrality laws
Ians •The California law prevents broadband providers from slowing down or blocking websites.
Samsung Galaxy Watch to launch in two different sizes; reveals FCC document
Ians •Both the models would carry the same name and support the same wide variety of LTE bands.
Facebook confirms working on a low-earth orbit internet satellite named Athena
Ians •Facebook is working on launching Athena, its own Internet satellite, early in 2019.
Trump govt to block China Mobile in the US citing national security risks
•The United States is set to impose tariffs on $34 billion worth of goods from China on July 6.
Apple to announce new NFC capabilities of the iPhone with the launch of iOS 12 at WWDC: Report
Ians •Since Apple first launched NFC-capable devices iPhone 6 and 6s in 2014, its implementation of NFC has been primarily restricted to Apple Pay transactions.
FCC is looking into a website flaw in the US that could have exposed mobile phone locations without user consent
•A security researcher said earlier this week that data from LocationSmart, a California-based tech firm, could have been used to track mobile consumers.
Net neutrality in the US will die on 11 June, Obama-era open-internet rules to be repealed: FCC
•In December, FCC repealed open-internet rules set in 2015, which barred providers from blocking or slowing down access or charging more for certain content.