Jul 16, 2020Governance and Politics in Telecommunications & Emerging Technologies | Week 29, 2020Carlos Ruiz Gomez | @cruizgomez | July 17, 2020 POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY GOVTS. & AGENCIES Courts have been busy in the EU this week. For staters, EU’s General Court sided with Apple against the European Commission over the taxes the company pays in Ireland. And Privacy Shield, the…Governance7 min readGovernance7 min read
Jul 13, 2020Governance and Politics in Telecommunications & Emerging Technologies | Week 28, 2020Carlos Ruiz Gomez | @cruizgomez | July 10, 2020 POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY TECH & DEMOCRACY China appears intent on extending its “Great Firewall” internet regime to Hong Kong. All internet companies in the territory are now facing the dilemma of whether to surrender user data to the authorities…Governance5 min readGovernance5 min read
Jul 2, 2020Governance and Politics in Telecommunications & Emerging Technologies | Week 27, 2020Carlos Ruiz Gomez | @cruizgomez | July 03, 2020 POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY GOVTS. & AGENCIES Something is cooking in the European telecommunications market. For staters, the EU’s competition chief has urged European telcos to pursue more cross-border takeovers inside the bloc to ward off predatory foreign buyers. Jose…Governance And Tech6 min readGovernance And Tech6 min read
Jun 25, 2020Governance and Politics in Telecommunications & Emerging Technologies | Week 26, 2020Carlos Ruiz Gomez | @cruizgomez | June 26, 2020 POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY TECH & DEMOCRACY This week opened with Trump reportedly saying that “scumbag” journalists should be executed for not revealing sources. Continuing with Trump, and for the first time, Twitter has labelled a video tweeted by him…Governance And Tech4 min readGovernance And Tech4 min read
Published in Political Technology·Jun 18, 2020Governance and Politics in Telecommunications & Emerging Technologies | Week 25, 2020Carlos Ruiz Gomez | @cruizgomez | June 19, 2020 POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY GOVTS. & AGENCIES The US continues making friends in Europe. In a letter to the finance ministers of France (Bruno Le Maire), Italy (Roberto Gualtieri), Spain (Ma Jesus Montero) and the UK (Rishi Sunak), US Treasury…Governance9 min readGovernance9 min read
Jun 11, 2020Governance and Politics in Telecommunications & Emerging Technologies | Week 24, 2020Carlos Ruiz Gomez | @cruizgomez | June 12, 2020 POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY GOVTS. & AGENCIES Following bipartisan demands from US House and Senate lawmakers for the FTC to investigate TikTok, the agency is now being pressed to probe a similar video app called Zynn (developed by a Beijing-based…Governance9 min readGovernance9 min read
Published in Political Technology·Jun 5, 2020Facebook Libra and China’s Digital Currency / Electronic PaymentIn Octobre 2019, the G7 group of richest countries said “stablecoins” should not be allowed to launch until the profound international risks they pose are addressed. Because of these drawbacks by governments and regulators, David Marcus (CEO of the Facebook-born Calibra Association) then offered a new twist to its Libra…Financial Services5 min readFinancial Services5 min read
Published in Political Technology·Jun 5, 2020Political Volatility in the Semiconductors IndustryA lot has been written about what Trump’s trade and technology war on China, and specifically on Huawei. But little has been said to what these actions might mean for other companies. …Supply Chain7 min readSupply Chain7 min read
Published in Political Technology·Jun 5, 2020Geopolitics Boost the Open RANThe current Covid-19 pandemics has slowed down 5G spectrum auctions and deployments. With 5G being a catalyst of network virtualisation, geopolitics might have provided a final push for the open radio access network. The telecommunications debt crash was some ten times bigger than the dot-com bubble burst. It made the…Geopolitics5 min readGeopolitics5 min read
Published in Political Technology·Jun 5, 2020Technology and International RelationsEverybody is aware of the current trade war between the U.S. and China. Earlier this summer, Mr. Trump imposed 25% tariffs on 50 billion USD in Chinese goods. China retaliated by imposing tariffs on the same amount of U.S. goods, then Mr. Trump responded by threatening to impose tariffs on…International Relations6 min readInternational Relations6 min read
