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CEPA violation: Singapore's arbitration court rejects India's plea in case against Nissan; govt likely to file appeal
•In 2008, when Nissan and its partner France’s Renault SA agreed to set up a car plant in Chennai, the state government promised several incentives, including tax breaks.
Deutsche Telekom, Orange refuse 5G infrastructure help from Huawei
•Deutsche Telekom review comes as US regulators scrutinize the proposed $26 billion takeover by T-Mobile.
5G auctions in Germany cast in doubt as Berlin contemplates compulsory roaming: Report
•Network operators in Germany are expected to bid despite doubts on the design & cost of 5G auctions.
Huawei opens information security lab in Germany ahead of 5G spectrum auctions
•The move follows Australia’s decision to ban Huawei from supplying 5G equipment over spying concerns.
T-Mobile, Sprint merger: $26 billion all-stock deal would help US beat China in 5G network rollout
•T-Mobile and Sprint said they expected to complete their deal no later than the first half of 2019, an ambitious goal given the intense US regulatory scrutiny it will be subjected to.
Softbank's Masayoshi Son agrees to hold 27% in Sprint Corp merger with Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile
•The agreement on Sunday to combine SoftBank’s Sprint Corp with Deutsche Telekom AG’s T-Mobile US Inc will create a US wireless carrier with a market value of more than $80 billion, matching SoftBank’s market capitalization and making it its biggest holding.
IBM partners with non-profit organisation Sovrin to build a global decentralized identity system based on blockchain
•Sovrin’s identity network uses distributed ledger technology, or blockchain, to enable the secure exchange of cryptographically-signed credentials
Huawei forging closer commercial ties with telecos across Europe and Asia to lead the global race for 5G networks
•Deals to start building 5G networks are still largely a year away, but Huawei has signed 25 MoUs with telecom operators to trial 5G equipment.
German Federal Network Agency wants the telecom industry to accelerate the deployment of a high-speed broadband network
•Germany has set a goal of providing the nationwide broadband with speeds of at least 50 megabits per second (Mbps) in 2018.
T-Mobile and Sprint are working together to salvage $74 billion merger talks
•Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank reached an impasse last week in their talks as SoftBank directors expressed doubts over giving up control of Sprint.