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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.
Verizon beats AT&T to launch commercial 5G network in Chicago, Minneapolis
•Verizon launched 5G back in October and plans to expand to more than 30 U.S. cities in 2019.
T-Mobile executives spent $195,000 at Trump Hotel since Sprint merger annoucement
•The Washington Post reported that T-Mobile executives had reserved at least 52 nights at the hotel.
Sprint sues AT&T for misleading consumers with the '5G E' logo on its mobile devices
•AT&T customers were seeing “5G E” logo on their mobile devices in over 400 markets.
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
Asian Games 2018: Sprinter Dutee Chand bolts to silver medal in women's 100m dash, breaks 20-year drought
•Running in lane number 7, Dutte clocked 11.32 seconds, a tad below her national record of 11.29 seconds.
Sprint partners with LG to launch 5G smartphone in first half of 2019 in US
•The price of the phone and exact launch date will be announced later, Sprint said in a news release.
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.
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son confirms deal to sell Flipkart stake to US retail giant Walmart
•SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son said Wednesday it has reached an agreement to sell its stake in Indian e-commerce company Flipkart to Walmart
US bans American companies from selling components to China's ZTE for seven years
•American companies are estimated to provide 25% to 30% of the components used in ZTE's equipment, which includes networking gear and smartphones.