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Russia denial of Navalny poisoning taken with grain of salt: Champagne
Russia denial of Navalny poisoning taken with grain of salt: Champagne
opinion
Why cities are key to a connected Canada
Alex Benay
technology
BlackBerry partners with Texas startup to build 5G smartphone
The Blackberry logo located in the front of the company's B building in Waterloo, Ont. on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. BlackBerry Ltd. says its president and chief operating officer Bryan Palma has left the company after less than a year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Ryan
investment ideas
The last of the G7 real yields is being harvested
A trader reacts at his desk in front of the DAX board at the Frankfurt stock exchange August 18, 2011.
u.s. business
Israel, U.S. near deal to exclude China from Israeli 5G networks, U.S. official says
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with the Huawei and 5G network logo is seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture taken January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
technology
China’s Bytedance says it is looking at relocating TikTok’s headquarters
Tik Tok logos are seen on smartphones in front of a displayed ByteDance logo in this illustration taken on Nov. 27, 2019.
report on business
Despite 5G buzz, development of phones, networks is still in early days
A cell tower is pictured in rural Ontario on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Amid much fanfare, Canada's Big 3 telecom companies introduced fifth-generation networks in major cities earlier this year and a few smartphones with 5G capabilities are now available for sale.Yet after years of promises about next-generation wireless powering self-driving cars and robotic surgery, it's still unclear exactly what the newly launched networks are currently able to do.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
european business
EU countries must urgently diversify 5G suppliers, Commission says
People attend a conference "2020, The Year of 5G for Europe" at the the Huawei Cyber Security Transparency Centre in Brussels, Belgium January 16, 2020 REUTERS/Yves Herman
european business
France’s Huawei restrictions amount to de facto ban by 2028, sources say
A view shows a Huawei logo at Huawei Technologies France headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris, France, July 15, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
international business
U.K. asks Japan for Huawei alternatives in 5G networks: report
U.K. asks Japan for Huawei alternatives in 5G networks: report
international business
G20 finance officials stop short of recommending debt freeze extension
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's central bank governor Ahmed al-Kholifey speaks at the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/File Photo
opinion
Why is it even a question whether to let Huawei into our 5G networks?
Andrew Coyne
canada
Huawei hopeful it can provide 5G to Canada despite Trump, Five Eyes pressure
A man wearing a mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus walks past a Huawei store promoting 5G technologies in Beijing on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. China's government accused Britain on Wednesday of colluding with Washington to hurt Chinese companies after tech giant Huawei was blocked from working on a next-generation mobile phone network. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
politics
Canada is now the only Five Eyes member to not ban or restrict use of Huawei 5G equipment
Huawei headquarters building is pictured in Reading, Britain, on July 14, 2020.
international business
Britain to purge Huawei from 5G network by 2027 in abrupt policy U-turn
A Huawei sign is seen on its store near a traffic light in Beijing, China July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
international business
Business, labor groups urge G20 to extend, expand debt freeze for poorer countries
A man rides on his bicycle along an empty street of Havana on May 19, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. - Weakened economically by the coronavirus, Cuba wants to suspend until 2022 the repayment of its debt to the Paris Club, hoping to benefit from the same leniency as African countries with the G20. The government had promised to finish repaying by the end of May. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) (Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
Huawei to request Britain delay 5G network removal: report
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with the Huawei and 5G network logo is seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture taken January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
asia-pacific business
China’s autonomous vehicle company WeRide starts driverless testing
This photo taken on January 20, 2019 shows visitors looking at a driverless car with 5G technology by WeRide at a 5G innovation park in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province.
european business
EU urges more G20 cooperation on monetary, fiscal policy against COVID-19 crisis
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 19, 2020. Picture taken February 19, 2020 REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
canada
Royal Military College weighs damage after cybersecurity attack
Graduates march at the Royal Military College of Canada walks in Kingston on May 17, 2019.
international business
France won’t ban Huawei, but encouraging 5G telcos to avoid it: report
France won’t ban Huawei, but encouraging 5G telcos to avoid it - report
opinion
China’s threats on behalf of Huawei are becoming desperate
Margaret McCuaig-Johnston
politics
Brian Mulroney urges ‘immediate and urgent rethink’ of relations with China
Brian Mulroney, seen here on June 4, 2019, said the Prime Minister should strike a blue-ribbon panel of experts to reshape Canada’s policy toward China.
economy
Private sector participation in G20 debt relief essential: IMF
FILE PHOTO: International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Gita Gopinath takes questions at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, U.S., October 18, 2019. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan
asia-pacific business
Nokia lands $450-million 5G contract with Taiwan Mobile
FILE PHOTO: Visitors gather outside the Nokia booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo
international business
Huawei to build $1.2-billion research and development facility in England
A Huawei logo is seen in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2020.
international business
Official says U.S. willing to help countries buy non-Huawei telecom gear
Keith Krach, left, U.S. under secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, talks with South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, second from right, during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. (Heo Ran/Pool Photo via AP)
world
World Bank boss urges private sector buy-in on G20 debt relief
World Bank President David Malpass attends the "1+6" Roundtable meeting at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 21, 2019. Malpass says greater participation by private sector creditors is needed to help the Debt Service Suspension Initiative.
report on business
Telus rolls out 5G service, with Samsung as network partner
A woman is silhouetted as the Telus Corp. logo is displayed on a screen during a company event in Vancouver on Friday, October 2, 2015. Telus says its fifth-generation wireless network will be activated in five of Canada's largest markets starting Friday, with another 26 to be added by the end of this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
politics
Telus installed Huawei gear in National Capital Region 4G network in apparent contravention of understanding with Ottawa
Telus Corp. sign on their downtown Vancouver building is shown on Thursday June 21, 2007. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Stoody
world
Trump says U.S. will pull soldiers out of Germany
Trump says U.S. will pull soldiers out of Germany
report on business
Bell launches 5G network in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver
The sign and awning of a Bell store on Queen St. West are photographed on April 12 2018. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
european business
Huawei launches U.K. advertising blitz ahead of security review
The British flag and a smartphone with a Huawei and 5G network logo are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture taken Jan. 29, 2020.
world
Has ‘America First’ become ‘Trump First’?
In the view of European officials, the United States has gone from being the indispensable ally to the undependable one
report on business
Ottawa postpones auction of 5G spectrum due to pandemic
A cell phone displaying the AtYourGate app is shown in this photo illustration in Toronto on Thursday April 5, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
letters
June 5: ‘Enough with the excuses.’ Readers react to Ontario’s intoxication defence ruling, plus other letters to the editor