TAG: Telecoms

Northern Europe’s new naval priority: Submarine sabotage

HANKO, Finland — Finnish and British troops undertaking a routine naval training exercise on a recen...

8 months ago

Shrinking Arctic ice redraws the map for internet cable connections

Thawing ice in the Arctic may open up new routes for internet cables that lie at the bottom of the ocean and carry most international data traffic. And more routes matter when underwater infrastructure is at risk of attack.Baltic Sea gas and telecoms cabl...

6 months ago

Time for a European single market ‘with teeth’ to take on China, India, leaders told

BRUSSELS ― It's older than the euro and as integral to the EU as being able to cross borders without a passport ― but the single market is failing to deliver while ever-stronger world economies gain the upper hand.Enrico Letta, a former Italian prime mini...

6 months ago

Industry bosses to EU: Help us level up in the global green tech race

HANNOVER, Germany — Europe’s industry is ready to take on state-subsidized Chinese and American rivals in the global green tech race — but Brussels must create the right conditions for it to do so.Failure to act will condemn Europe to deindustrialization:...

5 months ago

France mourns its loss of influence in von der Leyen’s new Commission

BRUSSELS — Emmanuel Macron's clout on the European stage just isn't what it used to be.One day after now-former French Commissioner Thierry Breton resigned in a huff, five French officials bemoaned a loss of influence for Paris in Brussels after Ursula vo...

4 weeks ago

Breton slams ‘empress’ von der Leyen’s power grab and France’s loss of influence in EU

PARIS — Former European Commissioner Thierry Breton believes that France will be weaker in Brussels after his departure and that giving too much power to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is a danger to Europe."France is now relegated to...

2 weeks ago