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EU to talk chip sovereignty with Intel and TSMC

2021-04-27 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

The ongoing global semiconductor shortage is proving a major headache for various industries around the world, shining an unflattering light on the European Union’s reliance on foreign chip production. The shortage has been ongoing for some time, triggered first by the pandemic slowing production and exacerbated by various factors, from shifting market dynamics to geopolitical tensions…read more on TotalTele.com »

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EU bands together for semiconductor tech push to ensure technical sovereignty

2020-12-08 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

Speaking at a videoconference of the Ministers of Telecommunications this morning, a number of EU member states have signed a joint declaration to combine their efforts in developing the European processor and semiconductor industry. The commitment seeks to encourage combined research and investment in the technology’s value chain, leveraging funds from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility where possible…read more on TotalTele.com »

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Deciphering Digital Sovereignty

2020-10-29 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

The telecoms world is inundated with complex terminology and technical acronyms, but rarely has the industry produced a term as ambiguous and contentious as ‘digital sovereignty’. The scope of this term extends far beyond the telecoms sector itself, being deeply intertwined with both the geopolitical climate as well as the global economy. For Luc Hindryckx, Director General at the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA), digital sovereignty is a multifaceted issue which has been evolving in Europe over recent years, but has seen a flurry of interest in 2020 due to two key factors…read more on TotalTele.com »

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India bans China's TikTok, WeChat apps, citing sovereignty, safety concerns

2020-06-30 10:02:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The Ministry of Information Technology said the move comes after complaints about unauthorised use and storage of data. The ministry in particular flagged the fact that data was taken out of Indian data centres and stored, and probably used, elsewhere. The government says it wants to make sure India's sovereignty is safe, as well as the privacy of its citizens. "The compilation of these data, its mining and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India, is a matter of very deep and immediate concerns which requires emergency measures," the ministry said.

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