BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than a week since a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, turning buildings into concrete mortuaries where many of the 3,500 confirmed casualties still lie entombed, families do not yet know whether loved ones are among them. That, in large part, is due to a lack of internet access that local residents and humanitarians say...

Nokia Corporation , Telia, and the Finnish Defense Forces completed the world's first successful 5G standalone slice handover across multiple countries on a live network on Wednesday. The trial was made possible by Nokia's ( NOK ) advanced 5G Core Software as a Service (SaaS) and AirScale 5G base stations, powered by ReefShark System-on-Chip technology, integrated with Telia's commercial network....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted 15-13 along party lines Wednesday to advance the Trump administration's nominee to oversee a $42 billion government fund to bring high-speed broadband internet to unserved parts of America. Arielle Roth, who has been nominated to head the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, at a Senate hearing last month denied that...

(Reuters) -Some companies have said they are looking at expanding their presence or setting up shop in the United States to mitigate the costs of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs. Below are some of the plans companies have flagged, in alphabetical order. CAMPARI The Italian spirits group is assessing the opportunities to expand its production in the U.S. without losing...