Author: Dean Takahashi / Source: VentureBeat Hedera Hashgraph has revealed the first external governing council members for its secure and fast blockchain alternative: Deutsche Telekom, DLA Piper, Magazine Luiza, Nomura Holdings, and Swisscom Blockchain. These big companies are showing

It looks like AT&T is going to fight the Department of Justice's injunction to stop the wireless provider from acquiring Time Warner in court, now that settlement talks between the two parties have failed, according to a court document filed Friday that was obtained by Reuters. Last month, the

Update: ... or maybe not, because shortly after S and TMUS tumbled, CNBC denied the original Nikkei report: SOFTBANK DOESN’T HAVE PLAN TO WITHDRAW FROM SPRINT TALKS: CNBC It is unclear if this announcement was made as a favor to some of the deal's M&A arbs who are painfully blowing up today,

Japanese telecom giant Softbank - which owns Sprint - is reportedly looking at T-Mobile US for a merger. This would be the second attempt after 2014's approach was rebuffed by US regulators. Acording to Reuters, which broke the story, Japan's SoftBank is prepared to give up control of Sprint Corp

T-Mobile reported their Q4 2016 results yesterday, and guess what?   Despite T-Mobiles significant aggression in driving down prices through flat rate plans and elimination of vendor lock-in contracts, they have essentially matched Verizon on revenue per account. In addition, their network