Deutsche Telekom puts sale of T-Mobile US on hold: sources

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom has put the sale of T-Mobile US on hold to deal with an upcoming auction of radio airwaves, giving potential suitors time to wait for a more favorable political environment toward telecoms mergers, two sources said.











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Uber's real estate footprint unmatched among S.F. Bay Area startups

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber's new Oakland headquarters is about four times bigger than Internet radio service Pandora Media's office nearby, and will house about five times the number of employees that ride-hailing competitor Lyft has at its headquarters.











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South Africa's Vodacom drops Neotel deal on regulatory hurdles

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa mobile operator Vodacom on Monday dropped a planned acquisition of local fixed line operator Neotel, citing regulatory complexities.


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Pentagon to tap private industry for background check IT system

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department plans to hire private contractors to develop a $600-million-plus computer system for a new background check agency being set up after a security breach last year exposed the personal data of nearly 22 million people, a top official told Reuters.


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Insurers find Google a potential rival: report

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 40 percent of insurers see Google as a potential threat because of its strong brand and ability to use customer data, a report released on Tuesday said.











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Apple lawyer, FBI director to face off before Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation will make their cases before a congressional panel on Tuesday regarding a court order to force the technology company to give the FBI data from the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters.


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N.Y. judge backs Apple in encryption fight with government

(Reuters) - The U.S. government cannot force Apple Inc to unlock an iPhone in a New York drug case, a federal judge in Brooklyn said on Monday, a ruling that bolsters the company's arguments in its landmark legal showdown with the Justice Department over encryption and privacy.











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