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German government to drop Verizon because of U.S. spying

  • June 27, 2014
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By Stephen Lawson | IDG News Service/ Posted on June 27, 2014
 
The German government is dropping Verizon Communications as a service provider because of worries about U.S. spying.
The government will shift all services provided by Verizon to Deutsche Telekom by the end of 2015. It had been reviewing its communications contracts already, but concerns about possible spying by the U.S. National Security Agency.
 
InforWorld/ full read here/ http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/german-government-drop-verizon-because-of-us-spying-245179

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  • June 27, 2014
The invisible hand of the market at work 🙂