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The signs are pointing in the right direction for telecommunications companies during a Donald Trump presidency. Trump’s transition team is full of critics of the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, which imposed old-style telephone regulation on the internet. There are indications a Trump administration may be much friendlier to big mergers and acquisitions than …

Apple’s smartphone business may be big in Japan but antitrust regulators there are said to be considering taking action against the tech giant for possible violations. Japan’s Fair Trade Commission said last month that three wireless carriers that Apple works with wouldn’t sell surplus inventory of older iPhones to small retailers, which hurt those third parties’ ability to compete. On …