Cybersecurity
Germany Favors Deutsche Telekom Over Verizon on Spying Fear
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Germany favors Deutsche Telekom AG to replace Verizon Communications Inc. as a network provider after deciding to end the American company’s contract in the wake of reports about spy surveillance by the U.S.
“The federal government wants to win back more technological sovereignty and therefore prefers to work with German companies,” Tobias Plate, an interior ministry spokesman, said today at a press conference in Berlin.