U.S.: Political Hangups Silence Telecommunications Announcement

Sometimes the biggest announcements are the ones that never happen. Even before the world's largest consumer electronics trade show, CES, formally kicked off in Las Vegas on Jan. 9, companies began making announcements highlighting their new concepts and products. But as the news has come rolling in, the absence of one hotly anticipated reveal demonstrates how the high-tech sector has increasingly become a geopolitical battlefield. ...