A graduate in networking and databases and an author of several books about Apple gear, Valéry Marchive has been covering the French IT landscape since the late 90s, both for the consumer and enterprise sectors.
France's anti-piracy watchdog fought for survival this week while its broadcast regulator argued to gain control over a seriously weakened three-strikes process stripped of its internet-banning powers.
The French prime minister’s office has issued a note instructing all ministries offices employees not to use consumer mobile devices when dealing with classified and sensitive data.
Orange has extended its 4G coverage to Paris and 37 surrounding areas, and upped its coverage target for 2013.
Time Equity Partners is aiming to raise €100m to fund digital economy companies in France and Europe, as well as globally.
SFR and Bouygues Telecom, France's second and third biggest mobile operators respectively, have begun talks to share parts of their network infrastructure.
The French competition authority has decided to investigate the app store market, questioning the fairness of a "very closed oligopoly", according to organisation's president.
After losing an appeal against a court order that sentenced Twitter to reveal the details of accounts used last autumn to post racist and anti-Semitic tweets, the microblogging finally gave in.
When the NSA's PRISM program was first revealed, reactions were cautious. But now, some believe it could be an opportunity for France's cloud industry.
Last week, Stéphane Richard was put under investigation in a case of suspected organised fraud. The board of the telco has announced it intends to keep him as CEO of the company.
At the end of January, a French court ordered Twitter to reveal the details of accounts used to post racist and anti-Semitic tweets last autumn. Twitter appealed against the ruling, but has lost that appeal.