The US Telecommunications Act of 1996 dismantled the monopoly that AT&T had on phone services. Photo: AFP

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Topic | US-China tech war

Zen Soo

Published: 10:00pm, 2 Apr, 2019

Updated: 9:04am, 23 May, 2019

The US Telecommunications Act of 1996 dismantled the monopoly that AT&T had on phone services. Photo: AFP

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Zen Soo

Zen Soo joined the Post in 2015. She covers China technology, in particular e-commerce, online to offline and mobile payments. She also writes about Southeast Asian tech companies.