Report: Telecom Companies Must Do More to Stop Corruption
The world’s largest telecommunications companies do not disclose enough information on how they organize themselves and even less on each country where they do business, according to a report from Transparency International. The report analyzed the 35 largest telecom companies, ranking them on the measures they take to prevent corruption, ...
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