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OpenRAN [telecom]
The OpenRAN Project Group is an initiative to define and build 2G, 3G and 4G RAN solutions based on a general-purpose vendor-neutral hardware and software-defined technology. Technologies This project...
 
Alphabet's Loon partners with AT&T to extend network coverage during disasters [telecom]
The Loon system was integrated with AT&T's network, giving Loon the ability to serve AT&T customers more quickly if traditional communications infrastructure was unexpectedly wiped out. By Natalie...
 
The phone call makes a comeback in the time of coronavirus [telecom]
The phone call makes a comeback in the time of coronavirus with volumes doubling typical Mother's Day traffic By Richard A. Marini Since he started making random phone calls to friends, Ray Fuller...
 
How effective are VPNs? [telecom]
By Brian Lewis Privacy is a great privilege. It is a right of every individual to separate themselves from the greater society and dwell in their solitude; a need much older than society itself. This...
 
MN: Centurylink Fined $2.25 Million For Pipeline Violations [Telecom]
By Jennifer Lewerenz (KNSI) - The Minnesota Office of Pipeline Safety says they are fining CenturyLink $2.25 million for repeated violations of the state's One Call Law. MNOPS started investigating...
 
TN: 100K without power in Nashville [telecom]
Strong storms down trees and power lines across the mid-state; 100K without power in Nashville By: Rebekah Pewitt NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) - A line of strong storms passed through Middle Tennessee...
 
Phones down on campus throughout April [telecom]
By Gracyn Wener Phones on MCCC's campus have not been receiving incoming calls throughout the month of April, according to online updates on the campus homepage. Kelly Heinzerling, director of...
 
Why COVID-19 Didn't Break The Internet [telecom]
In the face of a rapid worldwide traffic explosion from private, public and government entities all across the world, there was some worry from experts that the increasing surge in bandwidth would be...
 
WV: Frontier Communications responds to service audit [telecom]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Frontier Communications Inc. says it is "willing to implement" multiple changes listed in an audit of the company's operations in West Virginia. Frontier Communications on Thursday...
 
Teleworking: the new normal? [telecom]
By Melissa Tooley When companies across the country recently announced new work-from-home policies in response to covid-19, the news sent employees and companies alike into a tailspin, creating...
 
NLRB Issues Complaint against Verizon for Violating Federal Labor
Thursday, April 30, 2020 The National Labor Relations Board's Phoenix, Ariz., regional office has issued a complaint against Verizon Wireless for violating federal labor law. The complaint stems from...
 
Will CCPA Kill Advertising As We Know It? [telecom]
By Theodore F. Claypoole Data is the currency of this advertising world, and the CCPA if strictly enforced could cripple many of the advances made in the past 30 years. "Advances!" I hear you cry....
 
Re: [telecom] National parks balancing demands for cell servic
One of the things I find most beautiful about north america is how stunningly vast this place is. Being able to go out of radio range is an experience that I fear may be short-lived. I wish we were...
 
States Made It Harder to Get Jobless Benefits. Now That's Hard to
States Made It Harder to Get Jobless Benefits. Now That's Hard to Undo. By Emily Badger and Alicia Parlapiano Systems that were devised to treat each case as potentially fraudulent are now rushing to...
 
National parks balancing demands for cell service, silence [telecom]
PHOENIX - (AP) - Musetta Vander has been to several of the most iconic national parks and landscapes in the U.S., capturing herself doing a yoga pose among the Joshua trees, driving on a tree-lined...