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Apple's iPhone X Took 35% of Smartphone Profits in the Fourth Quarter [telecom]
Apple's iPhone X Took 35% of Smartphone Profits in the Fourth Quarter By Don Reisinger Apple's iPhone X has been slammed by reports that demand for the handset is sluggish. But a new report suggests...
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Government rests its case in lawsuit to block AT&T, Time Warner merger [telecom]
by Hadas Gold and Tom Kludt Government attorneys rested their case on Tuesday in their lawsuit to block AT&T's $85 billion purchase of Time Warner as the two company's top executives prepare to...
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These Ex-Spies Are Harvesting Facebook Photos For A Massive Facial Recognition Database [telecom]
These Ex-Spies Are Harvesting Facebook Photos For A Massive Facial Recognition Database Thought Cambridge Analytica was creepy? This Israeli surveillance juggernaut is sitting on a massive database of...
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GDPR and the End of the Internet's Grand Bargain [telecom]
GDPR and the End of the Internet's Grand Bargain In May the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect, two years after passage by the European Parliament. This radical new...
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Flip phone remains popular [telecom]
An article in the Phhiladelphia Inquirer describes how the old style flip phone has its followers. "Users applaud their simplicity, durability, and low-tech appeal." for full article please see: I...
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Does the Software Evolution Spell Doom for Desk Phones? [telecom]
by James Anderson Do businesses that sell desk phones need to rethink their practice? Last year we asked the same question with mixed results. Analysts and vendors told us that office phones might...
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CenturyLink to Discontinue Legacy Service in Former Qwest Territory [telecom]
CenturyLink plans to discontinue another legacy service, this time its call event and management signaling service (CEMSS) - which it offers in its legacy Qwest ILEC footprint. The company is asking...
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Scammy phone company Centurylink: "No one can sue us because we don't have any customers" [telecom]
Centurylink is a giant, scammy telco notorious for larding its customers' bills with fraudulent charges, and instructing its customer service reps to do everything possible not to waive those charges;...
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CenturyLink to FCC: Allow fiber overlashing on poles to accelerate broadband deployment [telecom]
by Sean Buckley CenturyLink says the if the FCC continues to allow attachers to overlash fiber on existing utility poles, the regulator will meet its goals to get broadband into the hands of more...
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The Internet Apologizes ... [telecom]
The Internet Apologizes ... Even those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created. A breakdown of what went wrong - from the architects who built it.
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PTC: A La Carte Is Path to AT&T-TW Approval [telecom]
By John Eggerton The Parents Television Council has some advice for AT&T in its effort to buy Time Warner: Offer its programming a la carte. PTC has long argued (immediately remedy the anti-consumer...
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CenturyLink, Frontier and Windstream to narrow broadband losses in Q1, says analyst [telecom]
By Sean Buckley CenturyLink, Frontier and Windstream - three service providers that are in the middle of the wireline ILEC pack - will see broadband fortunes start to turn slightly in the first...
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CenturyLink Drops TV Services, May Ditch Residential Broadband [telecom]
By Carl Bode CenturyLink is what you might call a hot mess right now. The company's lagging broadband upgrades make it clear that residential customers across countless markets simply aren't a...
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Verizon: Cut fiber line caused Central Florida service outage [telecom]
By: Evan Axelbank TAMPA (FOX 13) - Verizon Wireless has confirmed the cause of a service outage that affected thousands of customers in Central Florida Thursday night into Friday morning. A...
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After Cambridge Analytica, Privacy Experts Get to Say "I Told You So" [telecom]
After Cambridge Analytica, Privacy Experts Get to Say "I Told You So" The scandal over how Facebook let a consulting firm gain access to user information is ushering in a new era for privacy experts,...
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