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America's Rural-Phone Industry Is Facing a $48 Billion Debt Crisis [telecom]
By Emma Orr and Scott Moritz Some of the biggest landline phone providers in the U.S., from Connecticut to Arizona, are running headlong into a debt crisis after borrowing heavily to add more...
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CenturyLink Announces Layoffs Post-Level 3 Buy [telecom]
Written by Edward Gately CenturyLink on Friday confirmed it is laying off more than 150 employees after the recent close of its $34 billion acquisition of Level 3 Communications. About 165 employees...
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AT&T to ask for White House, DOJ communications if Feds sue to block Time Warner purchase, report says [telecom]
By Evelyn Cheng If the government sues to block AT&T's deal to buy Time Warner, the telecommunications company plans to ask for communications between the White House and Justice Department, Bloomberg...
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With AT&T and Time Warner, Battle Lines Form for an Epic Antitrust Case [telecom]
By James B. Stewart If the government goes to court to block the merger of AT&T and Time Warner, as seems increasingly likely, it may well be the antitrust case of the decade, even without the claims...
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AT&T near deal to buy Otter Media, its under-the-radar streaming video play [telecom]
By Sahil Patel Time Warner is the big fish that AT&T is trying to catch, but the telecommunications giant has another investment that could turn into a valuable streaming content and distribution play...
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FCC Adopts Narrow Call Blocking Rules at November Open Meeting [telecom]
FCC Adopts Narrow Call Blocking Rules at November Open Meeting In its continuing efforts to target unlawful robocalls, the FCC's Report and Order adopts rules to allow voice service providers the...
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A New Phone Comes Out. Yours Slows Down. A Conspiracy? No. [telecom]
A New Phone Comes Out. Yours Slows Down. A Conspiracy? No. It happens every year: Apple releases new iPhones, and then hordes of people groan about their older iPhones slowing to a crawl. Just look at...
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Foiling Cyberspies on Business Trips [telecom]
Foiling Cyberspies on Business Trips Intellectual property theft is not new, but it's more widespread, experts say, thanks to tiny cameras and microphones or compromised Wi-Fi networks. By Julie Weed...
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Law Firm Reminds CenturyLink Senior Notes Purchasers of Important Deadline in Class Action [telecom]
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL) 7.60% Senior Notes, Series P, due 2039 from March 1, 2013 through June...
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Comcast, CenturyLink smacked down in Colo.: Voters approve city-owned broadband network [telecom]
by Bob Fernandez Fort Collins, Colo., voters rebuked Comcast and CenturyLink on Election Day, approving a ballot question enabling the city to build its own high-speed broadband network even as...
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Shame on you, CenturyLink [telecom]
The Islands' Sounder - Orcas Island, Washington Letters To The Editor On Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 1, a call arrived on my answering machine from a representative at CenturyLink: "Hi, this is Jeff at...
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Missouri launches investigation into Google's handling of consumer data [telecom]
Missouri launches investigation into Google's handling of consumer data The move comes after a European investigation into aspects of Google's business. By Hamza Shaban Missouri's attorney general...
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Schools and cellphones: In elementary schools? At lunch?
Schools and cellphones: In elementary schools? At lunch? One school system in Maryland relaxes its rules as the devices become ubiquitous. By Donna St. George It's been a long time since mobile phones...
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CenturyLink's Level 3 acquisition kills jobs at Infinera [telecom]
CenturyLink's completion of its Level 3 acquisition is affecting Infinera, which is going to reduce its workforce by 10% as capex spending remains in limbo. Tom Fallon, CEO of Infinera, told investors...
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[telecom] Verizon accelerates copper-to-fiber transition
Verizon accelerates copper-to-fiber transition, sets new network resiliency practices by Sean Buckley, FierceCable, Nov 13, 2017 Following 2012's Hurricane Sandy, Verizon has put together a new set of...
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