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AT&T's Good News Comes With A Hidden Disconcerting Admission [telecom]
By Max Greve Summary * Approval of DOJ Anti-Trust division chief removes the Senate's leverage over the deal. * Brazilian objections will not derail it, as AT&T can simply divest those assets if...
 
New Groundbreaking Technology Making Landlines Obsolete [telecom]
Clare / 2017-09-26 A little-known technology called VoIP is poised to take over peoples' homes, leaving the soon-to-be-obsolete landline behind. Are you still paying for a landline? If so, your...
 
AT&T seeks Supreme Court ruling about net neutrality [telecom]
AT&T and other broadband providers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Obama-era "net neutrality" rule barring internet service providers from slowing or blocking rivals' content. The...
 
Why CenturyLink Shareholders Have Nothing to Worry About (for Now) [telecom]
A delay in the CenturyLink-Level 3 merger is giving investors the jitters. By Billy Duberstein Recently, I wrote about a possible delay in the CenturyLink-Level 3 Communications merger, and the...
 
Delta to Offer Free In-Flight Text Messaging [telecom]
Starting Sunday, Delta will allow free texting on three messaging apps, giving it an advantage with travelers who would otherwise have to pay for Wi-Fi service. ***** Moderator's Note ***** Since the...
 
NCTA, ACA, USTelecom look to check FCC's Title II authority in Supreme Court [telecom]
NCTA, ACA, USTelecom look to check FCC's Title II authority in Supreme Court [telecom] By Daniel Frankel, FierceCable, September 29, 2017 Telecom trade groups including the NCTA, ACA and USTelecom...
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CenturyLink eyes partnerships for rural broadband [telecom]
CenturyLink eyes partnerships for rural broadband and rolls out price-for-life By Greg Avery As CenturyLink rolls out new "price for life" services and invests in its network to improve internet speed...
 
CenturyLink Promises Broadband Upgrades to 3 Million by 2018 [telecom]
By Karl Bode CenturyLink is promising to expand faster broadband to 3 million new customers by the end of the year, as the company struggles with defections by customers annoyed by lagging speed...
 
Face ID: Why you shouldn't be worried about iPhone X unlock [telecom]
Face ID: Why you shouldn't be worried about iPhone X unlock By Rene Ritchie What is Face ID, how does it work, can the police use it against you, will glasses and beards trip it up, and everything...
 
[telecom] FCC asks Apple: please turn on the FM radios in iPhones
Note this is an "ask". If the FCC was serious, they could simply call their friends at the various federal procurement offices and tell them to only use "smartphones" that have FM radios active. [FCC...
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FCC declares that USA's wireless competition problem has been solved [telecom]
FCC declares that USA's wireless competition problem has been solved Ajit Pai's FCC says mobile market is competitive, in change from Obama years. By Jon Brodkin The Federal Communications Commission...
 
Apple's new OS version causing discomfort for snapchat users [telecom]
Ios 11 has introduced a Snapchat loophole that is allowing people to secretly record other users' "snaps." Apple's new iOS 11 update has introduced an iPhone feature that has unsettling ramifications...
 
AT&T: Five Scary Charts To Take Seriously [telecom]
Summary * We are moving away from our news coverage segments to instead focus on more detailed analyses, original insights. * Everyone mentions the AT&T debt, but no one really analyzes it. * We...
 
CenturyLink Moves Closing Date for $34B Level 3 Acquisition to October [telecom]
By Jane Edwards CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) has pushed back the projected closing date for its pending $34 billion acquisition of Level 3 Communications (NYSE: LVLT) through a cash-and-stock transaction...
 
Robocalls driving you nuts? A proposed law has a remedy [telecom]
In a spirit of optimism and it-can't-be-that-bad face-palming, here's info on a law that might offer some relief. - - - - - - You'd think phone and cable companies would be doing everything possible...