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FCC: AT&T, Verizon Shouldn't Exempt Own Apps From Data Caps [telecom]
By Tali Arbel U.S. regulators are calling out AT&T and Verizon for exempting their own video apps from data caps on customers' cellphones. This may not result in any changes in how the wireless...
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CenturyLink asks for volunteers in new round of 3,000 layoffs [telecom]
Growth in TV, networking can't offset decline in landlines. CenturyLink says it is cutting more than 3,000 jobs to lower its costs. The Monroe, Louisiana-based telecommunications company said Monday...
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The FCC is worried about AT&T DirecTV Now [telecom]
By Todd Haselton AT&T's DirecTV Now service may seem pretty compelling on the surface, especially since it offers a solid bundle of more than 100 TV channels for $35 per month, but that doesn't...
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How a Grad student found spyware that could control anybody's iPhone [telecom]
How a Grad Student Found Spyware That Could Control Anybody's iPhone from Anywhere in the World By Bryan Burrough The night it happened, right after midnight on August 10, Bill Marczak and his...
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AT&T just declared war on an open internet (and us) [telecom]
"Mobilizing Your World" sounds like a threat now by T.C. Sottek Last year we won the open internet back, but the new regulations had one big weakness: they didn't explicitly ban a scheme called "zero...
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Level 3 Acquisition Will Completely Transform CenturyLink, Enterprise Market [telecom]
by Joan Engebretson If CenturyLink's plan to merge with Level 3 Communications is approved, the combined carrier will get 76% of its revenue from the enterprise and wholesale market, said a Level 3...
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AT&T DirecTV Now Needles Verizon [telecom]
AT&T's over-the-top launch and announced Time Warner deal push Verizon toward a more-transformational path. On Monday AT&T announced its long-awaited over the top DirecTV Now plans and offered details...
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Hi speed fiber competitor coming online [telecom]
Verizon's Fios is about to get some major competition from the fourth largest cable operator in the U.S. A massive network of high-speed fiber optic internet is coming to 20 states over the next five...
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Jeff Eisenach Works for Verizon, Not the Public [telecom]
FCC Transition Leader Jeff Eisenach Works for Verizon, Not the Public By Bruce Kushnick * The FCC's long standing mission statement: To encourage competition in all communications markets and to...
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Senator Gillibrand Pushes Rural Broadband Bill [telecom]
By Laura Hamilton, CED, November 29, 2016 Rural access to high-speed broadband is generally a problem. And most of us who lean hard on internet access and are living in a major metro area don't feel...
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Verizon wireless customers endure phishing scam [telecom]
NEWBERRY COUNTY, SC - A scam is going around where cyber criminals are telling mobile customers to open a link to fix a breach of security on their phone, according to the Newberry County Sheriff's...
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Bell 401 datasets [telecom]
Does anyone have technical information on Bell 401 datasets, such as the 401H and 401L transmitters, and the 401F and 401J receivers? In particular, I'm interested in what frequencies, signal levels,...
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Auto Safety Regulators Seek a Driver Mode to Block Apps [telecom]
Voluntary guidelines will be issued amid a spike in traffic fatalities in the last two years. By Neal E. Boudette Apple iPhones and other hand-held devices have long had an airplane mode that shuts...
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When Tech Is a Problem Child [telecom]
When Tech Is a Problem Child By Bruce Feiler How parents fight back against their kids' obsession with smartphones and social media. In the Broadway classic "The Music Man," set in 1912, the con...
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Apple accused of throtling data on iPhone 7 [telecom]
Update 11/19: Sources tell Recode that Apple purposely limited the LTE capability of the iPhone 7 on Verizon in order to make the handset similar across carriers. If you're looking for the fastest...
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