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Comcast Sues Over Nashville Pole Law [telecom]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 10/26/2016 MSO says city's make-ready ordinance should be permanently invalidated WASHINGTON - Comcast has sued the mayor of Nashville, Tenn., the city and its...
 
Samsung Holdouts Won't Give Up Their Fire-Prone Galaxy Notes? [telecom]
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Holdouts: You're Not Taking Our Phones! Diehards are so attached they choose to ignore recall, despite explosion risk By JONATHAN CHENG and EUN-YOUNG JEONG Jonathan Buckhouse, an...
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One Last Growl for F.C.C.'s Sharp-Toothed Watchdog [telecom]
One Last Growl for F.C.C.'s Sharp-Toothed Watchdog Tom Wheeler, who increased regulation of the cable and wireless industries, now faces tough industry opposition and a review of a media megadeal....
 
AT&T Cheerleading Squad for Merger: Nearly 100 Lobbyists [telecom]
By Cecilia Kang and Eric Liptonoct As a multimillion-dollar donor to lawmakers, with a huge roster of lobbyists, the communications giant is ready to pursue its $85 billion bid for Time Warner....
 
Why a Media Merger That Should Go Through Might Not [telecom]
By JAMES B. STEWART Opponents of the proposed AT&T purchase of Time Warner don't want to just block the $85.4 billion deal: They want to overturn decades of antitrust policy and case law. Until...
 
T-Mobile scoops up most of Verizon, AT&T's lost customers [telecom]
AT&T may have overshadowed T-Mobile's earnings announcement, but the Un-carrier had the last laugh. T-Mobile was forced to reschedule its third-quarter earnings conference call on Monday after AT&T...
 
Every LTE call & text can be intercepted or blacked out, hacker finds [telecom]
Ruxcon Hacker Wanqiao Zhang of Chinese hacking house Qihoo 360 has blown holes in 4G LTE networks by detailing how to intercept and make calls, send text messages and even force phones offline. The...
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Making sense of AT&T's bid for Time-Warner [telecom]
The proposed $85 billion merger faces tough regulatory scrutiny, but the potential to challenge cable companies may make a compelling case. By Andrew Ross Sorkin "You had a lot of people saying you...
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AT&T's Time Warner deal looks like bad news for Verizon [telecom]
By Brian Fung AT&T's $85.4 billion megadeal to acquire Time Warner is an unprecedented bid to diversify the telecom giant as network operators nationwide scramble to marry their communications pipes...
 
As Artificial Intelligence Evolves, So Does Its Criminal Potential [telecom]
As Artificial Intelligence Evolves, So Does Its Criminal Potential The next generation of online attack tools used by criminals will add machine learning capabilities pioneered by A.I. researchers....
 
Verizon Building being converted to luxury apartments [telecom]
Inside the Art Deco skyscraper that once serviced 200,000 landlines in Manhattan -- but that is now being turned into luxury apartments as the dying technology is stamped out By Jennifer Smith, 21...
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall dismays South Korea [telecom]
The withdrawal of the Galaxy Note 7, because it is prone to catch fire, is a source of humiliation to many in a country that had prided itself on the company's success. By CHOE SANG-HUN SEOUL, South...
 
AT&T wireless service restored in Louisiana [telecom]
AT&T wireless service was fully restored Friday morning to customers in Ascension Parish who lost it Thursday afternoon after a fiber cable was accidentally cut, a company spokesman said. "Our...
 
AT&T Is in Advanced Talks to Acquire Time Warner [telecom]
Deal could happen as early as this weekend By KEACH HAGEY, AMOL SHARMA, DANA CIMILLUCA and THOMAS GRYTA AT&T Inc. is nearing an agreement to buy Time Warner Inc., a deal that would set a milestone in...
 
Verizon revenue drops as subscriber additions disappoint [telecom]
By Aishwarya Venugopal and Malathi Nayak Verizon Communications Inc added fewer than expected wireless subscribers in the third quarter due to intense competition, and indicated it may renegotiate a...