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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...
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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...
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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...
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Verizons promises to work harder on data complaints [telecom]
Verizon acknowledges increase in data complaints, vows to work with every customer By Teresa Dixon Murray, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Verizon Wireless has taken a step toward acknowledging...
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Verizon's Buyer's remorse has gone too far [telecom]
Enough whining already, Verizon. Verizon is steaming mad -- and with good reason -- that Yahoo maybe didn't disclose a tiny problem of a hulking cyberattack before Verizon agreed to fork over $4.8...
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Verizon's miserable customer service is about to get worse [telecom]
Consumer Tech Radar By Bill Snyder Verizon Wireless plans to shutter call centers in five U.S. states and reduce staff in 1,700 of its retail stores, a move that will surely affect the company's...
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Undersea cables then and now [telecom]
CBS News reported that it's been exactly 150 years since the first trans-Atlantic cable began ushering in global communications. And now, in another milestone, tech giants are hanging up on...
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Water is Wet and.. "911 surcharges" don't go to 911 centers [telecom]
Same story this week as last week, last month, last year... Fees meant to update 911 system get diverted to other uses New York trails other states in modernizing its 911 systems to handle greater...
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Your phone's on lockdown. Enjoy the show. [telecom]
Yondr, a lockable pouch, holds fans' cellphones during a performance, making it impossible to take photographs, shoot videos or send text messages. The comedian Dave Chappelle used to hate when fans...
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Feds: don't even think of bringing your Galazy Note 7 on a plane [telecom]
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), today announced it is...
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Why your smartphone is so hard to ignore [telecom]
Chances are high that your smartphone is within reach as you read this. You'll probably check it before you finish the article, maybe because Facebook has sent you a notification, or because your...
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Samsung Estimates $2.3 Billion Loss Over Galaxy Note 7 Troubles [telecom]
The company slashed its third-quarter profit estimate by a third to absorb the hit from its decision to end production of the smartphone and recall millions of devices. Samsung killed the Galaxy Note...
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Why Samsung Abandoned Its Popular Phone, the Galaxy Note 7 [telecom]
The unprecedented move by the South Korean electronics giant is an embarrassing reversal for a respected global brand. When several Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones spontaneously exploded in August,...
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Samsung Halts Galaxy Note 7 Production as Battery Problems Linger [telecom]
The move is a major setback for the world's largest producer of smartphones, which had been gaining ground against Apple in the high-end market. By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI, CHOE SANG-HUN and VINDU GOEL In...
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Call Centers in India Posed as I.R.S. to Cheat U.S. Taxpayers, Authorities Say [telecom]
More than 600 people were under investigation for posing as I.R.S. officers and sending text messages to American cellphone numbers demanding money. By HARI KUMAR NEW DELHI - The call centers outside...
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