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In Sweden, a Cash-Free Future Nears
Few places are tilting toward a cashless future as quickly as Sweden, which has become hooked on the convenience of paying by app and plastic. Not everyone is cheering. Sweden's embrace of electronic...
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AT&T may face 1.6M loss in postpaid market next year [telecom]
December 23, 2015 | By Colin Gibbs Analyst: AT&T's postpaid phone losses to widen to 1.6M in 2016 as bundling strategy faces challenges AT&T's plans to leverage the DirecTV acquisition will be tested...
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AT&T pulling all its ads on Christmas - except one [telecom]
by Claire Groden AT&T is pulling its usual TV and social ads for its mobile business on Dec. 24 and Christmas Day. Instead, the telecommunications company will air just one, exclusive-to-Christmas ad...
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What will Frontier do with Verizon's penetrated assets? [telecom]
By Ray Sheffer Verizon transaction In this series, we'll look at some points discussed by Frontier Communications at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference. The telecom company's executive...
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Verizon may soon exempt its video app from data caps [telecom]
Verizon, longtime enemy of net neutrality, may soon exempt its video app from data caps By Zach Epstein Verizon has spent a tremendous amount of money and other resources over the years lobbying...
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Deadline to claim refunds for "cramming" charges is December 31 [telecom]
Did you get overcharged by Sprint or Verizon for subscription services that you never signed up for and never used? If so then you should know that you have only a week left to reclaim the money...
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More adults getting Internet from smart phones [telecom]
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that adults appear to be choosing wireless smartphones for Internet access over Comcast and other wireline broadband providers, according to a study released Monday...
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Re: How phone companies can end unwanted robocalls [telecom]
A quick review of the Consumers Union proposal leaves me with a sense of disappointment: the only realistic long-term solution, from my perspective, would require major investments by the LECs, and...
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How phone companies can end unwanted robocalls [telecom]
Maureen Mahoney Consumer Union The Do Not Call list, federal law enforcement efforts, and actions by the states have not been enough to protect Americans from the flood of unwanted robocalls that have...
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Six things we learned from Verizon's report on healthcare data breaches [telecom]
by Neil Versel Verizon Communications on Thursday released a much-hyped report on health data breaches. Many of the headlines elsewhere screamed that breaches of protected health information - as...
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Verizon wanted $175 to cancel a service [telecom]
Soon after he signed up for it, Toms River resident Walter Hertz realized he didn't want, or need, the mobile hot spot service he bought from Verizon Wireless. But unfortunately for him, he tried to...
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errors in transit cell phone app cause riders to miss trains [telecom]
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported today that a digital tool designed to make riding the regional rail more convenient seems to be having the opposite effect as SEPTA [Philadelphia transit carrier]...
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D.C. Court Rejects FilmOn X Claim to Compulsory License [telecom]
Meanwhile, on the East Coast: D.C. Court Rejects FilmOn X Claim to Compulsory License By Kevin Goldberg, CommLawBlog, December 16, 2015 But District Court decision could be key to a return to the...
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History--Automatic Electric Co. advertising [telecom]
Fading from our memory is the once large Automatic Electric Co, a competitor to Western Electric and major supplier* to the Independent (non-Bell) telephone companies. AE was also a popular supplier...
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ILECs want more time to review special access data [telecom]
AT&T, CenturyLink, Frontier and Verizon want more time to review special access data A group of ILECs -- AT&T, CenturyLink, Frontier, and Verizon -- have jointly asked the FCC to extend the deadline...
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