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AT&T says phone services were down Wednesday due to maintenance [telecom]

On Wednesday, several law enforcement agencies in Acadiana announced phone line outages. After looking into the issue w...

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AT&T, CWA Reach Contract Extension Agreement for 24,000 Workers [telecom]

AT&T and the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have reached a contract extension agreement covering 24,000 worker...

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Why I downgraded my phone and you should too [telecom]

By Sabrina Considine I am exactly the demographic who should own a smartphone. I'm young, I'm a student, and all my fri...

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Verizon's acquisition of Tracfone comes under fire from CWA union [telecom]

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union said it has "serious concerns" with Verizon's proposed acquisition of...

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AT&T union contract extended for Louisiana workers [telecom]

By Kristen Mosbrucker The union contract for AT&T Mobility Southeast employees through the Communications Workers of Am...

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Utility regulators recommend fining CenturyLink $7.2 million for 911 outage [telecom]

By Rita R. Robison Staff of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission are recommending up to a $7.2 millio...

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A Massive Fraud Operation Stole Millions From Online Bank Accounts [telecom]

By Dan Goodin for Ars Technica The crooks used emulators to mimic the phones of more than 16,000 customers whose mobile...

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FBI inks deal with ATT for FirstNet to connect 14,000 public safety agencies [telecom]

By Jackie Allen The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) expanded its use of FirstNet in a $92 million agreement with...

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T-Mobile again advised to stop 5G reliability claims, can keep touting coverage [telecom]

by Bevin Fletcher In what was a partially successful appeal, T-Mobile has been advised by a national advertising review...

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5G auction soars past 3 billion with Verizon leading way [telecom]

By Todd Shields and Scott Moritz Offers for 5G airwaves have already surpassed $23 billion in a massive U.S. auction th...

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Verizon's CTO: 'I don't know what the hell 6G is' [telecom]

By Mike Dano Verizon's top networking executive, Kyle Malady, offers a blunt assessment of the expected next generation...

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Verizon, AT&T Retreat As Bidding Intensifies In 5G Spectrum Auction [telecom]

Large-scale bidding now underway for 5G wireless spectrum promises to be the telecom industry's most expensive auction...

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TCPA Litigation Update -> Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on TCPA Autodialer Provision [telecom]

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 On December 8, 2020, the Supreme Court held much anticipated oral argument in Facebook, In...

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Five Things to Do in Response to the SolarWinds Compromise [telecom]

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 The recent hack against FireEye and the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Department affected Solar...

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Cascading failures, the downside of "Eat your own dogfood" [telecom]

Posted by brtech December 8, 2020 You may have heard that there was a pretty substantial outage in Amazon AWS Cloud ser...

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