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Dark Web's BidenCash Leaks 2 Million Debit, Credit Card Details As Anniversary Promo [telecom]
By Dane Enerio A dark web marketplace publicly leaked the information of more than 2 million valid payment cards earlier this week, according to reports. BidenCash released Tuesday a 260-megabyte...
 
[telecom] worker electrocuted by power lines while fixing fiber
[NJ news] Worker Killed After Being Electrocuted By Live Power Line In Mercer, NJ Dean Kitchin of Cherry Hill was working on fiber optic lines when he was electrocuted, Hamilton Police said. A worker...
 
Verizon Is Adding a New Fee to Some of Its Older Unlimited Plans [telecom]
Verizon Is Adding a New Fee to Some of Its Older Unlimited Plans The nation's largest carrier really wants to push people to its latest unlimited plans. By Eli Blumenthal Verizon is adding a new $2...
 
Google Fi Reportedly Drops US Cellular, Leaving T-Mobile As Last Network [telecom]
Users can reportedly still access US Cellular's network while roaming and won't be charged for it. By David Lumb Feb. 28, 2023 5:25 p.m. PT Google Fi, the tech company's mobile virtual network...
 
Hackers Claim They Breached T-Mobile More Than 100 Times in 2022 [telecom]
Three different cybercriminal groups claimed access to internal networks at communications giant T-Mobile in more than 100 separate incidents throughout 2022, new data suggests. In each case, the goal...
 
With 63% ownership, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) boasts of strong institutional backing [telecom]
Many institutions measure their performance against an index that approximates the local market. So they usually pay more attention to companies that are included in major indices. Verizon...
 
d Chan reflects on noise in the C-band neighborhood [telecom]
By Monica Alleven BARCELONA—Despite the headlines and the hassles associated with the C-band, Ed Chan, SVP and chief technology officer at Verizon, had some kind words for the Federal Aviation...
 
How, and why, T-Mobile partnered with AWS for private wireless [telecom]
MWC23 – T-Mobile in the US recently announced a teaming with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to sell its private wireless networking offerings through AWS' new "Integrated Private Wireless" program....
 
AT&T seeks to shed cybersecurity division, sources tell Reuters [telecom]
AT&T Inc, the second-biggest U.S. wireless carrier, is exploring a sale of its cybersecurity division, potentially undoing an acquisition it completed five years ago. The sale of the cybersecurity...
 
Kagan: How AT&T and Verizon are impacting their landline users [telecom]
By Jeff Kagan Let me help AT&T and Verizon solve a growing problem they are wrestling with. When you are in a competitive industry, you must first focus on the customer. Happy customers let you grow...
 
Calling all New Yorkers: A few numbers with the 212 area code are back in circulation [telecom]
By Ben Yakas Since 212 numbers were depleted over a decade ago, New Yorkers have used a variety of questionable methods and paid hundreds of dollars to acquire their own. But while 212 remains an...
 
Dish Network's Internal Systems Are So Broken Some Employees Haven't Worked In Over a Day [telecom]
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Since Thursday morning, Dish Network has been experiencing a major outage that's taken down the...
 
Update: West Maui network outage caused by break in fiber [telecom]
We have reports of network issues in the West Maui area affecting mobile service quality for various wireless and wi-fi customers in Lahaina. Hawaiian Telcom reports that some customers in West Maui,...
 
CWA: Worker Power Update [telecom]
*Apple Workers Speak to Members of the Congressional Labor Caucus About Their Organizing Journey, Fight Against Union-Busting* Apple workers and CWA members Michael Forsythe and Kirsten Civick met...
 
CWA: Tentative Agreement at DirecTV [telecom]
After five weeks of bargaining with the company, we are happy to announce we have reached a Tentative Agreement at DirecTV in the Southeast. Some of the highlights are listed below, and more...