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NC: Petition created in protest of Verizon tower [telecom]

By Junious Smith III As conversations for a potential Verizon tower in Kinston continue, hundreds have signed a petitio...

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I installed Verizon's free junk call blocker and it seems to kind of help [telecom]

There is a way to reduce call spam. It's not perfect, but it helps. And hey, that's a start, right? By David Gewirtz Th...

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Texas: 'Sim Jacking' scam affecting Verizon customers [telecom]

DENISON, Tex. (KXII) It's called 'Sim Jacking' or 'Sim Swapping' and it's another way thieves are trying to steal your...

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Arkansas: 911 system is back up and running after outage [telecom]

By Chloe Hill UPDATE: 8/17/2019 Officials tell us the 911 system has been fully restored. ORIGINAL STORY: The 911 syste...

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Oregon: Phone service outage impacts 911 service in Douglas County [telecom]

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. - The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is notifying the community that there is a phone service out...

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CenturyLink to Pay $550,000 Fine for Unauthorized Phone Charges [telecom]

By Jon Reid CenturyLink Inc. will pay $550,000 to resolve a federal investigation into complaints that it placed unauth...

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FCC Enforcement Bureau Settles with CenturyLink Over Alleged Unauthorized Third-Party Charges [telecom]

On August 13, 2019, the FCC's Enforcement Bureau announced that it settled a nearly three-year long investigation into...

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Wyoming: Rawlins Police Department now offers text 911 service [telecom]

RAWLINS (WNE) - Carbon County residents needing emergency services are now able to text their situation to dispatchers...

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T-Mobile-Sprint merger: How to decide if you should switch [telecom]

With the T-Mobile-Sprint deal nearing approval, the combined company will be more than an alternate choice when shoppin...

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AT&T, T-Mobile Set aside differences in Staff up to Combat with robocalls [telecom]

THE TWO RIVALS ARE PUTTING ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES TO FIGHT THE ROBOCALL EPIDEMIC By Devid Maroon For Attracting A comm...

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AT&T's Cancellation & Billing Policies Could Use A Serious Update [telecom]

By Daniel Golightly T&T needs to update its cancellation and billing policies to account for customers who have gone th...

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AT&T Urges 7th Circ. To Dump Appeal In Junk-Text Suit [telecom]

AT&T has asked the Seventh Circuit to reject an appeal of its lower court win in a lawsuit over mass texts sent to cust...

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Florida Spa Involved In "Nasty" TCPA Text Message Lawsuit [telecom]

by David O. Klein On July 22, 2019, Amanda Defranks ("Plaintiff") filed a putative Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("...

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U.S. Agencies Cannot Enter Contracts That Use Chinese Telecom Technology [telecom]

New Rule Implementing NDAA Prohibition: U.S. Agencies Cannot Enter Contracts That Use Chinese Telecom Technology by Joh...

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Car Advertising Scam Continues To Make The Rounds [telecom]

by Eide Bailly If you receive a text or email asking you about making money by wrapping your car with a logo, it's unfo...

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