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AT&T denies that selling phone location data was illegal as FCC investigates [telecom]

Carrier data sales ultimately leaked real-time locations of cell phone users. By Jon Brodkin AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizo...

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Ajit Pai proposes new rule that would allow carriers to block robocalls [telecom]

Ajit Pai proposes new rule that would allow carriers to block robocalls - "The American people are fed up with illegal...

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CenturyLink leaves hazardous hole, mess in frustrated homeowners' yards [telecom]

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha homeowners are frustrated and angry with a utility and an unfinished project that has left t...

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Crews working Friday to restore internet, phone service to several Utah schools hit by outage after cable cut [telecom]

By Marjorie Cortez DRAPER - CenturyLink crews continued to work Friday to restore internet service lost when fiber was...

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The FCC will be Weighing in on Ridding of Robocalls [telecom]

What can you do to stop them in the meantime? By: Renee Cooper We all get them and we all hate them. We're talking abou...

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Net neutrality supporter sentenced for death threats to FCC Chairman Pai [telecom]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California man was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Friday after pleading guilty for threat...

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CWA Local 7476 Gears Up For Contract Negotiations [telecom]

On May 4, CWA Local 7476 officers and division reps held their annual meeting in North Platte, Neb., to strategize as m...

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Worker Gets CEO to Agree that Verizon Wireless Workers Have a Right to Join Unions [telecom]

(This is from the CWA newsletter) At Verizon's annual shareholder meeting earlier this month in Orlando, Fla., Jennifer...

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FTC Testifies That Priorities Include National Advertising, Fighting Fraud, Robocalls, And Expanding Enforcement Authority[telecom]

By Jeffrey A. Greenbaum Last week, the Federal Trade Commission testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommi...

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'I have your son': Scammers faking kidnapping for ransom [telecom]

"I have your son and I'm going to f--- him up," a voice on the other side of the phone said. For two hours one afternoo...

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AT&T Win That Narrowly Defined ATDS Appealed to Seventh Circuit [telecom]

The plaintiff in Gadelhak v. AT&T Services, Inc., has appealed U.S. District Judge Edmond E. Chang's ruling in AT&T's f...

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AT&T, T-Mobile And Verizon Confirm They No Longer Sell Location Data [telecom]

by Wendy Davis The four major U.S. wireless carriers confirmed to Federal Communications Commissioner Jessica Rosenworc...

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AT&T Makes It Harder To Cancel Home Internet & Phone [telecom]

by Luke Bouma Earlier this month Spectrum made it harder to cancel home internet. Now AT&T is doing the same as it has...

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The FCC wants to make it easier for AT&T, Verizon and other carriers to block robocalls by default

The FCC wants to make it easier for AT&T, Verizon and other carriers to block robocalls by default The move comes a mon...

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DOJ accuses Verizon and AT&T employees of participating in SIM-swap identity theft crimes [telecom]

The DOJ has indicted three former Verizon and AT&T employees for alleged membership in a crime-ring known as the "The C...

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