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More than 700 mobile phones collected for Cell Phones for Soldiers drive [telecom]

More than 700 mobile phones collected for Cell Phones for Soldiers drive This is a result of the combined efforts of Se...

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Sprint, T-Mobile merger would cut employee pay, even at Verizon and AT&T, study says [telecom]

By Mark Davis A merger between Sprint and T-Mobile would cut into the wages of wireless store employees - including tho...

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Sure, Verizon blew $4.6 billion on AOL and Yahoo, but at least it isn't AT&T [telecom]

* Verizon wrote off $4.6 billion from its AOL and Yahoo acquisitions, an admission that Oath hasn't succeeded within th...

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Montana cellphone, Internet infrastructure vulnerable to outages; new funding could help [telecom]

By David Erickson When an accidentally damaged fiber optic cable cut out Internet, landline and cell service - includin...

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Re: Verizon's moment of clarity [telecom]

Best. Description. Of. A. Bell. Company. Ever! Readers who missed Bill's note should go back and read it. It so well de...

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How smartphones are changing our brains and lives [telecom]

NBC News reported: In the U.S., at least three of every four people now own a smart- phone. And one estimate suggests t...

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The global cashless movement meets its foe: Local government [telecom]

The global cashless movement meets its foe: Local government More Americans are ditching paper money, but critics of ca...

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Verizon cuts 10,000 jobs and admits its Yahoo/AOL division is a failure [telecom]

Verizon's Oath division failing in ad market, and it could get even worse. By Jon Brodkin Verizon is parting ways with...

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Verizon plans to cut 10 percent of Oath staff [telecom]

The cuts come in the wake of Verizon's decision to slash the value of the Oath properties, which include AOL and Yahoo,...

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CenturyLink's Turnaround Efforts Hit a Snag [telecom]

Investing in CenturyLink (CTL), the struggling regional telecom company, has not gone well for investors over the last...

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Ajit Pai slams Sprint, Charter, and CenturyLink for poor robocall effort [telecom]

Pai says seven big carriers haven't promised to use new robocall blocking tech. By Jon Brodkin Federal Communications C...

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Phone a distraction, Phila area drivers admit [telecom]

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that 3/4 of drivers on Phila area roads use a mobile device while driving. Now, rese...

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Verizon admits defeat wtih AOL-Yahoo writedown [telecom]

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Verizon slashed the value of its AOL and Yahoo acquisitions by $4.6 billion. fu...

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Purdue Professor: Lack of Anti-Trust Enforcement The Reason For Expensive Cell Phone Bills [telecom]

Prof. Mara Faccio says her study points to loose regulation of cell phone companies as the reason for US cell phone bil...

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FCC Investigates Mystery Mobile Carrier Suspected Of Lying About 4G Coverage [telecom]

By Dell Cameron In a statement late Friday, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced an investigation was underway to determine...

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