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"Point and click" dialing system ruled not an autodialer [telecom]
"Point and click" dialing system ruled not an autodialer By: Dan Deane In a report and recommendation issued in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, a Magistrate Judge found...
 
Russia trolls Democratic Party in epic April Fools Day Prank [telecom]
By Justin Haskins Russia is known for many things - communism, vodka and bizarre dancing, for starters - but one thing Russia is not well-known for is its sense of humor. Perhaps that's about to...
 
Apple confirms iOS 10.3 fixes flaw that caused iPhones to repeatedly dial 911 [telecom]
Earlier this week, Apple officially released iOS 10.3 to the public and included in it were a variety of fixes, some of which are continuing to surface. A new report from The Wall Street Journal...
 
FCC's Pai to Eliminate Federal Lifeline Eligibility Program [telecom]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting and Cable, Mar 29, 2017 Saying the FCC will still include broadband in its Lifeline low-income subsidies program, FCC chairman Ajit Pai will return the eligibility...
 
FCC Joins Industry to Eliminate Illegal Robocalls [telecom]
FCC Joins Industry to Eliminate Illegal Robocalls; Releases NPRM to Remove Regulatory Roadblocks By Ashley Ludlow, CommLawBlog, March 28, 2017 Your phone rings. You look down at your phone, which...
 
Google Fiber Ended 2016 With 84,232 Pay TV Subs: Study [telecom]
By: Jeff Baumgartner, Multichannel News, 3/27/2017 Google Fiber ended 2016 with 84,232 pay TV subs, marking a sharp decline in the rate of growth, MoffettNathanson found in an analysis based on fresh...
 
Why AT&T Probably Will Get to Buy Time Warner After All [telecom]
By Aaron Pressman President Donald Trump repeatedly singled out AT&T's deal to buy Time Warner during the campaign as the kind of combination he wouldn't allow as president. But after the Trump...
 
CenturyLink Has Its Head in the Clouds [telecom]
The telecommunications leader could win the hearts of more enterprise customers with its new cloud-based orchestration platform. By Steve Symington If there's one thing that's certain in the world of...
 
A tour of iOS 10.3: Checking out APFS, the Settings app, and other tweaks [telecom]
A tour of iOS 10.3: Checking out APFS, the Settings app, and other tweaks Apple has just released iOS 10.3 to the general public, an update which is likely to be the last major release of iOS 10; at...
 
Lengthy iOS 10.3 install time likely due to conversion to new Apple File System [telecom]
Lengthy iOS 10.3 install time likely due to conversion to new Apple File System By Mike Wuerthele Early adopters of the full iOS 10.3 release are seeing lengthy install processes, with multiple device...
 
AT&T/DirecTV give in to government demands in collusion lawsuit settlement [telecom]
Customers lost when pay-TV companies illegally shared information, DOJ says. By Jon Brodkin DirecTV and its owner, AT&T, have promised the US Department of Justice that they will not illegally share...
 
Verizon Is Sending A Big Message to its Customers With This Change [telecom]
By Samara Lynn Face it, high-speed internet is not cheap, and or those with poor to little credit, it can be a real hassle trying to obtain monthly cable and internet service. Verizon now offers a new...
 
Push for Internet Privacy Rules Moves to Statehouses [telecom]
As Congress acts to roll back regulations limiting access to consumer data, several states are considering laws that could have a wide impact. Now that Republicans are in charge, the federal...
 
Banks and Tech Firms Battle Over Something Akin to Gold: Your Data [telecom]
Banks and Tech Firms Battle Over Something Akin to Gold: Your Data Big banks are pushing for new agreements on the customer data they share with technology start-ups like Mint and Betterment.
 
Prosecutors think they can extract data from phones seized during Inauguration Day protests [telecom]
Court papers filed today indicate that prosecutors are trying to break into locked smartphones seized during arrests made on Inauguration Day. According to a report from BuzzFeed, there are more than...