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As strike looms, new app lets Verizon monitor union workers [telecom]

WASHINGTON - Continuing to prepare for a potential strike, Verizon Communications has been distributing an app to its n...

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FCC approves AT&T, DirecTV deal, with conditions [telecom]

By Jacob Pramukm CNBC, July 24, 2015 The Federal Communications Commission on Friday approved AT&T's $48.5 billion purc...

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Cellphone Ordinance Puts Berkeley at Forefront of Radiation Debate

A city measure requiring retailers to warn cellphone customers about radiation exposure is on hold pending a lawsuit fr...

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County launches texting for 911 calls [telecom]

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (outside Philadelphia) has joined the small but growing list of communities offering 91...

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Eleven FCC Field Offices Culled in Reorganization [telecom]

By Laura Stefani, CommLawBlog, July 19, 2015 Moving to "refocus" and "update" field office operations, FCC preserves mo...

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FCC sets start date for incentive auction [telecom]

By Ben Munson, Editor, CED, July 20, 2015 FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has been steadfast in his assurance that, despite de...

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What Stand-Alone GPS Devices Do That Smartphones Can â€™t

They have bigger screens and offer uninterrupted navigation, and some have forward-facing and backup cameras and other...

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My Digital Cemetery

My Digital Cemetery Deleting the name of a dead friend from your phone can feel like removing that person from the worl...

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Centurylink asks to abandon TDM lines [telecom]

As CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) moves forward with its transition from legacy TDM, the telco has asked the FCC in a new fili...

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Centurylink faces fine for 911 outage in Washington state [telecom]

CenturyLink is facing $2.9 million in penalties for its responsibility in a statewide 911 system outage earlier this ye...

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AT&T Reports Internet Service Restored in California [telecom]

Tracey Petersen and B.J. Hansen, MML News Team Update 7/15/2015 10:00 p.m. PDT: AT&T has restored all internet services...

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AT&T Takes Distracted Driving Effort To Airwaves [telecom]

AT&T is taking its ?It can wait? anti-distracted-driving campaign to the airwaves this summer with a jarring Internet f...

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Politicians and Union Leaders Take Aim at Verizon [telecom]

A group of elected officials joined members of the Communication Workers of America union to call on the Public Service...

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Verizon Not Installing FiOS for 25 Percent of NYers Who Want It: Audit [telecom]

A city audit has found that over a quarter of New Yorkers who ask for high-speed Internet from Verizon FiOS didn't get...

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Electrical workers at Verizon in RI, Mass. authorize strike [telecom]

BOSTON (AP) ? Union officials say a group of Verizon employees in Massachusetts and Rhode Island have voted to authoriz...

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