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[telecom] FCC gives VZ wristslap for privacy violationa

[FCC docs] Verizon To Pay $7.4M To Settle Privacy Investigation Company Failed to Notify Approximately Two Million Cust...

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FCC Spanks T-Mobile for $819,000 [telecom]

By Peter Tannenwald, CommLawBlog, September 3, 2014 Hearing aid compatibility shortfall draws big fine. More than two y...

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Isis, the Industry Group, Is Changing Its Name

Isis, the Industry Group, Is Changing Its Name Several wireless companies formed Isis in 2010 to encourage the developm...

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Apple confirms celebrities' accounts breached in "highly targeted" attack [telecom]

Apple confirms celebrities' accounts breached in "highly targeted" attack Cupertino blames users' passwords and securit...

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AnandTech founder retiring from tech publishing [telecom]

The Road Ahead by Anand Lal Shimpi August 30, 2014 AnandTech Both of my parents were teachers, and for as long as I can...

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R.I.P. Patrick Townson, September 24, 1942 - August 9, 2014

I just returned from a brief vacation, and read an email from Mike Sandman that told me Patrick Townson has been gather...

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Local Choice fight ramps up as CBS refuses to run ATVA ads [telecom]

By Daniel Frankel, FierceCable, August 28, 2014 CBS Radio will not run the American Television Alliance's new spot plug...

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California Governor Signs Law Requiring a 'Kill Switch' on Smartphones

California Governor Signs Law Requiring a 'Kill Switch' on Smartphones The law requires smartphones sold in California...

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ATVA Launches Six-Figure 'Local Choice' Ad Campaign [telecom]

Drumming Up Viewer Support For Deconstructing Retransmission Consent By John Eggerton, MultiChannel News, 8/27/2014 Say...

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AT&T merges wireless and business units led by de la Vega [telecom]

AT&T merges wireless and business units led by de la Vega REUTERS AT&T is merging its wireless and business divisions i...

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Verizon complains that FBI order is invalid, but delivers data anyway [telecom]

Champion Of The People: Verizon Complains Exigent Circumstances Order Inadequate For Info Requested; Hands Over Info An...

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Verizon flirts with QR codes for user id's [telecom]

ZDnet by Larry Dignan Can the QR code replace user names and passwords? Verizon Enterprise thinks so - at least for som...

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Verizon's VoLTE rollout will kill off CDMA - and allow unlocked LTE phones, too [telecom]

By Neal Gompa On Tuesday, Verizon announced that it will launch HD Voice over LTE in the coming weeks. With this launch...

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Netflix to FCC: We only have trouble with big, consolidated ISPs in the U.S. [telecom]

By Daniel Frankel, FierceCable, August 27, 2014 Saving its harshest critique, after months of sturm und drang, for its...

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Verizon Closes another Loophole used to keep Unlimited Data [telecom]

by Alexander Maxham It was reported earlier this month that Verizon was getting ready to close yet another loophole tha...

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