---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <2df61722-86e6-4e3c-ad26-0626d5dc9204@googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:57:26 -0700 (PDT) From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: History--Western Union's cellular service, 1984 In 1984, the Western Union Telegraph Company got into the cellular mobile phone business. Below is a link to an ad they ran in "New York" magazine. Unfortunately, at that time W/U was losing serious money in various ventures. They were forced to sell off their bandwidth. Had they been able to keep it a few more years, it would've been very valuable. https://books.google.com/books?id=gOUCAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA23&dq=look%20%22western%20union%22&pg=PA23#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------------------------ Message-ID: <51015be2f312da62d77a7f8726da11e1.squirrel@email.fatcow.com> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:59:54 -0500 From: "Neal McLain" <nmclain.remove-this@and-this-too.annsgarden.com> Subject: FCC Proposes Market-Based Changes to Toll Free Number Administration By Keenan Adamchak, CommLawBlog, Oct 24, 2017 On Sept. 28, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that seeks to permit the assignment of toll free numbers via alternative market-based approaches, including the auctioning of numbers. Furthermore, consistent with such a market-based approach, the Commission proposed the development of a secondary market allowing subscribers to reassign their toll free numbers to other subscribers for a negotiated fee. Finally, the Commission adopted proposals to modernize toll free number administration, including the revision or elimination of the current prohibitions on brokering, warehousing, and hoarding of toll free numbers. http://www.commlawblog.com/2017/10/articles/cellular/fcc-proposes-market-based-changes-to-toll-free-number-administration/?utm_source=Fletcher%2C+Heald+%26+Hildreth%2C+PLC+-+CommLawBlog&utm_campaign=9e4f6fb5ac-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6cc65bf771-9e4f6fb5ac-71094321 -or- http://tinyurl.com/yajr2oxt Neal McLain ------------------------------ Message-ID: <072803F6-9637-4A9D-965B-8B61BCC1EBD1@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 22:14:29 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: The FCC plans to roll back some of its biggest rules against media consolidation The FCC plans to roll back some of its biggest rules against media consolidation The announcement comes a day after the FCC voted to eliminate a 77-year-old rule on broadcasters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/25/the-fcc-plans-to-roll-back-some-of-its-biggest-rules-against-media-consolidation/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 26 Oct 2017