---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180621013741.GA10732@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 21:37:41 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: U.S. Department of Defense Completes Verizon-Led Unified Communications Integration Agency upgrades its communications network with the latest IP-based technology ASHBURN, Va., June 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Enterprise Solutions today announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has taken a significant step forward in its Everything Over IP initiative by migrating one if its key agencies to a unified communications (UC) platform. In doing so, the DoD replaced two legacy systems with a single next generation solution. https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/us-department-of-defense-completes-verizonled-unified-communications-integration-20180620-00873 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180619171935.GA6000@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:19:35 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon MERIT team on standby to respond to emergencies Team members are ready to respond with equipment and expertise in cases of hazardous material breaches during hurricanes, wildfires, train derailments, and airplane accidents. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A specialized team of Verizon engineers called MERIT -- Major Emergency Response Incident Team - has just completed their annual training to ensure they are ready to deploy when necessary to protect Verizon's network assets and facilities during natural disasters or hazardous materials incidents. With the hurricane season in full swing, volcano eruptions, summer forest fires, and frequent events nationwide including train derailments and industrial fires striking, Verizon's MERIT team is prepared to keep people connected when they need it most. https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/verizon-merit-hazmat-team-on-standby-to-ensure-network-readiness-in-emergency-situations-20180618-00529 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180619173416.GA6035@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:34:16 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Can Verizon Build A Strong Brand From The Bones Of Yahoo And Aol? By Erin Griffith Tim Armstrong HAS spent the last year under renovation. After AOL, the company Armstrong has run for the past nine years, merged with newly acquired corporate sister Yahoo in June, Armstrong was tasked with uniting the two. First he announced a new brand name "Oath" suggesting a move away from the stale early days of the internet that many people associate with AOL and Yahoo. Then he united his fiefdom physically, bringing disparate Yahoo properties like Tumblr and Yahoo News under one roof in the storied Wanamaker Building in New York's Greenwich Village. Oath now occupies four floors of the building. (Facebook's New York headquarters takes up another four.) Boardrooms and offices have been ripped out and replaced with video studios, podcasting studios, newsrooms, tech labs, and snack bars. A life-size stuffed gorilla (a TechCrunch mascot) covered in Tumblr stickers stands guard in front of Armstrong's corner meeting room. https://www.wired.com/story/can-verizon-build-a-strong-brand-from-the-bones-of-yahoo-and-aol/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180619170853.GA5962@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:08:53 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon pledges to stop some selling of phone-location data * Verizon is committing to stop selling data to outsiders through intermediaries that can pinpoint the location of mobile phones. * It is the first major U.S. wireless carrier to step back from the business practice. * The data has allowed third parties to track wireless devices without their owners' knowledge or consent. Verizon is pledging to stop selling data to outsiders through intermediaries that can pinpoint the location of mobile phones, the Associated Press has learned. It is the first major U.S. wireless carrier to step back from a business practice that has drawn criticism for endangering privacy. The data has allowed third parties to track wireless devices without their owners' knowledge or consent. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/19/verizon-pledges-to-stop-some-selling-of-phone-location-data.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 21 Jun 2018