---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20170218050633.GA18717@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 00:06:33 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Justice Department seeks CenturyLink, Level 3 merger details DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL - The U.S. Department of Justice wants more information about CenturyLink's proposal to buy Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications in a $24 billion deal that would combine Colorado's two biggest telecommunications employers. The DOJ's request extends the waiting period imposed by the U.S. Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act by 30 more days once CenturyLink and Level 3 have substantially complied with the request. The DOJ can terminate the waiting period sooner. http://www.9news.com/money/justice-department-seeks-centurylink-level-3-merger-details/408724759 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <672AD29B-A120-4FAE-9D5A-FD3BB5D5BF39@roscom.com> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 19:32:11 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Which Unlimited Data Plan Is the Best? Which Unlimited Data Plan Is the Best? Earlier this week, Verizon shocked us by resurrecting its unlimited data plan, albeit with some caveats. It turns out that if you use a lot of data, the plan is a pretty good deal. Because Verizon is the nation's largest wireless carrier, it didn't take long for the other majors - T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T - to follow up with their own updated unlimited offerings. Finally, for the first time in more than five years, US wireless customers have a range of "unlimited" plan choices. But which plan is the best? Although the basics for what each carrier offers is similar, there are different trade-offs. http://gizmodo.com/which-unlimited-data-plan-is-the-best-1792476535 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20170218052003.GA18799@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 00:20:03 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: 1 Number CenturyLink Investors Should Worry About Hint: It's not found in the company's financials. By Billy Duberstein CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) posted not-so-hot numbers in its recent earnings release. While the legacy telecom is generating cash flows and paying a fat dividend yield, its overall metrics are declining as it attempts to make a technology transition to more modern networking services. For the full year 2016, operating revenues decreased 2.2% to $17.5 billion. Operating income decreased a much more alarming 13%, to $2.3 billion, as the revenues from strategic growth areas were lower-margin than those of the legacy wireline and low-data services. Operating cash flow declined 7.1%, and adjusted net income declined 5.9%, from $2.71 to $2.45. https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/17/1-number-centurylink-investors-should-worry-about.aspx -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 18 Feb 2017