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Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 22:50:19 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: How To Stop The Bleeding In Business Wireline
by Andrej Danis (New York) and Clement Ogujiofor (Dallas)
It's hardly breaking news that large telco operators face severe
revenue and margin pressures in the business wireline segment. But the
scale of the year-on-year revenue decline (between 3% and 8.2%) for
products such as Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Point to
Point Ethernet (P2P), Private Branch Exchange (PBX), on-premise
security, and Virtual Private Network (VPN) is sobering.
This decline is forcing a reckoning for many of the biggest providers
in the industry.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1291458?q=1803232&n=726&tp=7&tlk=5&lk=44
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Message-ID: <20230316121745.GA1771649@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:17:45 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: T-Mobile buys Mint Mobile for $1.5 Billion
By Joe Hernandez
The telecommunications giant T-Mobile announced it's buying the budget
cell service provider Mint Mobile — best known for its ads with actor
and part-owner Ryan Reynolds. The cash-and-stock deal, which includes
two other brands, is worth $1.35 billion.
T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said Wednesday that the company would use
its size and resources to "supercharge" Mint, which uses T-Mobile's
wireless network and offers plans for as little as $15 per month.
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/15/1163743380/t-mobile-buys-mint-mobile-ryan-reynolds
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Some readers will remember that I publicized my disappointment with
the way Verizon issued it's "Not quite 4G" decision and forced my wife
to buy a new phone. She chose Consumer Cellular, but I had already
abandoned Verizon in favor of - you guessded it - Mint Mobile. I've
been happy with their service, but now I'm wondering it the next big
Orgy-of-Obfuscation will leave me without any choice but to pony up
for the full-price offers.
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Message-ID: <20230314230236.GA1759432@telecomdigest.us>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 23:02:36 +0000
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: FCC Proposes Rules To Block Illegal Text Messages And Close
The "Lead Generator Loophole"
On February 23, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
issued a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) seeking public
comment on proposed rules targeting unlawful text messages. If the
proposed rules are adopted, they will comprise the FCC's "first action
to protect consumers from unwanted and illegal texts."
If adopted, the proposed rules, together with earlier proposed rules
that have already undergone a comment and reply period, would extend
the existing Do-Not-Call Registry to cover text messages, and would
require wireless service providers to:- Block text messages from numbers on a "Do Not Originate" list;
- Maintain a single point of contact for texters to report erroneously
blocked texts; and
- Investigate and potentially block texts from a sender once on notice
from the FCC that the sender is transmitting suspected illegal texts.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1291338?q=1803232&n=726&tp=12&tlk=1&lk=58
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