T-Mobile and Sprint submitted a new plan for their proposed $26 billion merger to the FCC — including enhanced 5G buildout commitments and an agreement to spin off Sprint’s Boost Mobile — which got the nod from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. From a report: T-Mobile and Sprint first announced their plans to merge in April 2018, looking to combine…
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US Telecom Operators Say They’ve (Mostly) Stopped Selling Your Location Data To Shady Middlemen
In a collection of letters published by FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel on Thursday, representatives of T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon all said they had ceased or significantly curtailed the sale of their customers’ location data to companies whose shady practices brought to light triggered alarms among privacy advocates and lawmakers on Capitol Hill. From a report: The companies were responding to…
Ajit Pai Proposes Blocking China-Owned Telecom From US Phone Market
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed denying China Mobile USA’s application to offer telecom services in the U.S., saying the Chinese government-owned company poses a security risk. The FCC is scheduled to vote on an order to deny the application at its open meeting on May 9, and Pai yesterday announced his…
In Letters To Senate, Wireless Carriers Downplay Their Latest Location Data Scandal
Carriers insist location data scams are rare and they do their best to police them. Government investigators may want to confirm that claim.Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43jdqn/in-letters-to-senate-wireless-carriers-downplay-their-latest-location-data-scandal…
T-Mobile, Comcast Turn on Call Verification Between Networks in Latest Robocall Fight
pgmrdlm shares a report: Calls between T-Mobile users and Comcast’s Xfinity Voice home subscribers will now be “verified,” the latest move in the ongoing fight against robocalls. The two companies announced Wednesday that they have launched cross-network verification, allowing users to know that the calls they are receiving is from an actual person and not a spammer or robocaller. They use…
Net Neutrality Bill Sails Through the House But Faces an Uncertain Political Future
House lawmakers on Wednesday approved a Democrat-backed bill (alternative source) that would restore rules requiring AT&T, Verizon and other Internet providers to treat all Web traffic equally, marking an early step toward reversing one of the most significant deregulatory moves of the Trump era. From a report: But the net neutrality measure is likely to… Continue reading Net Neutrality Bill Sails Through the House But Faces an Uncertain Political Future
5G May Never Live up to the Hype
To hear wireless carriers tell it, fifth-generation (5G) wireless is going to change the world. Verizon, for example, insists the technology is part of a “fourth industrial revolution” heralding the smart cities of tomorrow. Others have claimed 5G will do everything from revolutionize rural telemedicine to have us all working a 4-day work week in… Continue reading 5G May Never Live up to the Hype