Message-ID: <20230411013458.GA9882@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 11 Apr 2023 01:34:58 +0000
From: "The Telecom Digest"
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Subject: SpaceX Launch Begins Startup's Plan for 'Cell Towers in
Space'
With a satellite lofted into low Earth orbit, Sateliot is joining the
race to build networks that hop across the heavens.
By Stephan Shankland
With a SpaceX rocket launch set for late Monday, a Spanish company
called Sateliot expects to take its first step toward giving you text
messaging abilities in remote parts of the world where conventional
mobile networks fail.
The 50-employee Barcelona-based startup is one of a growing number of
attempts to use satellites about 310 miles above our heads in low
Earth orbit to bring us closer to the promise of ubiquitous
connectivity. With Apple, Verizon, T-Mobile and Qualcomm all headed in
the same direction, it seems likely that, in the near future, stranded
motorists and injured hikers won't be so isolated.
https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/spacex-launch-begins-startups-plan-for-cell-towers-in-space/
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Message-ID: <20230411022358.GA10347@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 11 Apr 2023 02:23:58 +0000
From: "The Telecom Digest"
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Subject: The FCC cites a Gateway provider for carrying robocall
traffic
1. By this Initial Determination Order, the Enforcement Bureau
(Bureau) apparently finds that One Eye LLC (One Eye or Company) has
not complied with the Federal Communications Commission’s (Commission
or FCC) call blocking rules for gateway providers. Pursuant to section
64.1200(n)(5)(i)(A) of the Commission rules, One Eye has 14 days to
respond to this order (Initial Determination Order) with a final
response to our apparent finding and to demonstrate compliance with
our rules. If One Eye fails to respond to this Initial Determination
Order, thereby failing to provide an adequate response, or the Company
continues to transmit substantially similar unlawful traffic, the
Bureau will issue a Final Determination Order.1 Any provider
immediately downstream from One Eye will then be required to block and
cease accepting all traffic received from One Eye beginning 30 days
after release of the Final Determination Order.
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-23-279A1.pdf
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* Moderator's Note
*
* Noel Paul Stookey, of Peter, Paul, and Mary fame, once joked that
* airlines had invented a new tense he called "Third Person
* Indefinite." He gave an example of how airline Attendants "Say
* that they Would like to welcome you to Boston, but they never do!"
*
* Bill Horne
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Message-ID: <20230411023054.GA10448@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 11 Apr 2023 02:30:54 +0000
From: "The Telecom Digest"
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Subject: Phoenix CenturyLink Employee Wins Federal Case Charging CWA
Union with Illegal Dues Seizures
CWA officials illegally refused worker’s membership resignation and
request to stop dues deductions
Phoenix, AZ (April 6, 2023) – CenturyLink Communications employee
Adrianna Delatorre has forced Communications Workers of America (CWA)
Local 7019 union officials to back down in her federal case, in which
she charged them with seizing dues money illegally from her wages.
Delatorre, who filed charges against both the CWA union and her
employer at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in May 2022,
received free legal representation from National Right to Work Legal
Defense Foundation staff attorneys.
https://www.nrtw.org/news/phoenix-cwa-centurylink-04062023/
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Message-ID: <20230411195022.GA18716@telecomdigest.us>
Date: 11 Apr 2023 19:50:22 +0000
From: "The Telecom Digest"
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Subject: Text of the Martha Wright-Reed Act
The full text of the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable
Communications Act of 2022 is now availale onine.
The text starts out with ...
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal
Communications Commission to ensure just and reasonable charges
for telephone and advanced communications services in
correctional and detention facilities.
Now, since it's a law, the FCC has to decide which charges are just
and reasonable.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1541/text
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