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The Telecom Digest
Friday, January 27, 2023

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Copyright © 2023 E. William Horne. All Rights Reserved.
Volume 42 Table of Contents Issue 27
Re: Status of Copper Based Landline Telephones
AT&T grows wireless business, but real winner is T-Mobile
After Verizon lowers expectations, AT&T raises them
Message-ID: <20230125201741.GA1374974@telecomdigest.us> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:17:41 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Status of Copper Based Landline Telephones On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 09:36:37AM -0000, Marc SCHAEFER wrote: > On 23 Jan 2023 12:31:25 -0500, > Albert Erdmann <telecom-digest@remove-this.bbwx.net> wrote: >> I am thinking about the many lines used for fire alarm and elevator >> emergency phones. Any idea what building owners are doing in this regard? > > In Switzerland, they had to be replaced either by GSM (and 4G/5G > presumably, because 2G is already obsolete, and 3G will become obsolete > soon), or VoIP. > > I heard of some cases where they still had the analog dialing devices > (the WSG35-2 was very popular, it was a modem that could also just dial > and then switch to an analog microphone). They now plugged those to the > ATA port of a VoIP router. As long as the dialing device uses DTMF to > dial, it works like a charm. In the U.S., it's common to find business Internet connections that depend on AC power to operate, which go dead during a power failure. Since most elevators here also run on AC, any widespread power failure leads to tens or hundreds of people stranded in elevators, and, if the emergency phones in those elevators require Internet connections to work, also unable to call for help. Bill Horne -- (Pleae remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <20230126163453.GA1381131@telecomdigest.us> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:34:53 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: AT&T grows wireless business, but real winner is T-Mobile by Matthew Keys AT&T exceeded expectations from Wall Street analysts on Wednesday when it revealed its postpaid wireless business added 656,000 lines during its most-recent financial quarter. The figure was higher than the 644,000 lines expected by a consensus of Wall Street analysts, suggesting the wireless market is showing signs of health despite economic uncertainty. https://thedesk.net/2023/01/att-verizon-t-mobile-retail-postpaid-wireless-adds-holiday-2022/ -- (Pleae remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <20230126164804.GA1381299@telecomdigest.us> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:48:04 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: After Verizon lowers expectations, AT&T raises them By Mike Dano If Verizon is the 5G operator that failed to live up to its too-high aspirations, AT&T is the one that managed to exceed its relatively modest targets. Specifically, AT&T said it now expects its wireless service revenues to grow “at least” 4% during 2023. That's an improvement from the “low single digit” growth the company forecast during its analyst day early last year. https://www.lightreading.com/5g/after-verizon-lowers-expectations-atandt-raises-them/d/d-id/782872?_mc=RSS_LR_EDT -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
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