---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190611164952.GA10637@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:49:52 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: DirecTV and Dish Merger Would Hurt AT&T, Analyst Says JPMorgan's Philip Cusick says "dis-synergistic" deal would pull satellite company away from U-verse By Daniel Frankel While decision makers for AT&T and Dish Network are reportedly open to combining their eroding satellite TV operations, such a deal would not be favorable for AT&T, according to JPMorgan analyst Philip Cusick. "We believe the dis-synergies of pulling DirecTV away from AT&T's U-verse in buying power would be value destructive," Cusick said in a note to investors today. https://www.multichannel.com/news/directv-and-dish-merger-bad-analyst-says -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190611165747.GA10712@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:57:47 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: The Latest: States sue to stop $26.5B Sprint-T-Mobile deal A group of state attorneys general led by New York and California are filing a lawsuit to block T-Mobile's $26.5 billion bid for Sprint, citing consumer harm. The state AGs say the merger would hurt competition and drive up prices for cellphone service. https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/latest-states-sue-stop-265b-sprint-mobile-deal-63634406 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <11BD1C02-BBF1-4BFF-B9CA-285674CCA2E9@roscom.com> Date: 10 Jun 2019 22:18:24 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Massachusetts Senate votes to ban handheld cellphone use while driving Massachusetts Senate passes bill, moving state one step closer to banning handheld cellphone use while driving By Steph Solis Massachusetts Sen. Joseph Boncore, a Winthrop Democrat, said that using a cellphone while driving at 55 miles per hour is equivalent to making that trip across the length of a football field while wearing a blindfold. State senators took one step closer to getting rid of that blindfold on Thursday when they unanimously passed a bill banning handheld cellphone use while driving. https://www.masslive.com/politics/2019/06/massachusetts-senate-passes-bill-moving-state-one-step-closer-to-banning-handheld-cellphone-use-while-driving.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 12 Jun 2019