---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190703232201.GA362@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 23:22:01 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CWA Pushes for New Mexico Public Regulation Commission to Take Action on CenturyLink's Service Quality CWA members participated in a New Mexico Public Regulation Commission hearing on rulemaking regarding CenturyLink service quality. Joe Gosiger, a CWA staff rep, testified about how the company's lack of investment, understaffing, and unreasonable metrics have contributed to CenturyLink's failure to maintain its copper infrastructure and how it is jeopardizing service quality and posing significant safety hazards to utility employees and the public. CWA members are urging the Commission to adopt strong quality of service and consumer protection rules to protect New Mexico customers' access to basic telecommunications services. CWA Locals 7001, 7011, 7037, and 7009 collectively represent approximately 320 CenturyLink employees in New Mexico who are mostly technicians. https://cwa-union.org/news/cwaers-push-for-new-mexico-public-regulation-commission-take-action-on-centurylinks-service -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190703220622.GA32117@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 22:06:22 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CWA Bargaining and Mobilization Update AT&T Midwest, AT&T Legacy T, and AT&T Mobility Puerto Rico The CWA bargaining teams have reached tentative agreements with AT&T's Midwest and AT&T Legacy T units, including AT&T Legacy T in Puerto Rico, and AT&T Mobility in Puerto Rico. https://cwa-union.org/news/bargaining-and-mobilization-update-2 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <928FB1E8-A9BB-44D2-B12A-B1BCCFDA76F2@roscom.com> Date: 4 Jul 2019 14:07:52 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: T-Mobile enemy Dish could help save the T-Mobile/Sprint merger Dish could resell T-Mobile/Sprint network access in deal to save merger. By Jon Brodkin T-Mobile US and Sprint are reportedly near a deal to sell spectrum, wholesale network access, and Sprint's Boost Mobile subsidiary to Dish as part of an attempt to gain government approval of their merger. But US antitrust officials reportedly want bigger concessions before they'll approve the T-Mobile/Sprint combination. T-Mobile's purchase of Sprint would leave the US with three instead of the current four major wireless carriers. The Department of Justice, which could sue to block the deal, has apparently pushed T-Mobile to make divestitures that would set up a fourth major carrier to replace Sprint. That has left T-Mobile negotiating with Dish, which opposed the T-Mobile/Sprint merger. The companies' feud is a two-way street, with T-Mobile repeatedly criticizing Dish for buying spectrum and not using it. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/t-mobile-enemy-dish-could-help-save-the-t-mobilesprint-merger/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190704133731.GA7689@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 13:37:31 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Supreme Court Addresses TCPA Fax Issue Article by David O. Klein As the United States Supreme Court ("SCOTUS") wraps up its term, it released a decision concerning whether a federal district court is obligated to follow a Federal Communications Commission Order ("FCC") regarding the junk fax provisions of Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"). Industry pundits had been patiently awaiting a decision on the TCA fax issue for some time. http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=821118&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 06 Jul 2019