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The Telecom Digest for Wed, 13 May 2020
Volume 39 : Issue 118 : "text" format

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Verizon records more calls and texts on Mother's Day than before covid-19
FCC TAC Meeting Tackles Big Issues
How My Boss Monitors Me While I Work From Home
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200512133202.GA10058@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 13:32:03 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon records more calls and texts on Mother's Day than before covid-19 Verizon said the number of calls made this Mother's Day increased by more than 13 percent over a typical pre-covid Sunday and almost 10 than last year. Customers talked for over 1.75 billion minutes on 10 May, up by almost 11 percent over the previous Sunday, and sent about 6 billion text messages were sent, up by more than 25 percent week-on-week. Finally, collaboration tool usage lifted by over 2.6 percent week-on-week. https://www.telecompaper.com/news/verizon-records-more-calls-and-texts-on-mothers-day-than-before-covid-19--1338210 -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200512132455.GA10035@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 13:24:55 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: FCC TAC Meeting Tackles Big Issues Agenda includes 5G, AI, vRAN, IoT and more By John Eggerton The FCC's Technological Advisory Council (TAC) will hold its next meeting June 4, by teleconference. The council includes members from Comcast, Charter, AT&T, and Cisco. https://www.multichannel.com/news/fcc-tac-meeting-tackles-big-issues -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <0D849167-8F17-4054-A108-AB1F15F320B9@roscom.com> Date: 10 May 2020 09:56:33 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: How My Boss Monitors Me While I Work From Home How My Boss Monitors Me While I Work From Home As we shelter in place in the pandemic, more employers are using software to track our work - and us. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/technology/employee-monitoring-work-from-home-virus.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 13 May 2020
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