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The Telecom Digest for Tue, 06 Jul 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 187 : "text" format

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Z Holdings Agrees to Pay $1.61 Billion for Yahoo Trademark Rights in Japan
America has a $100 billion digital divide. Can 5G help bridge it?
Could High-Speed Internet Access Finally Be Coming to Rural America?

Message-ID: <20210705114911.7A0277C0@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 11:49:11 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Z Holdings Agrees to Pay $1.61 Billion for Yahoo Trademark Rights in Japan By Kosaku Narioka Z Holdings Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to pay 178.5 billion yen ($1.61 billion) to Verizon Media for trademark rights in Japan related to Yahoo. The operator of Yahoo! Japan said new arrangements would terminate the existing license agreement and give the company greater flexibility to use the Yahoo brand and licensed technology in Japan without paying royalties. https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/Z-HOLDINGS-CORPORATION-6492537/news/Z-Holdings-Agrees-to-Pay-1-61-Billion-for-Yahoo-Trademark-Rights-in-Japan-35790139/
Message-ID: <20210705120550.1697E7C0@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 12:05:50 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: America has a $100 billion digital divide. Can 5G help bridge it? By Dow Draper The pandemic laid bare just how sorry broadband access is in America: 42.8 million Americans - more than 1 in 8, most in rural areas - have no broadband internet service where they live. And of those who do have broadband, 25% have only one choice. Throughout North Carolina, there are 800,000 people with only one choice for home broadband, and even worse, more than 100,000 people are without any access at all. That lack of choice and competition leads to high prices, poor service and some of the unhappiest customers in America. Only cable TV customers are less happy than ISP customers. https://www.fayobserver.com/story/opinion/2021/07/05/america-has-100-billion-digital-divide-can-5-g-help-bridge-it/7837159002/
Message-ID: <20210705193333.1F9937C0@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 19:33:33 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Could High-Speed Internet Access Finally Be Coming to Rural America? By John R. Quain One of the joys - and banes - of living in the country is lack of internet access. Disconnecting from the tyranny of Twitter and other social media can be a relief. But as many have learned during the pandemic, being unable to get high-speed internet access can make working, learning and video calling difficult, if not impossible, in rural areas. https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2021/satellites-internet-rural-areas.html

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