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The Telecom Digest for Tue, 16 Mar 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 75 : "text" format

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How your mobile carrier makes money off some of your most sensitive data
AT&T to spend less than Verizon on C-band 5G rollout
AT&T Cops to 'Third Place,' Trims Outlook for 5G Mid-Band

Message-ID: <20210315125419.D727E73C@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:54:19 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: How your mobile carrier makes money off some of your most sensitive data T-Mobile's new personalized ad program is invasive - and common. By Sara Morrison T-Mobile raised a few eyebrows -- and got some unflattering press attention -- when the Wall Street Journal reported on its new privacy-invasive ad program. Beginning April 26, T-Mobile says it will use its customers' web browsing and app usage data to sell targeted ads unless those customers opt out. https://www.vox.com/recode/22325420/t-mobile-verizon-att-ad-targeting-data
Message-ID: <20210315122801.97B9473C@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:28:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T to spend less than Verizon on C-band 5G rollout by Mary Lennighan AT&T will not match rival Verizon's monster spend on the rollout of 5G infrastructure using its recently-acquired C-band spectrum. The US operator has earmarked capex of between $6 billion and $8 billion over the next three-to-four years for C-band rollout, which is at least $2 billion less than the figure Verizon shared at its investor day last week. Furthermore, while Verizon was talking about incremental spend, AT&T says the sum is already factored into its forecasts. https://telecoms.com/508988/att-to-spend-less-than-verizon-on-c-band-5g-rollout/
Message-ID: <20210315131702.5CDAA73C@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:17:02 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T Cops to 'Third Place,' Trims Outlook for 5G Mid-Band By Matt Kapko AT&T executives copped to its mobile realities, but the carrier's mid-band 5G strategy pales in comparison to T-Mobile US and Verizon. "We are the third-place player in wireless," AT&T Communications CEO Jeff McElfresh said during the operator's analyst event today. "I want to be very transparent with that. We find ourselves not as the share leader, and it has been many years since we've actually grown our wireless premium postpaid business," he said. https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/att-cops-to-third-place-trims-outlook-for-5g-mid-band/2021/03/
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