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| Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:31:41 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Wall St. to Verizon: "Can You Hear Us Now?"
Message-ID: <mksmbl$v9p$1@dont-email.me>
Wall Street to Verizon Communications Inc.: "Can You Hear Us Now?"
By Sean Williams
What: Shares of Verizon Communications, one of the nation's largest
wireless and content providers, faced substantial pressure in Thursday's
trading session, with its shares falling $0.98, or 2%, to close at
$48.10, according to S&P Capital IQ data. This came after JPMorgan Chase
downgraded the company in favor of rival AT&T. It was the biggest
one-day move for Verizon since mid-March.
So what: According to the research note released before Thursday's
opening bell from Philip Cusick at JPMorgan, there are now a lack of
near-term catalysts with Verizon that make its chief rival a much more
attractive play.
http://goo.gl/YBy6NW
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Bill Horne
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| Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 14:36:32 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Consumers Dislike Data-Mining but Feel Helpless to Stop It, Report Finds
Message-ID: <3DD52638-EF79-4A3A-93A9-03F69DFA866A@roscom.com>
Many Americans do not think the trade-off of their data for
personalized services, giveaways or discounts is a fair deal, a
University of Pennsylvania study found.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/technology/consumers-conflicted-over-data-
mining-policies-report-finds.html
Or: http://goo.gl/tNxjFd
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| Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:06:12 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: What a T-Mobile/Dish deal could mean for the wireless industry
Message-ID: <mkskrr$oaq$1@dont-email.me>
What a T-Mobile/Dish deal could mean for the wireless industry
by Trey Williams
A Dish/T-Mobile super-company would be just the latest case of a cable
provider joining forces with a communication company. There's the
recently announced $67 billion deal merging Time Warner Cable Inc.
and Bright House Networks into Charter Communications Inc. As well as
reports that AT&T Inc. is close to tying a bow on its $49 billion deal
to acquire DirecTV, which would create the largest pay-TV company in
the U.S.
A deal between Dish and T-Mobile would have obvious implications for
other providers in what's become a highly competitive dash to meet
viewers wherever they're watching. So, analysts at Wells Fargo
Securities put together a note on what the potential deal could mean
for everyone else.
http://goo.gl/1ofZY9
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| Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:10:25 -0400
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: T-Mobile will lose its underdog status
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T-Mobile May Merge With Dish Network. There Goes Its Underdog Status.
Another week, another potential telecom merger. This time, the
interested parties are Dish Network and T-Mobile US, which the Wall
Street Journal reports are in early talks to consolidate their satellite
TV and wireless holdings. Were the two to join forces, the Journal says
Dish CEO Charlie Ergen would become the new entity's chairman, while the
colorful, somewhat erratic John Legere would serve as chief executive.
No purchase price or other financial terms have been reported so far,
and sources tell the Journal that the discussions could still very well
fall through.
Lately, even new multibillion dollar telecom merger proposals have
started to feel like old news. It was only a few weeks ago that Charter
Communications said it would buy Time Warner Cable for $55 billion. That
followed the sudden collapse of Comcast's own yearlong bid for Time
Warner Cable in late April, as regulators signaled they were unlikely to
let the deal go through. AT&T continues to pursue a $48 billion takeover
of DirecTV that would make it the nation's largest TV distributor. And
in mid-May, Verizon announced plans to buy AOL for some $4.4 billion. It
all kind of makes you wonder: What telecom company hasn't tried to go
the merger route yet? (For more on that, see this excellent graphic the
Journal put together last month on the last two decades' worth of pay-TV
mergers.)
http://goo.gl/Xgzw1o
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Bill Horne
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| Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 10:49:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Verizon FiOS coverage said to be "miserable" in New York
Message-ID: <27999bb7-f6e5-4438-a8a9-ef2fa790fd91@googlegroups.com>
On Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 8:52:32 PM UTC-4, Bill Horne wrote:
> Verizon's Coverage Area of New York City for Fiber Optic FiOS is a
> Miserable 46% to 59%; Upstate New York is Worse.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that southern New Jersey also
suffers from poor FIOS availability despite an agreement with Verizon
in exchange for an exclusive franchise.
for full article please see:
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20150531_Years_after_Verizon_s_deal_to_
bring_fiber_optic_service_to_New_Jersey__many_towns_remain_unwired.html
Or: http://goo.gl/exlXzm
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