---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180429163427.GA24073@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 12:34:27 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Distracted-Driving Victims Deliver Shocking Monologues For At&T's 'It Can Wait' Campaign [Telecom] By Ann-Christine Diaz Since 2010, AT&T has pushed the dangers of texting while driving to the forefront with its emotionally charged "It Can Wait" campaign. In recent years, it has depicted heart-rending, fictional tragedies resulting from mindless moments of device distraction; it also dug deep into real-life stories, as in a documentary film from Werner Herzog. The latest campaign, from BBDO New York and directed by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, combines fact and fiction as it imagines what could have been for victims of distracted driving. http://adage.com/article/agency-news/att-resurrects-distracted-driving-victims-wait-campaign/313288/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <BB3C52AA-D6DA-4813-B178-596B1FA3E1B9@roscom.com> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:04:23 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Sprint and T-Mobile Agree to Merge, in Bid to Remake Wireless Market The two companies are betting that regulators will finally allow the American wireless market shrink to just three national players. A combined company, they said, would have more than 100 million subscribers - and the resources to build out a next-generation wireless network and challenge the longtime market leaders, Verizon and AT&T. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/business/dealbook/sprint-tmobile-deal.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <503A9FFA-8F2F-4BAC-A3C4-D599848C3558@roscom.com> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:22:14 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: T-Mobile deceived customers with "false ring tones" on failed phone calls T-Mobile deceived customers with "false ring tones" on failed phone calls FCC fines T-Mobile $40M for rural call failures but requires no refunds. By Jon Brodkin T-Mobile USA has agreed to pay a $40 million fine after admitting that it failed to complete phone calls in rural areas and used "false ring tones" that created the appearance that the calls were going through and no one was picking up. "To settle this matter, T-Mobile admits that it violated the Commission's prohibition against the insertion of false ring tones and that it did not correct problems with delivery of calls to certain rural areas," states an order issued by the Federal Communications Commission today. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/04/t-mobile-deceived-customers-with-false-ring-tones-on-failed-phone-calls/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 01 May 2018