---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180504151124.GA11223@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 11:11:24 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: At a warehouse shipping phones for Verizon, women say sexual harassment was common by Mike Snider Verizon is investigating complaints of sexual harassment filed by eight women against a Memphis firm it contracts with for shipping of cellphones. Eight current and former female employees at XPO Logistics filed complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in April saying they were aggressively groped, faced unwanted sexual advances, lewd comments and retaliation for reporting harassment to their human resources department. https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/05/03/verizon-investigates-complaints-contractor-enabled-sexual-harassment/576591002/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180504150754.GA11198@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 11:07:54 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon doesn't care about Sprint and T-Mobile merger, says it'll win 5G race "We frankly don't care," is Verizon's CEO Lowell McAdam's response to the recently announced plan for competitors Sprint and T-Mobile to merge. His comment came during an interview ahead of the carrier's annual shareholder's meeting, according to the Seattle Times. McAdam had been asked to comment on the impending arrival of a sizable new competitor, and added, "We don't have a point of view on whether it goes through or it doesn't." The T-Mobile and Sprint merger has been tried twice before. Neither time has resulted in success, but this time it seems both firms have agreed on terms and conditions. The new company will be called T-Mobile, and will be home to 126 million customers, or around 25 million fewer than U.S. market leader Verizon. T-Mobile CEO John Legere called it, "A larger, stronger competitor that will be a force for positive change." https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/verizon-lowell-mcdam-t-mobile-sprint-merger/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You may trust me when I write that if Verizon says it doesn't matter, it matters a LOT. -bh -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <D9CD4852-D8DD-4FBC-9195-BE8EAA3605DC@roscom.com> Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 00:20:07 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Sprint, T-Mobile merger would give Softbank a larger position in U.S. The founder of SoftBank, Masayoshi Son, is one of the world's leading tech investors. He has pushed for Sprint, perhaps his marquee American investment, to merge with T-Mobile. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/business/tmobile-sprint-softbank-masayoshi-son.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <06AA7DBC-9B1A-4B3F-8328-125481EB21F8@roscom.com> Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 00:24:06 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: White House Considers Barring Chinese Telecom Sales as Tensions Mount An executive order is being considered to raise the barrier for sales of equipment in the United States by companies like Huawei and ZTE, people briefed on the discussions said. By Ana Swanson And Cecilia Kang The executive order, which could be released within days, is expected to raise the barrier for government agencies to buy products from foreign telecom equipment providers like Huawei and ZTE, two of China's most prominent technology firms. Private government contractors may also be restricted from buying foreign telecom products, which the United States believes may be vulnerable to Chinese espionage or disruption. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/us/politics/trump-china-telecoms-restrictions.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 06 May 2018