---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180514010508.GA7472@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 21:05:08 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Letters: How can CenturyLink cut jobs and give out bonuses? Does anyone besides me remember CenturyLink giving millions of dollars in bonuses a few months ago? Now they are cutting more than 1,000 jobs! Only a portion of these bonuses would pay the 1,000 workers' salary for many years. And doesn't CenturyLink get many tax breaks? Apparently these don't save jobs, only go in corporate's pockets. Such a shame! - Joyce Sloan, Sterlington https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/opinion/readers/2018/05/11/letters-how-can-centurylink-cut-jobs-and-give-out-bonuses/600135002/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <1C990D19-F23B-4D1D-A1EB-AA2138CCF8B6@roscom.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 20:26:42 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Trump pledges to help Chinese phonemaker ZTE "get back into business" ZTE had said last week that it would cease "major operating activities" because of the U.S. government's recent trade restrictions. President Trump pledged on Sunday to help Chinese telecom giant ZTE return to business, days after the company said it would cease "major operating activities" because of the U.S. government's recent trade restrictions, a dramatic shift in tone for a president who has long accused China of stealing U.S. jobs. "President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast," Trump tweeted. "Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!" https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/05/13/trump-pledges-to-help-chinese-phone-maker-zte-get-back-into-business/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <F8A9C4B4-0922-405C-9544-C6B0DA730B65@roscom.com> Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 11:21:55 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Promises Mean Little for Consumers in T-Mobile-Sprint Deal Promises Mean Little for Consumers in T-Mobile-Sprint Deal LAST WEEK T-MOBILE and Sprint, two of the four nationwide mobile wireless network operators, agreed to merge in a deal valued at $26.5 billion. Not surprisingly, the companies are making a lot of promises to gain the support of both the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice, both of which must approve the merger. But consumers should not be fooled. The proposition here is simple: This deal will shrink the market for nationwide mobile wireless service from four players to three, giving consumers fewer choices and increasing the likelihood that prices will be higher and service offerings will be less consumer-friendly. https://www.wired.com/story/promises-mean-little-for-consumers-in-t-mobile-sprint-deal/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 14 May 2018