---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <A2952DA2-D44D-4511-AA2B-2BAE3954BE50@roscom.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 09:44:22 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Is the Answer to Phone Addiction a Worse Phone? Is the Answer to Phone Addiction a Worse Phone? A small group of people have turned their phone screens to shades of gray to make them less stimulating. That's the opposite of what tech companies want. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/technology/grayscale-phone.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180115164739.GA27533@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:47:39 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon expected to expand media business By Martha DeGrasse Verizon's go90 mobile video service has not been a runaway success, but nonetheless, the company is reportedly set to expand its content business this year. One of the media properties owned by Verizon, TechCrunch, is reporting that the carrier wants to add a new "over-the-top" video service, as well as a connected home platform for internet of things applications. Sports is a likely area for Verizon's expansion, since the carrier recently signed a deal to stream NFL games live. Through Yahoo and Yahoo Sports, in addition to go90 and the NFL mobile app, Verizon can stream NFL games on all major mobile networks in the U.S. https://www.rcrwireless.com/20180115/carriers/verizon-expected-to-expand-media-business-tag4 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180115165125.GA27562@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:51:25 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon-Huawei pact reportedly hit by political pressure A possible deal to sell the Chinese phone maker's new Mate 10 Pro in the US isn't sitting well with some in Washington, DC, Android Police says. By Stephen Shankland Political pressure may have interfered with a second deal by Chinese tech giant Huawei to sell its phones in the United States, this time with Verizon Wireless. On Monday, news emerged that AT&T pulled out of a deal to sell the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, and The Information reported the deal had been a victim of congressional pressure. Now, on Tuesday, as Huawei touted the Mate 10 Pro at the CES tech show in Las Vegas, Android Police reported similar pressure on Verizon. https://www.cnet.com/news/verizon-huawei-mate-10-pro-political-pressure-ces/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 16 Jan 2018