---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180530033154.GA15447@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 23:31:54 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CWA Members to AT&T: No Jobs, No Deal On Saturday, hundreds of CWAers rallied at the AT&T building in downtown Detroit to send a message to the telecom giant: No jobs, no deal. CWA President Chris Shelton, CWA District 4 Vice President Linda L. Hinton, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), and Michigan gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer joined workers and allies at the rally to call on AT&T to negotiate a fair contract that keeps good, family-supporting jobs in their communities. https://www.cwa-union.org/news/cwa-members-att-no-jobs-no-deal -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180530032628.GA15407@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 23:26:28 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Does The Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Help Or Hurt AT&T And Verizon? Last month, T-Mobile and Sprint entered into a definitive agreement for a merger, after multiple failed attempts. If the deal goes through, it could effectively reshape the U.S. wireless landscape. While the deal would increase industry concentration, reducing the number of nationwide wireless carriers from four to three, it would also create a larger and potentially stronger contender to market leaders Verizon and AT&T. In this note, we take a brief look at what the deal could mean for Verizon and AT&T. https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2018/05/29/does-the-sprint-t-mobile-merger-help-or-hurt-att-and-verizon/#7383e4964cb9 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <a9f84bce-b850-43d7-9d53-a3f1206a6954@googlegroups.com> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 11:29:12 -0700 (PDT) From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: This is what really happens in a Verizon store On Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 2:27:24 PM UTC-4, Bill Horne wrote: > This is what really happens in a Verizon store, according to a store > veteran > > Have you ever wondered what your phone salesperson is really thinking > and feeling? You may be surprised. > > By Chris Matyszczyk > > I have an unreasonable, perhaps demented, fascination with the gadget > sales process. > > I wrote about itfor some years over at CNET, and now that I've been > promoted to ZDNet, you surely can't expect me to change overnight, can > you? (Though I promise to try.) > > I've generally found salespeople to be either a touch indifferent or a > little forthright. Sometimes, even both. > > https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-is-what-really-happens-in-a-verizon-store-according-to-a-store-veteran/ Speaking of telephone company business offices, here are some looks from the past 1961 new products (two pages) https://books.google.com/books?id=m0kEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA33&dq=bell%20telephone%20business%20office&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q&f=false 1944 wartime telephone shortages "we'd rather say yes" https://books.google.com/books?id=3iADAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA5&dq=we'd%20rather%20say%20yes&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q&f=false 1946 "want to meet a nice family--your friends and neighbors" https://books.google.com/books?id=OEIEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA3&dq=bell%20telephone%20family&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false 1956 "She Likes to Help People" story about a service representative https://books.google.com/books?id=ekgEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA3&dq=life%20service%20representative&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180530032934.GA15429@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 23:29:34 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: What Happens to Sprint if the T-Mobile Deal Fails? Prospects for the brand are limited, but some exist. By Daniel B. Kline While Sprint has an all-stock deal in place to merge with T-Mobile, there are significant doubts that federal regulators will approve it. If that happens, T-Mobile will go back to its fight against Verizon and AT&T, with perhaps some added maverick credibility. Sprint, however, will be in a much worse spot. The company stabilized under former CEO Marcelo Claure, who has taken a new role as executive chairman, but it's still the fourth-place wireless carrier and has limited prospects to improve its position. https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/05/29/what-happens-to-sprint-if-the-t-mobile-deal-fails.aspx -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 30 May 2018