---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180705041226.GA30146@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 00:12:26 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Vehicle Tracking Systems Market will Generate Massive Revenue Vehicle Tracking Systems Market will Generate Massive Revenue in Future- A comprehensive study on Key Players: (IBM, Verizon Communications, Tomtom) By Nidhi Bhawsar HTF MI recently broadcasted a new study in its database that highlights the in-depth market analysis with future prospects of Vehicle Tracking Systems market. The study covers significant data which makes the research document a handy resource for managers, industry executives and other key people get ready-to-access and self analyzed study along with graphs and tables to help understand market trends, drivers and market challenges. Some of the key players mentioned in this research are Nissan, Garmin, Trimble, AT&T, Cisco Systems, Fleetmatics, IBM, Verizon Communications, Tomtom, GE Capital, Davantel, Pointer, Navika, Huizhou Foryou & Gasgoo. https://thehonestanalytics.com/vehicle-tracking-systems-market-will-generate-massive-revenue-in-future-a-comprehensive-study-on-key-players-ibm-verizon-communications-tomtom/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <6DC29646-7A30-4DD0-8833-00DBEB2170F7@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 09:23:02 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Trump Tells FCC to Deny China Mobile US License China Mobile is the world's largest telecom carrier, but the Trump Administration sees the company as a risk to US law enforcement and national security interests. China suggests the US abandon its Cold War thinking. By Matthew Humphries China Mobile is a Chinese state-owned telecommunications company and also the largest telecoms carrier in the world. As of June this year, the operator enjoys over 902 million subscribers, but it seems further growth may be blocked, at least to some extent, by President Donald Trump. As Reuters reports, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a statement yesterday recommending the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) deny China Mobile's request for a telecommunications services license. https://www.pcmag.com/news/362250/trump-tells-fcc-to-deny-china-mobile-us-license ------------------------------ Message-ID: <0450A4A9-AF44-48E5-BC24-AE548996044D@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 18:51:05 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Calling an iNum telephone number A decade ago some Internet geeks set up a new kind of telephone number - an "iNum" telephone number. A regular telephone number always starts with a country code. Calls to Switzerland for example use a country code of "41". Calls to North America use a country code of "1". Just by looking at the telephone number, you can see what country it is associated with. But not iNum numbers. The idea of an iNum number (see Wikipedia article) is that it tries to accomplish an end run around the PSTN (public switched telephone network). I have obtained some iNum numbers and I will be trying to figure out how best to put them into use. https://blog.oppedahl.com/?p=3402 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <25C61916-12FE-4B72-93D5-64E507C7F36C@roscom.com> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 20:56:35 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Comcast starts throttling mobile video, will charge extra for HD streams Comcast starts throttling mobile video, will charge extra for HD streams Comcast, which resells Verizon Wireless service, limits video and hotspot speed. By Jon Brodkin Comcast's Xfinity Mobile service is imposing new speed limits on video watching and personal hotspot usage, and the company will start charging extra for high-definition video over the cellular network. The short version is that videos will be throttled to 480p (DVD quality) on all Comcast mobile plans unless you pay extra, while Comcast's "unlimited" plan will limit mobile hotspot speeds to 600kbps. Only customers who pay by the gigabyte will get full-speed tethering, but the cost would add up quickly as Comcast charges $12 for each gigabyte. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/07/comcast-starts-throttling-mobile-video-will-charge-extra-for-hd-streams/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <DB65F051-AB78-47D7-9774-5A3998754290@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 18:51:48 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Results of the test telephone calls A few days ago I wrote a blog article asking readers all around the world to please try making a few test telephone calls. I also sent out an email blast to our firm's email mailing list, asking readers to please read the blog article and place a few test calls. The goal was to test out some special telephone numbers in the 883 country code (called iNum numbers). I was intrigued by the results. https://blog.oppedahl.com/?p=3422#more-3422 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20068427-C6D4-41D3-99E7-21B8645610F0@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 16:04:59 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: "I Was Devastated": Tim Berners-Lee, the Man Who Created the World Wide Web, Has Some Regrets "I Was Devastated": Tim Berners-Lee, the Man Who Created the World Wide Web, Has Some Regrets Berners-Lee has seen his creation debased by everything from fake news to mass surveillance. But he's got a plan to fix it. BY Katrina Brooker "For people who want to make sure the Web serves humanity, we have to concern ourselves with what people are building on top of it," Tim Berners-Lee told me one morning in downtown Washington, D.C., about a half-mile from the White House. Berners-Lee was speaking about the future of the Internet, as he does often and fervently and with great animation at a remarkable cadence. With an Oxonian wisp of hair framing his chiseled face, Berners-Lee appears the consummate academic - communicating rapidly, in a clipped London accent, occasionally skipping over words and eliding sentences as he stammers to convey a thought. His soliloquy was a mixture of excitement with traces of melancholy. Nearly three decades earlier, Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. On this morning, he had come to Washington as part of his mission to save it. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/the-man-who-created-the-world-wide-web-has-some-regrets ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 05 Jul 2018