---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20210117182101.6022877D@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:21:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: 5G Rivals Face an 1 Billion Tab After Spectrum Buying Spree By Drew FitzGerald and Sam Goldfarb Bidders spent a record $80.9 billion in a U.S. government airwaves-license sale, capping a frenzied auction that will demand a commensurate wave of borrowing in an already-indebted telecom sector. https://www.wsj.com/articles/5g-rivals-face-an-81-billion-tab-after-spectrum-buying-spree-11610888401 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210117181749.DD46077D@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:17:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: AT&T 5G to start rolling out in select US airports By Ida Torres While airports are probably not the busiest places now because of the pandemic, there are still a lot of people that go through them every day because of necessary travel. That's why AT&T has decided to equip several U.S. airports with their 5G network, beginning with Tampa International Airport in Florida, right before the Super Bowl LV this coming February. This is part of the carrier's efforts to bring 5G to a wider market, although this is more of a temporary or rather transitory kind of audience. https://androidcommunity.com/att-5g-to-start-rolling-out-in-select-us-airports-20210117/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210117183420.89C6177D@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:34:20 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: The Week in Business: Running for the Doors By Charlotte Cowles Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here's the business and tech news you need to know for the week ahead. Stay safe, everyone. Jumping Ship More businesses and organizations cut ties with President Trump, his political supporters and his family's company in recent days. ... a number of America's biggest companies, including AT&T, Marriott International, Dow, Airbnb and Morgan Stanley, pledged to halt donations to the 147 Republican members of Congress who supported Mr. Trump's attempt to overturn the results of the presidential election. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/business/the-week-in-business-biden-plan-trump-companies.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210118012159.125D277D@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 01:21:59 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Amateur & Personal Radio Users Reminded Not to Use Radios in Crimes Full Title: Warning: Amateur and Personal Radio Services Licensees and Operators May Not Use Radio Equipment to Commit or Facilitate Criminal Acts Document Type(s): Public Notice Bureau(s): Enforcement Description: The FCC Enforcement Bureau issued today an advisory to remind licensees and operators in the Amateur and Personal Radio Services that they may not use radio equipment to commit or facilitate crimes. DA/FCC #: DA-21-73 https://www.fcc.gov/document/amateur-personal-radio-users-reminded-not-use-radios-crimes ***** Moderator's Note ***** Listen up, Mister Govamint Mule: Ham Radio operators are the most law-abiding population in the world. We don't go storming into the Capitol, we don't hold demonstrations, and we don't get excited about imaginary fairy-tale BS that politicians spew with nauseating regularity. Do you want to make an easy living spewing buzz words and hype? You're already doing that. Do you want to catch law breakers? Do your jobs, you lazy, incompetent bureaucratic hacks! Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 18 Jan 2021