---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200725145355.GA32542@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:53:55 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Trump campaign texts are being flagged as spam: What you need to know Here's a breakdown on why the Trump campaign is reportedly fighting with the wireless carriers and how text messages are playing a bigger role in elections. By Roger Cheng President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is reportedly clashing with wireless carriers Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile over whether its text messages should be blocked as spam. https://tinyurl.com/y5tnj3wy -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200725144926.GA32519@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:49:26 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Trump campaign angry that cell carriers blocked spammy texts to voters By Jon Brodkin President Trump's re-election campaign has accused Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile of "suppression of political speech" over the carriers' blocking of spam texts sent by the campaign. https://tinyurl.com/y2lfpboe -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <6B9A0BF3-5CAE-4BFD-8AE9-21938F8A2624@roscom.com> Date: 23 Jul 2020 08:19:21 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: AT&T is scaring customers into buying new phones with a misleading email AT&T tells customers to change their phones or they won't work anymore Even recent unlocked phones like the Galaxy S10e or the Nokia 6.1 are affected Amid an economy-crushing pandemic, AT&T has decided that now is the best time to send a scaremongering email to some customers, telling them that their device "is not compatible with the new network and you need to replace it to continue receiving service." The email conveniently doesn't explicitly mention that this will only affect customers as late as February 2022, only linking to that information. https://tinyurl.com/y5h2qsp9 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <14AAE804-0BDD-46F3-A85A-B26EBBC77C04@roscom.com> Date: 24 Jul 2020 09:31:24 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: T-Mobile will reportedly dump some phones from its network - and even sooner than AT&T VoLTE will reportedly be required on T-Mobile starting in 2021 By Jay Peters Remember when AT&T told customers their phones would stop working and encouraged them to buy new ones during a pandemic? T-Mobile is reportedly going to be sending out some messages like that too, but it seems like the company could be going about it a little differently (and hopefully less aggressively) than AT&T, according to an apparent internal document from T-Mobile shared by Android Police. https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/23/21336397/t-mobile-require-support-volte-2021-5g-lte ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 26 Jul 2020