---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190713013640.GA28009@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 01:36:40 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T to auto block fraud robocalls for free, but blocking spam calls will cost extra AT&T will charge $4 month to automatically block all spam robocalls. By Liam Tung AT&T this week announced that it will by default block fraud robocalls and suspected "spam-call alerts" for customers at "no charge". But to actually block all spam calls automatically, customers will still need to pay $4 a month. AT&T said the change was an expansion of its existing AT&T Call Protect service, which has a free version and paid-for version with more blocking features. https://www.zdnet.com/article/at-t-to-auto-block-fraud-robocalls-for-free-but-blocking-spam-calls-will-cost-extra/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190713014322.GA28034@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 01:43:22 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Synacor's big deal with AT&T failed to meet its initial promise. Now the partnership is ending The Buffalo-based company has 407 full-time employees, including 257 in the U.S. By Dan Miner BUFFALO, N.Y. - Synacor Inc. leaders expected the deal with AT&T to dramatically change the size and scope of the Buffalo-based software company. The three-year deal was announced in May 2016 and CEO Himesh Bhise projected the company would reach $300 million in revenue by 2019. https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/synacors-big-deal-with-att-failed-to-meet-its-initial-promise-now-the-partnership-is-ending/71-7be47edb-3377-4143-a095-cb36c48a3733 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190713014546.GA28130@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 01:45:46 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Hammer Time: AT&T Files Suit Against Max Retrans AT&T filed a lawsuit in US District Court in St Louis Thursday against Max Retrans, whose principal is former Nexstar exec Duane Lammers. The company claims in a heavily redacted suit that it has suffered damages by broadcast consulting firm Max Retrans breaching a 2016 non-disclosure agreement that prevents it from disclosing AT&T's confidential rates and contract terms with any client other than the specific station group engaged in the specific negotiation. https://www.cablefax.com/distribution/hammer-time-att-files-suit-against-max-retrans -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sun, 14 Jul 2019