---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180907171842.GA3248@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 13:18:42 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon, Nokia mark OTA data transmission on commercial 5G network in D.C. by Monica Alleven Verizon and Nokia this week completed what they're describing as the first over-the-air, end-to-end data transmission on a commercial 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) network in Washington, D.C., using commercially deployed Nokia radio gear. The feat was done using the non-standalone (NSA) core, and the significance of it is it's the first transmission of this nature using commercial equipment in a field environment and not in a lab, according to Verizon spokesman John O'Malley. https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/verizon-nokia-mark-ota-data-transmission-commercial-5g-network -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180907172042.GA3270@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 13:20:42 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon was Supposed to Start SIM Locking Phones by Now Verizon shared plans back in February for a future change that involved SIM locking of their phones. The news made headlines because for one, Verizon doesn't lock their phones and hasn't for years (unlike other carriers), but it also was a significant change because they aren't allowed to lock them. I'm not kidding with that. FCC rules they agreed to as part of their purchase of Block C spectrum prohibited handset locking. We were told at the time of that reveal that we'd get a clearer outline of their planned changes once they rolled them out in the spring. If you've looked at a calendar recently, then you know that summer is almost over and fall is upon us. We are well past any sort of spring rollout of a policy change. We have no idea what Verizon is doing with the SIM locking policy they first shared back in February. https://www.droid-life.com/2018/09/06/verizon-was-supposed-to-start-sim-locking-phones-by-now/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <7ace11e1-ac00-4b62-a1ea-273812fa2d13@googlegroups.com> Date: 6 Sep 2018 11:03:15 -0700 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: UPDATE: Telephone and Cell phone Outage in Lincoln City, OR area restored On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 12:37:08 PM UTC-4, Bill Horne wrote: > Lincoln City, OR Police 911 Center was advised by Century Link at > about 6:35AM this morning that telephone and cell phone service to our > area has been restored. > > If anyone continues to have phone communication issues, they are urged > to contact their provider. > > https://www.thenewsguard.com/news/outage-telephone-outage-in-lincoln-tillamook-yamhill-counties/article_c17a1eca-b15d-11e8-a21a-678451c5513e.html Historical note: In 1947 Western Electric ran an ad in LIFE describing their efforts to restore a destroyed central office: https://books.google.com/books?id=ck0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA24&dq=life%20%22central%20office%22%20fire&pg=PA24#v=onepage&q&f=false In the same issue, pg 40, an article about a telephone strike disrupting service. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180907171540.GA3219@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 13:15:40 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon's media and ad chief Tim Armstrong is in talks to exit * Verizon's head of media and advertising Tim Armstrong is in talks to leave the company, sources tell CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin. * Armstrong was brought in to build the company's digital advertising business Oath but it has yet to produce significant growth. * He may leave as early as next month. By Michael Sheetz Verizon's head of media and advertising Tim Armstrong is in talks to leave the company, sources tell CNBC. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news Friday morning, citing people close to the situation. Armstrong came to Verizon in 2015 to help try to combine the company's acquisitions of AOL and Yahoo into a digital advertising unit called Oath but those efforts have yet to produce significant growth. Verizon has decided to integrate Oath more fully with the rest of the company's operations, according to the WSJ report, despite recent discussions about spinning off Oath into a separate business. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/07/verizons-media-and-ad-chief-tim-armstrong-is-in-talks-to-exit-dj.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <f582ebb0-e652-4895-93bc-90aa1a437e18@googlegroups.com> Date: 6 Sep 2018 11:51:19 -0700 From: HAncock4 <withheld@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: TV--Perry Mason had Desk Fax In a 1957 episode of Perry Mason (aired on MeTV), there was a Western Union Desk Fax on Stella's desk. Desk Fax was a once popular fax service provided by Western Union, using small desk top machines. They were used to send faxes or telegrams. 1952 article describing Desk Fax unit http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/telecom-archives/archives/technical/western-union-tech-review/06-3/p092.htm 1969 article describing usage in supermarket chain http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/telecom-archives/archives/technical/western-union-tech-review/23-5/p208.htm P.S. In another episode, a telephone switchboard serving Perry Mason's office was shown as a 507 PBX. This was a desktop cordless small sized unit and was popular in its day. In the 1950s and 1960s, key systems were improved with more capacity and features and the 507 became obsolete. The 507 is described here: http://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php/browse/catalogs-manuals-educational-docs-by-company/western-electric-bell-system/publications-and-educational-documents-by-date/blr/11410-52may-blr-p205-507-pbx ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 08 Sep 2018