---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20190806170238.GA22863@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 17:02:38 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Canada: 5G Technology Driving M&A Activity In The Telecommunications Sector by Simone Nash The much anticipated rollout of fifth-generation wireless ("5G") technology and changing consumer habits are expected to drive M&A transactions in the telecommunications sector over the next year. According to EY's May 2019 Global Capital Confidence Barometer (the "EY Report") 55% of telecommunications executives expect to actively pursue acquisitions in the next year, a significant increase from the long-term average of 45% for the telecommunications sector. http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=832052&email_access=on -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20190807051112.GA1934@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 05:11:12 +0000 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Man Accused Of Bribing AT&T Employees In Conspiracy To Unlock Millions Of Phones By Merrit Kennedy The Justice Department says the U.S. has extradited a Pakistani man from Hong Kong and accused him of bribing AT&T employees to unlock more than 2 million cellphones. Muhammad Fahd, 34, allegedly committed the crimes as part of a scheme that unlocked and resold stolen iPhones. https://www.npr.org/2019/08/06/748721893/man-accused-of-bribing-at-t-employees-in-conspiracy-to-unlock-millions-of-phones -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <D229FF37-DACA-4D35-BEE1-4D289F0DE9AC@roscom.com> Date: 7 Aug 2019 09:16:52 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Yelp is Screwing Over Restaurants By Quietly Replacing Their Phone Numbers The phone numbers add tracking before connecting to a restaurant so that Grubhub can bill for a marketing fee. By Adrianne Jeffries A few months ago, I opened the Yelp app, typed in the name of my favorite sushi restaurant, and clicked on the phone number. Two options popped up: "Delivery or Takeout" and "General Questions." That's new, I thought. I dialed the number for "Delivery or Takeout," which played a perky greeting - "This call may be recorded to ensure awesomeness" - before a woman at the restaurant picked up. I asked why they were recording the call for awesomeness; she had no idea what I was referring to. I asked about the number I had just dialed; she didn't recognize it. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wjwebw/yelp-is-sneakily-replacing-restaurants-phone-numbers-so-grubhub-can-take-a-cut ------------------------------ Message-ID: <DM5PR13MB1706C09B0BFD9243EECC80BE91D50@DM5PR13MB1706.namprd13.prod.outlook.com> Date: 6 Aug 2019 22:46:02 +0000 From: "Naveen Albert" <wirelessaction@outlook.com> Subject: Re: We're letting our history go to ruin On Aug 6, 2019 Anonymous wrote: > I know that the Bell System was something special. We are all > letting it be stolen from us. I totally agree with this sentiment. It's very sad what's been done in the 35 years since the breakup, I don't entirely understand what you mean by: > We're letting a bunch of stockbrokers ruin the Bell System that we > all worked on. They're making billions by trading away the Bell > System's reputation for reliability and fairness, one disappointed > customer and missed appointment and outright lie at a time. Don't you mean "We let" not "we're letting"? The Bell System is history, broken up, gone. Even the Baby Bells are largely absorbed or swallowed up by now. The original AT&T is history, a small unit of SBC d/b/a "AT&T" in attempt to pass off their incompetency under the reputation of the old company. I totally hear you, but what is still being done to tarnish the Bell System name? Nothing being done today is associated with the Bell System. If you made the argument they're soiled AT&T's name, that makes more sense, since SBC is now masquerading as AT&T at least... Although I'm a bit disappointed the Bell name is not being used much at all these days, it's also slightly relieving in the way that the "Bell" moniker will never be equated with the terrible lousy service provided today. ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 08 Aug 2019