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The Telecom Digest for Thu, 23 Dec 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 321 : "text" format

table of contents
Defense Information Systems Agency Awards Contract To At&T
TCPA Ruling: Text Asking Patient To Rate The Doctor
FCC reaches settlement with AT&T, Verizon and others over 911 outages
CT: Governor Lamont Announces Option for Connecticut Residents to Digitally Store COVID-19 Vaccination Records on Mobile Devices
CITY OF BOSTON SEEKS RENEWAL FOR WBCA-LPFM COMMUNITY RADIO STATION

Message-ID: <20211222033825.2FCE9140458@telecomdigest.us> Date: 22 Dec 2021 03:38:25 +0000 From: Sean Murphy <murphy.s@telecomdigest.net> Subject: Defense Information Systems Agency Awards Contract To At&T AT&T Corp., Oakton, Virginia, was awarded a competitive, firm-fixed-price, single award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Commercial Ethernet Gateway Region 7 to provide mission partner access via ethernet connections to the Department of Defense Information Network, and to enable the replacement of legacy, time division multiplexing-based circuits. https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2858648/
Message-ID: <5e0b6a7a-725c-daca-1ecd-dbdc9f259369@gmail.com> Date: 21 Dec 2021 19:54:24 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: TCPA Ruling: Text Asking Patient To Rate The Doctor by Sheila Raftery Wiggins <https://www.mondaq.com/Home/Redirect/487004?mode=author&article_id=1141966> A California federal court ruled that a text asking a patient to rate the doctor - sent minutes after the examination by a company that contracts with the health care provider to send Patient Satisfaction Surveys - does not alone satisfy an inference that the text was sent by an Automatic Telephone Dialing System ("ATDS") within the definition of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 ("TCPA"). https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/1141966/tcpa-ruling-text-asking-patient-to-rate-the-doctor?email_access=on -- I don't want to say that I'm old and worn out, but I'm never anywhere near the curb on trash day
Message-ID: <20211222040834.2601176F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 04:08:34 +0000 (UTC) From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: FCC reaches settlement with AT&T, Verizon and others over 911 outages The companies have agreed to pay a total of $6 million. By Alexandra Garrett AT&T, Verizon, Intrado and CenturyLink (now Lumen Technologies) have agreed to settle over the Federal Communications Commission's investigations into the network outages that led to failed 911 calls in 2020. The four companies will implement compliance plans that adhere to the FCC's 911 rules, as well as pay a total of $6 million in settlement payments, according to a Friday announcement from the FCC. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/fcc-reaches-settlement-with-at-t-verizon-and-others-over-911-outages/ -- (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)
Message-ID: <93c23e9e-dcd3-c2e0-d5e6-8ac2c4b5e27e@outlook.com> Date: 22 Dec 2021 15:21:56 -0500 From: "Bill Horne" <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: CT: Governor Lamont Announces Option for Connecticut Residents to Digitally Store COVID-19 Vaccination Records on Mobile Devices Digital Vaccination Cards Provide Alternative Option to Paper Cards That Patients Have Been Receiving Upon Being Vaccinated (HARTFORD, CT) - Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the State of Connecticut is now providing residents with the ability to store their personal COVID-19 vaccination records onto their smartphone devices. The digital vaccination cards mirror the paper cards from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that patients receive upon being vaccinated and provides them with a convenient option to securely show proof of being vaccinated on their smartphones without needing to physically carry the paper cards on their person. https://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/News/Press-Releases/2021/12-2021/Governor-Lamont-Announces-Option-for-Residents-to-Digitally-Store-COVID-19-Vaccination-Records -- (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)
Message-ID: <101a92d2-c6e1-757c-b58b-a61ef0a4bb70@billhorne.com> Date: 22 Dec 2021 13:00:39 -0500 From: "Bill Horne" <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: CITY OF BOSTON SEEKS RENEWAL FOR WBCA-LPFM COMMUNITY RADIO STATION CITY OF BOSTON SEEKS RENEWAL FOR WBCA-LPFM COMMUNITY RADIO STATION OPERATED BY BNN MEDIA Listeners and residents can view the application and to obtain more information online. The City of Boston, licensee of WBCA-LP 102.9 FM, filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to renew the Low Power FM radio license for WBCA-LPFM, Boston's community radio station operated by Boston Neighborhood Network Media (BNN Media.) Listeners and residents wishing to view this application and to obtain more information about how to file comments and petitions, can visit the FCC website and search in the list of (WBCA-LP's) filed applications. The current license and renewal application is posted online. https://www.boston.gov/news/city-boston-seeks-renewal-wbca-lpfm-community-radio-station-operated-bnn-media -- Bill Horne 828-380-1440 (Cell) 828-536-0264 (Home phone, no answering machine) (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)

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