---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20180215034638.GA11239@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:46:39 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: CenturyLink misses Street 4Q forecasts MONROE, La. (AP) _ CenturyLink Inc. (CTL) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $1.12 billion. On a per-share basis, the Monroe, Louisiana-based company said it had net income of $1.26. Earnings, adjusted for pretax gains, were 18 cents per share. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 22 cents per share. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/centurylink-misses-street-4q-forecasts-215134541.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180215035751.GA11387@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:57:52 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: AT&T Is Said to Want Antitrust Official on Witness List for Trial By Cecilia Kang WASHINGTON - AT&T is seeking to put the head of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division on its witness list in a trial over the government's decision to block the phone giant's $85 billion merger with Time Warner, according to two people with knowledge of the pretrial activity. The company's request for the antitrust chief, Makan Delrahim, to testify is highly unusual. By putting Mr. Delrahim on the witness list, AT&T is effectively forcing him to defend his own decision to oppose the blockbuster merger. The trial over the Justice Department's lawsuit to stop the deal is scheduled to begin on March 19. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/business/att-antitrust-witness-delrahim.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <B742B7A0-8623-4E96-B9D6-9B7BAD08B7E2@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:49:01 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: AT&T Targets DOJ Antitrust Chief in Time Warner Fight AT&T Targets DOJ Antitrust Chief in Time Warner Fight Company lays the groundwork to challenge the legitimacy of government's antitrust suit By Brent Kendall and Drew FitzGerald WASHINGTON - AT&T Inc. is considering an unusual bid to seek testimony from the Justice Department's antitrust chief in the coming trial over its $85 billion purchase of Time Warner Inc., part of the companies' effort to challenge the legitimacy of the government's lawsuit. https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-t-lays-groundwork-to-challenge-antitrust-lawsuits-legitimacy-1518606832 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <D4B2C224-7DD5-49A5-BBDE-B755F94246CF@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 20:35:28 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: The FBI, CIA and NSA say American citizens shouldn't use Huawei phones The FBI, CIA and NSA say American citizens shouldn't use Huawei phones U.S. intelligence agencies have issued a stern warning to Americans: Do not buy smartphones made by Chinese tech companies Huawei or ZTE. Top officials from the CIA, NSA, FBI and the Defense Intelligence Agency testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that the Chinese smartphone makers posed a security threat to American customers. Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas asked the group to raise their hands if they would recommend private American citizens use products or services made by Apple competitor Huawei or smartphone maker ZTE. None of them did. http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/14/technology/huawei-intelligence-chiefs/index.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <p5vf2f$lu8$1@dont-email.me> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:42:05 -0500 From: Arnie Goetchius <arnie.goetchius@invalid.domain> Subject: Re: Verizon's Super Bowl shot featured a location that they don't serve Bill Horne wrote: > We Hear: Verizon Doesn't Have Coverage in Location Featured in > "Answering The Call" Super Bowl Spot > > By Erik Oster > > Verizon went the emotional route with its 60-second "Answering The > Call" spot from McCann New York in Super Bowl 52. [snip - mod] > > The problem? It appears Verizon's network doesn't offer coverage in > Quincy or the surrounding area. > > http://www.adweek.com/agencyspy/we-hear-verizon-doesnt-have-coverage-in-location-featured-in-answering-the-call-super-bowl-spot/143437 Verizon does offer cell service in Quincy IL but the problem is quality of service. It appears that the quality is poor according to users reports on Facebook. See a discussion of user problems and Verizon's responses to their problems here: https://www.facebook.com/verizon/posts/10153060307010123 ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 15 Feb 2018