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The Telecom Digest for February 27, 2013
Volume 32 : Issue 51 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
Scammers Lurk Behind Area Code 876 (fatkinson.remove-this)
Vodaphone says it doesn't need to sell off Verizon holdings (Bill Horne)
GM switches to AT&T from Verizon for OnStar (Bill Horne)
Verizon CFO Reiterates Interest in Vodafone's Wireless Stake " (Bill Horne)

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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:02:04 -0700
From: fatkinson.remove-this@and-this-too.mishmash.com
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Scammers Lurk Behind Area Code 876
Message-ID: <61ef4399083b05132c17f30c68a5fec9.squirrel@webmail.mishmash.org>

     While I do not support AARP and their liberal agendas, I feel that
the information here should be shared.

http://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-09-2012/beware-area-code-876-nh1788.html?cmp=BAC-OUTBRAIN-MONEY_10055093_Scammers-Lurk-Behind-Area-Code-876

-or-

http://goo.gl/wjEdH

     Regards,

                                           Fred




Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:03:03 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Vodaphone says it doesn't need to sell off Verizon holdings  
Message-ID: <20130227010303.GA31448@telecom.csail.mit.edu>

By Kate Holton
BARCELONA | Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:26pm EST

(Reuters) - British mobile operator Vodafone said it did not need to
sell part of its stake in its highly profitable Verizon Wireless joint
venture in the United States to bolster its business in Europe.

Chief executive Vittorio Colao told reporters on Monday Vodafone had a
healthy balance sheet and could invest when it needed to, adding it
could step up its range of services without having to make
acquisitions.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/25/us-mobile-world-vodafone-idUSBRE91O0J920130225

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)

Talking 'bout a girl that looks quite like you
She didn't have the time to wait in the queue
      - Cream




Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:18:08 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: GM switches to AT&T from Verizon for OnStar 
Message-ID: <20130227011808.GA759@telecom.csail.mit.edu>

GM switches to AT&T from Verizon for OnStar wireless service

(Reuters) - General Motors Co has chosen AT&T Inc to provide
high-speed wireless service for its 2015 car models, dropping its
long-term provider Verizon Wireless.

OnStar - best known for connecting drivers to live operators who
provide directions or summon emergency help after an accident - will
start using AT&T in its 2015 models, which go on sale in mid-2014.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/25/us-mobile-world-att-idUSBRE91O07520130225

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)

You watch yourself from the sidelines
like your life was a game you don't mind playing 
to keep yourself amused
I don't mean to be cruel, babe, but you're looking confused.
          - Jackson Browne




Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:38:34 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon CFO Reiterates Interest in Vodafone's Wireless Stake  "
Message-ID: <20130227013834.GA2597@telecom.csail.mit.edu>

Verizon CFO Reiterates Interest in Vodafone's Wireless Stake

Verizon Communications Inc. repeated its interest in making a deal to
buy out Vodafone Group Plc's 45% stake in their wireless venture.

The comments, made Monday by Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo at a
Morgan Stanley investor conference, reiterated previous statements
about the company's willingness to take control of Verizon Wireless,
if Vodafone is willing to sell. Last month, Verizon's Chief Executive
Lowell McAdam said such a deal was "feasible" despite the estimated
$100 billion price tag that some analysts have put on such a
transaction.

--
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write me directly)

There's a light beyond these woods, Mary Margaret
Do you think that we will go there and
See what makes it shine?
         - Nanci Griffith






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