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Message-ID: <20210227161000.AA01173B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 16:10:00 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Will AT&T's DirecTV Spin-Off Engender Greater Focus on Mobile?

By Matt Kapko

AT&T this week distanced itself from its ill-advised DirecTV acquisition in a move that will likely impact its core mobile business. The declining satellite TV business, and AT&T's other paid TV services, are being spun off into a separate, standalone company that will be partially owned and controlled by private equity firm TPG.

https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/will-atts-directv-spin-off-engender-greater-focus-on-mobile/2021/02/

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Message-ID: <20210227013139.3826C71B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 01:31:39 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: TCPA Regulatory Update -- Industry Shows Support For FCC Hospital Robocall Blocking Recommendations

by Russell H. Fox , Elana Safner and Jonathan P. Garvin

Comments were due on February 1 in response to an FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Public Notice seeking comment on how to best facilitate the voluntary adoption of the FCC's Hospital Robocall Protection Group's ("HRPG") best practices for combatting illegal robocalls in hospitals. Some telecommunications industry commenters supported the HRPG's recommendations and called for widespread voluntary adoption of the proposals and their use by other industry sectors particularly vulnerable to harm from unlawful robocalling.

https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/1038770/tcpa-regulatory-update-industry-shows-support-for-fcc-hospital--blocking-recommendations?email_access=on

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Message-ID: <20210227155707.E997E73B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 15:57:07 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: AT&T's DirecTV Spinoff Wins Points for Strategy, but Not for Financial Impact

By Nicholas Jasinski

AT&T's complex transaction to shed DirecTV and its other pay-TV businesses encountered generally positive reactions on Wall Street for its strategic intent, but not for its potential financial impact. Some analysts see the transaction as the first step toward a second deal--presumably a merger with satellite competitor Dish Network. The negative aspect is that it will weigh on AT&T's cash flows and earnings in the near-term, possibly heaping additional pressure on the company's lofty dividend.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/at-ts-directv-spinoff-wins-points-for-strategy-but-not-for-financial-impact-51614372188?mod=hp_minor_pos17