---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200318154445.GA3364@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:44:45 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Union, consumer advocacy groups call for telecom giants to ensure internet access as coronavirus spreads By Chris Mills Rodrigo The Communications Workers of America (CWA) and a group of consumer advocacy groups sent letters to the country's largest providers on Tuesday asking them to do more to ensure internet access as the coronavirus spreads. The letters sent to Altice, AT&T, CenturyLink, Charter Communications, Comcast, Cox Communications, Frontier Communications, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon ask for data caps to be lifted and for fees for crossing caps to be waived, among other things. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/488083-union-consumer-advocacy-groups-call-for-telecom-giants-to-ensure-internet -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200318154812.GA3406@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:48:12 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: 911 lawsuit settled The South Dakota Department of Public Safety and its 9-1-1 Coordination Board has announced that the state has settled its civil lawsuit with Comtech Telecommunications Corporation of Wilmington, Delaware; and affiliated corporations NextGen Communications Inc., and TeleCommunication Systems Inc., based in Annapolis, Maryland. According to Tony Mangan, DPS, as agreed to in the settlement, the state will receive $3.45 million to be deposited into the 9-1-1 Coordination Fund. The 28 public safety answering points (PSAPs) located statewide will share $200,000 of that amount. https://www.capjournal.com/news/lawsuit-settled/article_ae68e5d2-68a4-11ea-a9f7-2fe8fafccc70.html -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <59771843-8566-4E51-A7ED-D5AFDB24BCE4@roscom.com> Date: 16 Mar 2020 11:25:36 -0400 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: To Track Coronavirus, Israel Moves to Tap Secret Trove of Cellphone Data To Track Coronavirus, Israel Moves to Tap Secret Trove of Cellphone Data The information, intended for use in counterterrorism, would help identify people who have crossed paths with known patients. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/world/middleeast/israel-coronavirus-cellphone-tracking.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 19 Mar 2020