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The Telecom Digest for Sun, 07 Mar 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 66 : "text" format

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Perception wars: AT&T slowly slides into third place
The SEC is dragging AT&T to court for illegally duping analysts into lowering expectations
CenturyLink customers in Omaha report ongoing outage

MESSAGE-ID: <20210306155313.BE5F073B@TELECOM2018.CSAIL.MIT.EDU> DATE: SAT, 6 MAR 2021 15:53:13 +0000 (UTC) FROM: MODERATOR <TELECOMDIGESTSUBMISSIONS@REMOVE-THIS.TELECOM-DIGEST.ORG> SUBJECT: PERCEPTION WARS: AT&T SLOWLY SLIDES INTO THIRD PLACE NEWS ANALYSIS BY MIKE DANO NEW FIGURES FROM THE FINANCIAL ANALYSTS AT COWEN INC. INDICATE THAT T-MOBILE IS RAPIDLY CLOSING THE PERCEPTION GAP WITH AT&T. IF T-MOBILE PASSES AT&T IN THE ANALYSTS' RANKINGS, AS IT APPEARS POISED TO DO, AT&T WOULD MORE FIRMLY TAKE ITS PLACE AS THE NATION'S NO. 3 MOBILE NETWORK OPERATOR. HTTPS://WWW.LIGHTREADING.COM/5G/PERCEPTION-WARS-ATANDT-SLOWLY-SLIDES-INTO-THIRD-PLACE/D/D-ID/767879
MESSAGE-ID: <20210306155126.0E70273B@TELECOM2018.CSAIL.MIT.EDU> DATE: SAT, 6 MAR 2021 15:51:26 +0000 (UTC) FROM: MODERATOR <TELECOMDIGESTSUBMISSIONS@REMOVE-THIS.TELECOM-DIGEST.ORG> SUBJECT: THE SEC IS DRAGGING AT&T TO COURT FOR ILLEGALLY DUPING ANALYSTS INTO LOWERING EXPECTATIONS AT&T'S CFO INSTRUCTED THE IR DEPARTMENT TO 'WORK THE ANALYSTS' BY JAY PETERS THE US SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) IS SUING AT&T FOR PROVIDING NONPUBLIC INFORMATION TO 20 DIFFERENT ANALYST FIRMS SO THEY WOULD LOWER REVENUE ESTIMATES AHEAD OF EARNINGS, ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE. THAT LET AT&T "BEAT" EXPECTATIONS FOR THE QUARTER WHEN THE INFORMATION-SHARING TOOK PLACE, TURNING WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN SOME NASTY HEADLINES IN THE FINANCIAL PRESS INTO A WIN INSTEAD. HTTPS://WWW.THEVERGE.COM/2021/3/5/22316163/SEC-ATT-NONPUBLIC-INFORMATION-ANALYSTS-BEAT-QUARTERLY-ESTIMATES
MESSAGE-ID: <20210306153859.573D073B@TELECOM2018.CSAIL.MIT.EDU> DATE: SAT, 6 MAR 2021 15:38:59 +0000 (UTC) FROM: MODERATOR <TELECOMDIGESTSUBMISSIONS@REMOVE-THIS.TELECOM-DIGEST.ORG> SUBJECT: CENTURYLINK CUSTOMERS IN OMAHA REPORT ONGOING OUTAGE BY BRANDON TVRDY OMAHA, NEB. (WOWT) - OMAHA RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AFTER HAVING INTERNET CONNECTION ISSUES WITH A COMPANY SINCE EARLIER THIS WEEK. NOW NAMED LUMEN BUT FORMALLY KNOWN AS CENTURYLINK FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, HAS HAD TROUBLES CONNECTING WITH THE INTERNET IN SOME NORTH OMAHA NEIGHBORHOODS. HTTPS://WWW.WOWT.COM/2021/03/06/CENTURYLINK-CUSTOMERS-IN-OMAHA-REPORT-ONGOING-OUTAGE/

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