---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <B9218DA5-1F4C-4D71-AECA-ACAB34BFDC64@roscom.com> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:42:15 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: T-Mobile scoops up most of Verizon, AT&T's lost customers AT&T may have overshadowed T-Mobile's earnings announcement, but the Un-carrier had the last laugh. T-Mobile was forced to reschedule its third-quarter earnings conference call on Monday after AT&T abruptly scheduled its own call to discuss its earnings results, which it released Saturday right after announcing an $85.4 billion deal to acquire Time Warner. https://www.cnet.com/news/t-mobile-scoops-up-most-of-verizon-at-ts-lost-customers/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <22D612A7-E312-4C36-9891-6E950EA46194@roscom.com> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:36:33 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Every LTE call & text can be intercepted or blacked out, hacker finds Ruxcon Hacker Wanqiao Zhang of Chinese hacking house Qihoo 360 has blown holes in 4G LTE networks by detailing how to intercept and make calls, send text messages and even force phones offline. The still-live attacks were demonstrated at the Ruxcon hacking confab in Melbourne this weekend, with the demo offering a recording of the hack perpetrated in part on a live network. It exploits fall-back mechanisms designed to ensure continuity of phone services in the event of overloads. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/23/every_lte_call_text_can_be_intercepted_blacked_out_hacker_finds/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <6ECD0F7C-BF6F-48D3-A7E7-05251965B2C9@roscom.com> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:12:01 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Making sense of AT&T's bid for Time-Warner The proposed $85 billion merger faces tough regulatory scrutiny, but the potential to challenge cable companies may make a compelling case. By Andrew Ross Sorkin "You had a lot of people saying you should've combined a donkey with a rabbit and gotten a flying unicorn." That was how Jeffrey Bewkes, the chief executive of Time Warner, once described his company's colossal failure of a merger with AOL. He spent the last decade dismantling much of his company in the name of "focus," spinning off his cable business and magazine empire. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/24/business/making-sense-of-atts-bid-for-time-warner.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 25 Oct 2016