---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200121190348.GA13937@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 19:04:08 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS: Over priced, Over leveraged, and Over by 2020 FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS: Over priced, Over leveraged, and Over by 2020 Karen Vandergaag David Langille Curt Loyd Okanagan College February 2015 Frontier Communications has seen a recent rally in its stock price, which is unwarranted due to overbearing debt obligations and poor strategic positioning. We performed extensive industry and company analysis to determine Frontier's future outlook. Evaluating growth rates and the competitive landscape for the telecommunications industry, we developed a set of assumptions from which we forecasted income statements through 2020. https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/okanagan_collegesubmissionfinal.pdf --- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator P.S. If you know any of the three authors of the paper, PLEASE ask them to get in touch with me at The Telecom Digest! ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200121184638.GA13914@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:46:38 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: As Cord Cutting Grows, Frontier Communications Plans to File for Bankruptcy by Luke Bouma Frontier Communications has been recently struggling to service the growth of cord cutting. For months now Frontier Communications has been facing a possible sale or bankruptcy as it tries to handle its debt and growing competition. Bloomberg reported that Frontier Communications has informed creditors that it plans to file for bankruptcy in March 2020. https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/as-cord-cutting-grows-frontier-communications-plans-to-file-for-bankruptcy/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200121235058.GA15687@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 23:50:58 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Telecom company Frontier tells creditors it seeks a March bankruptcy Allison McNeely, Katherine Doherty and Sridhar Natarajan, Bloomberg Frontier Communications Corp., the provider of telecom services in 29 states including Texas, is asking creditors to help craft a turnaround deal that includes filing for bankruptcy by the middle of March, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Company executives including Bernie Han, Frontier's new chief execu- tive officer, met with creditors and advisers Thursday and told them the company wants to negotiate a pre-packaged agreement before $356 million of debt payments come due March 15, the people said. They asked not to be identified because the meeting was private. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/techburger/article/Frontier-Tells-Creditors-It-Seeks-a-March-14989632.php -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <eac89aadff2c7dc8eeab32ada7cdf54e.squirrel@mai.hallikainen.org> Date: 21 Jan 2020 17:12:18 -0800 From: "Harold Hallikainen" <harold@mai.hallikainen.org> Subject: [Telecom] Verizon robocall blocking Verizon now offers robocall blocking by default to their cellular customers. Today it let through a call from an unidentified company offering me an extended warranty on my car. It blocked a recorded voice call from my congressman (sending it to voicemail, so it was not completely lost). Harold -- FCC Rules Updated Daily at http://www.hallikainen.com Not sent from an iPhone. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <5BC4428D-B9CD-4EB7-B491-F5692C7C8A13@roscom.com> Date: 21 Jan 2020 11:40:57 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Frontier, an ISP in 29 states, plans to file for bankruptcy Frontier Communications is planning to file for bankruptcy within two months, Bloomberg reported last week. The telco "is asking creditors to help craft a turnaround deal that includes filing for bankruptcy by the middle of March, according to people with knowledge of the matter," Bloomberg wrote. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/01/frontier-an-isp-in-29-states-plans-to-file-for-bankruptcy/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <C417F2B6-285C-4357-A344-70352BC9C351@roscom.com> Date: 21 Jan 2020 10:39:51 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained -- sources Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) dropped plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups of their devices in the company's iCloud service after the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusive/exclusive-apple-dropped-plan-for-encrypting-backups-after-fbi-complained-sources-idUSKBN1ZK1CT ***** Moderator's Note ***** Less-than-six-degrees-of-separation dept: My Roku streaming media player, which is the only way I get TV now, has just dropped Reuters from its lineup. There's a website that gives vague reasons, but I'm guessing that Reuters wanted to be paid more, or Roku wanted to pay less. Anyone with better info is welcome to comment. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 22 Jan 2020