Message-ID: <20210504115857.8437956B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 11:58:57 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: Verizon's Sale of Verizon Media to Apollo Slightly Positive
to Credit Profile
Fitch Ratings-Chicago-03 May 2021: According to Fitch Ratings, the
sale of Verizon Media to funds managed by Apollo Global Management,
Inc. (Apollo Funds) will be slightly positive for Verizon's credit
profile; Verizon's ratings are unaffected. Fitch estimates the pro
forma impact of the transaction will be slightly delevering in terms
of Fitch's forecast for 2021, which calls for estimated gross core
telecom leverage of approximately 3.0x. Gross core telecom leverage
includes adjustments for outstanding equipment installment plan
receivables related to financial services operations (assessed using a
debt/equity ratio of 5x).
https://www.fitchratings.com/research/corporate-finance/verizon-sale-of-verizon-media-to-apollo-slightly-positive-to-credit-profile-03-05-2021
Message-ID: <20210504120235.021F956B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 12:02:34 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: What AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are doing to harden their
networks
Opinion
By Mike Dano
By some estimates, over 90% of all 911 calls in some areas are made
from wireless phones. But the kinds of disasters that can generate
those calls can also impact the infrastructure that supports them
- meaning, hurricanes, wildfires and other natural or man-made
calamities can hobble or destroy the wireless networks we rely on to
get help.
https://www.lightreading.com/security/what-atandt-verizon-and-t-mobile-are-doing-to-harden-their-networks/d/d-id/769216
Message-ID: <20210504122115.E71A156B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 12:21:15 +0000 (UTC)
From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org>
Subject: The Rise and Fall of Labor Unions In The U.S.
>From the 1830s until 2012 (but mostly the 1930s-1980s)
by G. William Domhoff
The heart of this document focuses on the unlikely set of events
leading to the passage of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935
(NLRA). The NLRA was a major turning point in American labor history
because it was supposed to put the power of government behind the
right of workers to organize unions and bargain collectively with
their employers about wages, hours, and working conditions.
https://whorulesamerica.ucsc.edu/power/history_of_labor_unions.html
