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The Telecom Digest for Wed, 08 Sep 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 251 : "text" format

table of contents
The Strange Tale of the Freedom Phone, a Smartphone for Conservatives
FCC Acts To Provide Relief In Areas Affected By Hurricane Ida
WCB Grants Limited Waiver of EBB Reimbursement Rules for July Claims

Message-ID: <20210907130702.298AB72B@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 13:07:02 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: The Strange Tale of the Freedom Phone, a Smartphone for Conservatives A 22-year-old Bitcoin millionaire wants Republicans to ditch their iPhones for a low-end handset that he hopes to turn into a political tool. By Jack Nicas It was a pitch tuned for a politically polarized audience. Erik Finman, a 22-year-old who called himself the world's youngest Bitcoin millionaire, posted a video on Twitter for a new kind of smartphone that he said would liberate Americans from their "Big Tech overlords." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/technology/freedom-phone-smartphone-conservatives.html
Message-ID: <20210906193905.7236F7A7@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 19:39:05 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: FCC Acts To Provide Relief In Areas Affected By Hurricane Ida Agency Extends Certain Regulatory and Filing Deadlines to Assist Consumers, Licensees and Communications Providers Affected by the Storm WASHINGTON, September 3, 2021 - The Federal Communications Commission today took a series of actions to extend deadlines and waive rules to assist consumers, licensees and communications providers in Louisiana and Mississippi impacted by Hurricane Ida https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-375477A1.pdf
Message-ID: <20210906205750.CC0857A7@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 20:57:50 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: WCB Grants Limited Waiver of EBB Reimbursement Rules for July Claims WCB waives and extends the reimbursement rules for EBB Program providers who uploaded their July 2021 reimbursement claims by Aug. 16, 2021, but did not certify by the Aug. 16 deadline, and extends the deadline for those providers to Sept. 15, 2021 https://www.fcc.gov/document/wcb-grants-limited-waiver-ebb-reimbursement-rules-july-claims

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