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The Telecom Digest for Sat, 13 Feb 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 44 : "text" format

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Verizon Communications Inc. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors
Attorneys General Urge FCC To Further Investigate Verizon Acquisition Of TracFone
Lawyer's Zoom hearing is a purr-fect storm tech glitch
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20210212202901.94781797@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:29:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Verizon Communications Inc. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. slumped 0.66% to $54.60 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX, 0.14% rising 0.17% to 3,916.38 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.13% falling 0.02% to 31,430.70. This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses. Verizon Communications Inc. closed $7.35 short of its 52-week high ($61.95), which the company reached on December 2nd. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/verizon-communications-inc-stock-underperforms-thursday-when-compared-to-competitors-01613080039-a9c350c35bed ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210212013347.DAD9271F@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:33:47 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Attorneys General Urge FCC To Further Investigate Verizon Acquisition Of TracFone This week, a coalition of 17 attorneys general, led by Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to further investigate Verizon's proposed acquisition of TracFone. In a letter to the Commission, the attorneys general detailed how Verizon's acquisition of TracFone could negatively impact the Lifeline program, which provides a subsidy for communications services to millions of low-income consumers. https://www.publicnow.com/view/58E393B65A6B81C3F4C1BAEE91FD11AA8A356AAF ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20210212193601.E8F42797@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:36:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Lawyer's Zoom hearing is a purr-fect storm tech glitch By Debra Cassens Weiss The cat is out of the bag. County Attorney Rod Ponton of Presidio County, Texas, appeared on Zoom for a court hearing around 11 a.m. Tuesday. By the afternoon, he was a YouTube star. https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyers-zoom-hearing-is-a-purr-fect-storm-tech-glitch? ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Sat, 13 Feb 2021
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