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70 Union Workers Striking Against Nonunion Giant Verizon Wireless

70 Union Workers Striking Against Nonunion Giant Verizon Wireless

12 Aug, 2011

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70 Union Workers Striking Against Nonunion Giant Verizon Wireless

In the ferociously anti-union wireless industry, one group of Verizon workers stands out: a unit of 70 members of Local 1101 who organized when the work was part of Bell Atlantic and Nynex. The union members service cell sites and phone-call switching stations in the New York area, and right now, they, like the 45,000 wireline workers around the East, are trying to negotiate with giant Verizon. Unsuccessfully.

70 Union Workers Striking Against Nonunion Giant Verizon Wireless

Will Fords Become Wi-Fi Networks As Well As Cars?

Will Fords Become Wi-Fi Networks As Well As Cars?

12 Aug, 2011

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Will Fords Become Wi-Fi Networks As Well As Cars?

If Ford Motor Company chief technology officer and vice president of research Paul Mascarenas is correct, cars on the freeway may become nodes in a vast mobile wireless network, passing information from car to car, easing traffic and increasing safety.

Will Fords Become Wi-Fi Networks As Well As Cars?

House Members Wade Into Verizon Strike

House Members Wade Into Verizon Strike

12 Aug, 2011

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House Members Wade Into Verizon Strike

Over a dozen members of the New York state Democratic congressional delegation, and two from other states, voiced support for 45,000 CWA and IBEW members on strike at Verizon.

House Members Wade Into Verizon Strike

More Than 100 Mayors Come Out In Support of AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

More Than 100 Mayors Come Out In Support of AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

10 Aug, 2011

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More Than 100 Mayors Come Out In Support of AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

The number of city mayors supporting AT&T's $39 billion bid for T-Mobile climbed to 102 from 24 states. That number is in addition to 26 governors and 11 state attorneys general.

More Than 100 Mayors Come Out In Support of AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

Stubborn Facts of the AT&T-T-Mobile merger

Stubborn Facts of the AT&T-T-Mobile merger

10 Aug, 2011

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Stubborn Facts of the AT&T-T-Mobile merger

Opponents of the AT&T-T-Mobile merger are ignoring three stubborn facts, writes antitrust attorney David Balto: the cellular market includes few competitors; T-Mobile is a failing firm; and, AT&T and T-Mobile are compatible.

Stubborn Facts of the AT&T-T-Mobile merger

FCC Asking For Input On Universal Service Plan - Again

FCC Asking For Input On Universal Service Plan - Again

10 Aug, 2011

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FCC Asking For Input On Universal Service Plan - Again

FCC transformation of the Universal Service Fund to support broadband in rural areas takes another step forward as the agency develops a framework for reform. On August 1, 2011, Speed Matters reported on a telecommunications industry plan to modify the FCC's drive to reform Universal Service and Intercarrier Compensation.

FCC Asking For Input On Universal Service Plan - Again