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Thursday, April 13, 2023

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Volume 42 Table of Contents Issue 103
3 years after Sprint merger, T-Mobile employs 9k fewer people
OR: Grants Pass clinic operates without phone lines for almost a week
Push to ban ransomware payments following Australia’s biggest cyberattack
Message-ID: <20230412131817.GA7186@telecomdigest.us> Date: 12 Apr 2023 13:18:17 +0000 From: "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org> Subject: 3 years after Sprint merger, T-Mobile employs 9k fewer people 3 years after Sprint merger, T-Mobile employs 9k fewer people, insists it upheld pledge on jobs by Todd Bishop John Legere was adamant, bordering on indignant. “This merger is all about creating new, high-quality, high-paying jobs, and the New T-Mobile will be jobs-positive from Day One and every day thereafter,” wrote T-Mobile’s then-CEO in an April 2019 post responding to critics of the merger. “That’s not just a promise. That’s not just a commitment. It’s a fact.” https://www.geekwire.com/2023/3-years-after-sprint-merger-t-mobile-employs-9k-fewer-people-insists-it-upheld-pledge-on-jobs/
Message-ID: <20230412133212.GA7394@telecomdigest.us> Date: 12 Apr 2023 13:32:12 +0000 From: "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org> Subject: OR: Grants Pass clinic operates without phone lines for almost a week By: Mariah Hill GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Since Thursday of this month, the Grants Pass clinic suffered phone lines in the building being down. Over time, the clinic has had a difficult time getting in contact with its patients. "We understand that a line was cut in the ground but we don't know who cut it. But it seems to be due to some construction in the area," says Christi Siedlecki, CEO of Grants Pass Clinic. We didn't know about the cut line and the phones being down right away." https://www.kdrv.com/news/top-stories/grants-pass-clinic-operates-without-phone-lines-for-almost-a-week/article_ec5e0460-d8bf-11ed-8d7e-7f58170a0343.html
Message-ID: <20230412134735.GA7593@telecomdigest.us> Date: 12 Apr 2023 13:47:35 +0000 From: "The Telecom Digest" <submissions@telecom-digest.org> Subject: Push to ban ransomware payments following Australia’s biggest cyberattack By Luke Huigsloot The hack on Latitude Financial is Australia’s biggest cyberattack, with driver’s license numbers, passports and financial documents among the stolen information. The Australian government is being pushed to ban the payment of cyber ransoms, usually demanded in cryptocurrency, following a local business suffering a mass data breach and subsequent ransom demand. https://cointelegraph.com/news/push-to-ban-ransomware-payments-following-australia-s-biggest-cyber-attack
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