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The Telecom Digest for November 2, 2012
Volume 31 : Issue 255 : "text" Format
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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:42:57 -0400
From: bernieS <bernies@netaxs.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Database of stolen cellphones will be available in US
Message-ID: <Qn6RDC.A.gtH.3lakQB@telecom>
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/103112-stolen-cellphone-databases-switched-on-263854.html
Stolen cellphone databases switched on in US
The four major carriers plan to offer a joint database by late 2013
By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service
October 31, 2012 01:26 PM ET
U.S. cellphone carriers took a major step on Wednesday toward curbing
the rising number of smartphone thefts with the introduction of
databases that will block stolen phones from being used on domestic networks.
The initiative got its start earlier this year when the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission and police chiefs from major cities asked
the cellular carriers for assistance in battling the surging number
of smartphone thefts. In New York, more than 40 percent of all
robberies involve cellphones and in Washington, D.C., cellphone
thefts accounted for 38 percent of all robberies in 2011.
With the introduction of the database, carriers will be able to block
stolen handsets from being used on their networks. Until now, such
blocking had targeted the SIM card, so unauthorized calls could not
be made on stolen phones, but putting in a new SIM card meant the
phone could still be used. That meant a stolen phone could be sold on
the second-hand market.
The new database blocks the IMEI number, a unique identification
number in the cellphone akin to a VIN (vehicle identification number)
in a car. The ID number remains with the cellphone no matter what SIM
card is used.
"The goal is to not only protect the consumer by cancelling the
service, but by ultimately protecting the consumer by drying up the
after market for stolen phones," said Chris Guttman-McCabe, vice
president of regulatory affairs at CTIA, a wireless industry trade
association that has coordinated efforts to introduce the database.
[Moderator snip]
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 16:42:06 -0400
From: danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon West Street offices under water
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1211011641500.9935@panix5.panix.com>
WSJ story about the VZ building just north of the WTC. Yes,
the one that was damaged on 9/11...
[WSJ]
A Look inside Verizon's Flooded Communications Hub
.....
This time the enemy was water shoved ashore by Hurricane Sandy
....
The depth of the challenges facing telecom providers was on display inside
Verizon's facilities in lower Manhattan.
....
Mud still covered parts of the ornate lobby. Down below, 3½ floors of the
building's five-level basement were still submerged, the brackish water
sloshing up the walls of the stairwell.
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rest (includes photos):
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204707104578091171538491386.html
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Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
dannyb@panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:05:19 -0500
From: Jim Haynes <jhaynes@remove-this.cavern.uark.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Rachel busted
Message-ID: <slrnk95sgv.3dn.jhaynes@remove-this.Frances.localdomain>
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/ftc-escalates-anti-robocall-campaign---takes-out-5-mass-callers
-or-
http://tinyurl.com/a6223j3
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jhhaynes at earthlink dot net
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