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The Telecom Digest for Sat, 02 Jul 2022
Volume 41 : Issue 127 : "text" format

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T-Mobile shuts down its 3G networks
Here's how you stop T-Mobile from selling your data to third parties
CWA Bargaining Update – AT&T Orange Mobility
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Message-ID: <20220701133740.3AC7A7ED@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 13:37:40 +0000 (UTC) From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: T-Mobile shuts down its 3G networks By Land Line Staff June 30, 2022 This year, mobile carriers have been phasing out their 3G cellular networks. The next major carrier to shut down its 3G networks is T-Mobile. T-Mobile will complete the shutdown of the Sprint LTE network by today, June 30, 2022. T-Mobile will also shut down its 3G UMTS system by tomorrow, July 1, 2022. https://landline.media/t-mobile-shuts-down-its-3g-networks/ -- (Please remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)
Message-ID: <20220701134014.5C09A7ED@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 13:40:14 +0000 (UTC) From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Here's how you stop T-Mobile from selling your data to third parties By Sanuj Bhatia June 30, 2022 T-Mobile is one of the major network service providers in the United States, alongside AT&T and Verizon. The carrier has worked its way through to raise its reputation in the market and often calls itself the "Un-carrier". It has been crowned one of the best 5G providers in the country. However, it appears that even the best 5G company is involved in some of the phishy activities, and in this case, it appears that T-Mobile is selling user data to advertisers. The company formally launched its advertising platform App Insights (via Ad Exchanger) earlier this month. The program has been in the beta testing phase for the past year, but it has been formally introduced now with a new name. What the App Insights program does is that it allows advertisers and marketers to directly buy user data from the carrier, T-Mobile, itself. In a world where Apple and Google are taking steps to curb data collection, T-Mobile is using its platform to sell user data directly to the advertisers. https://pocketnow.com/heres-how-you-stop-t-mobile-selling-your-data-third-parties -- (Please remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)
Message-ID: <20220630191844.2D0F378D@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 19:18:44 +0000 (UTC) From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: CWA Bargaining Update - AT&T Orange Mobility CWA members under the Orange contract at AT&T Mobility have won a groundbreaking tentative agreement that met or exceeded all of the goals they had set for the bargaining committee. The Orange contract covers retail workers, call center representatives, and technicians in 36 states in the Northeast, Midwest and West, and the District of Columbia. Members mobilized around the need for wage increases to address rising costs and the effect of AT&T's shifting of work from company-owned stores to third-party authorized retailers. The proposed contract contains substantial increases to base wages, title-specific upgrades, and unprecedented adjustments to protect against inflation. It also has a first-time requirement for at least 20% of AT&T stores to be company-owned. https://cwa-union.org/news/e-newsletter/2022-06-30 -- (Please remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)

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