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Thursday, December 29, 2022

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Volume 41 Table of Contents Issue 298
Re: MMS switchoff in Germany and Switzerland
VoIP-Pal: PTAB Denies Institution Of All Four IPR Petitions Filed By Amazon, T-Mobile
AT&T And SEC Settle Regulation FD Enforcement Action After SDNY Denies Summary Judgment To Either Side
FCC Confirms "Ringless Voicemails" Are Subject To The TCPA
Will Cable Be the Biggest Winner in Wireless in 2023?
Message-ID: <7g8rL.135259$iU59.67636@fx14.iad> Date: 28 Dec 2022 22:59:04 -0500 From: "Michael Trew" <michael.trew@att.net> Subject: Re: MMS switchoff in Germany and Switzerland On 12/27/2022 5:49, Marco Moock wrote: > Some cellular network providers will switch off MMS service in 2023 due > to the low amount of users.
VendorShutoff Date
Vodafone17th Jan 2023
Deutsche Telekom (ex T-Mobile)31st Dec 2023
Swisscom (Switzerland)1st Jan 2023
> O2/Telefonica doesn't plan to switch off MMS yet. This is confusing. Doesn't MMS run over mobile data? I wasn't aware that it's a separate service from one's mobile phone data plan.
Message-ID: <tohuih$gk9$1@dont-email.me> Date: 28 Dec 2022 12:32:01 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: VoIP-Pal: PTAB Denies Institution Of All Four IPR Petitions Filed By Amazon, T-Mobile (RTTNews) - VoIP-Pal.com Inc. said the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has denied institution of all four petitions for Inter Partes Review filed by Amazon and T-Mobile against the company’s two Mobile Gateway Patents. VoIP-Pal is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Waco, Texas, and owns a portfolio of patents relating to Voice-over-Internet Protocol. CEO Emil Malak, said, “We recognize there is still much more work ahead in the new year as we continue our efforts to achieve a fair resolution for our shareholders.” https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/voip-pal:-ptab-denies-institution-of-all-four-ipr-petitions-filed-by-amazon-t-mobile
Message-ID: <20221227161538.GA1132392@telecomdigest.us> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 16:15:38 +0000 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: AT&T And SEC Settle Regulation FD Enforcement Action After SDNY Denies Summary Judgment To Either Side by Abbe L. Dienstag, Alan Friedman, Dani James, Darren LaVerne, Todd E. Lenson, Michael Martinez, Thomas E. Molner, Gary P Naftalis, Jordan M. Rosenbaum, Steven Sparling, Jenna Burch-Smith, and Kathleen Telfer On Dec. 5, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that AT&T has agreed to a $6.25 million penalty, resolving charges brought against it under the securities rule known as Regulation Fair Disclosure (Regulation FD), the largest Regulation FD penalty exacted to date. Three midlevel executives from the company’s Investor Relations department will also each pay $25,000 to settle charges that they “aided and abetted” AT&T’s violations. As part of the settlement, the company and the executives neither admit nor deny the allegations. The case is also notable for producing one of the only judicial decisions to apply Regulation FD in adversarial litigation since its publication over 20 years ago. Judge Paul Engelmayer’s September opinion denying cross-motions for summary judgment is likely to become the “textbook case” on this scarcely litigated regulation. https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1264166?q=1803232&n=649&tp=9&tlk=2&lk=45
Message-ID: <20221227152538.GA1131990@telecomdigest.us> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 15:25:38 +0000 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: FCC Confirms "Ringless Voicemails" Are Subject To The TCPA by Angelica Rankins On November 21, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an order concerning "ringless voicemails" and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In this ruling, the FCC confirmed that the delivery of "ringless voicemails" to wireless phones constitute a “call made using an artificial or prerecorded voice” such that it requires consumer consent pursuant to TCPA § 227(b)(1)(A)(iii). Section 227(b) of the TCPA prohibits making calls to a cellphone “(other than a call made for emergency purposes or made with the prior express consent of the called party) using any automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice.” https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1264220?q=1803232&n=649&tp=2&tlk=4&lk=29 -- (Please remove QRM for direct replies)
Message-ID: <toispp$3m54$1@dont-email.me> Date: 28 Dec 2022 21:07:54 -0500 From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Will Cable Be the Biggest Winner in Wireless in 2023? By Adam Levy After their best year yet, is cable ready to cut into the big three's growth? Comcast (CMCSA -1.09%) and Charter's (CHTR -0.14%) wireless businesses got a lot bigger in 2022, and investors across the industry are wondering what 2023 may bring. The cable giants added a combined 2.8 million wireless subscribers over the last 12 months. Both companies just reported their biggest quarters ever, and they're investing to grow their subscriber base profits by building out their own 5G networks. https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/12/28/will-cable-be-the-biggest-winner-in-wireless-in-20/
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