Politicians and unions urge FCC to prevent T-Mobile layoffs from MetroPCS deal

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T-Mobile’s proposed deal to gobble up MetroPCS could be approved early next month. But before anything is set in stone, several entities are urging the FCC to make sure jobs are protected as a result of the merger. In a filing submitted today with the FCC, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) found that the merger will cut a… Read More…

Google’s alleged WiFi snooper has an Internet privacy patent

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Marius Milner, the Google engineer reported to be responsible for the code that allowed Street View cars to collect data from home networks, is listed as one of the inventors on a Google patent for a technology meant to thwart “hackers and other ne’er-do-wells” who “may seek to tap into communications on a network.” As… Read More…

AT&T exec blasts FCC over T-Mobile call center closures

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AT&T appears to still be smarting over its failed $39 billion bid for T-Mobile USA, a deal that fell apart last December under intense government scrutiny. Now, some of those feelings are being aired via a blog post from AT&T’s Jim Cicconi, senior executive vice president of external and legislative affairs. And the reason for… Read More…

Microsoft, Facebook support AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition

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[Updated with text of letter below.] Microsoft and Facebook are among eight technology companies that filed a letter tonight in support of AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, as first reported by the New York Times tonight. The gist of their argument: The deal is the best way to expand AT&T’s network capacity… Read More…

AT&T’s big T-Mobile filing: It’s (mostly) all about the network

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AT&T today delivered a present to wireless geeks, in the form of a 381-page filing with the Federal Communications Commission making the case for its acquisition of T-Mobile USA. A big focus of the filing is on network capabilities, as AT&T explains the explosion in data growth and the need to add to T-Mobile’s current… Read More…