Three incumbent carriers – Frontier Communications, Sprint and Windstream – are lining up in favor of the price cap proposal for business data services (BDS) made by Verizon and Incompas.

Three incumbent carriers – Frontier Communications, Sprint and Windstream – are lining up in favor of the price cap proposal for business data services (BDS) made by Verizon and Incompas.

Around 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm system, made landfall in Les Anglais, Haiti. Information is still slowly trickling in regarding the full extent of the damage, with the New York Times reporting “major devastation as the storm felled trees, ripped roofs, and destroyed farms” in the island nation.

Yahoo wasn’t lying when it told Verizon it didn’t know about the biggest hack in history. Since Yahoo admitted on Sept. 22 that a 2014 hack compromised half a billion user accounts, a key question has been: how long has it known? The Financial Times reported (paywall) on Sept 23 that CEO Marissa Mayer knew Yahoo was looking into a possible hack back in July.

Verizon intends to offer the Special EISP. Volunteers will be accepted as necessary to meet business needs. Packages will be distributed to employees beginning today 8-23-2016. The volunteer period will begin on August 30, 2016 and end on September 28, 2016. If you are accepted for the “Special EISP” the off payroll date is October 9, 2016.

Just an FYI: There is no LTSD for D.C. & Virginia for the week of 8-21 thru 8-27. You are still able to volunteer for OT, but no one should be forced to work. The Co.has called OT for 6 weeks of the 10 week cap per the CBA in D.C.& Virginia as of last week.

In the United States, the mobile market is largely saturated. Aside from a steady base of brand new users coming of the age to own a phone and the occasional carrier-jumper, growth is hard to come by in such a market.

FCC Commissioner Investigates Hundreds of Thousands of ‘Phantom’ Lifeline Subscribers A Federal Communications Commissioner is investigating why wireless providers have failed to enroll hundreds of thousands of subscribers to the …

A Federal Communications Commissioner is investigating why wireless providers have failed to enroll hundreds of thousands of subscribers to the government’s low-income phone subsidy program in a database meant to …

Hot off the heels of its acquisition of Yahoo last week for $4.8 billion, today Verizon announced another huge purchase: it’s buying Fleetmatics, a telematics company based out of Dublin, Ireland, for $2.4 …