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1. Frontier Readies For Bankruptcy, Regrets Fiber Failure; John Legere Steps Down As T-Mobile CEO After Merger; + more news -

   
   Frontier prepares for bankruptcy, regrets failure to install enough fiber arstechnica.com
   John Legere steps down as T-Mobile CEO after the company closed its merger with Sprint; President and COO Mike Sievert takes over as CEO cnbc.com
   Google Fi temporarily raises full-speed data limit due to COVID-19 9to5google.com
   FCC's Ajit Pai Gives Wireless Internet A Major Overhaul As Americans Work Remotely Amid Coronavirus Fears dailycaller.com
   WISP Industry Promises Rural Fixed 5G Wireless Thanks to FCC Proposal for Unlicensed 6 GHz Spectrum telecompetitor.com
   What's next for T-Mobile's TVision? lightreading.com
   AT&T traffic report: Voice calls, IMs, and text messages are up, email and web traffic are down techrepublic.com
   T-Mobile is already deploying Sprint's 2.5GHz 5G in Philadelphia neowin.net
   7-Year Dodgers Blackout Finally Ends For thousands of AT&T and DirectTV customers patch.com
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2. Telcos Must Implement New SHAKEN/STIR Protocol By 6/30/2021; Using COVID-19 To Celebrate Death Of Net Neutrality; + more -

   
   FCC tells US telcos to implement new SHAKEN/STIR protocol caller ID authentication by June 30, 2021 to combat robocalls engadget.com
   Tone Deaf: Using COVID-19 As A Prop To Celebrate The Death Of Net Neutrality techdirt.com
   New 'Dashboard' illustrates how US cable networks are coping during COVID-19 crisis lightreading.com
   Comcast waiving data caps hasn t hurt its network - why not make it permanent? arstechnica.com
   Trump to hold call with U.S. internet, mobile phone providers reuters.com
   FCC Relaxes High-Cost USF Rules to Fight COVID-19 telecompetitor.com
   Wednesday promises plenty of 5G fireworks: T-Mobile/Sprint expected to announce official close of their merger, FCC expected to outline plan to release the 6GHz spectrum band for unlicensed use lightreading.com
   AT&T s 39GHz spectrum win sets stage for national 3Gbps 5G service venturebeat.com
   The best VoIP services for 2020 digitaltrends.com
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3. How Congress, FCC Can Help Students Without Broadband Access; ISPs Need To Just Kill Data Caps Already; + more news -

   
   How Congress and the FCC Can Help Students Without Broadband Access slate.com
   ISPs Need to Just Kill Data Caps Already gizmodo.com
   Comcast details what the coronavirus has done to network traffic venturebeat.com
   Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf Tests Positive For Covid-19 gizmodo.co.uk
   5G chews up twice as much data as 4G lightreading.com
   AT&T Boosting Hotspot Data for Customers multichannel.com
   Saudi Arabia may be spying on its citizens via US mobile networks engadget.com
   Personal details for the entire country of Georgia published online in a hacker forum over the weekend zdnet.com
   Valve changing Steam auto-updates to help bandwidth during coronavirus pandemic mspoweruser.com
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4. OneWeb Declares Bankruptcy And SpaceX Might Be Next; US Telecoms Seek Major Temp Dereg Help From FCC; + more news -

   
   OneWeb reportedly heads into bankruptcy and SpaceX might be next lightreading.com
   USTelecom Seeks Major Temporary Dereg Help from FCC multichannel.com
   UK broadband providers lift data caps during coronavirus crisis reuters.com
   Big Tech's response to COVID-19 may have paused the tech backlash that dominated the coverage of companies like Facebook and Amazon over the past 3+ years theverge.com
   PSA: T-Mobile s $15 plan is totally capped, a not so Uncarrier move androidauthority.com
   Court issues injunctions on VoIP systems that facilitated robocalls across US foxnews.com
   Verizon customers making 800 million calls a day now - double the amount on Mother's Day cnbc.com
   Microsoft's telco ambitions still unclear after Affirmed purchase lightreading.com
   iPhone location data used by US government to track coronavirus spread appleinsider.com
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5. 5G Deploying Faster Than 4G; Controversial New Map May Finally Bring Broadband To Everyone In America; + more news -

   
   5G Deploying Faster Than 4G webpronews.com
   How a controversial new broadband map may finally bring fast internet to everyone in America fastcompany.com
   Maine hopes new law will improve rural broadband access apnews.com
   10G Capability for Cable Broadband Inches Closer as DOCSIS 4.0 Specification Published telecompetitor.com
   Disney Plus Downloaded 5M Times in 1st Day of Euro Rollout multichannel.com
   Major UK ISPs Pause Orders for Ultrafast Broadband Services ispreview.co.uk
   AT&T, Cricket offer stupid cheap $15 2GB plans, bonus data for prepaid customers androidpolice.com
   SlingTV Launches Free 14-Day Quarantine Offer multichannel.com
   JR Shaw, Shaw Communications founder, dies at 85 lightreading.com
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6. Verizon, AT&T & Others Mobilize To Fight Virus; How To Get Verizon, AT&T Data-Cap Fees Waived For Pandemic; + more news -

   
   Verizon, AT&T and others mobilize to fight a virus hitting close to home lightreading.com
   How to get Verizon and AT&T data-cap fees waived during the pandemic arstechnica.com
   Comcast, Verizon, and Plex roll out free offers for those stuck at home slashgear.com
   Charter extends free broadband and Wi-Fi offer to K-12 teachers and college professors lightreading.com
   Keeping Critical Connections Act Would Provide $2 Billion for Rural Broadband Providers telecompetitor.com
   FCC Extends Net Neutrality Comment Deadline multichannel.com
   AT&T TV NOW Subscribers Will Get Free Premium Channels Through April cordcuttersnews.com
   Apple is weighing a delay of the launch of the iPhone 12 by months over fears of low sales and supply chain constraints amid the coronavirus pandemic macrumors.com
   T-Mobile Now Lets Customers Use Apple Pay to Pay Bills Online and in App macrumors.com
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7. Trump Signs 5G & Broadband Mapping Bills Into Law; Peak Evening Demand Still The Network Capacity Challenge; + more news -

   
   Trump signs 5G and broadband mapping legislation into law cnet.com
   Peak evening demand still the network capacity challenge zdnet.com
   YouTube and game downloads add to growing list of throttled services techradar.com
   Report: 5G Connections Reached 17.7 Million as of 4Q19, Just a Tad Behind 4G s 5.3 Billion telecompetitor.com
   Getting ready for the Uncarrier's big second act lightreading.com
   Pai: FCC Needs Mapping Funding from Congress ASAP multichannel.com
   AT&T Boosting Pay of Front Line Employees broadcastingcable.com
   Telecoms are sneaking stay home messages onto customers smartphones theverge.com
   Android TV Set-top Solution Announced by Broadcom and Verimatrix multichannel.com
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8. Spectrum Internet & TV Services Are Down Across The US; SpaceX Gets License For 1M Broadband User Terminals; + more news -

   
   Spectrum internet and TV services are down across the U.S. androidcentral.com
   SpaceX gets FCC license for 1 million satellite-broadband user terminals arstechnica.com
   Coronavirus has made peak internet usage into the new normal cnet.com
   Verizon gives customers extra mobile data, drops broadband data caps, and starts initiatives to help low-income families stay online engadget.com
   T-Mobile Connect Low-Cost Service Launches Early telecompetitor.com
   Operators experiment with 5G pricing lightreading.com
   FCC: Closed Schools, Libraries Can Still Get E-Rate Funding; Clarifies they can provide subsidized Wi-Fi to public even when shuttered multichannel.com
   US carriers forgiving late payments, bolstering benefits during coronavirus fallout (Update: Verizon) androidpolice.com
   Mobile operators in Italy, Germany, and Austria are now sharing anonymized aggregated data with health authorities, to map people's concentrations and movements reuters.com
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9. UN: Fastest, Broadest Broadband Possible Is Priority At This Time; Broadband Is Not Immune To COVID-19; + more news -

   
   UN: Fastest, Broadest Broadband Possible is Priority in Time of Coronavirus multichannel.com
   Broadband is not immune to COVID-19 lightreading.com
   Facebook joins Netflix, Disney+ in reducing streaming quality in Europe slashgear.com
   Poland Is Using A Country-Wide Minecraft Server To Get Kids To Stay Home gamespot.com/
   Reports: data on 538M Weibo users, including real names, site usernames, gender, location info, and 172M phone numbers, is up for sale on the dark web zdnet.com
   Comcast Integrates Hulu Into Flex, X1 Platforms multichannel.com
   AT&T CEO addresses major surge in mobile, Wi-Fi usage as more people work from home theverge.com
   Elon Musk says that SpaceX Has no Plans to Spin Off Starlink universetoday.com
   Taiwan rolls out a mobile phone-based electronic fence that uses location-tracking to ensure people who are quarantined stay in their homes reuters.com
   
   **Remember to wash your hands! Please stay safe.
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10. T-Mobile/Sprint A Go Despite COVID-19 Fears; Netflix To Reduce Stream Quality To Avoid Breaking Internet; + more news -

    
    T-Mobile: Merger with Sprint ready to roll despite COVID-19 fears fiercewireless.com
    Netflix will reduce streaming quality to stop the internet from breaking cnn.com
    Cable One offers $10 Internet service to low-income families impacted by COVID-19 lightreading.com
    Conference Call Website Is Accusing AT&T Of Purposely Blocking Conference Calls Amid Coronavirus Outbreak dailycaller.com
    Business Hours Broadband Consumption Soars During Pandemic telecompetitor.com
    Rakuten turns 5G revolutionary as it nears world's first open RAN launch lightreading.com
    FCC General Counsel John Sallet: Coronavirus Bill Should Build 'Lasting Broadband Future', Congress needs to fund major deployment effort multichannel.com
    Mobile Network Trombones are Way Out of Tune With the 5G Symphony itprotoday.com
    Comcast, Disney Embrace Faster Home Video Release Windows In Wake Of COVID-19 techdirt.com
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11. AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint Close 1000s Of Stores Nationwide; Coronavirus Strengthening Case For Free Internet; + more news -

    
    AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint close thousands of retail stores nationwide lightreading.com
    The coronavirus is strengthening the case for free internet access thenextweb.com
    SpaceX launches another 60 Starlink satellites cbsnews.com
    EU on calls streaming platforms to ease pressure on internet capacity uk.reuters.com
    The best streaming services you can sign up for online businessinsider.com
    Meet Ziply Fiber, a New Broadband Provider Courtesy of Frontier Communications telecompetitor.com
    More Praise from FCC's Pai over Industry's Coronavirus Response; Says, 'keep it coming' as ISPs go above and beyond multichannel.com
    T-Mobile, Sprint, Dish control 99% of 47 GHz spectrum fiercewireless.com
    Sony details full PlayStation 5 specs: a custom eight-core AMD Zen 2 CPU, custom GPU based on AMD's RDNA 2 with 10.28 teraflops, 16GB RAM, and custom 825GB SSD eurogamer.net
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12. US Gov Wants To Use Phone Location Data To Stem Corona; Cable's Next Big Network Move: Expand The Upstream; + more news -

    
    Sources: the US government is in active talks with Facebook, Google, and others to use location data from Americans' smartphones to stem COVID-19's spread washingtonpost.com
    Cable's next big network move: Expanding the upstream lightreading.com
    Canadian ISPs Bell, Rogers, Telus and others temporarily remove internet data caps itbusiness.ca
    How Mobile Internet Use Drives Apple s Success webpronews.com
    Google Fiber halts sales calls, closes retail stores lightreading.com
    FCC will provide U.S. Cellular added capacity in four states multichannel.com
    Gaming Usage Up 75 Percent Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Verizon Reports hollywoodreporter.com
    T-Mobile has a plan to temporarily hike the speed of its 4G LTE and 5G networks during the crisis phonearena.com
    Fox to buy video streaming firm Tubi for $440 million in cash reuters.com
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