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Verizon Tracfone Gaining Steam, but Formal OK Unlikely Until October

Verizon and Tracfone approval appears unlikely until after October, with the companies awaiting clearance from the FCC and California regulators, but the companies appear to be making progress. At least

Phone companies’ unlisted-numbers fees are unjustifiable

By David Lazarus, Contact Reporter for LA Times Imagine if you had to pay extra to not have anchovies on your pizza. Or to not have flames painted on the

Will AT&T follow Verizon in selling its California landline network?

Frontier Communications’ bumpy takeover of Verizon’s landlines in California raises a question about the fate of the state’s other big controller of copper wires. Is AT&T also looking to unload

Consumer Coalition Unites to Oppose SB 1161

California Coalition for Universal Service forms to fight phone deregulation For Immediate Release From the California Coalition for Universal Service Monday, April 16, 2011, Sacramento—A coalition of over 40 consumer

United to Oppose SB 1161, AT&T’s CA Deregulation Bill

Coalition forms to defend universal phone service and defeat SB 1161 For Immediate Release from TURN, The Utility Reform Network Wednesday, April 11, 2011, Sacramento—Phone-company sponsored SB 1161 (Padilla) would

Public Hearing Held on AT&T – T-Mobile Merger

How many jobs will be lost in AT&T’s T-Mobile takeover? The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) held a public participation hearing Thursday, July 21 on the proposed merger of AT&T

Time to Get Serious About Fake Fees on Phone Bills

Watch out for sharks waiting to take a bite out of your phone bill This column hereby adopts the firm position that companies shouldn’t charge customers for services they never

TURN Files Objections to AT&T Takeover of T-Mobile

California Public Utilities Commission set to vote on investigating AT&T deal with T-Mobile. With a majority of its members now appointees of Gov. Jerry Brown, the California Public Utilities Commission

AT&T’s T-Mobile Takeover: Bigger is Not Better

TURN said today the AT&T takeover of T-Mobile would benefit AT&T’s bottom line, but not its customers For Immediate Release from TURN, The Utility Reform Network TURN said today the

Storm-Related Phone Outages Sign Network Needs Fix, Groups Say

TURN tell senators that hundreds of thousands of Californians lost phone service in recent rain storms because phone companies like communications giants AT&T and Verizon aren’t given an incentive to

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