FBI: ISP Tried to Scam $15M Out of AT&T, XO, Others
Phone+ News, USA The FBI has arrested and charged the owner of Core IP Networks, a Dallas-based ISP, with conspiracy to commit fraud.The feds say Matthew Simpson, 25, of Red Oak, Texas, was part of a 19-person ring that planned to scam ATT Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., XO Communications and other carriers out … Topics: [...]
AT&T and Verizon Deny Price-Fixing Accusations
CNET News, CA Executives from AT&T and Verizon Communications testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, saying their companies have not been involved in a conspiracy to hike text messaging rates. Topics: Verizon, text messaging, texting, laws, USA, telecom, wireless, Los Angeles, AT&T, piracy
SMS Messages Could Be Used To Hijack A Phone
CNET News, CA Be careful who you give your mobile phone number out to. An attacker with the right toolkits and skill could hijack your phone remotely just by sending SMS messages to it, according to mobile security firm Trust Digital. Topics: SMS, piracy, telecommunications, telecom, USA
Over Half Of Bangladesh Overseas Calls Go Through Illegal VoIP: TIOB
Bangladesh News 24 hours, Bangladesh Illegal VoIP operations are on the rise, grabbing more than half of the overseas calls trade in Bangladesh, due to lack of government control, said industry leaders on Sunday. Telecom infrastructure providers say … Topics: piracy, telecommunications, telecom, voip, government, USA
Are AT&T, Cox, Comcast Ratting Out Music Pirates?
ChannelWeb, NY But after reports this week of involvement by AT&T, Cox and Comcast, the ISPs rushed to defend themselves, saying they were not ratting out suspected music pirates to industry chiefs and were not planning to terminate customers’ service. Topics: ISP, telecommunications, USA, piracy, Comcast, AT&T, telecom
AT&T Is First ISP To Bully Music Pirates For RIAA
ZDNet CNET reports that AT&T is the the first to team with the RIAA following reports in December that the association would stop filing lawsuits and turn instead to the ISPs for help. Jim Cicconi, a senior executive at AT&T, reportedly told the audience at … Topics: broadband, laws, USA, AT&T, telecom, Comcast, telecommunications, ISP, [...]
The Ooma Conspiracy — Or Why Vonage is Ultimately Doomed
FierceVoIP, DC It started off as a simple conversation about how the company added on support for Google Voice in relatively short order and ended up into a deep dive conversation which should have everyone in consumer VoIP, home phones, and landlines rethinking… Topics: telecom, Ooma, voip, telecommunications, USA, Vonage, piracy
