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The end of BlackBerry phones: TCL will cease sales in August 2020 (Ars Technica)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 02/03/2020 - 13:14Huawei outsells Apple in 2019, becomes No. 2 global smartphone vendor (Ars Technica)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/31/2020 - 15:26Ajit Pai’s “surprise” change makes it harder to get FCC broadband funding
After deciding to shut New York and Alaska out of the new Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has made another change that could reduce or eliminate funding available for broadband providers in other US states.
Chairman Pai: Wireless Carriers Apparently Violated Federal Law
On Jan 31, 2020, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wrote the following to various Members of Congress:
AT&T loses another 1.2 million TV subscribers as DirecTV keeps tanking (Ars Technica)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/29/2020 - 12:51Chairman Pai promised faster broadband expansion—Comcast cut spending instead
Comcast reduced capital spending on its cable division in 2019, devoting less money to network extensions and improvements despite a series of government favors that were supposed to accelerate broadband expansions.