by MBJ Staff Published: August 6,2012
Tags: agreement, bargain, bargaining, communication, Extension, labor, negoaition, telecommunications, telephone, union, workers
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — AT&T reports a settlement was not reached with the Communications Workers of America by the 11:59 p.m. EDT Aug. 4 expiration of the core wireline contract in the Southeast region, but the company and union have agreed to a five-day extension of contract negotiations. The contract was extended until 11:59 p.m. EDT [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 19,2012
Tags: bundle, bundling, cell phone, communication, home phone, landline, phone, telecommunications, telephone, telephonic service
JACKSON — Comcast has launched Xfinity Home across the company’s Jackson metropolitan service area. Xfinity Home offers traditional home security components, like police and fire alarm protection backed by 24/7 monitoring as well as the ability to remotely adjust digital thermostats, turn lights on or off and watch secure live streaming video from wireless cameras [...] [...]
RIDGELAND — C Spire Wireless has launched a new service that provides home phone service using the company’s personalized wireless network instead of a landline or broadband connection. C Spire Home Phone Connect service features a fixed wireless voice terminal that offers unlimited local and long-distance calling while on the company’s personalized network. The device [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 5,2012
Tags: case, cell phone, challenge, commission, commissioner, communication, lawsuit, phone, regulation, regulator, state agency, state government, state law, telecommunication, wireless communication
JACKSON — A Mississippi utility regulator says he will challenge a new law that removes most of the state’s remaining regulatory authority over AT&T. Brandon Presley, who represents north Mississippi on the Public Service Commission, tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal he’ll file the lawsuit as a private citizen in Hinds County Circuit Court. “It [...] [...]
NEW ORLEANS — Entergy Corporation has added a new tool to its digital communications — The Entergy App for iPhone. The first version of the Entergy app features customer account information, company news, nuclear energy basics, environmental performance details and more. Rod West, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, said, “We have such a [...] [...]
The Mississippi Business & Technology Expo 2012 provides an opportunity for many different types of companies to present themselves to several thousand potential clients in a consolidated effort. “They acquire leads and prospects in a face-to-face setting, and that is hard to beat,” said Tami Jones, advertising director for the Mississippi Business Journal. “It could [...] [...]
GULFPORT — Gov. Haley Barbour has conducted the first public demonstration of a new wireless emergency communications network designed to allow officials and first responders to communicate quickly and effectively in times of crisis. In a demonstration staged from the emergency operations center at the National Guard Headquarters in Gulfport, which would serve as the [...] [...]
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