AT&T Settles Prison-Phone Lawsuit for $45 Million
After a 12-year-long class action lawsuit involving expensive collect calls, AT&T has agreed to pay $45 million to families of Washington state prisoners.
After a 12-year-long class action lawsuit involving expensive collect calls, AT&T has agreed to pay $45 million to families of Washington state prisoners.
A former Atlanta-based Verizon Wireless engineer will do four years in a federal prison and be forced to pay nearly $3 million in restitution for stealing then selling network communications gear from Cisco and Verizon over a 10-year period.
A 57-year-old man who worked for AT&T has admitted to sharing company secrets and could face time in prison.
Joe Nacchio says he has skin cancer. But for this sudden revelation to be made just days before the disgraced former Qwest Communications International Inc. (Q) CEO heads for the klink looks, well, hinky. That’s especially the case when considering all the stops Nacchio’s lawyer has pulled out since her client was told two weeks ago […]
Joe Nacchio, Qwest Communications International Inc.s embattled former CEO, was sentenced July 27 to six years in prison. A federal judge on Monday also ordered Nacchio to repay $52 million within 15 days, pay a $19 million fine, cover most legal costs and serve two years of probation in addition to his prison time. Nacchio […]
The trial of Joe Nacchio, former CEO of Qwest Communications International Inc., went to the jury today, shortly after noon Mountain Time. A jury of eight men and four women is considering whether Nacchio took part in insider trading for sales of $100.8 million in Qwest stock between Jan. 2, 2001, and May 29, 2001. […]
Jury selection in the trial of former Qwest Communications International Inc. CEO Joe Nacchio began on Monday morning in Denver. The federal government has charged Nacchio with taking part in insider trading for sales of $100.8 million in Qwest stock between Jan. 2, 2001, and May 29, 2001. Each of the 42 counts he faces […]
A Houston jury on Thursday convicted former Enron Corp. executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling of fraud that led to the energy companys collapse in 2001. Lay, the companys founder, was convicted on all six counts and Skilling, the former CEO, on 19 of 28 counts. Both men will be sentenced on Sept. 11. News […]
The final chapter in the saga of WorldCom Inc. was revealed Wednesday when its former chief executive Bernie Ebbers was sentenced to 25 years in prison for an $11 billion accounting fraud that caused the telecommunications titan to file the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Ebbers was credited with transforming Mississippi-based WorldCom into one of […]
The Central Texas Parole Violator Facility in San Antonio won the first of three systems to be awarded in Strix Systems Inc.’s Ethernet- Unfriendly Building Contest. Strix Systems designs, develops and markets wireless network systems, and sponsored the three month-long contest which ended in April. The idea was to present one enterprise-class wireless network system […]
Our writers covered a lot of #EC19 this week. Here are our seven most-viewed articles. goo.gl/fb/GGA23A
March 22 2019 @ 20:49:42 UTC
.@Oracle lays off employees this week to focus on #cloud. goo.gl/fb/vg4w9h
March 22 2019 @ 20:35:09 UTC
"The big, one-stop-shop providers just can't keep up with this pace of change." goo.gl/fb/Ew3Lq2
March 22 2019 @ 20:35:09 UTC
.@8x8 @Avaya announce latest UC, cloud offerings at #EnterpriseConnect. feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChannelPart…
March 21 2019 @ 22:56:00 UTC
Revisiting our list of 20 top #UCaaS providers, one year later. @Avaya @Cisco @RingCentral goo.gl/fb/cXfpFc
March 21 2019 @ 18:07:24 UTC
Read about @SilverPeak's latest channel efforts in our latest #SDWAN column. goo.gl/fb/3ZT3fy
March 20 2019 @ 23:16:28 UTC
.@Vonage unveils first integrated offering since @NewVoiceMedia acquisition. #contactcenter goo.gl/fb/ugnHM4
March 20 2019 @ 17:47:29 UTC
.@varonis announces Partners in Excellence awards @Optiv @DellEMCPoland @AsystecDMS. goo.gl/fb/PgzKdV
March 20 2019 @ 17:00:17 UTC
