దివిస్ ల్యాబరేటరీ కార్యాలయాల్లో ఐటీ దాడులు...
తెలుగు రాష్ట్రాల్లోని 10 దివిస్ కార్యాలయాల్లో ఏకకాలంలో ఐటీ దాడులు నిర్వహించారు. ఉదయం 8నుంచి సోదాలు కొనసాగుతున్నాయి.
దివిస్ ల్యాబరేటరీ కార్యాలయాల్లో ఐటీ శాఖ దాడులు
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY
SHOTLIST:
POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY
Washington DC - 13 February 2019
1. Wide of House hearing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Latta, Rep. (R) Ohio:
"Our role in this committee is not to weigh the merits of these arguments if the merits of this merger is in the public interest, Congress gave that role to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) along with the DOJ (Department of Justice), performs a more traditional anti-trust assessment on the merger and these two agencies will determine if the merger is going to be approved. Our role in this subcommittee is to provide policy to advance the telecommunications market, including expanding access of broadband to all Americans."
3. Cutaway of hearing
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Pallone, Rep. (D) New Jersey:
"This hearing marks the first time in 8 years that the committee has met to evaluate the consequences of a merger. For too long the House and this committee paid little attention to that responsibility, but now we resume the practice of reviewing major acquisitions so we can fulfill our obligation for the people to determine how this proposed consolidation will affect consumers, workers, public safety and network resiliency, competition and future innovation. For the last 8 years major industry consolidation occurred without significant oversight and the consequences of that have been borne by consumers and hardworking Americans."
5. Cutaway hearing
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Pallone, Rep. (D) New Jersey:
"We've seem previous merger conditions that weren't met or weren't enforced, we have seen the public interest in all its forms undermined and that is why we must look carefully at these issues before a merger is approved. In this case the transaction is being reviewed by the FCC as well as the Department of Justice, as part of our oversight responsibility we must make sure that the FCC is carefully reviewing the facts and keeping consumers' best interest in mind when deciding the fate of the merger."
7. Cutaway of hearing
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Greg Walden, Rep. (R) Oregon:
"As we consider the testimony of our witnesses we need to take a holistic view, instead of focusing on a particular metric like those who insist the government must intervene to preserve four nationwide wireless operators at all cost. We have to consider scale and operational efficiencies in that equation and the rapidly changing characteristics of the wireless marketplace especially the convergence and functionality with non-traditional competitors such as global and satellite operators."
9. Cutaway wide of hearing
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcelo Claure, Sprint Corp's Executive Chairman:
++INCLUDES CUTAWAYS++
"Verizon and AT&T have close to 70 percent market share. And they control 93 percent of the capital generated from the industry. As a result, it's very hard to invest and compete at the same level. Today, we are at technological inflection point. Over the next few years, 5G is coming, a new standard of connectivity. It's going to completely change the way we connect and the way we live our lives. But Sprint doesn't have the resources to build a 5G network, to provide the necessary competition against the AT& T and Verizon duopoly."
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcelo Claure, Sprint Corp's Executive Chairman:
++STARTS AS WIDE SHOT++
"We cannot take lightly that America needs to lead the world in 5G. China had made it a priority to win the 5G race. They are investing billions. When a country has the best network with the latest technology, it brings massive economic stimulus, explosive job growth, and a new wave of entrepreneurs. America is a land of innovators and disrupters. Let's keep it this way. My story validates this. Letting another country take the leadership away from the US will cost irreparable damage. This is an opportunity of a lifetime."
12. Cutaway
13. SOUNDBITE (English) John Legere, T-Mobile US CEO:
++PART OVERLAID BY PRECEDING SHOT++
"Our opponents are wrong when they claim that the merger will lead to higher prices. In fact, the opposite is true. Consumers will win with lower prices and better services. How? Our costs will drop sharply and our network capacity will expand tremendously. I am so confident that the merger will lower prices that we're willing to put our money where our mouth is."
14. Cutaway wide
15. Pan of chart
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Shelton, President of the Labor Union Communications Workers of America: ++PART OVERLAID BY PRECEDING SHOT++
"Companies merge. Why would they keep two neighbouring stores open. Chances are they won't. Rather than a merger will mean pink slips for 30,000 wireless workers across the country. You heard the CEO of T-Mobile say that they would add jobs. Pardon my language, but that's just bull. Without binding and enforceable commitments and I mean commitments that have no loopholes, such promises are just cheap sales and talk and are easily broken."
17. Wide of session
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Carri Bennet, Rural Wireless Association General Counsel:
"Thank you for this opportunity to testify today to discuss the impact that the proposed T-Mobile-Sprint merger will have on rural America. RWA opposes this merger. We've heard a lot of promises from T-Mobile over the years that have not been met. So we have no reason to believe that T-Mobile will follow through on their new promises if they are allowed to reduce competition. In short, this merger is bad for competition. It's bad for consumers, especially in rural areas, who will experience fewer choices, price increases, and substandard service. It should be denied."
19. Wide of hearing
STORYLINE:
Democratic lawmakers challenged top executives of T-Mobile and Sprint on Wednesday over their pledge not to raise prices for wireless services or hurt competition if their 26.5 billion dollar merger goes through.
At a hearing by a House committee, the two executives defended the deal, which would combine the nation's third- and fourth-largest wireless companies and create a behemoth about the size of industry giants Verizon and AT&T.
Committee members from both parties fretted about the potential impact of a T-Mobile-Sprint merger on rural customers and carriers in rural areas that strike deals with major wireless companies.
Many of the lawmakers on the Energy and Commerce subcommittee represent rural areas and small towns, and they voiced concern over jobs that could be lost in the merger in the companies' call centers and other facilities.
T-Mobile has committed to federal regulators, who must approve the deal, not to raise prices for three years following the merger.
Congress doesn't have authority to rule on the merger, but lawmakers can ask pointed questions and raise concerns to regulators who are reviewing it.
Now that Democrats control the House of Representatives and the Energy and Commerce Committee, they have convened the panel's first merger-review hearing in eight years.
T-Mobile US CEO John Legere and Marcelo Claure, Sprint Corp.'s executive chairman, defended the merger and said American consumers would get more and pay less.
Legere said T-Mobile's analysis shows that consumers would save 7 billion to 13 billion dollars a year by 2024.
"A merger will mean pink slips for 30,000 wireless workers across the country," insisted Chris Shelton, president of the labor union Communications Workers of America, who also testified to the panel.
The CWA's analysis found that job cuts could number up to 30,000 mostly because T-Mobile would close thousands of overlapping stores.
The deal faces reviews by the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission.
U.S. wireless carriers had been unable to get a merger deal through under President Barack Obama.
But after President Donald Trump's election, a more business-friendly FCC deemed the wireless market "competitive" for the first time since 2009, a move that some experts believe could make it easier to win approval for a merger.
The companies also say the combination would allow them to better compete - not only with Verizon and AT&T, but also with Comcast and others as the wireless, broadband and video industries converge.
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SHOTLIST:
POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY
Washington DC - 13 February 2019
1. Wide of House hearing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bob Latta, Rep. (R) Ohio:
"Our role in this committee is not to weigh the merits of these arguments if the merits of this merger is in the public interest, Congress gave that role to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) along with the DOJ (Department of Justice), performs a more traditional anti-trust assessment on the merger and these two agencies will determine if the merger is going to be approved. Our role in this subcommittee is to provide policy to advance the telecommunications market, including expanding access of broadband to all Americans."
3. Cutaway of hearing
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Pallone, Rep. (D) New Jersey:
"This hearing marks the first time in 8 years that the committee has met to evaluate the consequences of a merger. For too long the House and this committee paid little attention to that responsibility, but now we resume the practice of reviewing major acquisitions so we can fulfill our obligation for the people to determine how this proposed consolidation will affect consumers, workers, public safety and network resiliency, competition and future innovation. For the last 8 years major industry consolidation occurred without significant oversight and the consequences of that have been borne by consumers and hardworking Americans."
5. Cutaway hearing
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Pallone, Rep. (D) New Jersey:
"We've seem previous merger conditions that weren't met or weren't enforced, we have seen the public interest in all its forms undermined and that is why we must look carefully at these issues before a merger is approved. In this case the transaction is being reviewed by the FCC as well as the Department of Justice, as part of our oversight responsibility we must make sure that the FCC is carefully reviewing the facts and keeping consumers' best interest in mind when deciding the fate of the merger."
7. Cutaway of hearing
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Greg Walden, Rep. (R) Oregon:
"As we consider the testimony of our witnesses we need to take a holistic view, instead of focusing on a particular metric like those who insist the government must intervene to preserve four nationwide wireless operators at all cost. We have to consider scale and operational efficiencies in that equation and the rapidly changing characteristics of the wireless marketplace especially the convergence and functionality with non-traditional competitors such as global and satellite operators."
9. Cutaway wide of hearing
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcelo Claure, Sprint Corp's Executive Chairman:
++INCLUDES CUTAWAYS++
"Verizon and AT&T have close to 70 percent market share. And they control 93 percent of the capital generated from the industry. As a result, it's very hard to invest and compete at the same level. Today, we are at technological inflection point. Over the next few years, 5G is coming, a new standard of connectivity. It's going to completely change the way we connect and the way we live our lives. But Sprint doesn't have the resources to build a 5G network, to provide the necessary competition against the AT& T and Verizon duopoly."
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Marcelo Claure, Sprint Corp's Executive Chairman:
++STARTS AS WIDE SHOT++
"We cannot take lightly that America needs to lead the world in 5G. China had made it a priority to win the 5G race. They are investing billions. When a country has the best network with the latest technology, it brings massive economic stimulus, explosive job growth, and a new wave of entrepreneurs. America is a land of innovators and disrupters. Let's keep it this way. My story validates this. Letting another country take the leadership away from the US will cost irreparable damage. This is an opportunity of a lifetime."
12. Cutaway
13. SOUNDBITE (English) John Legere, T-Mobile US CEO:
++PART OVERLAID BY PRECEDING SHOT++
"Our opponents are wrong when they claim that the merger will lead to higher prices. In fact, the opposite is true. Consumers will win with lower prices and better services. How? Our costs will drop sharply and our network capacity will expand tremendously. I am so confident that the merger will lower prices that we're willing to put our money where our mouth is."
14. Cutaway wide
15. Pan of chart
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Shelton, President of the Labor Union Communications Workers of America: ++PART OVERLAID BY PRECEDING SHOT++
"Companies merge. Why would they keep two neighbouring stores open. Chances are they won't. Rather than a merger will mean pink slips for 30,000 wireless workers across the country. You heard the CEO of T-Mobile say that they would add jobs. Pardon my language, but that's just bull. Without binding and enforceable commitments and I mean commitments that have no loopholes, such promises are just cheap sales and talk and are easily broken."
17. Wide of session
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Carri Bennet, Rural Wireless Association General Counsel:
"Thank you for this opportunity to testify today to discuss the impact that the proposed T-Mobile-Sprint merger will have on rural America. RWA opposes this merger. We've heard a lot of promises from T-Mobile over the years that have not been met. So we have no reason to believe that T-Mobile will follow through on their new promises if they are allowed to reduce competition. In short, this merger is bad for competition. It's bad for consumers, especially in rural areas, who will experience fewer choices, price increases, and substandard service. It should be denied."
19. Wide of hearing
STORYLINE:
Democratic lawmakers challenged top executives of T-Mobile and Sprint on Wednesday over their pledge not to raise prices for wireless services or hurt competition if their 26.5 billion dollar merger goes through.
At a hearing by a House committee, the two executives defended the deal, which would combine the nation's third- and fourth-largest wireless companies and create a behemoth about the size of industry giants Verizon and AT&T.
Committee members from both parties fretted about the potential impact of a T-Mobile-Sprint merger on rural customers and carriers in rural areas that strike deals with major wireless companies.
Many of the lawmakers on the Energy and Commerce subcommittee represent rural areas and small towns, and they voiced concern over jobs that could be lost in the merger in the companies' call centers and other facilities.
T-Mobile has committed to federal regulators, who must approve the deal, not to raise prices for three years following the merger.
Congress doesn't have authority to rule on the merger, but lawmakers can ask pointed questions and raise concerns to regulators who are reviewing it.
Now that Democrats control the House of Representatives and the Energy and Commerce Committee, they have convened the panel's first merger-review hearing in eight years.
T-Mobile US CEO John Legere and Marcelo Claure, Sprint Corp.'s executive chairman, defended the merger and said American consumers would get more and pay less.
Legere said T-Mobile's analysis shows that consumers would save 7 billion to 13 billion dollars a year by 2024.
"A merger will mean pink slips for 30,000 wireless workers across the country," insisted Chris Shelton, president of the labor union Communications Workers of America, who also testified to the panel.
The CWA's analysis found that job cuts could number up to 30,000 mostly because T-Mobile would close thousands of overlapping stores.
The deal faces reviews by the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission.
U.S. wireless carriers had been unable to get a merger deal through under President Barack Obama.
But after President Donald Trump's election, a more business-friendly FCC deemed the wireless market "competitive" for the first time since 2009, a move that some experts believe could make it easier to win approval for a merger.
The companies also say the combination would allow them to better compete - not only with Verizon and AT&T, but also with Comcast and others as the wireless, broadband and video industries converge.
===========================================================
Clients are reminded:
(i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com
(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service
(iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory.
