The area code that serves the entire state is now expected to expire in the summer of 2036.
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NSA investigating potential Chinese hacking of American telecom firms
The NSA has warned since 2022 that telecommunications infrastructure was vulnerable to Chinese hacking.
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Fidium parent company laying off nearly quarter of customer service staff in Maine
The cutting of 12 jobs at Consolidated Communications continues what union and congressional leaders have called a ‘troubling’ trend at Maine’s largest telecommunications company.
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Maine’s single area code now expected to last until end of 2025
The latest projection of when 207 numbers will be exhausted is a year later than had been expected. The previous estimate was through 2024.
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Idaho-based company completes purchase of longstanding Unity telecom UniTel
The sale to Direct Communications, based in Rockland, Idaho, is expected to provide the capital that will allow UniTel to expand and upgrade the fiber optic network in the communities that it serves.
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State regulators launch probe of number shortage in 207 area code
The probe will focus specifically on the number-forecasting practices of telecommunications provider Verizon because it is predicting a faster exhaustion of phone numbers than the state.
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Consolidated Communications workers in northern New England authorize strike
Union reps say the labor contracts of over 1,000 workers in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire expire Aug. 7, and negotiations over new contracts have stalled.
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In remote Wytopitlock, town hangs up public payphone for good
The town wants to replace the payphone, which hardly anyone uses, with a vending machine for snacks.
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Judge clears major obstacle in T-Mobile’s $26.5B bid to buy Sprint
A group of state attorneys general tried to block the deal, arguing that having one fewer phone company would cost Americans billions of dollars in higher bills.
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Cable companies want judge to pause new Maine law requiring à la carte channel choices
Comcast and other cable broadcasters say First Amendment rights to control their offerings are at stake. ‘It would upend the economics of this industry,’ one lawyer says.