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Verizon to buy Bluegrass Cellular in continued push into rural service areas

By Rae Hodge | Oct. 19, 2020, 1:06pm PDT Verizon Communications, the largest wireless carrier in the US, said Monday that it’s buying Kentucky rural wireless operator Bluegrass Cellular. The move is the latest in Verizon’s strategy to expand its rural coverage areas. The deal comes just a month after Verizon announced plans to buy mobile carrier […]

Hot-Off-The-Press: Facebook Pings Now Supported in CellHawk!

Users can now create a Ping Listener in CellHawk to ingest Facebook Pings. From the Ping Listener set-up screen, use the “Carrier” drop-down menu and select “Facebook”. The “Target” field is used as the unique identifier and coincides with the Target number in the Facebook ping email (just below the “Service” field). Be sure to […]

T-Mobile Data Sessions File Now Supported with Drag-n-Drop

T-Mobile is starting to consistently include a data sessions record with their CDR Mediation report.  This data file contains a list of IP addresses along with a date and timestamp, down-link and up-link size, duration,  and more importantly, Cell Site Location Information (CSLI) for the usage event.  This record is now supported with drag-n-drop and […]

State of Wyoming Becomes 27th State to Sign into Law the Kelsey Smith Act

The State of Wyoming became the 27th state to sign into law the Kelsey Smith Act, an Act to help law enforcement obtain wireless carrier and service provider call location information records during emergency situations.  On March 13, 2020, Governor Mark Gordon signed Bill HB0126.  This is another great milestone for the Kelsey Smith Foundation, […]