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Skype Petitions FCC for Access to Mobiles
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VoIP provider Skype, backed up by Columbia University's Tim Wu, who published a report on anti-competitive practices by the mobile industry, has petitioned the FCC to invoke the 1968 Carterphone ruling for mobile networks. This ruling mandated that AT&T permit consumers to attach any device that did not damage the network to be ...Regulator Outlines Plans for MVNOs in Portugal
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The Portuguese telecoms regulator, Anacom, has outlined the regulatory framework for MVNOs wishing to set up shop in Portugal. Noting that it was yet to identify formally mobile operators with significant market power in Portugal, Anacom observed that existing mobile operators are not under any regulatory obligation to provide third ...Swisscom to Begin WiMAX Trials in April 2007
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Swisscom has announced plans to commence a WiMAX field trial in the Swiss city of Boltigen from April 2007. In a statement, Swisscom said that this will be the first time it will test the new technology since receiving its Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licence in 2006. The company will install WiMAX in around 30 households. ...Defending Streaming Media
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VoIP and other types of streaming media are open invitations to hackers intent on stealing data or causing various types of digital mayhem. Phoenix-based Live Square is targeting media security gaps with new software that aims to secure all types of audio and video streaming against piracy threats. Live Square's Streaming Media ...EU Launches Lawsuit Against Germany Over Attempt to Keep Rivals Off Deutsch= e Telekom's Broadband Network
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Commission said Monday it had launched a lawsuit against Germany over a law allowing Deutsche Telekom AG to keep rivals off its high-speed Internet networks. EU spokesman Martin Selmayr told reporters that a letter of formal notice was sent to Berlin after it ignored ...New Voicemail App Copies Wireless Messages To PCs
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Earlier this month, Calif.-based CallWave Inc. rolled out a portfolio of market-tested, next-generation visual voicemail solutions, and one of the first takers is Hawaiian Telcom. "We're helping the carrier community think outside the phone with proven desktop applications that allow end users to select, play and respond to ...Ericsson Targets Cable Revenues
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A successful acquisition of Tandberg Television would give Ericsson AB a coveted position in the cable operator equipment market, the Swedish vendor's CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg told a press conference Monday morning. Owning Tandberg TV would also give Ericsson in-house competence in TV delivery technology and a ...Last Week's Funding Roundup
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WiMax silicon and mobile email startups plumb the deep pockets of the wireless VC community this week in our regular funding roundup. Sequans Communications : The funding market is still hot for WiMax chip startups, especially those working on mobile broadband systems. This week Alcatel-Lucent made an undisclosed investment in ...Qualcomm, Broadcom Dismiss Two Claims
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Qualcomm and Broadcom have agreed to dismiss with prejudice all claims and counterclaims associated with two patents belonging to Broadcom and two patents belonging to Qualcomm. The agreement results in the dismissal of San Diego Federal Court Case No. 05 CV 1662 involving Broadcom's claims for infringement of the two ...CommunicationsDirect Editor