New Barriers for VoIP
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The state public utility commissions have traditionally had the reputation of being in the hip pockets of the telephone and electric companies that they regulate. While some state commissions have changed that perception and are now viewed as pro-competition and pro-consumer, others have perpetuated it. As I write this column, the...
Barton-Rush Bill Not 'An Elegant Solution'
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The piecemeal approach to a rewrite of the '96 Telecom Act took a controversial turn with the proposal of the Communications, Promotion and Enhancement Act of 2006 in late March. The work of House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton, R-Texas, and Bobby Rush, D-Ill., the bill makes way for a national video franchising...
No Hope Yet for Vodafone to Grab SFR
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Vivendi has rejected a shareholder proposal to break up the company in what would have created an opportunity for Vodafone to buy the shares it does not already own in French mobile operator SFR. Vodafone owns 44% of the firm, which holds about 36% of the French mobile market, while Vivendi controls a 56% stake. Vivendi shareholder...
China Mobile in Talks with Google
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HONG KONG -- China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd., China's largest cell-phone carrier by subscribers, said Thursday it's in talks with Google Inc. to launch an Internet search engine for mobile services in China. China Mobile is keen to explore mobile data services to offset declining revenue from the traditional voice services. ''I...
RIM, IBM Collaborate on Mobility
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Research In Motion (RIM) and IBM see a collective opportunity to enhance mobility in the enterprise space by further integrating RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Solution with IBM Lotus Domino. Initially, the companies plan to offer IBM Lotus Domino directly to BlackBerry devices. The goal, according to the companies, is to give customers...
BT Ready To Mesh The Masses
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BT, stepping up its plans to create "wireless cities" across the U.K., says it's reached agreements with a dozen jurisdictions to blanket those municipalities with a Wi- Fi mesh, with work on the first six to start imminently. The project will, unsurprisingly, be the largest mesh deployment in the U.K. BT is working with Intel as its...
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