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former Deutsche Telecom Execs charged with bribery by SEC [telecom]
This story is from December 30th, but I haven't seen it mentioned on other lists, so I'm publicizing it here. Written by: Stormy Beach The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged three...
 
LightSquared in 11th-hour effort to woo Washington [telecom]
By Jasmin Melvin WASHINGTON | Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:26pm GMT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Telecom startup LightSquared is mounting a last-ditch effort to win U.S. regulatory approval for a new wireless network...
 
Setback for LightSquared [telecom]
The Wall Street Journal By AMY SCHATZ WASHINGTON--A government advisory board concluded that start-up LightSquared's proposed wireless network would significantly interfere with GPS devices, in a...
 
Attention metal thieves: Buy BT, get 75 MILLION miles of copper [telecom]
From The Register, via the Cybertelecom-L list: Telco is worth less than its expensive assets By Tim Worstall *Analysis* British Telecom is, as a telecoms company, worth minus £30bn. Yes, that's a...
 
FCC Invites Comments on Recon re New iTRS Rules [telecom]
This is from CommonLawBlog via the Cybertelecom-L list: Last August we reported on new rules imposing a number of restrictions on providers of Internet Telecommunications Relay Service (iTRS). Those...
 
Digital bonanza for telecoms historians [telecom]
bonanza for telecoms historians Stuart Corner Thursday, 12 January 2012 12:06 IT Industry - Development The UK's National Archive is to digitise 165 years worth of British Telecom's and its...
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Some unanswered questions from January 2011 [telecom]
Here's a republished version of John Levine's answer to Sam Spade's questions from January 1st of 2011. I have a couple of added questions: 1. For calls from and to Vonage customers, is there a...
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Different clock sources for STM-1 and E1 ?? [telecom]
Hi! Maybe someone here can help me with a problem we have with our PSTN gateway. We receive 63 E1's channelized into a STM-1. The E1's are provided by DTAG (German PSTN) and are multiplexed into the...
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LAST CALL for comments! Telecom Digest Survey [telecom]
The submission period for responses to this survey is about to end. If you have not responded yet, you are strongly encouraged to do so. If you read this as a newsgroup -- '' -- PLEASE, even you do...
 
Outsmarting Your Smartphone [telecom]
Outsmarting Your Spying Smartphone That shiny new smartphone you got for Christmas boasts cool features and games, but buried deep in the software are tools that collect personal information. What...
 
[telecom] ATT's Plight is our Plight
ATT's Plight is our Plight Bob Frankston June 23, 2011 Updated: July 22, 2011 Abstract ATT's planned acquisition of T-Mobile is an occasion to look at the fundamental issues facing the entire...
 
[telecom] PBS Takes On the Premium Channels
PBS Takes On the Premium Channels By AMY CHOZICK January 1, 2012 In an effort to freshen its image and lift revenue, the Public Broadcasting Service is trying to be more like HBO - without the monthly...
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[comp.dcom.telecom] Re: Fwd: Telephone Exchange Names [telecom]
This was a common practice in the Kansas City area for exchanges along the Kansas-Missouri border. Some I remember were: (Missouri office codes listed first with the Kansas side second): DElmar 333...
 
Sprint Challenges AT&T on its Turf [telecom]
By Stephen Lawson, IDG News Sprint Nextel's first installation of its LTE service early this year in four Southeastern U.S. cities will put Sprint right in the face of AT&T, which it has bitterly...
 
Defense Bill Puts Pressure on FCC, LightSquared [telecom]
From Forbes: by Daniel Fisher Language buried deep in the recently enacted National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 could further delay LightSquared's launch of a nationwide wireless data network....