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NewsEx-FCC Chairman: McCain has no Telecom Policy
Washington D.C. - Obama policy advisor and
former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Bill Kennard has no
great love for Republican presidential candidate John McCain - especially Read more...
The ultimate E911 compliance test: Dial
One of the ongoing concerns with VoIP has been the ability of service providers to effectively deliver a 911 call to the appropriate authorities. In an ideal world a VoIP-transported 911 call should Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Obama's ex-FCC Backers ...
Obama's ex-FCC Backers... The April 11 Washington Post hard copy version of "Big Donors Among Obama's Read more...
FCC Chairman says no to Skype, forced open access
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told CTIA conventioneers this week he'll oppose a Skype petition to open up existing Read more...
Los Angeles wants its cut; imposes 9% VoIP tax
Maybe they haven't been reading the news--or their mail from Washington, D.C.--otherwise the voters in Los Angeles would know the 9 percent tax they just approved on VoIP calls has a snowball's Read more...
VoIP wins exemption from USF in Nebraska
It looks like there's finally a silver lining to Vonage's recent woes; the U.S. District Court in Lincoln has ruled the troubled company isn't required to pay universal service fees to the Nebraska Read more...
Competition the cure for U.S. broadband woes
U.K. analyst Dean Bubley--the guy who predicts there will be 250 million mobile VoIP phones over the next five Read more...
FCC rethinks broadband
The Federal Communications Commission has finally agreed to a new 768 kbps minimum for broadband, up from the current 200 kbps. The announcement to review the broadband standard--and to more Read more...
FBI VoIP docs leaked (again!)
WikiLeaks has published the FBI's "Electronic Surveillance Needs forCarrier-Grade Voice over Packet (CGVoP) Service." The document leak coincides with the debate over wiretapping and telco immunity Read more...
+883 world numbers on offer
Belgium VoIP backbone provider Voxbone is to offer +883 world numbers to enable VoIP users to have a global non-geographic number for all inward calls. The initiative is called iNum and the idea Read more...
| Press ReleasesLeading Civic Groups Praise New Study Showing Economic Harm of Qwest DeregulationToday, leading organizations advocating for minority-owned small businesses praised a new study showing the potential economic harm that could befall the United States from an upcoming decision Read more... Top Sports Leagues, Program Network Find Fault White Space ProposalsThe National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, the National Collegiate Read more... Verizon Wireless Says Spectrum Additions from FCC's Auction 73 will Further Company's Broadband Strategy BASKING RIDGE, N.J., April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless said today that the spectrum it gained in the FCC's Read more... Qualcomm Wins Licenses to Double Its Spectrum in 28 Key Markets to Expand Award-Winning FLO TV Service SAN DIEGO, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated NASDAQ: QCOM, a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, Read more... FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RELEASES DATA ON HIGH-SPEED SERVICES FOR INTERNET ACCESS Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released new data on high-speed connections to the Internet in the United States. Twice a year, all facilities-based Read more... |