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|  | BellSouth ramps up fiber rollout
BellSouth said in an FCC filing that it plans to deploy fiber in nearly 60% more
locations in 2005 than in 2004. The company said it has been encouraged
by the Brand X ruling and a recent FCC decision eliminating the
regulatory distinction between FTTH and FTTC technology. Financial Times (free content) (6/30)
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| | AT&T shareholders approve SBC merger
AT&T shareholders attending what will be the company's final
shareholder meeting approved the merger between AT&T and
SBC Communications. A hot topic at the meeting was the fate of AT&T's brand, which may or may not survive the merger. The Denver Post (7/1), Denver Rocky Mountain News (7/1)
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| | Cingular encourages customers to "Take a Shot"
A new campaign by Omnicom Group's Atmosphere BBDO for Cingular Wireless includes a camera phone photo contest for customers featuring a weekly $500 prize and a $50,000 grand prize to be awarded in September. Five finalists will be selected by photographer Robert Clark and Cingular users will vote via SMS for the winner. Adweek (6/30)
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| | Smart phones come of age
Convergence isn't just about media -- it's also about gadgets. The awkward ancestors of the smart phone pale in comparison to today's models, which combine voice, data, video, Web and e-mail in one compact package. NYTimes.com (6/30)
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| | Canada's Rogers offers VoIP service
Rogers Communications today is expected to announced a new VoIP service for the Toronto area. The cable operator eventually plans to expand the service across Ontario and eastern Canada. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (6/30)
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| | Startup wins E911 patent
IP911 Resource has received a patent for a GPS-based technology
designed to solve snags associated with E911 for VoIP. The company says
it hopes to sell the technology to a major gear maker. Telephony Online (6/28)
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| | Cablevision links VoIP to home security systems
Cablevision Systems said on Wednesday that it is giving its Optimum Voice VoIP
subscribers the option to connect the services to home security systems
and central-station security and fire-monitoring facilities. Multichannel News (6/29)
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| | Congress may exempt telcos from TV franchise rules
U.S. House and Senate lawmakers yesterday introduced two measures that would make it easier for telcos to offer video services. Under the proposals, telcos would be exempted from having to obtain local franchise rights -- a time-consuming process involving thousands of municipalities nationwide. The Washington Post/Reuters (6/30)
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communities
The Congressional Rural Caucus this week urged lawmakers to keep the interests of rural carriers in mind as they consider rewriting the Telecom Act of 1996. Telephony Online (6/29)
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| | Ebbers to surrender assets for settlement fund
Former WorldCom CEO Bernard J. Ebbers will give up assets worth between
$25 million and $40 million -- nearly all of his personal fortune -- to settle civil charges related to his
role in WorldCom's accounting scandal. NYTimes.com (7/1), New York Post (7/1), Los Angeles Times (7/1), The Wall Street Journal (7/1)
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| | U.S. hunts Web pirates at home, abroad
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an 11-nation assault on Internet piracy called Operation Site Down, which began work Wednesday with arrests and shutdowns of distribution servers. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Justice was "striking at the top of the copyright piracy supply chain." The Washington Post/Associated Press (7/1)
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