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|  | FCC approves national standard for cell phone bills
The FCC yesterday approved a rule that will apply a national standard to explain charges on cell phone bills. The rule will bypass individual states' regulations with the aim of making such bills easier for consumers to understand. The Washington Post (3/11), The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones (3/11)
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| | Dolan to use own coin to fund Voom
In a filing with the SEC, Cablevision Systems Chairman Charles Dolan has said he would invest up to $10 million of his own money and stock through March 31 to keep satellite-TV venture Voom running. New York Post (3/11), The Wall Street Journal (3/11)
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| | FCC chief calls for return of civil discourse
Outgoing FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell, a champion of competition in the telecom industry, ended his last meeting yesterday by calling for a return to civility. "This country needs to disagree civilly and continue to recommit itself to the welfare of its citizens," Powell said. The Washington Post (3/11), Reuters (3/10)
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| | EchoStar faces accounting investigation, report says
EchoStar Communications is being investigated for alleged improperly booked transactions and questionable consulting payments, Bloomberg News reports. Shares in the No. 2 satellite-TV provider fell 6.1%; EchoStar declined comment. Los Angeles Times (3/11)
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| | Tokyo plans citywide WiMAX network
The city of Tokyo is working with U.S. vendor Airspan and Japanese vendor Yozan to blanket the metropolis with a WiMAX network. Henrik Smith-Petersen, Airspan's Asia Pacific president, touted the plan as "the first major deployment of a WiMAX Metropolitan Area Network." TechWeb Network (3/10)
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| | Wireless companies display wares at CeBit
Mobile phone companies are showing off next-generation features at this week's CeBit confab, the world's largest telecom and tech trade show. Music, megapixel cameras and wireless networking reportedly are all the rage. CNET (3/11)
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| | Report: VoIP key to wireless growth
A new report by Pyramid Research says the wireless voice market is stagnating and that voice-over-wireless LAN could spur new growth. Fixed-line carriers launching VoIP services now have a potentially lucrative opportunity to extend their IP plans to mobile phone service, the report says. InternetNews.com (3/10)
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| | Search players next to enter VoIP space?
Will Internet search companies launch telephony services using Voice over Internet Protocol, a space currently targeted by broadband cable companies? That is a key question being asked at the Voice on the Net conference in San Jose, Calif. Yahoo! reportedly is interested in entering the VoIP business, but Google is keeping quiet on the issue for now. CNET/New York Times, The (3/7)
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| | Cox embraces VoIP
Cox Communications has announced that it is immediately adding softswitch VoIP capability to its TDM switches as part of a broader plan to market VoIP in five of its 12 circuit-switched markets. The hybrid VoIP/TDM strategy will allow Cox to keep TDM lines in place until it's ready for a full VoIP migration. Multichannel News (3/9)
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| | Q-and-A with Vonage's chief
BusinessWeek talks to Vonage CEO Jeffrey Citron about the growth of the VoIP business, Vonage's marketing plans and the company's future prospects. Bloomberg Businessweek (3/11)
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| | SEC plans charges against former Qwest CEO
The SEC is widely expected to file charges against former Qwest Communications chief Joseph P. Nacchio and other former Qwest executives over their roles in accounting fraud at the telco. The charges could come as soon as next week. TheStreet.com (3/11), The Denver Post (3/11), The Wall Street Journal (3/11)
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