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|  | Report: TV phone outlook rosy
Sales of TV handsets are projected to rise from a paltry 130,000 this year to 83.5 million by 2010, predicts a report by research firm Informa Telecoms & Media. CNET/Reuters (4/28)
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Mobile gaming market red hot: The cell phone gaming market is on pace to reach $2.6 billion by the end of 2005, up from $587 million in 2003, reports Informa Telecoms & Media. Bloomberg Businessweek (5/9)
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| | Verizon to end free Wi-Fi hotspots in NYC
Verizon Communications said it is phasing out a free Wi-Fi service offered to DSL subscribers in New York City. The move coincides with Verizon Wireless' campaign to deploy next-generation mobile phone Internet service in the area. The Washington Post/Associated Press (4/28), TechWeb Network (4/29)
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| | Mom-and-pop VoIP resellers on the rise
As Internet phone service becomes widespread, more people are becoming independent resellers of the service, The New York Times reports. But this growing trend comes with certain risks, including ambitious claims made by resellers on the providers' behalf. NYTimes.com (4/28)
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| | Commentary: Is there an audience for Internet TV?
The Washington Post's Leslie Walker wonders if there is an audience for Web-only television. The launch of sites such as Open Media Network, a non-profit site that allows amateurs and professionals alike to host and distribute video, could result in a marketplace that is too haphazard to lure audiences on a consistent basis. The Washington Post (4/28)
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| | Meet the "Wired 40"
Who are the Wired 40? Wired magazine describes them as "masters of technology and innovation" and "global thinkers driven by strategic vision." Wired (4/2005)
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| | Equipment maker: VoIP a bandwidth hog
Sandvine, a networking equipment maker, says the global VoIP boom may be putting a strain on ISPs. Sandvine says ISPs should reserve extra bandwidth for VoIP to prevent a decline in service quality. TechWeb Network (4/27)
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| | Comcast, Mediacom selling VoIP for what it's worth
Comcast and Mediacom Communications' respective VoIP businesses are in good shape and should not be heavily discounted, executives for the companies said. Comcast currently sells VoIP services in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Massachusetts and aims to be in 20 markets before year's end, said Rian Wren, the company's SVP and general manager of telephony. Multichannel News (4/27)
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| | FCC may demand VoIP phones provide 911 services
Although the FCC has resisted regulating VoIP phone carriers, that approach may change after chairman Kevin Martin signaled the agency may consider a plan requiring VoIP phones to ensure 911 emergency services. E-Commerce Times (4/27)
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| | Minneapolis sues TWC over franchise fees
Minneapolis has filed a lawsuit to settle a franchise-fee spat with Time Warner Cable, which is expected to swap systems with Comcast in the city following the MSOs' Adelphia Communications acquisition. TWC has not paid franchise fees in Minneapolis since a 2002 ruling that classified cable broadband as an information service. Multichannel News (4/28)
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| | Airlines consider how to adjust if cell phone ban is lifted
Airlines are considering how they will adapt if government regulators decide to lift the in-flight ban on cell phones, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. They are considering phone and no-phone sections and etiquette rules. The FCC is taking comments on the cell-phone issue through May 27. San Francisco Chronicle (4/28)
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| | Qwest promotes affordable phone service to tribal areas
Qwest Communications says it is stepping up efforts to bring affordable phone service to impoverished tribal areas. The telco's alleged failure to effectively market low-cost programs to those areas was the subject of an FCC probe last year. Denver Rocky Mountain News (4/29)
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