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Only 13% of consumers are interested or very interested in using VoIP, and just 43% have heard of the technology, according to a new survey by Forrester. The survey also found that consumers want to see $15 or more in cost savings over their current calling plans before the switch to VoIP. Network World/Networking Pipeline (2/2)
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| | NTT DoCoMo chief talks wireless
In an interview with CNET, NTT DoCoMo chief Kei-ichi Enoki talks about his company's success and future plans, emerging wireless technologies and why Americans take a different approach to mobile phones than their Asian and European counterparts. CNET (2/2)
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| | Report predicts growth for telecom industry
The overall telecom industry grew 7.9% in 2004 and will grow 8.7% in 2005, according to a report by research firm Wilkofsky Gruen and Associates. Equipment spending grew last year for the first time since 2000, the report says. Telephony Online (2/1)
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| | Adelphia bondholder is bidder for bankrupt company
One of Adelphia Communications' largest creditors is bidding to take control of the bankrupt cable operator. William Huff, whose W.R. Huff Asset Management Co. owns Adelphia bonds, has secured enough financing from investors to make an offer for the company. Huff's bid would compete against a joint offer by Time Warner and Comcast, as well as a bid from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Providence Equity Partners. New York Post (2/2)
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| | SBC, AT&T detail job cuts
Executives from SBC Communications and AT&T yesterday said about 13,000 jobs would be eliminated as a result of the merger between the two companies. Most of the cuts would come from attrition and redundancy, the companies said. Chicago Tribune (2/2), The Dallas Morning News (2/2)
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| | AT&T technology changed communications but couldn't save company
The invention of the transistor in 1947 by AT&T's Bell Labs paved the way for an "information revolution" in the last half of the 20th century, The Wall Street Journal says. Ironically, the transistor and other important technologies that came out of Bell Labs eventually led to AT&T's eventual downfall as a telecom powerhouse, the paper says. The Wall Street Journal (2/2)
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A group of Virginia lawmakers, including Gov. Mark Warner, is pushing to revamp the way the commonwealth regulates telecommunications services to accommodate new technologies making waves in the market. Instead of having a patchwork of different tax rates, the lawmakers want to levy a flat tax of 5% on a variety of different services, including VoIP, which has been at the center of numerous debates. The Washington Post (2/2)
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| | WorldCom fraud extends back to 1997, witness says
Improper accounting methods were used as early as 1997 by WorldCom, the company's former controller said yesterday in the trial of Bernard J. Ebbers. The court also heard testimony from the handler of Ebbers' accounts at Bank of America, who said she threatened to sell his stock in the company after he failed to meet a margin call. NYTimes.com/Associated Press (2/2), The Wall Street Journal (2/2)
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