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| May 3, 2007 |
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Verizon wants Vonage to stick to the appeals process
Verizon Communications has questioned the validity of Vonage Holdings' request for a retrial of the patent-infringement case it lost based on a subsequent high-court ruling. Verizon said Vonage's argument was "so lacking in merit that they should be summarily rejected." CNET (5/2)
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Frontier lets users mix wireless, landline calls
Frontier Communications is offering a service for $10 a month that enables the subscribers to its digital-calling plan to have calls simultaneously ring on both their home phone and their wireless handset. Frontier1 is wireless-carrier agnostic and is available in a limited service area. The Sacramento Bee (Calif.) (free registration) (5/3)
Verizon Wireless sues "autodialer" telemarketers
Verizon Wireless has filed suit against unknown telemarketers in New Jersey state court for illegally using an "autodialer" that makes calls from certain numbers. Verizon Wireless said more than 1 million illegal calls were made to its customers in March. Chicago Tribune/Bloomberg (5/2)
ICO taps Alcatel-Lucent, Hughes
Alcatel-Lucent and Hughes Network Systems have been called on by ICO Global Communications to deliver architecture and technology for a trial next year of mobile interactive-media services. The converged mobile-media service would focus on entertainment and communication. Wireless IQ (5/2)
Zander, Icahn continue to verbally spar
Carl Icahn wants Motorola CEO Ed Zander to step down if the company fails to turn itself around, but Zander has delivered a blow of his own, calling Icahn's attempt to gain a seat on the company's board a "mere adjunct to his investing activity." The Wall Street Journal (5/2)
Microsoft aims to strengthen mobile-ad position
Microsoft has agreed to acquire European-based advertising company ScreenTonic. The acquisition is expected to help bolster Microsoft's ventures in mobile advertising. The Boston Globe/Reuters (tiered subscription model) (5/3)
Google eyes wireless spectrum
Google is marshaling its forces for the federal government's $10 billion auction in licenses that can be used to provide wireless services. Google has joined a coalition and hired lobbyists in its effort to be a player in the market for high-speed Internet access. Bloomberg Businessweek (5/3)
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USTelecom calls for cap on Universal Service distributions
In a letter, USTelecom CEO Walter McCormick urged the FCC to take immediate steps to address the short-term and long-term needs of the Universal Service Fund and endorsed a proposal to cap further growth of universal service funds going to wireless carriers and competitive service providers. "The Board's recommendation that the FCC impose an interim limit on the exponential growth in funding for wireless carriers is a critical step to ensure that consumers are not subjected to further burdensome increases to fund the program," McCormick said.
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Microsoft aims for boundary-less infrastructure
Microsoft's BizTalk Services platform is designed to enable the integration of services that fall within and outside a firewall. The company plans to market the platform as a package with .Net Framework and Visual Studio. InfoWorld (5/2)
Study: More retailers developing mobile Web sites
Retailers are wading slowly into the area of mobile Web sites, and only 2% of retail brands currently operate one, a study by RarePlay.com found. "At the moment the majority of m-commerce transactions are limited to mobile device add-ons like ringtones, games, wallpapers and screensavers," said Ron Knowlton, founder of RarePlay. "Although small, these minor transactions are working to instill confidence in the public's perception of m-commerce." Internet Retailer magazine (5/2007)
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Asterisk 1.6 addresses concerns about open-source VoIP
Asterisk 1.6 is being designed to improve security vulnerabilities in open-source VoIP and enable better integration between Asterisk and security devices, such as firewalls. "One of the benefits of open source is that there are more people using our code and a lot more people looking at our code and telling us when things are wrong," said Kevin Fleming, senior software engineer at Digium and co-maintainer of Asterisk. InternetNews.com (5/2)
Internet cafes, hotel rooms get FBI attention
The FBI is looking more closely into thefts totaling tens of millions of dollars that have gone missing from online brokerage accounts. In an attempt to stop the fraud that targets hotel guests and users of Internet cafes, the U.S. Department of Justice will beef up defense strategies. Bloomberg (5/3)
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