Telecom Policy Report articles from February 2008

Telecom Policy Report archives from February 2008

FCC/NTIA Spectrum Test Bed Now Seeks Industry Players.
February 11, 2008... In May 2003, President Bush forwarded a "Spectrum Policy Initiative" by issuing an Executive Memorandum that kicked off an examination of the existing legal and policy framework for spectrum management "to better optimize the use of U.S....

Around The States 02/04/08.
February 11, 2008... Michigan Michigan may have a new statewide franchising law, but law firm Howard & Howard estimates that fewer than 110 of the state's 2,000 communities have wireline cable competition. "That means that the vast majority of our state's...

Guest Commentary: Is The NTIA's Broadband Report Just A Political Ploy?(Report)
February 11, 2008... By Stuart Zipper, senior editor, Broadband Business Forecast In a show of what many - including me - see as a desperate attempt to justify a failed national broadband policy (or, rather, no policy at all), the U.S. Department of...

Verizon Wins Again As Intelius Backs Off.
February 11, 2008... Verizon Wireless can chalk up another successful campaign against an entity trying to use private cellphone numbers to make money. Intelius Inc., a people-search company that recently launched online directory assistance for cell-phone...

U.K. Regulator Taps U.S. Company For Network Research.
February 11, 2008... Arieso, an Atlanta-based wireless-network-planning and -optimization provider, has completed research for Ofcom's report "Application of Spectrum Liberalization and Trading to the Mobile Sector." Ofcom is the independent regulator and...

Union Group Tells Verizon To Get On The High-Speed Bus.
February 11, 2008... City busses in the nation's capital are sporting a new message to the District of Columbia City Council from D.C. residents: "This bus isn't the only thing passing you by. Verizon is bringing high-speed Internet to the suburbs: Not to DC."...

House, Senate Wage Bipartisan War Of Words On FISA Protection (Part One).
February 25, 2008... On Feb. 15, the Bush administration's contentious warrantless wiretap program expired, and the battle on both sides of the Capitol building continues along the road to a permanent solution, with the parties split when it comes to any talk of...

Supremes Take A Pass On Surveillance Review (Part Two).
February 25, 2008... In Part One of Telecom Policy Report's update on the state of FISA today, we examine the bipartisan and House/Senate fight over whether to include immunity to telecom providers if they have participated in government requests for warrantless...

Ofcom Gets The Nod To Deregulate Most U.K. Broadband.
February 25, 2008... The European Commission (EC) has agreed to allow U.K. regulator Ofcom to deregulate wholesale broadband serving almost 65 percent of all of Britain's businesses and homes, saying that enough competition exists to scrap the European Union...

China Regulator Tells Celcos To Ratchet Back Roaming Charges.
February 25, 2008... China's Ministry of the Information Industry has cut the fees China's mobile operators are allowed to charge for national roaming calls, beginning March 1. Like other large countries as India, China is divided into telecom regions. When...

Around The States.
February 25, 2008... >>Vermont FairPoint Communications Inc. says the Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) issued a written order approving FairPoint's proposed acquisition of Verizon's wireline business in the state. FairPoint also is buying Verizon's...