Telecom Policy Report articles from January 2007

Telecom Policy Report archives from January 2007

2007 Vs. 2006: Rounding Up The Regulatory Agenda.
January 8, 2007... When federal regulation by choice or necessity moves at a seemingly slow pace, calendar years and their events can blur as easily as telecom's competitive service distinctions. At best, it can leave observers basing predictions on major...

2007 Vs. 2006: Financial Gurus Take Stock On Policy.
January 8, 2007... Analyst houses associated with the financial community tend to take stock of an industry at year's end in order to comfort or to warn investors going forward. In the telecom field, failures by the U.S. Congress and federal agencies to...

2007 Vs. 2006: Prepare For More Net Enforcement.
January 8, 2007... When it comes to questionable, nefarious and illicit activity on the Internet, the World Wide Web and the public switched telephone network (PSTN), events during the course of 2006 suggest that 2007 may well become the "year of enforcement."...

2007 Vs. 2006: Rethinking Spectrum Management.
January 8, 2007... With mobile and even fixed wireless becoming a massive industry preoccupation, from municipal broadband deployments to development of fourth generation (4G) applications, government authorities worldwide are rethinking a range of RF spectrum...

AT&T, BellSouth End The Year As One.(Company overview)
January 8, 2007... AT&T and BellSouth got the FCC's nod to merger, creating a global communications company the two say will be "committed to driving convergence, continued innovation, and competition in the communications and entertainment market." The...

Limited Supply: Area Code 500.
January 22, 2007... Based on 2006 assignment trends along with recent forecast submissions reflecting the need for more than 100 500 NXX codes each year during the next four years, the 500-NXX resource may run out sometime during the next two years. An...

Comment Dates For Public-Safety Broadband NPRM Released.
January 22, 2007... Right before last Christmas, the Federal Communications Commission adopted and released a Ninth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in PS Docket No. 06- 229 (Implementing a Nationwide, Broadband, Interoperable Public Safety Network in the 700 MHz...

Lieberman Fires Opening Salvos At Lack Of 9/11 Reforms.
January 22, 2007... Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), the new chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, hopes the committee will produce legislation this month aimed at approving some of the 9/11 Commission's recommendations...

Verizon Aims For Deregulated State Number Three.
January 22, 2007... Because of what it characterizes as the state's "highly competitive telecom market," Verizon has asked the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) to cut back a little on the regulation of the carrier's retail services. If the SCC...

FCC Releases 'Call Home Act' Order.
January 22, 2007... The Federal Communications Commission once again has acted to reduce the costs for family calls made to military people deployed to the Middle East and other postings. In an order adopted Jan. 8 but not released until yesterday, the FCC...

TWT White Paper Attacks Alleged Pole-Attachment Discrimination.
January 22, 2007... According to Time Warner Telecom, current FCC pricing rules allow utilities to charge "telecommunications carrier" broadband providers like itself as much as 272 percent more than non-telecommunications carrier competitors to deploy...

Patent Office Staffers Now Can Telecommute.
January 22, 2007... There's some good news for employees at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. They now can work at home for as many as four days a week, and they will be reimbursed for their home high-speed Internet service if they do participate in the...