Telecom Policy Report articles from January 2008

Telecom Policy Report archives from January 2008

Despite Blessing The Deal, FCC Panel Splits On FairPoint/Verizon.
January 14, 2008... With the Republican leaders of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voting in favor of the deal last week, FairPoint Communications Inc. continues to forge ahead with its plan to buy Verizon's wireline operations in Maine, New...

Around The States.
January 14, 2008... Maine Charlotte, N.C.-based FairPoint Communications Inc. says the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted to approve an amended stipulation recommending the approval of the merger agreement between FairPoint and Verizon, with a...

Wiretapping: The FBI Promises To Get Its Billing House In Order.
January 14, 2008... At least two domestic carriers cut off continuing telephone surveillance activities run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a result of past-due bills, and the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Justice admits in a...

Reasonable Expectation: Texting Is As Private As Calling?
January 14, 2008... Eight public-interest groups recently told the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that telephone companies should not have the legal ability to interfere with text messages. "For many people, texting has replaced calling as a way of...

SDR, Cognitive Radio Could Push Nationwide Broadband Buildouts.
January 14, 2008... With the rest of the industry counting the days until the FCC's 700 MHz auction later this month, the Software Defined Radio (SDR) Forum issued a report identifying how SDR and cognitive radio technology can facilitate a nationwide...

Wireless Carriers Lose 'Line Item' Appeal.
January 28, 2008... The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to overturn a lower-court ruling that prevents wireless carriers from listing taxes and other government fees as separate line items on consumer bills. The decision is part of Sprint Nextel Corp. v....

Around The States.
January 28, 2008... Texas Extreme Networks Inc. was selected by the Public Utility Commission (PUC) of Texas to provide an advanced and cost-effective network infrastructure featuring network access control security and resilient, scalable Ethernet...

3GPP Vets LTE Next-Gen Technology.
January 28, 2008... Long Term Evolution (LTE), the technology expected to be used by the vast majority of wireless carriers to dish up next-gen wireless broadband, has been approved by the The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) - a key blessing needed...

California Task Force Maps Out A Broadband Future.
January 28, 2008... "The State of Connectivity: Building Innovation Through Broadband," recently released by the California Broadband Task Force (CBTF) to the governor and to the state legislature, is the final product of more than a year of work. The CBTF...

ECTA Elects New Board.
January 28, 2008... This week in Belgium, the newly elected board of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA) elected Innocenzo Genna, the representative from AIIP, as chairman, and Richard Lalande, representing Aforst, the French...

Ofcom Report Proposes Continued BT Regulation.
January 28, 2008... U.K. regulator Ofcom has just released the preliminary conclusions of its review of the retail and wholesale markets for leased-line services in the U.K. The review is pursuant "in accordance with the requirements of the regulatory framework...