Telecom Policy Report articles from July 2007

Telecom Policy Report archives from July 2007

NARUC Summer Meeting Tackles ETFs, DTV, VoIP, BPL.
July 23, 2007... At its summer committee meeting last week in New York City, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) passed a series of telecom-related resolutions setting national policy for the country's state public utility...

ATIS Fields First IPTV Architectural Framework Standard.
July 23, 2007... The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has released a high-level architectural framework designed to serve as the reference architecture for the IPTV functional specifications being developed by the group's IPTV...

Google Goes For The Auction Gold.
July 23, 2007... According to search engine Google, if the Federal Communications Commission adopts a framework requiring greater competition and consumer choice, it intends to participate in the upcoming auction of 700 MHz wireless spectrum (Telecom Policy...

19 Presidential Candidates In Search Of A Broadband Policy.
July 23, 2007... Just about every one of the multiplicity of candidates vying for the Democratic and Republican nominations for president has begun to stake out a position on broadband. In some cases, those positions are best described as knee-jerk adoptions...

Around The States.
July 23, 2007... California A landline is going to cost more for millions of AT&T customers in California, as AT&T has increased the rates for subscribers who don't take a bundle of services. Caller ID charges went from $8 to $9 dollars a month; call...

Telecom Bills Heat Up An Already Steamy Washington Summer.
July 23, 2007... Consumers, businesses and agriculture stand to benefit from two congressional telecom initiatives passed in committee late last week. First, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation unanimously vetted a bill it says...