Telecom Policy Report articles from June 2007

Telecom Policy Report archives from June 2007

Entrepreneur Group Pushes Open Access, E-Block Plan.(Company overview)
June 11, 2007... A new group of veteran wireless entrepreneurs - the Wireless Founders Coalition for Innovation - sent a letter last week to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to provide its "real-world" perspective for why Open Access...

Around The States.
June 11, 2007... Maine The Federal Communications Commission will hold two "open mic" localism hearings in Portland on June 28 to gather information from consumers, industry, civic organizations and others on broadcasters' service to their local...

Cellphone Import Future In Doubt As ITC Rules Against Qualcomm.
June 11, 2007... The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ordered that certain Qualcomm chips, and future downstream products including cellphones that incorporate those chips, that infringe a Broadcom patent be barred from importation into the United...

The European Roaming Cap Gets The Nod, But Carriers, Users Disagree On Effect.
June 11, 2007... The European Parliament gave its final approval to the compromise agreement on cutting cellular roaming charges, ending seven years of often acrimonious battling between politicians and mobile service providers, who now have just weeks to...

Wireless Broadband Powers Up In The U.K.
June 25, 2007... U.K. regulator Ofcom has doubled the power allowed for transmitters in the 5.8 GHz band in hopes the move will bring wireless broadband to the remaining fraction of the population living in remote areas where broadband is not available. ...

Around The States.
June 25, 2007... California The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has suspended the operating authority of telecommunications carrier Global NAPS California (GNCI) for failure to pay termination charges to Cox California Telcom arising from the...

Bush Recommends Tate For A Second FCC Stint.
June 25, 2007... Republican Federal Communications Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate has garnered White House support for another five-year term ending in 2012. Tate's initial term, which expires later this week (June 20), was based on her filling the...

At The WCA: Adelstein Addresses U.S. Broadband Issues.
June 25, 2007... Speaking at the recent WCA 2007 conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Wireless Communications Association, Federal Communications Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein told attendees he believes broadband is the key to economic growth...

Michigan Competition Report Notes Wireline, Wireless Gains.
June 25, 2007... The Michigan Public Service Commission's Department of Labor & Economic Growth just released it annual Status of Telecommunications Competition in Michigan, which describes the status of competition in telecommunications services in that...

FCC Begins The Slow Slog Through Net-Neutrality Comments.
June 25, 2007... The Federal Communications Commission just concluded its comment period regarding its proposal to regulate pricing on broadband networks (WC Docket No. 07-52), commonly referred to as "net neutrality." Net neutrality is one of those...