Telecom Policy Report articles from November 2007

Telecom Policy Report archives from November 2007

Around The States.
November 13, 2007... California The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has directed AT&T California to pay a penalty of $300,000 per month for three months (a total of $900,000) for failing to meet the PUC established out of service standard in...

Guest Commentary - Steve Effros: Clear As MDU.
November 13, 2007... I'm sure someone has used that headline by now, but it says everything. The Federal Communication Commission's decision last week on exclusive contracts to provide services to multiple dwelling units - MDUs - will result in both policies and...

NARUC National Meeting Tackles Numbering Issues.
November 13, 2007... The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) kicked off its 119th Annual Convention today in Anaheim, Calif. Climate policy, universal-service reform and protecting utility infrastructure from cyber attack will be...

New FCC Broadband Report Still Misses The Mark.
November 13, 2007... The FCC has released its semi-annual report on broadband penetration in the United States, mostly to the guffaws of an industry that by now either totally ignores or seriously criticizes the agency's concepts of how to do such a job. As...

Why The Big Guys Think Video Is The Best Part Of Bundling.
November 13, 2007... Here's a little pop multiple choice quiz for you. When asked, "What's the best part of the bundle?" who said, "It's definitely video. That's what people want. It's the on-demand library and the ability to get all the content that they...

Around The States.
November 27, 2007... Florida Florida may become the next state to bar drivers younger than 18 from using cellphones behind the wheel, with some legislators saying they're alarmed by teens text-messaging while driving. Senate Transportation Chairman Carey...

Is Femtomania More Like Beatlemania Or ISDN?
November 27, 2007... The telecommunications industry loves acronyms, phrases, trends and "hot" technology buzz. Remember the "information superhighway?" Remember "roadkill on the information superhighway?" Remember "dot bomb" and "nuclear winter" and...

NECA Ex Parte Meeting Addresses FCC's Call Signaling.
November 27, 2007... In a pre-Thanksgiving ex parte letter to the Federal Communications Commission regarding Intercarrier Compensation Reform (CC Docket No. 01-92), Joe A. Douglas, vice president/Government Relations for the National Exchange Carrier Association...

FCC Broadband Initiative Pushes Rural Telehealth Services.
November 27, 2007... Broadband deployment is one of the Federal Communications Comission's top priorities - particularly in rural America. And nowhere is the need for broadband greater than in rural healthcare, it says, where isolated clinics can save lives by...

Broadcom Takes The Money, Still Plans Further Qualcomm Action.
November 27, 2007... Late last week, a federal judge let stand a jury verdict that found Qualcomm infringed three Broadcom patents (TelecomWeb news break, May 30). Broadcom now says it will "seek to enjoin Qualcomm from making, using, selling and developing 3G...

Telecom Lobbying: 2007 Isn't The Year Of The Big Bucks.
November 27, 2007... Even though this is a pre-election year, lobbying dollars being spent by telecom service providers and equipment manufacturers are not keeping pace with the number of words being spent by candidates during their seemingly endless debates....