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Klobuchar takes aim at wireless contract fee
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) will soon introduce a bill to rein in the fees wireless carriers charge consumers who want to switch carriers or cut off cellphone service before their two-year contract is up.
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The Real Junk Science of EMFs
A decade after some of the world's leading epidemiologists agreed that exposure to power line EMFs could lead to childhood leukemia, the denial continues.
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Ciena beats NSN to buy Nortel ops for $769 mln
Ciena Corp will buy the optical networking and carrier ethernet business of bankrupt Nortel for $769 million after it trumped Nokia Siemens Networks in a three-day auction.
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D.Telekom open to all options for U.S. unit-sources
Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE) is keeping its options open for its U.S. business and is not close to making a decision on the unit's mid-tem future, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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USF legislation could be a game-changer for broadband innovation
It's difficult to see the potential diamonds of innovation in the rough phase our current economy, but proposed legislation to reform the Universal Service Fund could result in broadband innovations - if people with vision see the light. The challenge, of course, will be in getting from here to there once the light bulb goes off.
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Moody's cuts Sprint-Nextel rating, citing earnings
Moody's Investor Services on Friday cut its credit rating for Sprint-Nextel Corp (S.N), citing concerns about Sprint's ability to stabilize its operating performance and earnings.
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Bigger U.S. Role in Broadband Is Likely
The Federal Communications Commission began to lay the groundwork for a bigger federal role in the broadband business Wednesday, outlining the hurdles the U.S. needs to overcome to improve the availability of high-speed Internet access.
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FCC Adopts Declaratory Ruling Regarding Tower Siting
On November 18, 2009, the Federal Communications Commission released a Declaratory Ruling clarifying Section 332(c)(7) of the Communications Act, in response to a petition filed by CTIA-The Wireless Association.
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AT&T loses first legal battle against Verizon ads
AT&T has lost the first battle in a legal war against Verizon Wireless to force the company to stop showing advertisements that compare its 3G wireless network coverage with Verizon's coverage.
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FCC votes to speed up cell tower sites
In its monthly meeting this morning, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to impose a "shot clock" for siting tower applications, or the process wireless carriers must follow to install new wireless antennas and nodes on towers to expand cell phone networks.
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AT&T Expands Complaint Against Verizon Ads in Federal Court
AT&T's complaint against Verizon now includes new ads, seeks immediate restraining order.
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NTIA AND RUS STREAMLINE PROGRAMS TO BRING BROADBAND, JOBS TO MORE AMERICANS
The USDA's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced they are streamlining the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's broadband grant and loan programs by awarding the remaining funding in just one more round, instead of two rounds, to increase efficiency and better accommodate applicants.
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Sprint is at risk of Standard & Poor’s credit downgrade
Sprint Nextel Corp. is at risk of having its Standard & Poor's Ratings Services junk credit rating downgraded because of weak operating performance this year.
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The wireless operator of tomorrow
As operators seek to increase their subscriber base and average revenue per user, they are faced with major technology and asset investment decisions.
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Motorola Probably Sold 100,000 Droids in Challenge to IPhone
Motorola Inc. probably sold 100,000 Droid phones in their first weekend on the market, a sign that the handset maker is recovering even though it still trails Apple Inc., an analyst said.
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Sprint to Cut as Much as 6% of Jobs as Subscriber Rolls Shrink
Sprint Nextel Corp., the third- largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, will cut as much as 6 percent of its workforce as the company loses subscribers to rivals.
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Verizon agrees to refund customers $2 million
Telephone giant Verizon Florida agreed to refund customers $1.75 millon and pay the state another $250,000 Tuesday as a result of a settlement agreement with the state's utility regulators who wanted to punish the company for poor service.
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Klobuchar derides new Verizon policy
Sen. Amy Klobuchar sent a letter to Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell C. McAdam this morning expressing her dissapointment with a recent decision by the company to double early termination fees for customers with smartphones.
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Stimulus for tech and telecom $3B, but jobs still guesswork
The U.S. government has spent about $700 million on IT and telecommunications products and services under its economic stimulus program, part of a total of $3 billion that's in the spending pipeline, according to a private analysis of this data. But how many jobs have been created is not as clear.
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AT&T-Centennial Deal Gets Final Regulatory Approval From FCC
AT&T Inc. can complete its $945 million purchase of Centennial Communications Corp. after winning regulatory approval from the Federal Communications Commission.
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FCC moves closer to special access fee regulation
As expected, the FCC issued a public notice seeking comment on how to look at the special access market, formally opening a debate that likely will pit AT&T and Verizon against Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA and other companies. Those companies, which don't have wireline divisions, pay the big telcos fees to backhaul their wireless traffic over their competitors' wireline networks, and have been arguing that AT&T and Verizon hold a monopoly on the lines and are charging too much for access.
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Verizon Ups Early Termination Fee to $350
Verizon Wireless on Thursday confirmed that it will increase its early termination fee (ETF) to $350 starting November 15.
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Leap's subscriber growth slows in Q3
Leap Wireless reported a wider net loss in the third quarter and weaker subscriber growth, but the company saw a boost in revenues. Like its rival MetroPCS, which reported earnings Thursday morning, Leap's subscriber additions slowed in the quarter when compared with its results from earlier quarters this year.
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Midnight Droid madness in Manhattan
More than a hundred people were lined up at midnight Thursday outside a Verizon Wireless store in midtown Manhattan to be among the first people to buy the new Motorola Droid.
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Verizon to double its cancellation fees
With a whole new line of smart phones coming onto the market, Verizon Wireless said that starting November 15 it is doubling to $350 the penalty fees for subscribers who leave their contracts early.
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