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Infotech & Telecom News
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December 2007
AT&T Battles Attorney General's Ruling on U-verse Video Service
A Connecticut Superior Court is considering an AT&T appeal of contradictory state policy decisions that kept the telecom company from using a legal ... (read more)
A Connecticut Superior Court is considering an AT&T appeal of contradictory state policy decisions that kept the telecom company from using a legal ... (read more)
Big Names Join HIT Game
A group of employers including AT&T, Applied Materials, BP, Cardinal Health, Intel, Pitney-Bowes, and Walmart has created Dossia.org, an Internet-based ... (read more)
A group of employers including AT&T, Applied Materials, BP, Cardinal Health, Intel, Pitney-Bowes, and Walmart has created Dossia.org, an Internet-based ... (read more)
Comcast P2P Blocking Reignites Neutrality Debate
Congress is planning to revisit network neutrality legislation by year end, with the House Committee on Energy and Commerce expected to move as early as ... (read more)
Congress is planning to revisit network neutrality legislation by year end, with the House Committee on Energy and Commerce expected to move as early as ... (read more)
Congress Approves 7-Year Extension of Internet Access Tax Moratorium
Congress approved an extension of the national moratorium on Internet taxes one day before the previous moratorium was due to expire. A measure protecting ... (read more)
Congress approved an extension of the national moratorium on Internet taxes one day before the previous moratorium was due to expire. A measure protecting ... (read more)
Congress Seeks 'Bill of Rights' for Wireless Users
Under fire from consumer action campaigns and political pressures, Congress is considering legislation calling on the Federal Communications Commission ... (read more)
Under fire from consumer action campaigns and political pressures, Congress is considering legislation calling on the Federal Communications Commission ... (read more)
Cook County Eyes $4 Phone Tax
A Cook County, Illinois proposal to impose a $4 tax on all wireline and wireless phone lines has drawn fire from all sides, including the local phone company, ... (read more)
A Cook County, Illinois proposal to impose a $4 tax on all wireline and wireless phone lines has drawn fire from all sides, including the local phone company, ... (read more)
December 2007 InfoTech & Technology News (PDF)
The December 2007 issue of IT&T News questions whether the Universal Service Fund, special access fees, and other subsidies to rural telecom companies are ... (read more)
The December 2007 issue of IT&T News questions whether the Universal Service Fund, special access fees, and other subsidies to rural telecom companies are ... (read more)
Details of S. 2033
The proposed S. 2033, the Cell Phone Consumer Empowerment Act of 2007, seeks simple, clear information on services and charges before service providers ... (read more)
The proposed S. 2033, the Cell Phone Consumer Empowerment Act of 2007, seeks simple, clear information on services and charges before service providers ... (read more)
Do Rural Telecom Subsidies Slow Broadband Growth?
After a day at the annual Rural Telecom Conference, or Rural TeleCon, advocates of free-market policies had reason to emerge downcast. The 2007 conference, ... (read more)
After a day at the annual Rural Telecom Conference, or Rural TeleCon, advocates of free-market policies had reason to emerge downcast. The 2007 conference, ... (read more)
E-911 Ruling Impossible to Meet, Industry Says
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered the nation's wireless carriers to find a way, during the next five years, to enable police, fire, ... (read more)
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered the nation's wireless carriers to find a way, during the next five years, to enable police, fire, ... (read more)
End Broadband Loans in Competitive Areas, House Committee Told
The CEO of a privately held broadband company has called on the federal government to end low-interest loans for broadband to rural phone companies that ... (read more)
The CEO of a privately held broadband company has called on the federal government to end low-interest loans for broadband to rural phone companies that ... (read more)
FCC Revisits Special Access Rules
The long-simmering struggle over special access fees is heating up as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins accumulating industry input on ... (read more)
The long-simmering struggle over special access fees is heating up as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins accumulating industry input on ... (read more)
FCC Set to Revisit Cross-Ownership of Media
The head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is floating several proposals for changing certain media ownership rules in the United States. Although ... (read more)
The head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is floating several proposals for changing certain media ownership rules in the United States. Although ... (read more)
In the News
Microsoft Offers Antidote to Scattered Health Info In October, Microsoft introduced HealthVault, a free, Web-based personal health record-keeping system ... (read more)
Microsoft Offers Antidote to Scattered Health Info In October, Microsoft introduced HealthVault, a free, Web-based personal health record-keeping system ... (read more)
Industry Seeks Shield from Wiretap Litigation
U.S. telephone companies won immunity from liability when complying with presidential wiretap orders following a late October compromise between the White ... (read more)
U.S. telephone companies won immunity from liability when complying with presidential wiretap orders following a late October compromise between the White ... (read more)
Microfinance Gets Online Presence
A San Francisco-based Internet start-up is shaking up the microfinance world by offering online loans from individual volunteers. The nonprofit organization, ... (read more)
A San Francisco-based Internet start-up is shaking up the microfinance world by offering online loans from individual volunteers. The nonprofit organization, ... (read more)
Municipal Wi-Fi Plan Is a No-Go in Sacramento
Plans to blanket Sacramento with free municipal Wi-Fi are on the verge of collapse only four months after city officials partnered with Metro Connect, a ... (read more)
Plans to blanket Sacramento with free municipal Wi-Fi are on the verge of collapse only four months after city officials partnered with Metro Connect, a ... (read more)
Pressing Forward with Health IT
A growing number of initiatives within the private sector, among industry groups, and at the state level to promote and adopt health information technology ... (read more)
A growing number of initiatives within the private sector, among industry groups, and at the state level to promote and adopt health information technology ... (read more)
REAL ID Expensive, Not Better
Some security experts question whether licenses and documents compliant with REAL ID will be more effective than the existing state-run license systems. ... (read more)
Some security experts question whether licenses and documents compliant with REAL ID will be more effective than the existing state-run license systems. ... (read more)
REAL ID Implementation Slow in States
With the federal deadline for issuing drivers' licenses that meet the criteria of the REAL ID Act of 2005 barely five months away, few if any states appear ... (read more)
With the federal deadline for issuing drivers' licenses that meet the criteria of the REAL ID Act of 2005 barely five months away, few if any states appear ... (read more)
RICO Suits Treat Companies Like Gangsters
The U.S. Supreme Court in October refused to review a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision allowing a RICO suit against Microsoft and Best Buy to proceed ... (read more)
The U.S. Supreme Court in October refused to review a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision allowing a RICO suit against Microsoft and Best Buy to proceed ... (read more)
The Perils of Flat-Rate Internet Pricing
Recently the Associated Press reported cable provider Comcast actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share ... (read more)
Recently the Associated Press reported cable provider Comcast actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share ... (read more)
Verizon Drops 700 MHz Suit; CTIA Picks It Up
Verizon Wireless abruptly ended a short-lived legal challenge against an important U.S. spectrum auction requiring large successful bidders to open access ... (read more)
Verizon Wireless abruptly ended a short-lived legal challenge against an important U.S. spectrum auction requiring large successful bidders to open access ... (read more)
What Is P2P?
Peer-to-peer, or P2P, networking involves the sharing of files between two PCs that are connected either directly or, as is most common, through a third-party ... (read more)
Peer-to-peer, or P2P, networking involves the sharing of files between two PCs that are connected either directly or, as is most common, through a third-party ... (read more)
