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  • August 2008

    • Service Lets Callers Dodge Conversation

      New York Times  |  Aug 2, 08 7:04 AM CDT

      Service Lets Callers Dodge Conversation

      (Newser) - A new phone service is a hit with people who want to make a phone call without actually talking to anybody, the New York Times reports. Slydial allows users to skip directly to leaving a message on voicemail without the recipient realizing they have an incoming call. Users say the service has helped them dodge many awkward conversations. More »

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      cell phones  • telecom  • telephone  • communication  • phone service  • voicemail

  • July 2008
  • June 2008

    • Skype Pushes Video Calls

      Reuters  |  Jun 18, 08 1:06 PM CDT

      Skype Pushes Video Calls

      (Newser) - The newest version of Skype is designed to make video calls easier and more widespread. Skype 4.0, which begins public testing today, detects bandwidth and attached devices to make it simpler to use a computer to add video to calls, Reuters reports. Skype's president says that the resolution of the video is high enough that users can make real eye contact. More »

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      Internet  • telecom  • Skype  • IP telephony  • VOIP

  • March 2008

    • Mukasey Open to Spy Bill Deal

      Reuters  |  Mar 21, 08 8:18 PM CDT

      Mukasey Open to Spy Bill Deal

      (Newser) - The nation's top lawman welcomed a deal today on a stalled federal spy bill, Reuters reports. “If somebody has some brilliantly creative compromise, I'm happy to hear that,” Attorney General Michael Mukasey said. A recent House bill would allow lawsuits against phone companies that gave records to Washington, but Bush has vowed to veto it. More »

  • February 2008

    • Wireless Tech Leaps Forward ... on Balloons

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 20, 08 11:22 AM CST

      Wireless Tech Leaps Forward ... on Balloons

      (Newser) - A decidedly whimsical business model could bring wireless Internet and cell service to wide swaths of rural America, slinging signals from balloons drifting toward the edge of space. Don’t scoff—the system is already providing services for truckers and oil companies, courtesy of Space Data Corp., and Google is so intrigued it might buy the little company, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • Wi-Fi  • telecom  • hot air balloon  • municipal wireless  • rural America

    • At Cell Phone Trade Show, Eyes on Google

      New York Times  |  Feb 14, 08 1:06 PM CST

      At Cell Phone Trade Show, Eyes on Google

      (Newser) - At this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Google kept to the shadows, holding meetings away from the crowds as it pursued its telecom future. But its presence was everywhere as companies discussed Android, Google’s new phone platform, the New York Times reports. Android faces resistance from phone software companies, who criticize Google’s business approach and argue that the platform isn’t secure. More »

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      Google  • cell phone industry  • telecom  • Barcelona  • Google Android  • Mobile World Congress

  • November 2007
  • October 2007

    • Cable, Telcos Killing US Web Success Says Pundit

      Silicon Valley Watcher  |  Oct 22, 07 11:48 AM CDT

      Cable, Telcos Killing US Web Success Says Pundit

      (Newser) - Comcast’s recent disabling of big file uploads could lay waste to Silicon Valley’s media complex, says SiliconValleyWatcher’s Tom Foremski, injuring or killing Web 2.0 companies like YouTube or Facebook. Comcast's insistence that it isn’t contractually obligated to provide those companies’ services, he argues, is the kind of Luddite thinking that has long slowed technological progress in America. More »

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      Google  • Facebook  • YouTube  • cable TV  • Comcast  • telecommunications  • broadband Internet  • telecom  • net neutrality  • digital downloads  • BitTorrent  • web services

    • Dodd to Block Telecom Immunity

      Election Central  |  Oct 19, 07 6:57 AM CDT

      Dodd to Block Telecom Immunity

      (Newser) - Dem presidential hopeful Chris Dodd said yesterday he will place a “hold” on a bill that would grant retroactive immunity to telecom companies who handed over phone records to the feds without warrants. The White House and the Senate Intelligence Committee had made a deal to clear carriers Wednesday, but Dodd vows to block its coming to a vote, Election Central reports. More »

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      FISA  • Christopher Dodd  • telecom

  • August 2007

    • AT&T Stops Time (of Day)

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 29, 07 6:39 PM CDT

      AT&T Stops Time (of Day)

      (Newser) - Californians are saying goodbye to a more genteel era, a time when they used to set clocks by calling in to AT&T for the correct hour. Cell phones and computers have made the service outdated, the company says. “Times change,” says a spokesman. “There are just too many other ways to get this information.” This leaves Nevada as the last state in the Union to offer the old-fashioned service. More »

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      California  • Nevada  • AT and T  • telecom  • time

    • AT&T to Shift All Ad Work to 1 Agency

      Advertising Age  |  Aug 28, 07 4:50 PM CDT

      AT&T to Shift All Ad Work to 1 Agency

      (Newser) - AT&T plans to turn its decentralized media buying and planning over to one advertising agency, and the five incumbents are in the running for the business, which Advertising Age values at $3.345 billion for 2006. The telecom giant, the second-largest advertiser in the nation, says it is “pleased with the work” of all its agencies but it must “maximize efficiencies.” More »

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      advertising  • AT and T  • telecom  • Cingular

  • July 2007

    • Ex-Qwest CEO Gets 6 Years

      Bloomberg  |  Jul 27, 07 5:43 PM CDT

      Ex-Qwest CEO Gets 6 Years

      (Newser) - Qwest's former CEO was sentenced to 6 years in prison today for engaging in insider trading while the company's stock plummeted. Joseph Nacchio committed "crimes of overarching greed,'' a federal judge in Denver said as he fined him $19 million in addition to the $52 million he must forfeit, then denied Nacchio's request for both probation and bail. More »

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      scandals  • prison  • sentencing  • telecom  • insider trading  • Qwest  • Joseph Nacchio

    • Mr. Slim Is New Global Fat Cat

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 4, 07 7:11 AM CDT

      Mr. Slim Is New Global Fat Cat

      (Newser) - Move over, Bill Gates. The Microsoft founder, who has  been the world's richest individual for a decade, has lost his lofty perch to a little-known Mexican telecom tycoon, Carlos Slim, the Guardian reports.  His wealth has been estimated at $67.8 billion compared with $59.2 billion for Gates. More »

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      Bill Gates  • telecom  • billionaire  • Carlos Slim

    • BCE Agrees to Landmark LBO

      Globe and Mail  |  Jul 1, 07 10:24 AM CDT

      BCE Agrees to Landmark LBO

      (Newser) - Canada's dominant telecom company will go private in the country's biggest takeover ever, and one of the largest LBOs in the world. A powerful teachers' retirement fund and two American private-equity firms made a deal yesterday for CBE, also known as Bell Canada. The $48.5 billion (C$51.7 billion) bid must still clear regulators and shareholders. More »

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      Canada  • private equity  • buyout  • privatization  • teacher  • telecom  • takeover  • retirement fund  • Providence Equity  • LBO  • Madison Dearborn

  • June 2007
  • May 2007

    • Private Equity Binge Goes Wireless

      Arkansas Business Journal  |  May 21, 07 10:18 AM CDT

      Private Equity Binge Goes Wireless

      (Newser) - A consortium led by the Texas Pacific Group and Goldman Sachs yesterday snapped up the nation's fifth-largest wireless provider for $27.5 billion, the largest telecom buyout ever. The $71.50 per share offer for Alltel awaits shareholder and regulatory approval and comes weeks before a scheduled auction for the company, which has been seen as a prime acquisition target. More »

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      business  • acquisitions  • private equity  • Goldman Sachs  • telecom  • leveraged buyouts  • Alltell

    • More Americans Go Wireless

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  May 15, 07 11:10 AM CDT

      More Americans Go Wireless

      (Newser) - More and more Americans are bypassing landlines and using only cellphones, a new CDC survey says. The trend encompasses people of all ages and incomes, and it's especially pronounced among the young and the poor. One-eighth (12.8%) of all households use only a cellphone—up from 3.2% in 2003—and the proportion in the 25-to-29 demographic is nearly 30%. More »

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      cell phones  • wireless  • telecom industry  • telecom  • telephone  • communication

  • April 2007

    • Nacchio Goes Down for Insider Trading

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 20, 07 6:50 AM CDT

      Nacchio Goes Down for Insider Trading

      (Newser) - Joseph Nacchio, former CEO of Internet-bubble-blowing telecom Qwest, was found guilty of 19 counts of insider trading by a federal jury in Denver yesterday. Nacchio dumped more than $100 million in Qwest stock in 2001, before the stock imploded over questionable accounting practices. The jury acquitted on 23 other counts. More »

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      Internet  • trial  • conviction  • stock  • telecom  • insider trading  • Joseph Nacchio

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