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Telephone Industry
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
It’s boiling down to cable vs. telecom
Business |
July 13, 2008
Telecom and cable companies are fond of saying how much competition exists in their respective industries. Read more
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Phone firms fighting to keep callers
Business |
July 10, 2008
AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. Read more
Friday, March 28, 2008
For an unlisted number, press $
Business |
March 28, 2008
In California, where celebrities, billionaires and the rest of us prize a little privacy at home, the price of going unlisted is going up, big-time. Read more
Saturday, March 1, 2008
House Democrats may move to split spy bill
National |
March 1, 2008
Under pressure to end an impasse over espionage legislation, House Democrats are considering a plan to vote on a bill next week that would give the government broad new eavesdropping authorities but strip out a provision that would protect phone companies from lawsuits. Read more
Monday, February 4, 2008
Deregulated bills bigger for many
Business |
February 4, 2008
Talk is supposed to be cheap, but it keeps getting more expensive for millions of California customers because of a 2006 regulatory change designed to do the opposite. Read more
Friday, January 25, 2008
Senate spy bill still shields telecoms
National |
January 25, 2008
In a victory for the Bush administration, the Senate on Thursday blocked legislation that would have cleared the way for lawsuits against phone companies that have cooperated with a warrantless wiretapping program authorized by President Bush. Read more
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Phone firms mum on spying
Business |
October 16, 2007
Major U.S. telephone carriers refused to answer questions from
Congress about their possible participation in President Bush’s
warrantless domestic spying program, according to documents released
by lawmakers Monday. Read more
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Phone firms queried on spying
Business |
October 3, 2007
A congressional committee sent letters to three of the largest
U.S. telephone companies asking about Bush administration efforts to
spy on Americans’ phone calls and Internet messages. Read more
Friday, June 29, 2007
Phone carriers can’t block calls over fees
Business |
June 29, 2007
Large phone companies can’t block customers from dialing up free
services, such as conference calling or chat lines, to avoid the
exorbitant fees that small phone carriers charge the larger companies
to complete the calls, federal regulators said Thursday. Read more
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Judge urges compromise in phone case
Business |
June 26, 2007
A judge suggested a possible compromise in a patent dispute between
Internet phone carrier Vonage Holdings Corp. Read more
Friday, June 22, 2007
Attorneys lock horns in phone privacy case
National |
June 22, 2007
A Justice Department attorney sparred with lawyers for five states in
federal court here Thursday over the Bush administration’s attempt to
block states from investigating whether phone companies illegally
shared customer information with the National Security Agency. Read more
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Phone privacy case pits Justice Dept. vs. states
National |
June 21, 2007
Can the federal government stop states from investigating whether
telephone companies illegally provided customer information to the
National Security Agency? Read more
Monday, May 21, 2007
Alltel agrees to $27.5-billion buyout
Business |
May 21, 2007
Alltel Corp., owner of one of the nation’s largest cellphone
networks, said Sunday that it had agreed to a $27.5-billion buyout by
a pair of investment firms. Read more
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Verizon profit falls 8.4% on asset sales
Business |
May 1, 2007
Verizon Communications Inc.’s first-quarter earnings fell 8.4% to
$1.5 billion as strong showings in the cellphone business and the
FiOS Internet and TV initiative were offset by the loss of income
from assets the company sold over the last year. Read more
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
AT&T’s profit and sales double
Business |
April 25, 2007
Telecommunications heavyweight AT&T Inc. Read more
Friday, April 13, 2007
Vonage CEO quits; firm will cut jobs, costs
Business |
April 13, 2007
Vonage Holdings Corp., its survival threatened by a court loss in a
patent case, said Thursday that its chief executive had quit and that
it would cut jobs and costs by $140 million this year to help put the
Internet phone company on a path toward profitability. Read more
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Stricter rules for phone data
Business |
April 4, 2007
The Federal Communications Commission told phone companies that they
must require customers to provide a password to access their records
by telephone, a move meant to discourage fraud. Read more
Thursday, March 29, 2007
FCC might fine Amp’d Mobile
Business |
March 29, 2007
The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a $100,000 fine
each against Amp’d Mobile Inc., a Los Angeles-based wireless phone
company aimed at the youth market, and two other companies for
failing to protect consumers’ personal calling records from thieves. Read more
