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The call routing scandal, as I had predicted would not die. Now MCI has struck back and is blaming Cingular and Verizon for pull some stunts, The Wall Street Journal reports
bq.In a Sept. 9 letter to the FCC reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, an MCI outside attorney said two wireless carriers, Verizon Wireless and [...]

The use of dial connections by businesses of all sizes is set to fall as businesses increasingly turn to broadband to support their Internet connectivity requirements. According to a recent study by IDC, the number of business broadband connections in Western Europe — 2.8 million at the end of 2002 — will grow by 34% [...]

One of the woefully underreported benefits to the FCC’s decision to force the cellphone companies to let customers take their number with them when the switch carriers is that phone number portability doesn’t just apply to cellphones, beginning November 24th you’ll also be able to switch a number from a landline to a cellphone, and [...]

The FCC’s Rural Wireless ISP Showcase & Workshop is just a couple of days away, and the full agenda was announced this morning. It includes remarks by FCC Chairman Michael Powell, panel discussions with Commission members, and presentations by WISP operators from around the country, discussing system configurations, business plans, and community relations issues [...]

This might come as a surprise to most: Charlie Giancarlo, a senior vice president at Cisco Systems is rumored to be jumping ship to join Broadcom as com-chip makers’ next chief executive officer. Giancarlo is likely to replace Henry Nicholas who resigned earlier this year. These assertions were made by US Bancorp Piper Jaffary analyst [...]