Read more telecom industry stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1949/telecom-industry.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:51:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63687/justice-dept-to-launch-antitrust-review-of-telecoms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is looking into the country’s top telecom companies, including AT&T and Verizon, to determine whether they’ve abused their market power with anti-competitive actions, sources tell the Wall Street Journal . The Justice Department is concerned that, among other things, the big players are locking out competitors through exclusive...http://www.newser.com/story/63687/justice-dept-to-launch-antitrust-review-of-telecoms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 14:30:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55002/att-rolls-out-50-mini-laptops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAT&T is trying out a program that would make buying a laptop a bit like buying a cellphone. Walk into one of its Atlanta or Philadelphia retail outlets, and you’ll soon be able to nab a “mini-laptop” (or netbook, as the rest of the world calls them) for just $50...http://www.newser.com/story/55002/att-rolls-out-50-mini-laptops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Apr 2009 12:57:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36396/comcast-web-caps-may-signal-end-of-an-era.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith Comcast setting a limit on Internet usage beginning next month, the end of the Internet as we know it may be at hand, as ISPs move toward usage-based models like public utilities. Comcast, the second-largest US Internet provider, was careful to say that the bandwidth limit is so high—...http://www.newser.com/story/36396/comcast-web-caps-may-signal-end-of-an-era.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Sep 2008 16:33:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29319/isps-should-stay-with-flat-rate-pricing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCable companies are wooing Wall Street by saying they’ll offset expensive implementation of a new, high-speed software protocol by metering broadband Internet access. Bad move, Om Malik writes on GigaOm. Flat-rate high-speed access has enabled recent revolutionary innovation in the telecom business, which led to almost 70 million broadband subscriptions...http://www.newser.com/story/29319/isps-should-stay-with-flat-rate-pricing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Jun 2008 17:05:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29283/france-telecom-offers-42b-for-teliasonera.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrance Telecom’s long-anticipated takeover bid of Swedish telco TeliaSonera finally landed today—with a thud. TeliaSonera immediately rejected FT’s $42 billion cash-and-stock offering—worth some $10.33 per share—as too low, reports the New York Times. Investors appeared to disagree, pushing France Telecom stock down 4% in Paris as...http://www.newser.com/story/29283/france-telecom-offers-42b-for-teliasonera.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Jun 2008 7:26:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28591/new-vodafone-ceo-has-tough-calls-ahead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA slowing global economy and continued investor unease over Vodafone’s 45% stake in Verizon Wireless will likely provide a turbulent welcome for new CEO Vittorio Colao when he takes the reins of the wireless provider in July, the Wall Street Journal reports. Colao will succeed Arun Sarin, who's set to...http://www.newser.com/story/28591/new-vodafone-ceo-has-tough-calls-ahead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 May 2008 9:20:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26663/sprint-in-talks-to-sell-struggling-nextel-unit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSprint is considering selling or spinning off its Nextel division, signaling the end of a troubled, disappointing merger, the Wall Street Journal reports. Talks are already under way with Nextel founder Morgan O'Brien, who would integrate the unit into his new wireless public-safety network, and other prospective buyers, including private-equity...http://www.newser.com/story/26663/sprint-in-talks-to-sell-struggling-nextel-unit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 May 2008 8:03:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25306/wireless-drives-att-growth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAT&T posted a 22% increase in net income during the first quarter, thanks to strong growth in its wireless unit. Its wireless earnings nearly doubled, while landline earnings dropped 2.1%. The company’s net income was $3.46 billion (57 cents a share), compared to $2.85 billion (45 cents...http://www.newser.com/story/25306/wireless-drives-att-growth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Apr 2008 14:43:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23793/congress-looks-into-fbis-telecom-spying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCongressional Democrats are questioning the cozy relationship between the FBI and telecom companies, the Washington Post reports. Thanks to a 1994 law, all telecom firms have “Quantico circuits”—little-known electronic lines straight to the FBI technology office in Virginia. Telecom technicians can instantly send data over those lines, telling investigators...http://www.newser.com/story/23793/congress-looks-into-fbis-telecom-spying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Apr 2008 12:00:00 CDT