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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Investors Critical of Sprint's Chief |
| Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Investors, Critical, Sprint S, Chief, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Michael Nelson, Ralph Whitworth, The Wall Street Journal, Verizon Communications Inc, Len Lauer, Miami Beach, Patrick Comack, Reston |
| Sprint Nextel chief executive Gary D. Forsee is facing intensifying pressure from shareholders to improve the company's financial health, causing several analysts to speculate that he may be forced to step down in the coming months. |
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| Forsee: WiMaxed Out |
| Published: October 9, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Forsee, Wimaxed, Out, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Gary Forsee, Jean Marie Messier, Philip Cusick, Vivendi Sa, Wall Street, At Amp T Inc, Bear Stearns Amp Co Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Hollywood, Miami Beach, Mike Nelson, Patrick Comack, Reston, United States |
| Perhaps someday, WiMax will be the key to turning around Sprint Nextel, the beleaguered Reston cellphone company. Perhaps someday, consumers will walk and drive across the country, enjoying uninterrupted, high-speed Internet service, watching video, e-mailing and talking on the phone over the Web... |
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| Shadowy Russian Firm Seen as Conduit for Cybercrime |
| Published: October 13, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Shadowy, Russian, Firm, Seen, Conduit, For, Cybercrime, Alexander Gostev, Danny Mcpherson, California, Symantec Corporation, Verisign Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Don Jackson, Thomas V Fuentes, United States, Arbor Networks Inc, Comcast Corporation, Kaspersky Lab In |
| An Internet business based in St. Petersburg has become a world hub for Web sites devoted to child pornography, spamming and identity theft, according to computer security experts. They say Russian authorities have provided little help in efforts to shut down the company. |
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| A Familiar 'Chirp' Fades Away |
| Published: October 15, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Familiar, Chirp, Fades, Away, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Avi Greengart, Gary Baer, Motorola Inc, The Washington Post Company, Verizon Communications Inc, Kim Hart, Northern Virginia, Washington Dc |
| It used to be all but impossible to walk down a city street in the Washington area without hearing the "chirp." The distinct beeping noise made by Sprint Nextel's walkie-talkie-like service, called Direct Connect, was so commonplace that it almost seemed a part of the aural landscape. |
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| Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders |
| Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Verizon, Says, Turned, Over, Data, Without, Court, Orders, At Amp T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Kurt Opsahl, United States, National Security Agency, U S Department Of Justice, Qwest Communications |
| Verizon Communications, the nation's second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers' telephone records to federal authorities in emergency cases without court orders hundreds of times since 2005. |
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| Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders |
| Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Verizon, Says, Turned, Over, Data, Without, Court, Orders, At Amp T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Kurt Opsahl, United States, National Security Agency, U S Department Of Justice, Qwest Communications |
| Verizon Communications, the nation's second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers' telephone records to federal authorities in emergency cases without court orders hundreds of times since 2005. |
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| Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders |
| Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Verizon, Says, Turned, Over, Data, Without, Court, Orders, At Amp T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Kurt Opsahl, United States, National Security Agency, U S Department Of Justice, Qwest Communications |
| Verizon Communications, the nation's second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers' telephone records to federal authorities in emergency cases without court orders hundreds of times since 2005. |
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| AT& T, Verizon Loosen Cell Contracts |
| Published: October 18, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: At Amp, Verizon, Loosen, Cell, Contracts, At Amp T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Amy Klobuchar, Apple Iphone, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Alaska, T Mobile International Ag Amp Co Kg, Christopher Murray, Lowell Mcadam Executive, Mark Siegel, Ted Stevens, Better Busine |
| The nation's two largest wireless carriers amended their policies on cellphone contracts before a hearing held yesterday by lawmakers interested in legislating consumer-friendly practices. |
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| Carlyle Considered Buying Out Sprint |
| Published: October 29, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Carlyle, Considered, Buying, Out, Sprint, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Colin Blaydon, Gary Forsee, At Amp T Inc, Cowen Group Inc, Global Telecommunications, Pine Creek Partners, The Carlyle Group Llc, Verizon Communications Inc, Bill Conway, Bill Kennard, Daniel Akerson |
| A year ago, just after its first anniversary as a combined company, Sprint Nextel appeared ripe for the picking. |
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| Sen. Rockefeller, It's For You |
| Published: October 29, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Sen, Rockefeller, It S, For, You, Jay Rockefeller, At Amp T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Claudia Jones, Ellen Nakashima, Wendy Morigi |
| In 2005 and 2006 combined, the nation's largest telecommunications companies, AT&T and Verizon, contributed $12,000 to Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.). This year, they gave $47,350. |
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| House Approves 7-Year Ban on Internet Tax |
| Published: October 31, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: House, Approves, 7 Year, Ban, Internet, Tax, George W Bush, Missouri, At Amp T Inc, Comcast Corporation, Google Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, Nancy Pelosi, Roy Blunt |
| The House approved a bill yesterday to bar states from taxing Internet access through 2014, clearing the way for President Bush to sign the measure into law before the current ban expires tomorrow. |
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| Roadblock for Telecom Immunity |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Roadblock, For, Telecom, Immunity, Arlen Specter, Kenneth Wainstein, U S Senate Committee On The Judiciary, At Amp T Inc, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Verizon Communications Inc, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Richard Drezen, The White House |
| In a blow to the Bush administration, the Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat and Republican expressed reluctance yesterday to granting blanket immunity to telecommunications carriers sued for assisting the government's warrantless surveillance program. |
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| Roadblock for Telecom Immunity |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Roadblock, For, Telecom, Immunity, Arlen Specter, Kenneth Wainstein, U S Senate Committee On The Judiciary, At Amp T Inc, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Verizon Communications Inc, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick Leahy, Richard Drezen, The White House |
| In a blow to the Bush administration, the Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat and Republican expressed reluctance yesterday to granting blanket immunity to telecommunications carriers sued for assisting the government's warrantless surveillance program. |
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| You Can Hear Google Now |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: You, Can, Hear, Google, Now, Google Inc, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Verizon Communications Inc, At Amp T Inc, Apple Iphone, Google Maps, Apple Inc, Emarketer Inc, Forrester Research Inc, Iag Research Inc, Jupitermedia Corporation, T Mobile International Ag Amp Co Kg, Asia |
| Google is in late stages of talks with various wireless carriers, including Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile, about equipping cellphones with new software designed by the Internet giant, according to three people familiar with the discussions. |
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| FCC Moves to Place Restrictions on Cable TV |
| Published: November 12, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Fcc, Moves, Place, Restrictions, Cable, Kevin J Martin, U S Federal Communications Commission, Gene Kimmelman, United States, Verizon Fios, Verizon Communications Inc, Viacom Inc, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, Connecticut, Comcast Corporation, Kagan Research Llc |
| The Federal Communications Commission is likely to impose a new regulation on the largely unregulated cable television industry, the first of what may be more to come. |
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