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The Telecom Digest for March 6, 2012
Volume 31 : Issue 62 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
Verizon, Cable Companies Defend Spectrum Sale (Bill Horne)
LightSquared will make for a better connection (Bill Horne)
Phone Cramming Leads to Verizon Settlement (Bill Horne)
DoD accused of subverting LightSquared plan in 2010 (Bill Horne)
FCC avoiding LightSquared mistakes with Dish (Bill Horne)

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Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:04:31 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Verizon, Cable Companies Defend Spectrum Sale 
Message-ID: <jj3kai$1c0$1@dont-email.me>

UPDATE: Verizon, Cable Companies Defend Spectrum Sale

By Greg Bensinger Of Dow Jones Newswires

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) said its $3.9
billion deal to buy a block of wireless airwaves, or spectrum, from a
group of cable companies would benefit the public by bringing more
mobile service to a broader swath of Americans as data-hungry iPhones
and tablet computers force capacity constraints.

The telecommunications company faces opposition from rival T-Mobile
USA, which said last month in a Federal Communications Commission
filing that the sale would damage competition and allow Verizon to
"accumulate even more spectrum on top of an already dominant
position."

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120305-714537.html

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http://tinyurl.com/7ksfdzt

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)




Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:55:41 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: LightSquared will make for a better connection 
Message-ID: <jj3jq0$uc1$1@dont-email.me>

from Thehill.com, which offers blogs from elected officials:

LightSquared will make for a better connection

By Maine State Rep. Diane Russell, (D-Portland) - 03/05/12 03:35 PM ET

As a progressive state legislator, it's not every day that I find
myself championing a conservative infrastructure investment model like
the LightSquared project. However, my hometown was the last in the
nation to use the crank phone (no...not the rotary dial). I may still
get carded at the store, but I remember using the system. More than
most, I recognize the economic consequences of being on the wrong side
of the digital tracks.

While the federal government has been wasting trillions of dollars
building nations abroad, our own infrastructure here at home has taken
a hit, not the least of which is our broadband investment. It's great
that urban parts of the country have broadband Internet and reliable
cell phone service; the rest of us do not and that hurts the entire
American economy. Regardless of whether the investment is public or
private, it needs to be made. LightSquared is investing billions in
private money to deploy the most robust, reliable 4G mobile broadband
system in the country.

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/214193-lightsquared-will-make-for-a-better-connection-

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http://goo.gl/IUFKa

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)




Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:01:07 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Phone Cramming Leads to Verizon Settlement 
Message-ID: <jj3k46$v98$1@dont-email.me>

Phone Cramming Leads to Verizon Settlement

By ELISABETH LEAMY, ABC NEWS Consumer Correspondent
March 5, 2012

Telephone giant Verizon has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over 
"cramming," in which outside companies place charges on consumers' phone 
bills without their permission. The remarkable thing is that customers 
will be eligible for 100 percent refunds of the crammed charges. Most 
class actions only achieve restitution for victims at a fraction of the 
true harm. Verizon has not admitted fault in the matter, but has done 
the right thing.

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/cell-phone-cramming-money-verizon-settlement/story?id=15833689

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http://goo.gl/x1Dsu

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)




Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:38:39 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: DoD accused of subverting LightSquared plan in 2010 
Message-ID: <jj3iq1$omr$1@dont-email.me>

From Politico.com:

On LightSquared, Defense Department official urged synch up with GPS lobby

By ELIZA KRIGMAN | 3/2/12 9:33 AM EST

A Department of Defense official urged his colleagues in 2010 to
"synch up" with the GPS industry in order to defeat LightSquared's
plans to build the nation's first wholesale broadband network,
according to an email obtained by POLITICO.

The email came as the Global Positioning System Industry Council was
preparing to brief NTIA -- the White House technical advisers -- on
LightSquared's proposal.

"We need to synch up with them prior to them briefing NTIA to make
sure we are in lock step," the DoD official wrote to colleagues in the
Dec. 29, 2010, email.  He added: "Especially since they are our
allies."

Read more: 

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73543.html#ixzz1oHwh3BWN

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http://goo.gl/UofO9

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)




Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:43:10 -0500
From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: FCC avoiding LightSquared mistakes with Dish 
Message-ID: <jj3j2i$qjd$1@dont-email.me>

from GigaOM.com:

FCC avoiding LightSquared mistakes with Dish

By Kevin Fitchard Mar. 5, 2012, 8:22am PT

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday denied Dish Network's
request to build a terrestrial LTE network over its satellite
airwaves, but it didn't kill the satellite broadcaster's proposal
outright.  Instead the commission is kicking off a lengthy rule-making
process that would eventually govern how satellite spectrum could be
repurposed for ground-based networks.

http://gigaom.com/broadband/fcc-avoiding-lightsquared-mistakes-with-dish/

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http://goo.gl/Z3X0U

-- 
Bill Horne
(Remove QRM from my address to write to me directly)






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