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Protecting cell phone users' privacy
January 20, 2006
Cell phone records are for sale, and some people want mobile operators to do more to protect sensitive customer information.
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record
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cell phone
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cell phone company
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investigation
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telephone company
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expert
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customer service
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Verizon Communications
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U.S.
Cell phone doubles as home surveillance gear
October 15, 2007
Singapore telephone company releases a home surveillance camera that lets people view the images via their mobile phones.
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SingTel
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Singapore
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streaming video
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telephone company
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mobile phone
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3G
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image
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camera
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cell phone
Amber Alerts head to cell phones
May 17, 2005
Nearly a dozen cell phone carriers will start to broadcast missing-children alerts to customers, starting Tuesday.
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cell phone carrier
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CTIA
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cell phone company
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cell phone
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children
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telephone company
U.S. cell phone firms allow cross-carrier photo swaps
March 16, 2005
Cingular and Verizon Wireless are accepting photo mails from each other's subscribers in hopes of juicing cell phone use.
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camera phone
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Verizon Wireless
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cell phone
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Cingular Wireless
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operator
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text messaging
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subscriber
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BellSouth Corp.
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cell phone company
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photograph
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telephone company
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U.S.
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agreement
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handset
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camera
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AT&T Corp.
Motorola phones to call on Wi-Fi, VoIP
February 14, 2005
Internet phone companies and cell phone giants grapple with Internet phone technology at 3GSM show in Cannes, France.
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handset maker
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VoIP
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Wi-Fi network
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Motorola Inc.
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Internet phone
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Skype
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cell phone
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Wi-Fi
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handset
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telephone company
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France
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mobility
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call
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Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Nokia Corp.
Net calling goes wireless
February 16, 2005
roundup The emerging WiMax standard could hit it big with Internet phone service. Also: When cell phones meet Wi-Fi.
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Internet phone
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VoIP
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telephone company
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Wi-Fi
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France
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cell phone
Hotmail goes mobile in India
January 13, 2005
Microsoft strikes deal with Indian cell firms to deliver Hotmail and MSN Messenger over SMS.
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broadband over power line
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SMS
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MSN Messenger
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MSN
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telephone company
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India
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MSN Hotmail
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cell phone company
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subscriber
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text messaging
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mobile phone
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cell phone
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Microsoft Corp.
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e-mail
Lessons learned from Kim tragedy
December 6, 2007
One year later, the death of CNET's James Kim has led to advances in search-and-rescue techniques and a better grasp of how cell phones can save lives. Video: Remembering James Kim
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Oregon
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handshake
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cell phone
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telephone company
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family
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San Francisco
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search
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video
Making cell phone companies out of thin air
January 31, 2005
Sprint is making money by helping launch niche-chasing wireless firms. Why don't the other big carriers want a slice?
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SK-EarthLink
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Sprint Nextel
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SK Telecom Co.
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cell phone
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phone network
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Virgin Mobile
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EarthLink Inc.
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carrier
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cell phone company
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BellSouth Corp.
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telephone company
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AT&T Corp.
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U.S.
Merger, shmerger, where's my ESPN phone?
January 31, 2005
As traditional phone operators jockey for dominance, new technology helps make up for lost competition.
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telephone company
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operator
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VoIP
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ESPN
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AT&T Corp.
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merger
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SBC Communications Inc.
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BellSouth Corp.
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Vonage Holdings Corp.
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broadband
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cell phone
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IP
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U.S.
CES 2006: Wireless
January 9, 2006
Gadgets on display at CES highlight the many embellishments coming to mobile devices.
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CES 2006
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OnStar
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Motorola ROKR
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Consumer Electronics Show
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telephone company
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Motorola Inc.
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Eastman Kodak Co.
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Verizon Communications
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CEO
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Wi-Fi
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cell phone
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Google Inc.
FCC approves new Internet phone taxes
June 21, 2006
Cell phone bills, even broadband services, could also see hikes in quest to overcome subsidy shortfalls for phone service in rural and high-cost areas.
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Internet phone
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bill
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VoIP
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cell phone service provider
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phone provider
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fee
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telephone company
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telecommunications
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cell phone
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tax
Cisco to enable advanced wireless services
December 6, 2005
Cisco upgrades its products to offer IMS, enabling wireless carriers to offer services like dual-mode phones, mobile IM, group chat and gaming.
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IBM IMS
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Cisco Systems Inc.
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cell phone carrier
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IP
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wireless service
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protocol
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standards
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telephone company
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cell phone
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multimedia
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networking
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Wi-Fi
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IM
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router
Telco heads can't rule out post-merger price hikes
March 2, 2005
CEOs of Verizon, SBC tell congressional panel that rate increases aren't planned after mega-mergers, but can't be ruled out.
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MCI Inc.
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SBC Communications Inc.
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merger
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AT&T Corp.
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telecommunications company
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telecommunications
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telephone company
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Verizon Communications
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Nextel Communications Inc.
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CEO
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cell phone
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Sprint Nextel
Cell phones sound off at 3GSM
February 17, 2005
At 3GSM show, mobile phones strut their stuff. Radio, iTunes, Wi-Fi, even scanners--how do they fit it all in?
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mobile phone
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3G
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handset
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Internet phone
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telephone company
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cell phone
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Motorola Inc.
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Wi-Fi
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Apple iTunes
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music
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radio
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scanner
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video
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Microsoft Corp.
Year in review: VoIP's voice gets stronger
January 5, 2005
year in review After nearly a decade in gestation, Net phone service became the telecom story of the year.
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VoIP
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phone network
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telecommunications
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Internet phone
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Cablevision Systems Corp.
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cell phone service provider
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local phone company
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telephone company
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VoIP company
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VoIP service
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Vonage Holdings Corp.
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voice
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subscriber
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cable company
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Time Warner Inc.
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IP
SBC joins the VoIP party
November 16, 2004
The local phone giant going after "young and wireless" crowd in 2005 with Internet phone plan.
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VoIP
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SBC Communications Inc.
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local phone company
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VoIP service
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Internet phone
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BellSouth Corp.
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IP
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telephone company
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cable company
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broadband
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AT&T Corp.
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cell phone
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U.S.
Net phone company dials without a license
March 7, 2005
Agency that dispenses telephone numbers grants some to an unlicensed VoIP provider, a sign that times are changing.
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LibreTel
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VoIP
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Internet phone
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operator
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telephone company
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IP
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BellSouth Corp.
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compensation
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agency
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AT&T Corp.
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cell phone
Federal appeals court weighs Internet phone taxes
February 9, 2007
Vonage and an industry group argue that new rules imposed by the FCC discriminate against voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
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Internet phone
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Vonage Holdings Corp.
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VoIP
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VoIP service
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Judge
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Internet phone company
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fund
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IP
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tax
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attorney
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telephone company
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rule
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cell phone
Cable honchos converge for annual pow-wow
April 1, 2005
Industry heavyweights will descend on San Francisco this weekend for their annual convention. Silicon Valley luminaries will join them.
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Time Warner Inc.
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convention
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voice service
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Cablevision Systems Corp.
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co-founder
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cable company
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VoIP
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broadband
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nation
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SBC Communications Inc.
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telephone company
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Comcast Corp.
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CEO
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San Francisco
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Verizon Communications
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DSL
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