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VoIP cozies up to cell phones
June 23, 2005
Net telephony shook up traditional phone service, now it's on to cell phone variants of VoIP for companies such as start-up Mint Telecom.
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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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Katrina spurs federal action on VoIP
September 22, 2005
Senators say the aftermath of the deadly hurricane shows that Net phones are important and changes to the law are needed.
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Vonage says its calls are still being blocked
March 21, 2005
Net phone provider claims cable and wireless Internet providers are causing problems for their customers. Port blocking seems alive and well.
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Search giants hear voices
March 7, 2005
Net telephony catches ears at Yahoo and Google. Also: Is Skype on anyone's shopping list?
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Telecom execs go to Washington
February 10, 2005
Gear makers throw their two cents into the debate over regulating Internet-based communications such as VoIP.
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SBC, AT&T say Bell breakup doesn't work
February 22, 2005
Twenty years after Ma Bell fell, consumers need nationwide providers again, merging companies tell government regulators.
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Yahoo makes its telecom play
December 8, 2005
Yahoo to offer two new fee-based voice over IP services so customers can make PC-to-phone calls.
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Congress proposes tax on all Net, data connections
January 28, 2005
Extending tax originally created to pay for the Spanish American War is an "option" this year, committee says.
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Mixed legacy for FCC's Powell
January 21, 2005
Michael Powell's tenure left the Net and VoIP free of weighty regulation. But it was also marked by flaps over indecency and media ownership.
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It's up to Silicon Valley to choose
February 9, 2006
Inviting the government into technology negotiations would open a Pandora's Box, warns the Pacific Research Institute's Sonia Arrison.
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Videophones get cheaper
April 14, 2005
Net phone operator 8x8 slashes prices to below $100, as it tries to jump-start the disappointing U.S. market for space-age telecommunications.
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The U.N. thinks about tomorrow's cyberspace
March 29, 2005
The United Nations' Houlin Zhao says the organization should be given more influence over the Internet.
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Bush chooses Martin as next FCC chairman
March 16, 2005
Republican commissioner is expected to wield influence during period of radical change in the telecom and Net business.
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Senators back new broadband taxes
February 28, 2006
Politicians from rural states want to extend controversial tax to subsidize broadband access in far-flung areas.
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Handicapping the race for FCC chairmanship
February 15, 2005
CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why an Intel lobbyist could surpass the other candidates.
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FCC chief backs Net phone taxes
December 14, 2005
Chairman Kevin Martin says a top 2006 priority is expanding controversial tax so anyone with a phone number pays it.
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Phone companies hear call of the TV
June 7, 2005
Supercomm 2005 offers a look at an array of new products intended to help spruce up planned TV services.
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