Proposed law would cripple on-line service, providers say
The world's largest on-line and multimedia providers are objecting to a proposed law that would extend broadcasting regulations to new telecoms services, subjecting the providers to strict advertising rules and content quotas.
German startup plots fixed-mobile net A radical plan in Germany to build an integrated wireless-wireline network could cost half as much as conventional, two-network approaches.
Q&A;: FCC's Harris wields stick of deregulation In its crusade to tear down telecoms monopolies and non-competitive regulatory regimes, the United States has fought openly and aggressively. From his post as chief of the U.S. Federal Communication Commission's International Bureau, Scott Harris is at the center of the tempest.
Protocol touted to cut remote access costs A new protocol that enables Internet-based virtual private networking promises to slash remote access charges for organizations with extensive mobile workforces.
Buyouts conceal net management holes Recent acquisitions in the remote monitoring sector conceal a looming crisis in network management, as vendors look for ways to retrofit existing management protocols to emerging switched architectures.
Telcos want the Net regulated Concerned that Internet telephony may not be the "niche" or "flaky" application they originally made it out to be, U.S. telecoms carriers are demanding regulatory oversight of this nascent sector.
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Operators pick allies in Web war
Editorial
Slaying the Internet beast Fearful that the Internet will "steal revenue and jobs," the America's Carriers Telecommunication Association, whose 160 members include MCI and Sprint, is calling on the FCC to make Internet telephony software and service providers play by the same rules as conventional phone companies.
NetworkReview
A sea of activity on world's fiber optic highwaysWho will control fiber optic cable capacity? The answer, analysts say, is key to the strategies of the scores of new international telecoms service providers now flooding the market.
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