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Verizon Cans Hundreds of MCI Agents and Squeezes the Rest Select MCI agents asked to sign on to what they say is a no-win contract. CRN.com 11/27/6

FCC: Boston airport can't block airline's Wi-Fi Decision by federal regulators, a victory for Continental Airlines, could also be boon to other community wireless projects. CNET 11/1/6

Supreme Court sides with cities in phone tax dispute A state law changing the way local governments tax telephone services was tossed out Tuesday barely five weeks after it took effect. KansasCity.com 8/18/6

Telecom tax imposed in 1898 finally ends Levied on wealthy Americans with phones in 1898 to help fund Spanish-American War, tax was discontinued Tuesday. CNET 8/6/6

Telecoms call for legal fixes after Katrina  Bureaucratic mix-ups, red tape and confiscation of emergency supplies kept phones offline after Hurricane Katrina. Telecoms say it must not happen again. CNET 6/1/6

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