TA WIR 9/15/6

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TA Week-in-Review

9/15/6 MP3 4 min

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AT&T's Faulty New Connection—Broadband? With its new broadband TV service, the giant phone company is betting consumers want to watch TV away from home. But the perk is pricey 9/15/6 BusinessWeek Enhanced

MySpace for the Office Venture giant Kleiner Perkins is backing Visible Path in its bid to take social networking corporate 9/15/6 BusinessWeek Marketing

If I Had A Nickel For Every Click... A new service could help users control—and profit from—the data they generate online 9/15/6 BusinessWeek Marketing

Free conference calls in store for Yahoo Messenger Plug-in from conference-call services and equipment firm will allow up to 500 simultaneous participants per call. Reuters 9/11/6 Conferencing

Salesforce Dives Into the Mash Pit The on-demand services company is teaming up with Google for online ad management software BW 9/8/6 Marketing

Real Estate Ads Move to the Internet Real estate listings are moving online, and newspapers are racing to protect their classifieds market by following them. BW 9/8/6 Enhanced

YouTube: Waiting For The Payoff The video-sharing Web site is a runaway success - everywhere but on the bottom line. BW 9/8/6 Video

California passes Wi-Fi user protection bill State's Assembly and senate overwhelmingly favor security warnings on Wi-Fi network gear. Reuters 9/7/6 Wi-Fi

DirecTV tests IP telephony As part of joint venture, company to test a Net-based phone service for residents of apartments and condominiums. CNET 9/7/6 VoIP broadband

Verizon drops DSL surcharge
Customer gripes lead to decision not to charge DSL subscribers a "supplier surcharge." CNET 9/7/6 broadband LDtax

California passes bill easing cable rules
Bill eliminating city-by-city franchises aims to increase competition with cable providers. Telecoms pleased. Reuters 9/7/6 broadband

Switching from cell to Wi-Fi, seamlessly T-Mobile prepares service allowing callers uninterrupted shifting between cellular network, consumer Wi-Fi network. CNET 9/7/6 wireless wifi

Skype phones sans the PC Skype on Thursday announced new cordless phones that will let users of its Internet phone service make calls without a computer or Wi-Fi connection. CNET 8/31/6 voip

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 legal

Trouble in Carlyle's Paradise The private equity firm's investment in Hawaiian Telecom is proving tougher to manage than expected. BusinessWeek 8/18/6 corp

Free Wi-Fi—at a Price Plans by cities to provide low-cost wireless Internet access could crimp sales for smaller providers and may spark a wave of consolidation. BusinessWeek 8/18/6 wifi

Top 10 Municipal Wi-Fi Plans Some of the largest U.S. cities have hatched big plans for providing low-cost wireless broadband to residents. BusinessWeek 8/18/6 wifi

Citywide Wi-Fi equipment maker boosts speeds Cities using gear from Tropos to build their citywide networks could have more bandwidth capacity at their fingertips this fall. CNET 8/18/6 wifi

Call centers ramp up VoIP Though adoption hasn't climbed as swiftly as predicted, the outlook for growth is still positive, report says. CNET 8/18/6 voip

Warning: Your Wi-Fi Is Vulnerable to Attack Researchers show how hackers can take control of even encrypted Wi-Fi laptops. BusinessWeek 8/6/6 wifi

Skype intros new Wi-Fi phones Skype announced three new Wi-Fi phones that will allow people to talk over the Internet for free. CNET 8/6/6 wifi

Cablevision signs up 1 millionth phone subscriber Company is winning new phone customers as it faces increased competition from phone company Verizon. CNET 8/6/6 broadband

Study: Net telephony quality worsening While it's no secret that Net phone services don't offer the same call quality as traditional phones, a new study suggests that the quality of voice over Internet Protocol is actually getting worse. CNET 8/6/6 voip

Sprint income falls, revenue rises Sprint Nextel, the No. 3 U.S. wireless provider, said earnings fell, hurt by hefty merger charges and fewer wireless subscribers than expected. Reuters 8/6/6 wireless

U.S. broadband adoption jumps 33 percent in 2005 U.S. high-speed Internet subscriptions soared 33 percent last year to 50.2 million lines, according to the latest data released by the FCC. Reuters 8/6/6 broadband

Local VoIP numbers, international cell calls Imagine being able to use the hundreds of spare local minutes you get with your cellular plan toward international calls. CNET 8/6/6 voip

Verizon prepares for next generation of broadband Verizon has yet to finish building its FIOS network, but it's already taking steps to upgrade it to the next generation of technology, which will quadruple the amount of bandwidth capacity available to each home. CNET 8/6/6 broadband

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 legal

WiMAX: What it means & how it works A decent 4-minute

video from CNET that explains the basics. CNET 8/6//6 wifi

Cognigen hires channel industry veteran Rick Eberhardt theDigest.com 7/21/6 corp

Open Source Takes on Telecom Digium CEO Mark Spencer explains how he's woven freely available software into a low-priced phone system for businesses BusinessWeek 7/21/6 voip

VoIP: Quality is still a big concern With Net telephony poised to hit the mainstream, experts say issues with service quality need to be worked out. CNET 7/21/6 voip

Microsoft takes on Cisco with Nortel alliance The gloves are off as Microsoft challenges Cisco Systems in the corporate communications market. CNET 7/21/6 voip

Attack of the mobile viruses As mobile communications

become more prevalent, so does the onslaught of viruses. CNET's Robert Vamosi explains the mobile virus problem and how to prevent infection. CNET 7/21/6 wireless

The Politics of the Municipal Wi-Fi Wars municipal wi-fi internet access war video

This short 4-minute video gives a simple explanation as to why the two camps disagree about city governments providing wi-fi Internet access to citizens. ZDnet.com 7/21/6 wifi

BellSouth shareholders approve AT&T merger Shareholders OK $67 billion bid, but several groups, including the ACLU, have objections. CNET 7/21/6 corp

Wireless, Web seen driving AT&T, Verizon earnings The two telecom giants are expected to report a solid second quarter, bolstered by growth in wireless, Net subscribers. Reuters 7/21/6 corp

PC recycler cleans up Demand for PC recycling services is taking off, and PC recycling company Newmarket IT is taking on $50 million in funds to expand its operations. CNET 7/21/6 enhanced