TELECOM Digest     Wed, 7 Sep 2005 18:30:00 EDT    Volume 24 : Issue 408

Inside This Issue:                            Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    5000 Nokia Phones Seized at St. Petersburg, Russia Port (Dow Jones)
    Internet Satellite Imagery Under Fire For Security Reasons (Reuters)
    Report Sees Global IPTV Boom (USTelecom dailyLead)
    Motorola and Apple Launch First Mobile Phone With ROCKR (Monty Solomon)
    Comments by CBS TV President (Lisa Hancock)
    Re: Mark Cuccia From New Orleans is Safe (Paul Coxwell)
    Re: Flood Relief Efforts - Unfair Criticism (Dale Neiburg)
    Re: Microsoft, Google Face Off in Court (Danny Burstein)
    Re: Unwanted Calls (Wesrock@aol.com)
    Re: Unwanted Calls (Lisa Hancock)

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From: Dow Jones News Wire <dowjones@telecom-digest.org> 
Subject: 5000 Nokia Phones Seized at St. Petersburg, Russia Port
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:05:25 -0500


MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- A consignment of smuggled Nokia mobile phones was
seized in St. Petersburg at the end of last week, the Vedomosti daily
said Tuesday, citing customs officials.

The paper quoted Alexander Yablokov, a spokesman for the Baltiiskaya
Customs House, as saying the phones, whose value he put at EUR600,000,
arrived without the necessary customs documents.

The seizure follows the arrest of several large consignments of 
contraband phones in Moscow in August and comes as part of an ongoing
operation by Russian law enforcement agencies, it added.

Newspaper Web site: http://www.vedomosti.ru

-By Moscow Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; +7 095 974 8055=20

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From: Panarat Thepgumpanat <reuters@telecom-digest.org> 
Subject: Internet Satellite Imagery Under Fire Over Security
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 10:23:20 -0500


By Panarat Thepgumpanat

Asian governments have expressed security concerns about easy access
to detailed satellite images on the Internet, such as those used by
rescuers in New Orleans, saying the technology could endanger
sensitive sites.

Thailand and South Korea were the most vocal critics of the search
tool on Wednesday, rounding on providers like U.S.-based Google Inc,
which runs the Web site www.earth.google.com, and demanding action
from Washington.

"We are looking for possible restrictions on these detailed pictures,
especially state buildings," the Thai Armed Forces spokesman,
Major-General Weerasak Manee-in, told Reuters. "I think pictures of
tourist attractions should do."

Satellite images provided by Google have been widely used by
broadcasters to show the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. Such
technology has also been used by authorities coordinating rescue and
relief operations in the devastated area.

Google calls the tool "a 3D interface to the planet." Any Internet
user can zoom in and out of scores of cities around the world, zeroing
in on locations right down to street level.

The Thai military will discuss the technology with telecommunications
and security agencies before approaching Google and other companies
that provide similar services, Weerasak said.

A spokeswoman for Google in Japan declined comment.

South Korean government officials have said they will contact
officials in Washington to express their security concerns about the
Google Earth product.

Among the buildings that can be seen on Google Earth, with a
high-resolution package, are the South Korean president's residence,
military bases and the defense security command. The government
restricts information about the location of these facilities and their
construction.

South Korea is technically still at war with its northern neighbor and
armed North Korean agents have tried to infiltrate the area around the
presidential Blue House.

TECHNOLOGY UNSTOPPABLE

Sri Lanka's military spokesman, Brigadier Daya Ratnayake, said it was
a serious concern if anyone could get detailed images of sensitive
installations and buildings. "But this is a new trend, we will first
have to see whether, in this day and age, if this a considerable
threat to national security."

"In this era of technology -- you have to live with the fact that
almost everything is on the Internet -- from bomb-making instructions
to assembling aircraft. So it's something the military has to learn to
live with and adapt," Ratnayake said.

A security official in India said the issue of satellite imagery had
been discussed at the highest level but the government had concluded
that "technology cannot be stopped."

"We are aware that there are Web sites which give detailed pictures of
buildings like the president's house including every tree in the
compound.  Our security agencies are aware of this but how can we stop
technology?"  said the official, who asked not to be named.

The Australian Department of Defense said it was taking "appropriate
measures to manage the threat" posed by such technology. It did not
elaborate.

But the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization
(ANSTO), which operates the nation's only nuclear reactor -- a
research facility at Lucas Heights in Sydney -- said the current
images on Google posed no security risk.

"Although buildings are clearly visible, critical infrastructure is
not. The photographs are over two years old," ANSTO has said in a
statement.

In Tokyo, an official in charge of crisis management at Japan's
Cabinet Secretariat was unaware of the service and declined further
comment.

(Additional reporting by Jon Herskovitz in Seoul, Masayuki Kitano in
Tokyo, Michelle Nichols in Canberra, Palash Kumar in New Delhi, Arjuna
Wickramasinghe in Colombo)

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Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 13:40:17 EDT
From: USTelecom dailyLead <ustelecom@dailylead.com>
Subject: Report Sees Global IPTV Boom


USTelecom dailyLead
September 7, 2005
http://www.dailylead.com/latestIssue.jsp?i=24415&l=2017006

		TODAY'S HEADLINES
	
NEWS OF THE DAY
* Report sees global IPTV boom
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY WATCH
* Motorola iTunes phone announcement expected today
* Free Wi-Fi while you ride in Seattle
* HP, Macromedia offer telecom tools
* Buckeye offers VoIP
* Demand for satellite phones soars
* J.D. Power reports wireless customer satisfaction ratings
USTELECOM SPOTLIGHT 
* SIP Demystified Now Available in the Telecom Bookstore
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
* Irish telco offers wireless VoIP
REGULATORY & LEGISLATIVE
* FCC may call on WISPs to offer VoIP
* Red Cross wins permission to use 1-800-RED-CROSS
* High court nominee leaves little paper trail on tech

Follow the link below to read quick summaries of these stories and others.
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Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:18:56 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Motorola and Apple Launch World's First Mobile Phone With iTunes


Motorola ROKR Available to Consumers Throughout Europe, North America,
North Asia and Southeast Asia

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
 -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) and Apple today announced the
availability of the world's first mobile phone with iTunes, enabling
music lovers to transfer up to 100 of their favorite songs from the
iTunes jukebox on their Mac or PC to their mobile phone*. The Motorola
ROKR features easy-to-use menus, simple navigation and playback, and
the ability to simply switch from listening to music to talking on the
phone and back again with the push of a dedicated music key.

The new Motorola ROKR (pronounced "Rocker") is available in the following
markets:

     -- U.S. - today, exclusively with Cingular

     -- U.K. - available first with Carphone Warehouse, expected in
        mid-September and then with O2, followed by Orange, Virgin
        Mobile, BT Mobile and other top retailers through September
        and October 

     -- France - expected to be available by late September through
        key retailers.

     -- Italy - expected to be available by late September through 
        expected to be available through distributor and operator
        channels in 2H 05. 

     -- Canada - expected to be available in mid- to late-September
        with Rogers Wireless.

     -- Hong Kong - expected to be available by late September through
        multiple retail outlets and operator channels.

     -- Australia, Singapore and the Philippines - expected to be
        available late September through early October through retail
        and operator channels.
     
     -- Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and other markets throughout the
        world - expected to be available in the fourth quarter.

 - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=51630324

Also see:

SAN FRANCISCO, SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and ATLANTA, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-
FirstCall/ -- Apple(R), Motorola and Cingular Wireless today announced
the availability of the world's first mobile phone with iTunes(R),
enabling music lovers to transfer up to 100 of their favorite songs
 from the iTunes jukebox on their Mac(R) or PC to their mobile
phone. Apple's iTunes software on the Motorola ROKR features easy to
use menus, simple navigation and playback, and the ability to simply
switch from phone to music and back again with the push of a dedicated
music key. The new Motorola ROKR is available today at
www.cingular.com and will be sold exclusively in all Cingular retail
locations beginning tomorrow.

 - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=51629967

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From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
Subject: Comments by CBS TV President
Date: 7 Sep 2005 10:30:51 -0700
Organization: http://groups.google.com


The New York Times Magazine has a writeup on the new president of CBS.
In it he says:

[The president of CBS] had decided to take a once-promising show called
'Joan of Arcadia' off the air. The show was about a teenager who
receives directives and advice straight from God. "In the beginning,
it was a fresh idea and uplifting, and the plot lines were engaging,"
Moonves said, sounding a little sad and frustrated. "But the show got
too dark. I understand why creative people like dark, but American
audiences don't like dark. They like story. They do not respond to
nervous breakdowns and unhappy episodes that lead nowhere. They like
their characters to be a part of the action. They like strength, not
weakness, a chance to work out any dilemma. This is a country built on
optimism."

See:  http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/magazine/04MOONVES.html

I thought he made a good point.  I watched that show and liked it in
the first season, but it did get too dark and complex in the second
season.

The article discusses the possible breakup of Viacom into smaller,
more specialized companies.  Another good idea.

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Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:07:48 +0100
From: Paul Coxwell <paulcoxwell@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Mark Cuccia From New Orleans is Safe


> This may be of interest to folks on CDT/Telecom Digest:

> From a yahoo list:

> To all list members concerned about Mark Cuccia:

> Mark Cuccia is safe and sound. Mark called me at 8 AM this morning
> (Wednesday). His apartment did not get flooded and he is fine.

Great to hear Mark is safe.

-Paul.

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Subject: Re: Flood Relief Efforts - Unfair Criticism 
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:32:12 -0400
From: Dale Neiburg <dneiburg@npr.org>


In v. 24, #407, Lisa Hancock wrote (apropos of New Orleans):

> I also note that some newspaper columnists pulled the race card,
> claiming more might have been done had New Orleans been a more
> affluent or Bush supporting area instead of poor and black.  Yet other
> states get floods in very wealthy areas where million dollar homes are
> washed out.  So much for that theory.

Well, yes, of course they do: hurricanes are equal-opportunity
disasters.

The point being made was that the *response* is quite different.  Note
that, even in the case of Katrina, President Bush promised to see that
Trent Lott's house is rebuilt.

--Dale Neiburg

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From: Danny Burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
Subject: Re: Microsoft, Google Face Off in Court
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 20:46:25 UTC
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC


In <telecom24.407.7@telecom-digest.org> Reuters News Wire
<reuters@telecom-digest.org> writes:

> Attorneys for Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. faced off in court on
> Tuesday over whether an executive familiar with the world's largest
> software maker's plans in China could begin working for the search
> engine leader.

[ snip ]

We saw the same silliness with Sprint and (some other company whose
name escapes me) about two years ago, where they had filed lawsuits
back and forth to prevent somone from moving over.

I'm just flabbergasted that companies really believe that their entire
future fate is so dependent on single individuals.

What'll they do in the case of, oh, an auto accident, or a heart
attack ...>


Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
		     dannyb@panix.com 
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

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From: Wesrock@aol.com
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 17:09:07 EDT
Subject: Re: Unwanted Calls


In a message dated Wed, 7 Sep 2005 11:33:39 -0500, R. W. Bytheway,
Jr. <Bob.Bytheway@Comcast.Net>:

> I too have received the 215 area code number on my cell phone.  I
> Googled and found your site.  Will the *67 work with callers who have
> their numbers blocked and those calls that show up as UnKnown?
> Someone used to have the home number I currently have and I'm getting
> call after call and telling these idiots to Google my number and see
> that I'm not who they want does no good. Most of them seem to have
> never heard of Google in the first place.  One number listed as
> UnKnown or Private keeps calling and the caller is abusive to me and I
> have no way of knowing how to report them.  Will the blocking of
> UnKnown or Private showing up on the caller ID work?

> Thanks for your great site.

> Bob

A graphic in USA Today either yesterday or today showed that only 66
per cent of adults use a computer.  I have seen other reports that of
those who use a computer many do not have an Internet connection and
of those who do many use it infrequently.

So many, perhaps a majority, of people never have heard of Google or
know what it means or is used for.  You might as well be speaking
Greek to them.


Wes Leatherock
wesrock@aol.com
wleathus@yahoo.com

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From: Lisa Hancock <hancockk4@bbs.cpcn.com>
Subject: Re: Unwanted Calls
Date: 7 Sep 2005 13:01:07 -0700
Organization: http://groups.google.com


R. wrote:

> I too have received the 215 area code number on my cell phone.  I
> Googled and found your site.  Will the *67 work with callers who have
> their numbers blocked and those calls that show up as UnKnown?

No.

> Someone used to have the home number I currently have and I'm getting
> call after call ...

You probably should demand a new phone number at no charge.  I had
that problem years ago upon receiving a new phone (receiving obscene
calls late at night on the first night I got the line) and the phone
co, after some pressure from me, changed the number.  This is
especially important on a cell phone where you have limited minutes
and must pay as you go.

I can see this being a big problem on cell phones as people are more
likely to "dispose" of them than their home landline phone.  For
example, a father might pull the plug on a teenager's line for a
while.  That means the numbers will get used much more frequently.  I
would not want a cell phone number previously assigned to a teenager.

[Ohmygawd that would be, like, SO weird, you know, to have this old
guy answering your cell phone, you know?  Like my friend Jennifer? She
is SUCH a flirt and she, like, would REALLY flirt with guys she
doesn't even know who call her, like, what is that girl thinking? And
at Lindsay's party she threw such a fit because Lindsay was using
Jeremy's cell phone and YOU KNOW Jennifer really likes Jeremy but just
won't show it because Jeremy isn't cool enough for her and she goes
out with Trevor instead even though Trevor is really mean to her and
cheats on her ALL THE TIME and she's so stupid she doesn't even see it
right in front of her, like when Trevor was making out with Morgan -- I
swear this is true -- at Amanda's house right in the living room in
front of everybody, Morgan has like no shame and is the WORST slut in
school, worse even than Jennifer's older sister, remember her, she got
sent home for wearing her blouse too tight and her parents came back
and, like, yelled at Mr. Green the principal to mind his own business
and then he got REALLY mad told them she was three months pregnant
which was supposed to be a big secret but everybody knew it ...]

Since you are getting many calls for an old number it wouldn't pay to
track each one down.  In some cases old numbers are reassigned too
quickly.  One way to avoid that problem is to request a number in a
new exchange, or better still, a new area code which your area might
have.

If you are getting repeated abusive anonymous calls, there is Call
Trace. *57 (1157 for rotary users).  This cannot be blocked.  The
phone company gets the number in a special unit.  You may have to pay
a fee for this.  For repeated abuse calls, the phone company or police
will deal with it.

Pat mentioned some other *dial options to screen calls, but note usage
varies in some areas and there may be a fee to use them.

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