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CommunicationsDirect News Daily Update


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Wed, 9 May 2007 09:58:52 EDT

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PricewaterhouseCoopers Presents
The CommunicationsDirect Daily Update
For May 09, 2007
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Amendment to Law on "Direct Numbers" Good News for Russian Mobile Operators
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/130/24260?11228

Amendments to communication laws are being drafted by Russia's IT
and Communications Ministry, which would see mobile operators
receive permission to own so-called 'direct' numbers, according
to press reports. Direct numbers consist of seven digits plus a
three-digit prefix, although they can be dialed from local lines
...

Cable Executives at Vegas Meeting Attack Government Regulation
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/130/24255?11228

LAS VEGAS - Cable industry executives sounded off against
government attempts to regulate violence on TV and to let viewers
pay for only the channels they want, calling the push an attack
on free speech and a free marketplace. Their comments on Tuesday
came a day after Federal Communications Commission Kevin Martin
urged the ...

Comcast CEO Shows off 150 Megabits per Second Download on Next-Gen Modem
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/24252?11228

LAS VEGAS - Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Brian Roberts dazzled a
cable industry audience, showing off for the first time in public
new technology that enabled a data download speed of 150 megabits
per second, or roughly 25 times faster than today's standard
cable modems. The cost of modems that would support the
technology ...

BT Wants WiMax
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/150/24245?11228

BT Group plc has issued a request for information for WiMax and
wants to bid for spectrum in the U.K. this year and in other
European markets next year, Unstrung has learned. And they aren't
the only ones interested in WiMax in the country as the upcoming
spectrum auction stirs up interest. We first reported in October
of ...

KPN Suffers VOIP Hiccup
http://communicationsdirectnews.com/do.php/120/24241?11228

KPN Telecom NV admitted to VOIP service problems caused by a high
level of demand as it reported its first quarter results today.
The Dutch incumbent has been promoting its VOIP service, called
InternetPlusBellen, throughout the Netherlands since February
2006 as it competes against the IP telephony offers from its
cable ...

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