Caron Carlson

The Microsoft Corp. remedy deal crafted with the Department of Justice in November 2001 elicited more written comments from the public than any other settlement reviewed under the Tunney Act, with comments running 2-1 against the settlement. But while Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly this month approved the deal with few changes, major IT users expressed little […]

Verizon Communications Inc. last week announced plans to enter the enterprise data market via the incremental deployment of a national IP network. But long-distance veterans such as AT&T Corp. scoffed at the plans. Anticipating a green light from the Federal Communications Commission to offer long-distance services to customers in all its local territories by early […]

Microsoft Corp. set up an antitrust compliance committee on Friday, in accordance with the landmark antitrust remedy ruling from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Nov. 1. The board appointed James Cash as chairman of the committee. Cash, who joined Microsofts board of directors in June, 2001, is a professor at […]

The GOPs gains in Congress this election are likely insufficient to cause major upheavals in telecommunications policy, but the slight Republican majority in the Senate could indirectly boost the deregulatory efforts of the Regional Bell Operating Companies. Because the Bells still control the vast majority of the local telephone market six years after the passage […]

In a widely anticipated vote, the Federal Communications Commission Thursday redirected a hefty chunk of the airwaves for advanced wireless services, also known as third-generation, or 3G, services. The decision is a boon to the wireless industry, which continuously lobbies for new frequencies in an era in which very little spectrum remains unused. The FCC […]

Government security officials have begun a new era of interagency cooperation that has led to unprecedented levels of information sharing. And while the high-level meetings have strengthened government security capabilities, they have also highlighted shortcomings in a key part of the data gathering and analysis processes. The movement inside the government comes as the White […]

The communications industrys labor union teamed up with consumer and small-business advocates last week to ask the government to ban WorldCom Inc. from future work with federal agencies. Leaders with the advocacy groups also said that all parties, including corporate customers, would be better served if the scandal-ridden companys MCI and UUNet divisions were sold […]

To cut operational costs while giving enterprise customers greater control over managing telecommunications services, service providers are seeking ways to integrate their back- and front-office systems. Later this year, AT&T Corp. will unveil a customer service portal that permits point-and-click provisioning, said a source with AT&T. In a period of reduced capital spending, major long-distance […]

Verizon Communications Inc. announced with a flourish Monday its plans to enter the enterprise data market via an incremental deployment of a national IP network. Long-distance veteran AT&T Corp. scoffed at the debut. Anticipating a green light from the Federal Communications Commission to offer long-distance services to customers in all of its local territories by […]

The antitrust remedies imposed on Microsoft Corp. late last week are widely seen as insufficient to bring about substantive change in the software market, but some industry observers say that the ruling out of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia could indirectly affect other cases pending against the software giant, here and […]

In a decision claimed as a victory by Microsoft Corp., U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a remedy ruling in the landmark anti-trust case, relying heavily on a federal settlement proposal signed last year. Although Kollar-Kotelly rejected as overly broad much of the tougher penalties proposed by nine states that dissented to settlement, she […]

UPDATE: In her ruling on the antitrust case brought by the 9 states that declined to settle with Microsoft Corp., Judge Collen Kollar-Kotelly approved the proposed final judgement. Kollar-Kotelly basically reiterated the remedies agreed upon by the Department of Justice, 9 other states and Microsoft. The nine states had sought harsher penalties against Microsoft, as […]