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Reps. Rick Boucher, D-Va., and Lee Terry, R-Neb., released Nov. 6 their draft discussion bill for reforming the Universal Service Fund. The proposed legislation would broaden the base of contributions into the USF and controlling distributions from the fund and allow the use of the USF for broadband deployment.The USF currently subsidizes phone service in […]

Aruba Networks and Motorola said Nov. 6 they have settled a two-year dispute over patents owned by both companies. The settlement involves Aruba paying Motorola $19.8 million and both parties agreeing to a cross-licensing agreement.The dispute dates back to August 2007 and involves patents related to WLAN communication technologies. The lawsuit was brought by Motorola […]

Clearwire Communications announced Nov. 5 it has extended service for its WiMax 4G wireless service to Philadelphia. Clearwire, which markets its service as Clear, said the Philadelphia service area covers 1,000 square miles and approximately 3.6 million people in the market. Regionally, service extends as far north as Bucks County, south to the Delaware state […]

Motorola’s Android phone won’t be the only Verizon Wireless device running the Google operating system making its debut Nov. 6. Verizon announced Nov. 5 the HTC Droid Eris will also be available to customers for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a two-year customer agreement. The HTC Eris combines Android platform with HTC Sense […]

A U.S. House subcommittee approved Nov. 4 the Cybersecurity Coordination and Awareness Act, legislation that would require NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) to develop and implement a plan to ensure coordination within the U.S. government with regard to the development of international cybersecurity technical standards.The bill, approved by the the Committee on Science […]

IntraLinks and Adobe are teaming up to develop solutions that will automate cross-organization data capture and submission-based business processes within the life sciences industry. The initial solution IntraLinks and Adobe are bringing to market addresses the document-intensive clinical trial process.Combining IntraLinks’ solutions-which facilitate the secure, compliant and auditable exchange of critical information inside and outside […]

Troubled T-Mobile reported early Nov. 4 it has restored service after a widespread outage disrupted service for nearly 2 million customers. The outage began at approximately 5 p.m. EST on Nov. 3 and T-Mobile said service was restored about 10:30 p.m. EST.“T-Mobile confirms it has fully restored voice and text [and] picture messaging services for […]

Long Term Evolution leaders AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone and Nokia joined eight other equipment vendors and device manufacturers Nov. 4 to announce a jointly developed technical profile for LTE voice and Short Message Service services. The companies said they hope the technical profile will pave the way for a “smooth introduction and delivery of voice and […]

Apple and the French cell phone operator Orange formally dropped their exclusive arrangement to distribute the iPhone in France Nov. 3. The decision comes months after the French competition authority ruled against the exclusive distribution deal.The French regulatory agency ruled that the Apple-Orange exclusive distribution deal “could introduce a new factor of rigidity into a […]

Gary Kaplan, the founder of what was once one of the Internet’s most thriving sports betting businesses, was sentenced to 51 months in prison Nov. 2 and “forfeited to the United States $43,650,000 in criminal proceeds. An additional amount of approximately $7 million has been forfeited in related proceedings, bringing the total forfeiture in this […]

Sprint said Nov. 2 it has launched WiMax service in Chicago and Dallas-Fort Worth in addition to three markets in North Carolina. Sprint launched the nation’s first WiMax deployment in Baltimore in September 2008 before spinning off its WiMax Xohn division into Clearwire’s 4G operations. Clearwire and Sprint Nextel are the only two U.S. carriers […]

The tech industry is growing impatient over President Obama’s failure so far to appoint a cyber-security coordinator in the White House. It has been more than five months since Obama held a much ballyhooed media event on the importance of cyber-security and pledging to appoint a cyber-security coordinator. “Those that would seek to harm America […]