Archive for December, 2009

The top 10 stories of 2009

December 31, 09 by Telecom News from TELEPHONY Magazine
We started the year worrying about the slowdown but by year’s end wireless growth dominated. Here’s the most-read TelephonyOnline.com stories of the year – including what made them so popular

AT&T wants out of landline business

December 31, 09 by PHYSorg.com: Telecom News
US telecom giant AT&T has asked US regulatory authorities to waive a requirement that it and other carriers maintain costly landline networks.

Apple censors Dalai Lama iPhone apps in China

December 30, 09 by David Goldstein

Apple appears to have blocked iPhone applications related to the Dalai Lama in its China App Store, making it the latest U.S. technology company to censor its services in China.

Those apps, which appear in most countries’ versions of the App Store, do not currently appear in the C...

FCC moves toward net neutrality rules

December 30, 09 by David Goldstein

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission, in taking the first step toward creating net neutrality rules earlier this year, has reignited a contentious debate about government regulation of the Internet.

Opponents of new net neutrality rules argue that an FCC proposal released in Octob...

VZW, AT&T make final 2009 3G push

December 30, 09 by Telecom News from TELEPHONY Magazine
Over Christmas both operators launch 3G in new markets and expand capacity in old ones