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There may be good arguments in support of AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile, but improved WiFi access in the Grand Canyon is not one of them. But that’s the claim that the Grand Canyon Hotel Operators Association makes in its comment … Continue reading →

I’m going to review this massive petition to denial filing—redacted, though, for public viewing—over this short holiday week. Not surprisingly, Sprint Nextel is not happy with AT&T’s bid to swallow T-Mobile. With the word duopoloy (according to my PDF search) … Continue reading →

I don’t recall seeing a single wired phone at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference. At trade shows, they’ve been exiled from the booths for awhile now with the cell phone explosion. More surprising for me was that I didn’t even spot … Continue reading →

I  get a small thrill out of finding voice-oriented apps in these normally data centric startup events. That was the doubly the case with Parlor.fm, which launched its smartphone software earlier today at TechCrunch Disrupt. After years of having been traumatized … Continue reading →

I didn’t think there was much to say about FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker’s bold decision to leave the FCC for NBC Universal. Shocking? No really. As we all know Baker voted to approve Comcast’s acquisition of NBC a few months … Continue reading →

Aljazeera has a long, interesting article detailing how engineers kept cell service online in the rebel-controlled eastern part of Libya. According to reporter Evan Hill, Gaddafi’s government severed a fiber cable connecting Tobruk in the east to Ras Ajdir in … Continue reading →

Last week, the FCC released its annual report on carrier revenue based on Form 499 filings, this blog’s favorite regulatory worksheet. And those numbers confirm what we already knew: revenue from voice—both mobile and fixed line—has already plateaued and is … Continue reading →

Economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin has filed his $.02 in the FCC’s AT&T/T-Mobile docket. According to Eakin, who was John McCain’s economic adviser on the campaign trail: If this merger is approved by the FCC and the Federal Trade Commission, no monopoly … Continue reading →

If Virtual Office Solo had been worked out by a few moonlighting developers, and the founder lined up some angel investors and delivered a cool presentation at say New York Tech Meetup, it would be getting a lot more attention … Continue reading →

Long-time hosted PBX provider 8×8 has some enticing news today. They’re offering a basic cloud-based phone system, Virtual Office Solo, for $7.99 month. Solo is meant for tiny startups and entrepreneurs who just need a PSTN line to the outside … Continue reading →