Top StorynnWired News –- DoJ is reviewing the Bush administration’s invocations of the state-secrets doctrine, including concerning telephone surveillance. nnAmong OthersnnCommunications Daily* –- Proposed government subsidies for broadband development have been cut in the Senate bill, and it must be reconciled with the one in the House (p2).nn(Albany, N.Y.) Business Review -- The Business Council of New York State is opposing proposed new state taxes on wireless service.nnGuardian (U.K.) –- British police are getting handheld devices to suck the personal data out of cellphones faster.nnReuters -- Qwest said its revenue and profit dropped in Q4.nn –- Cisco predicted that mobile data traffic will be 67 times as high in five years as now.nnKansas City Star –- The long-awaited Kindle 2 e-book reader runs on Sprint’s network.nnBloomberg News –- Cisco borrowed $4 billion in what has been a brutal credit market.nnSan Francisco Business Journal -- Hossein Eslambolchi, AT&T’s former CTO, joined the board of Packet Design, which makes network appliances.nnFinancial Times* –- Cable & Wireless affirmed its profit guidance for the year through March.nnWall Street Journal* –- SingTel, the southeast Asian carrier with the highest revenue, said profit dropped 16 percent in its December quarter (Bloomberg).n n_____________________nn*Access by paid subscription only. Free trials of Communications Daily and Washington Internet Daily are available.
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