TELECOM IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Top StorynnCommunications Daily* –- Senate Judiciary Chairman Jay Rockefeller revived the commerce subcommittee, to be headed by Sen. John Kerry (p1; Washington Internet Daily, p3). nnnAmong OthersnnWall Street Journal* –- Technology executives like the federal stimulus legislation.nn -- Ericsson said it will offer navigation services for carriers to offer under their brands.nnAlbuquerque Business Journal –- New Mexico regulators issued orders to SkyWi -- which doesn’t recognize their authority over it -- and all telecom companies to deal with a cutoff of service to the provider that Qwest said it plans Feb. 21.nnCBC –- Privacy advocates are worried about reports that the Canadian government is working up legislation to give police access to information from ISPs.nnFinancial Times* –- Charter Communications cable will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization under an agreement with its creditors.nn -- The British communications regulator Ofcom proposed Friday to take 900 MHz spectrum from Vodafone and O2 and auction it, to help get broadband to everyone.nn –- Ofcom’s CEO said regulation wouldn’t get in the way of a superfast data network that BT wants to build.nn –- BT’s share price fell below one pound to a record low.nnReuters –- At the Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona, carriers will take on high-tech challengers.nnCNet –- Verizon Wireless’ Friends & Family plan can’t touch the Alltel My Circle offering that it mimics.nn –- The use of Wi-Fi hotspots by cellphone is growing.nnUSA Today –- Voice search for the mobile Web is starting to come along.n n_____________________nn*Access by paid subscription only. Free trials of Communications Daily and Washington Internet Daily are available.