TELECOM IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Top StorynnOrlando Business Journal –- State Attorney General Bill McCollum asked Florida’s Public Service Commission to stop phone companies from billing for products and services besides telecom, to curtail cramming. nnnAmong Othersnn(Albany, N.Y.) Business Review –- IBM said it will seek stimulus money for the company’s broadband over powerline project with International Broadband Electric Communications. nnCommunications Daily* –- State regulators weighed in at the NARUC conference for overhauling the FCC (p4). nnNew Mexico Business Journal –- IPhones, BlackBerrys and Palm devices aren’t part of the universe that will work with universal cellphone chargers that the mobile industry promises for 2012.nnWall Street Journal* –- Sprint Nextel said its subscriber rolls were reduced Q4 but its net loss rose much more (Bloomberg).nn –- The second Android phone, for Vodafone, drew mixed reviews at the Barcelona mobile congress.nn –- The federal economic recovery legislation may stimulate the bank account of Paul Allen, the majority owner of bankrupt Charter Communications.nnGuardian (U.K.) –- Most iPhone-wannabe touchscreen phones are duds with consumers, a survey found.nn -- Mobile companies are falling all over each in Barcelona proclaiming their products green, but the industry won’t be environmentally sound until it recycles all the phones it persuades consumers to replace.nnCNet –- The coming version of Windows Mobile is irresistible: Someone seems to have stolen a handset with the beta version from a Telstra executive at the Barcelona conference. nnNew York Times –- History will vindicate Alcatel-Lucent’s disputed decision to stay in the mobile business, its CEO said.nn –- Smartphones will have new competition by year-end: Netbooks with eight-hour battery lives and price tags that may drop below $200. n n_____________________nn*Access by paid subscription only. Free trials of Communications Daily and Washington Internet Daily are available.