Top StorynnCommunications Daily* –- Unanimous FCC votes for three wireless inquiries masked Republican qualms about regulatory activism (p1). nnnAmong OthersnnCNet –- A new draft of a bill by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., does little to calm Internet companies and civil libertarians worried about giving the president power to temporarily seize private networks in a cyberemergency.nnUSA Today –- The RUS and the NTIA received 2,200 applications seeking $28 billion in stimulus money, in a round with $4 billion available (CD, p2).nnFinancial Times* –- The FCC opened a broad assault on the wireless industry by unanimously approving an investigation of competition (Wired.com).nnAssociated Press –- The FTC banned most commercial robocalls starting Tuesday.nnTheStreet.com –- AT&T won’t carry a Google Android phone that represents Motorola’s last, best hope, an analyst said. nnWall Street Journal* –- China Unicom, its country’s second-largest wireless carrier, announced a three-year deal to buy iPhones from Apple and plans to become next quarter the only Chinese operator selling them (Bloomberg News).nn –- Sirius XM said it will release in the fall a $120 dock allowing iPhones to serve as satellite radios. nnReuters –- France’s consumer-affairs minister is meeting Friday with a senior Apple official about iPhone screens’ shattering for no obvious reason.n n_____________________nn*Access by paid subscription only. Free trials of Communications Daily and Washington Internet Daily are available.
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