TELECOM IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Top StorynnCommunications Daily* –- Blair Levin, who’s organizing the FCC’s work on the national broadband plan, said there’s general agreement that not enough spectrum is available for smartphones (p2; Reuters). nnnAmong OthersnnCD –- The FCC is allowing a prison test Thursday of a technology to control cellphone use by inmates other than by signal-jamming (p4).nnWired.com –- Contrary to rants by leading tech writers, the president isn’t trying to seize the Internet using a Senate bill.nn –- Three of the five best-selling smartphones are BlackBerrys despite several shortcomings.nnWashington Business Journal –- AT&T Government Solutions won a two-year contract, for services at more than 100 State Department facilities, that will be worth $45 million if the government makes use of two 3-year extensions.nnDenver Business Journal –- Qwest said it will work with Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its network to offer businesses and government agencies Internet access at 100 Gbps.nnNew York Times –- IPhone owners are getting angry at AT&T over the spotty service resulting from their swamping their network.nnCNet –- The Outbreaks Near Me app allows iPhone users to see at glance where H1N1 cases have been reported.nn –- Apple will offer consumers song snippets as ring tones, off the shelf.nnGuardian (U.K.) –- Nokia hopes its unlimited music service will make its new smartphones competitive with Apple’s and Research In Motion’s.nnBusinessWeek –- A Forrester study bodes well for consumer sales of technologies including cellphones despite the weak economy.n n_____________________nn*Access by paid subscription only. Free trials of Communications Daily and Washington Internet Daily are available.