Top StorynnNew York Times -- Skype’s founders are expected to agree as early as this week to drop an intellectual-property lawsuit in exchange for getting back substantial stakes in the company (Wall Street Journal*). nnnAmong OthersnnBloomberg News –- A judge threw out a lawsuit by former Bell Atlantic employees that could have added $1.67 billion to Verizon’s pension costs –- but he said the tough case probably will be appealed.nnWSJ –- Windstream agreed to buy NuVox for $463 million in a deepening consolidation of rural telecom (Communications Daily*, p9).nnCD –- AT&T and Verizon urged the FCC not to give the states unlimited authority to collect broadband information as it’s been asked to.nnNYT -- AT&T sued Verizon on allegations that a commercial poking fun at its cellular network’s coverage is inaccurate (WSJ).nnWashington Post -- The possibility of shifting TV spectrum to wireless broadband has reached center stage in Washington.nnCBC –- A campaign by small ISPs and small-to-midsized businesses for the Canadian government to increase broadband competition has produced letters from 85,000 supporters. nnCNet -- T-Mobile USA had a voice and data service failure.nn -- China Unicom said it signed up 5,000 iPhone users the first four days the handset was available in China (Fortune).nnKansas City Star -- Sprint Nextel is trimming jobs in its wholesale division.nnFortune –- One-third of the popular touchscreen handsets that have been sold in the U.S. have been iPhones, comScore said.n n_____________________nn*Access by paid subscription only. Free trials of Communications Daily and Washington Internet Daily are available.
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