TELECOM IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Top StorynnWall Street Journal* –- Unions put off a strike against Verizon that had been set to start Sunday (USA Today). nnnAmong OthersnnCommunications Daily* –- The FCC approved Verizon’s takeover of Rural Cellular without imposing a spectrum-ownership test that would have prevented Sprint Nextel from putting bandwidth into a new Clearwire WiMAX venture (p4).nnNew York Times –- Handset software from independent developers is breaking the hold of carriers over the mobile industry.nn –- Tech-savvy lawmaker keeps Republicans on C-SPAN using cellphone and Twitter after House adjourns for summer.nnDaily Mail –- An iPhone nano is coming for the holiday season.nnDallas Journal –- AT&T has started reducing capital spending for the second half.nnWashington Post –- The satellite-communications industry is back after some down years.nnWashington Times –- ICO Global is getting ready to offer a service combining GPS, vehicle safety and mobile TV.nnBloomberg News –- Singapore Telecom said it’s in negotiations to invest in a Chinese carrier as part of an emerging-markets push.nn -– Nortel hopes to make Asian revenue 25 percent of its total this year.nnBy using our e-mail delivery service, you understand and agree that we may use tracking software to ensure accurate electronic delivery and copyright compliance. This software forwards to us certain technical data and newsletter usage information from any computer that opens this email. We do not share this information with anyone outside the company, nor do we use it for any commercial purpose. For more information about our data collection practices, please see our Privacy Policy. nn n n_____________________nn*Access by paid subscription only. Free trials of Communications Daily and Washington Internet Daily are available.