TELECOM IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Top StorynnCommunications Daily* -- Government officials need a warrant for information from a carrier about where a cellphone was used, a federal judge ruled in a novel decision (p2; Washington Post). nnnAmong OthersnnCBC -- At T-Mobile's request, a court in Hamburg, Germany, banned downloads of the Sipgate VoIP application to iPhones.nnReuters -- The U.S. ranked 16th in the quality of broadband connections, and Japan first, in a survey that Cisco paid for European universities to take (Bloomberg News).nnWashington Post -- Consumers Union pressed for congressional study of text-message prices, and the chairman of the Senate Judiciary's Antitrust Subcommittee sent inquiries to large mobile carriers.nnCNBC -- U.S. mobile carriers are beginning to make real money on data by opening their networks some, but they fear going further.nnFinancial Times -- An appeal of an antitrust ruling against Singapore's government-owned investment company for owning stakes in Indonesia's two largest mobile carriers was rejected by that country's supreme court.nnSan Antonio Express-News -- For Hurricane Ike, carriers are going back through the preparedness drills they use for Gustav.nn -- Research In Motion made a flurry of announcements of deals with MySpace, Ticketmaster, Microsoft and Slacker for mainly consumer applications for the BlackBerry.nnBBC -- A U.K. government report by the former chief of Cable & Wireless on the future of broadband is due out, and it will help determine whether the government subsidizes upgrades by carriers.nnGoogle Blog -- Google introduced opt-in mobile local-business search available on some Windows Mobile devices without entering the user's location.nnWall Street Journal -- Deutsche Telekom is cutting jobs, raising a rare prospect in Germany: layoffs.nnSilicon.com -- Cable & Wireless made a five-year, $42 million deal for EMC to provide the telco’s business customers with fixed-mobile convergence services over a GSM network.n n_____________________nn*Access by paid subscription only. Free trials of Communications Daily and Washington Internet Daily are available.