TELECOM IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Top StorynnWall Street Journal* -- Some FCC commissioners pushed to put off the vote on sweeping USF and intercarrier compensation overhauls scheduled for Tuesday (Communications Daily*, p1). nnnAmong OthersnnUSA Today -- The FCC is set to vote Tuesday on allowing use of the TV white spaces for free, unlicensed wireless broadband access.nnWashington Post -- The credit crisis puts telecom carriers and equipment makers, other than the largest, in a squeeze.nn -- Overbuilder RCN is trying to pass up telco and cable competitors in digital TV selection.nnKansas City Star -- Sprint, as promised, announced a looser policy on early-termination fees for new subscribers.nn -- CEO Dan Hesse stars in a new minimalist series of Sprint Nextel commercials.nnBloomberg News –- Verizon is cutting triple-play prices to as little as $80 monthly to keep customers from defecting to cable.nnCBC -- Bell Canada said it will allow parents to block Web sites on their children's cellphones for $5 dollars monthly.nnNews.com -- Mformation, a software maker, filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Research In Motion over the BlackBerry.nnReuters -- Microsoft and LG announced a mobile technology partnership.nnRocky Mountain News (Denver) -- MySpace announced software for the G1 Android phone.nnFinancial Times -- BT is looking at cutting expenses by basing pensions on a retiree's salary average over years, instead of the last one, and raising the retirement age to 65 from 60.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. n n_____________________nn*Access by paid subscription only. Free trials of Communications Daily and Washington Internet Daily are available.