Top StorynnCommunications Daily –- Supporters of John Dingell, D-Mich., the Commerce Committee chairman, said he’ll win Thursday in the House Democratic caucus, beating back a challenge by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., who won a battle Wednesday (p1). nnnAmong OthersnnWashington Post –- Two who worked for Reed Hundt when he was FCC chairman got top jobs on technology in the Obama transition (News.com).nnCBC –- National regulators were expected to release at 9 a.m. Thursday a twice-delayed landmark ruling on Bell Canada’s broadband-network management (Globe and Mail [Toronto])nnFinancial Times –- Beijing may move issuing 3G licenses up to next month to give the economy a nudge.nn –- Vodafone’s CEO said the carrier is inclined to keep its 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless.nnWall Street Journal –- T-Mobile made struggling Yahoo the default search engine on its cellphones.nnDenver Business Journal –- Larissa Herda, the CEO of TW Telecom, bought 45,000 shares of the company this week at prices as much as 23 percent higher than Wednesday’s close.nnMarketWatch –- Frontier Communications announced renewal of its deal to market Dish Network’s TV service.nnReuters –- KPN said it’s interested in discussing a purchase of O2 Germany if Telefonica wants to sell it.nn –- A newspaper reported that Telecom Italia might make a bid for 3 Italia, but the mobile carrier’s owner, Hutchison Whampoa, tried to knock down the story (Bloomberg News).nnSan Antonio Business Journal –- AT&T introduced Qualcomm MediaFLO mobile TV in its former hometown, San Antonio, one of more than 60 markets with the service.nnKansas City Star –- The iPhone may be destined for sale at some Wal-Mart stores for the first time, at a discount, right after Christmas (News.com).nnGuardian [U.K.] –- British health institutions are embracing cellphone software to monitor and help treat patients with cancer and chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes.nnNews.com –- The cellphone and laptop industries are headed toward conflict for midsized-device sales, an analyst said. nnUSA Today –- The new BlackBerry Storm has advantages over the IPhone but isn’t a game-changer (WSJ*).nnGlobe and Mail –- Cutbacks across Nokia don’t extend to luxury arm Verdu, which plans to increase its approximately 30 stand-alone stores now to 50 before 2010.n n_____________________nn*Access by paid subscription only. Free trials of Communications Daily and Washington Internet Daily are available.
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