TELECOM IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Top StorynnCommunications Daily* –- Federal appeals judges questioned an FCC lawyer at length about a challenge to a commission ruling against Verizon’s efforts to keep customers who request number ports to competitors (p1). nnnAmong OthersnnWall Street Journal* -- Mexico's lower house approved a database of personal information on cellphone users as an anticrime measure.nn -- Vodafone's multibillion dollar tax-case loss may chill foreign investment in India.nn -- Vodafone will announce Monday a money-transfer service using Western Union.nnRocky Mountain News -- Level 3 hired Jeff Story -- formerly president of the Leucadia Telecommunications Group -- as its president and chief operating officer, filling positions open since March.nnBloomberg News -- The lead lenders in the buyout of Canada's BCE have indicated they won't finance a fallback plan for the would-be buyers to take minority shares in the carrier (National Post [Canada]).nn -- Wal-Mart will start selling iPhones in a few stores this month, making it the only large U.S. retailer besides Best Buy to carry them.nnBusinessWeek -- Standard & Poor's downgraded Motorola's debt to junk.nnNews.com -- Free software turns the iPod Touch into a Wi-Fi phone.nnEWeek -- Intel announced what it called a breakthrough in silicon photonics that will enable very high-speed and low-cost communications links.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.