TELECOM IN TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS

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Top StorynnCommunications Daily -- Pretexting bills multiply, with a measure by House Commerce Committee Chmn. John Dingell aimed at requiring carriers to protect consumer data (p1).nnAmong OthersnnWall St. Journal* -- The French govt. expects Alcatel-Lucent to maintain its production sites in France and find employment for the 1,500 French employees it plans to lay off. nn -- Telecom gear makers could face pressure to repurchase shares after Icahn called out Motorola for sitting on a pile of cash. nnFinancial Times* -- Vodafone reserved the right to walk away from its planned purchase of a controlling stake in India’s Hutchison Essar if litigation seeking to thwart the deal is launched. nn -- Warner Music formed a partnership with Egypt’s Orascom, the leading mobile phone group in the Middle East. nnN.Y. Times -- Experts say it's only a matter of time before the 2.2 billion mobile phone users around the world consider it natural to tune into a 15-sec. ad spot. nnUSA Today -- In Dec., Wachovia began allowing customers to view account information and transfer funds by cellphone. Bank of America and Citigroup will soon unveil similar services. nnCD -- Democrats challenged Secy. Michael Chertoff on reduced interoperability grants during an otherwise genial hearing on the FY 2008 Dept. of Homeland Security budget (p2).nn -- “Some form of net neutrality” likely needed, FTC Comr. Jon Leibowitz says (p2; Washington Internet Daily, p2).nnAtlanta Journal-Constitution -- AT&T's top executive came to Atlanta on Mon. with millions of dollars in gifts to soften the city's sting from losing the corporate headquarters of BellSouth. nnL.A. Times -- L.A. mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proposed a Wi-Fi plan that would provide free or low-cost Internet services over 498 square miles in 2009. n n_____________________nn*The Wall St. Journal and the Financial Times can be accessed online via paid subscription only.