TELECOM IN TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS

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Top Story nnCommunications Daily -- The FCC voted to launch a net neutrality study on industry practices, though Commission Democrats said the agency should have taken stronger action (p1; Washington Internet Daily, p5; Wall St. Journal*; Washington Post). nnAmong OthersnnWSJ -- A Qwest ex-director testified that the board agreed to give then CEO Joseph Nacchio a raise after the company had used one-time transactions to meet financial goals (Boston Globe; Denver Post). nnnFinancial Times* -- U.K. regulators are to defy Brussels and press ahead with plans that will let telecom companies recover some of the billions of pounds they spent on 3G phone licences. nnnN.Y. Times -- The FCC is giving up on the idea of letting passengers use cellphones on planes, Chmn. Kevin Martin confirmed Thurs. (CD, p8).nn-- As the cellphone industry shifts, Motorola needs a quick fix replacement for the Razr and then a longer-term plan for sustained growth (Chicago Tribune). nnnUSA Today -- Verizon is pushing to get FiOS to apartment buildings, rowhouses and other shared dwellings, but the going has been much slower than the rollout to single-family homes. nnnCD -- The FCC voted Thurs. to reclassify wireless broadband Internet access as an information service (p2).nn-- Bells cheered a preliminary finding by the FCC that it can regulate exclusive deals between cable operators and apartment building owners if pacts appear anticompetitive (p7).nn-- A Skype executive conceded that to keep growing his company eventually may need to open its largely proprietary technology through greater use of standards (p10) n n_____________________nn*The Wall St. Journal and the Financial Times can be accessed online via paid subscription only.