TELECOM IN TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS

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Top StorynnCommunications Daily -- The FCC won’t investigate whether phone companies violated consumer privacy by cooperating with the NSA to give the agency access to phone records (p1; Wall St. Journal*). nnAmong OthersnnWSJ -- The “net neutrality” debate has reached a fever pitch as Congress mulls legislation that would allow phone companies to charge websites for preferred delivery of digital content. nn -- Vonage’s stock is set to begin trading today at an initial price of $17 a share in a closely watched $500 million offering (Financial Times*; N.Y. Times; Atlanta Journal-Constitution). nn -- Sycamore Networks said the SEC has begun a formal investigation into how it accounted for stock options granted from 1999 to 2001. nnFT -- The overhaul of Vodafone’s board continued with plans for the departure of 2 of the U.K. mobile phone operator’s longest serving directors. nnUSA Today -- The firm behind Morpheus online file-swapping software is suing eBay and 21 other defendants in a dispute over the right to technology used to make Internet phone calls (L.A. Times). nnCD -- The FCC must rely on documentation -- not rhetoric -- in considering telco arguments to remove municipalities from video franchise oversight, Comr. Michael Copps said (p2).nnWashington Internet Daily -- “Operation Global Con” snags hundreds of tech-savvy scammers who preyed on millions of Americans with phishing, spam, VoIP, other techniques, DoJ says (p2; CD, p6).nnBoston Globe -- Verizon plans “significant” job cuts in its shrinking local phone business to put more money into faster-growing areas, CFO Doreen Toben said. nnChicago Tribune -- The ALCU will launch a Don’t Spy On Me campaign Wed. to urge the public to demand investigations whether telcos broke laws by sharing customer records with the NSA. n nn_____________________nn*The Wall St. Journal and the Financial Times can be accessed online via paid subscription only.