TELECOM IN TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS

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Top Story nnWall St. Journal* -- Cisco Systems and AT&T are leading a $15.5 million round of new investment into Akimbo Systems, a start-up that channels Internet-based programs to TV sets (Financial Times*). nnAmong OthersnnWSJ -- The bidders fighting over PCCW, Macquarie and Texas Pacific, are waiting for a sign of Beijing’s stance.nn -- The EU may launch an inquiry into possible anticompetitive behavior in the telecom industry next year, according to the bloc’s top antitrust regulator.nn -- Japan’s Softbank said phones to be offered by its mobile arm will provide direct connections to the Internet through a Yahoo portal site.nnFT -- BT Group and KDDI Corporation will unveil plans for a joint venture that will enable them to provide and manage global communications networks for leading Japanese companies. nn -- The prospect of a Chinese govt. firm becoming the largest shareholder in Hong Kong’s core telecom network has raised concerns among lawmakers.nnN.Y. Times -- Microsoft plans to offer a strategy Mon. describing how it intends to transform telecom in much the same way it changed the computing world in the 1980s. nn -- Ninety percent of those in Taipei, Taiwan, can access its wireless network, but just 40,000 of 2.6 million residents pay to use it. nnWashington Post -- Corporate giants are squaring off in a battle over whether Congress should allow cable and telephone companies to charge add-on fees to others for access to their networks. nn -- When Helio LLC wanted to market a new $250 ultra-high-tech cellphone this year, it targeted 3 distinct groups: Spoiled teens, tech geeks and Korean Americans. nnCommunications Daily -- The FCC will go after a pretexter, with a vote for a notice of apparent liability against a company selling phone records on the Internet teed up for the July meeting (p1; Washington Internet Daily, p7).nn -- Competitive carriers withdrew a 15-month-old petition for forbearance of network unbundling rules after FCC commissioners indicated it might not be approved (p2).nn -- State regulators pressed for an amendment to the Senate telecom bill to remove wireless preemption language (p8).nn -- Financial and regulatory realities of triple-play deployment favor cable, though the Bells will get some help from the FCC later this year, UBS analysts said Fri. (p9). nnAtlanta Journal-Constitution -- A Senate hearing Thurs. intended to explore the consumer impact of a AT&T-BellSouth merger instead turned into a contentious face-off over phone privacy. nnL.A. Times -- The start-up Freebox is taking on France Telecom.nnnnBy 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. nn n nn_____________________nn*The Wall St. Journal and the Financial Times can be accessed online via paid subscription only.