TELECOM IN TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS

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Top StorynnCommunications Daily -- The FCC likely will side with T-Mobile, other wireless carriers and airlines over a Massport demand that Continental Airlines yank a Wi-Fi antenna at Logan Airport (p1). nnAmong OthersnnWall St. Journal* -- Lucent said it expects to receive a notice from the SEC that regulators are considering civil action after a probe of potential bribery in its China business. nn -- Mobius, once a high-flying investment firm that raised more than $1 billion to plow into hot start-up companies, is pulling back as the VC industry faces tougher times face.nnFinancial Times* -- Research in Motion, the Canadian manufacturer of the iconic BlackBerry mobile e-mail device, will launch a multimedia BlackBerry, dubbed the BlackBerry Pearl, on Thurs.nn -- Mike Zafirovski, Nortel’s new chief executive, said the group would focus on 4G technologies. nn -- A partner at buy-out group Apax has taken the unusual approach of publicly questioning rival Blackstone’s purchase of a minority stake in Deutsche Telekom. nn -- Mobile phone operators seeking to claw back more than $5.6 billion in VAT rebates on 3G licenses will on Thurs. receive a preliminary ruling from Europe’s highest court.nn -- Reliance Communications, owner of one of India’s largest mobile phone operators, unveiled a $400 million undersea cable connecting India with the Middle East. nnN.Y. Times -- With a little stealth, just about anyone can get phone records, researchers find. nn -- The BlackBerry Pearl is a do-everything device that one columnist believes comes closer to the perfect cellphone than anything before it. nnWashington Post -- Cal. is examining HP’s media-leak probe, saying methods used to obtain confidential phone records to determine who leaked information may violate state law (Boston Globe).nnUSA Today -- Smartphones prove capable as Nokia’s E62 and RIM’s Blackberry Pearl dazzle in unique ways. nn -- A proposal to blanket Silicon Valley with wireless Internet access stepped closer to reality with the selection of Silicon Valley Metro Connect to build and operate the network (L.A. Times).nnCD -- The FCC should kill “outdated” rules unsuited to competitive markets, telecom companies say (p6).nnWashington Internet Daily -- House Democrats blast FISA bills for expanding President’s power to do warrantless electronic surveillance (p1; CD, p4).nnChicago Tribune -- On Wed., AT&T and other Illinois phone companies told an Illinois legislative subcommittee that they will probably seek statewide video franchising there. n n_____________________nn*The Wall St. Journal and the Financial Times can be accessed online via paid subscription only.