Top Story nnN.Y. Times -- Skype said it would begin charging $30 a year for unlimited calls to landline and mobile phones within the U.S. and Canada. Those calls had been free since last spring (USA Today; L.A. Times). nnAmong OthersnnWall St. Journal* -- Siemens aims to invest a further $1.28 billion in China by 2010 and to double its sales there. nn-- Prada said it's developing a mobile phone with LG Electronics, an unusual move by the Italian fashion house to extend its brand. nn-- Telenor came under increasing pressure to cut its stake in GrameenPhone and honor a 10-year-old intention to give control of the company to the poor women of Bangladesh. nnnFinancial Times* -- Bell Canada Enterprises has dumped plans to convert to a lightly taxed income trust, boosted its dividend by 11% and renewed a share buyback program.nnnWashington Post -- New Zealand Telecom said it formed a joint venture with Yahoo and Australia's Seven Network to beef up content on its Internet portal Xtra.nnnUSAT -- Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel said it named its president and chief executive, Gary Forsee, to be chairman (Kansas City Star). nn-- A larger percentage of cellphone Internet users visit popular weather and sports websites compared with people who go online via computer, according a MobileWeb Metrix survey. nnnCommunications Daily -- FCC Gen. Counsel Samuel Feder hasn’t justified a decision that FCC Comr. Robert McDowell can vote on the AT&T-BellSouth merger, key House Democrats said Tues. (p1).nn-- The caller ID spoofing bill is dead this year, but likely to be resurrected in the next Congress (p2; Washington Internet Daily, p2).nn-- An unworkable EAS system will mean carriers will opt out from broadcasting alerts to cellphones, wireless carriers warned the FCC (p3).nnnDenver Post -- It's perhaps the most hyped consumer electronics product today, and it might not even exist: Apple's music phone.n n_____________________nn*The Wall St. Journal and the Financial Times can be accessed online via paid subscription only.
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