TELECOM IN TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS

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Top StorynnCommunications Daily -- House Commerce Committee Chmn. Joe Barton said Wed. he hopes to pass telecom bill by March (p2).nnAmong OthersnnWall St. Journal* -- Semiconductor makers have succeeded in cramming the key parts of a cellphone onto a single chip.nn -- Cingular Wireless is set to announce 2 new features to its cellphone Internet service.nn -- Sprint did a good job designing the first mobile music store, but it's spoiled by stratospheric prices and overdone restrictions.nnFinancial Times* -- The 7% fall in Telstra’s shares sparked by its recent strategic review won't affect its privatization plan, the govt. minister in charge of the sale said.nn -- Vodafone has held talks with about 30 companies in Japan about hosting them on its network as so-called mobile virtual network operators.nnN.Y. Times -- Toshiba and other Japanese cellphone makers see a 2nd chance to compensate for past mistakes and catch up in the global marketplace.nnWashington Post -- Sony announced a free Internet-based phone service similar to the computer-to-computer calling provided by Skype, but with an emphasis on video conferencing.nnUSA Today -- A U.N. technology summit opened Wed. after an 11th-hour agreement that leaves a U.S. group in charge of Internet oversight.nnCD -- Telecom in 2015 will be very different from today, but regulators will still have an important role, said NARUC speakers at close of annual convention (p5). nnCommunications Business Daily -- Alcatel won a $2.57 billion contract to transform Telstra's network in Australia (p1).nn -- Deutsche Telecom is looking to make rural U.S. telecom investments, said T-Mobile International CFO Thomas Winkler Wed. (p4). nn -- Research In Motion (RIM) Co-CEO Jim Balsillie seemed baffled by news that Nokia had agreed to acquire RIM rival Intellisync (p5).nnWashington Internet Daily -- Discussion should continue about Internet governance, U.N. Secy. Gen. Kofi Annan said after a compromise on the subject (p3).nnAtlanta Journal-Constitution -- With 2 million DSL customers, BellSouth plans to test a new slate of PC fix-it services.nnChicago Tribune -- Motorola next year will sell 2 new versions of its handset that runs Apple Computer's iTunes music software, Exec. Vp Ron Garriques said Wed. nnL.A. Times -- Facing a patent lawsuit that may halt U.S. sales of BlackBerry e-mail pagers, RIM said it had finished a new design that would keep the systems running if the company lost the case (Miami Herald). n nn_____________________nn*The Wall St. Journal and the Financial Times can be accessed online via paid subscription only.