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We surf the Internet for telecom news so you don't have to. Our daily snapshot:

Cable operators embrace VoIP--TechNewsWorld

Judge slams FCC's 'broadcast flag' -- FCC 'crossed the line', 'not TV salesmen'--via Broadband Reports

Lobbyists testify in favor of Texas' anti-muni-wireless bill--Muni Wireless

Time Warner launches VoIP service for PBXs--Networking Pipeline

Voice-over-WLAN comes to the highway--Mobile Pipeline

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FreeFi: The return of free Internet?--a collection of links via Slashdot

Cisco heckles Juniper's Infranet initiative--Light Reading

Payments via cell phones to grow rapidly this year: study--Mobile Pipeline

BT sinks its teeth into IP--Light Reading

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Finnish study shows handset radiation within limits--eWeek

Ad-supported FreeFi--Daily Wireless

Pebbles, clams and razors; the hottest phones around--AFP

Merged telcos will sport different looks--Light Reading

Virtual keyboard could empower mobile devices--Information Week

Camera-phone boundary blurs, but images get sharper--Infoworld

Sony Ericsson plans phone update kiosk for stores--Infoworld

Boingo adds voice--Daily Wireless

China mobile phone production capacity to hit 500 million in 2005--AFP

Freescale demos phones with UWB--Wi-Fi Planet

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Will your mobile phone reorganize your life?--AFP

Indiana anti-muni bill dies in committee--Muni Wireless

Cisco's self-defending network strategy doesn't have all the answers--Information Week

Satellite ISPs gain ground--TechNewsWorld

Budget motel chain offers free long distance, Wi-Fi--Associated Press via USA Today

NTT DoCoMo to quit money-losing handyphone business: report--AFP

Qwest filing details $8 billion MCI bid--Light Reading

Boingo hotspot users roam in jets--Networking Pipeline

At least 20 vendors building Linux mobile phones, vendor claims--Mobile Pipeline

Consumer Ultrawideband: coming soon--Wi-Fi Planet … Read more

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WiMax could blanket U.S.--WiMax Trends via a Slashdot post.

Volume lowered on Wimax hype -- will constitute 3% of broadband users by '09--Broadband Reports provides links aplenty on the topic, and Daily Wireless summarizes the new InStat report.

Cellular companies aim to cut phone porn--Associated Press

T-Mobile hacker pleads guilty--TechNewsWorld

Telecom deals may take cable companies off the hook--USA Today

Updated muni Wi-Fi creates nets within nets--Mobile Pipeline

Cisco bolsters security with Adaptive Threat Defense--Infoworld

Spectrum auction falls short of expectations--Telephony Online … Read more

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Nokia introduces new phones--eWeek

T-Mobile ups focus on mobile workers--Infoworld

How Verizon-MCI deal may affect business customers--Information Week

Qwest CEO 'disappointed' at MCI-Verizon deal--Information Week

Alcatel, Intel agree to WiMAX development effort--AFP

Texas bill would restrict municipal broadband--Muni Wireless

Broadcom aims multimedia chip at phones--Infoworld

TI: Technology could cut cell phone prices--Associated Press

3Mbps data speeds predicted as mainstream in 2006--Mobile Pipeline

NJ in line for speedy fiber optics--NorthJersey.com

NTT DoCoMo confronts 'dark side' of mobile phones--Mobile Pipeline

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Sprint, Global Signal sign tower lease deal--TechNewsWorld

IBM sees hackers going mobile, targeting phones, handhelds and cars--Information Week

Running late? Feed the meter by phone--USA Today

PalmSource details phone plans--TechNewsWorld

Mobile phone users buying up porn-on-the-go--Mobile Pipeline

Mobile phone industry eyes music downloads--Associated Press

Viva Las Vegas mesh network--Wi-Fi Planet

Symbian says smartphone shipments doubled in 2004--Mobile Pipeline

RIM, 3Com, Nortel team on mobility--eWeek

Vodafone tests successor wireless technology--Infoworld

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FCC proposes licenses for in-flight broadband--Infoworld

First Linux-powered UMTS 3G mobile arrives--TechNewsWorld

Landmark ruling in India against phone "spam"--Financial Times via Yahoo News.

FCC Studies Wireless Broadband: Panel recommends leaving it unregulated--Broadband Reports

Cablevision to sell remaining assets of Voom to Dolan--Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

McAfee launches online Wi-Fi security service--Mobile Pipeline

SBC/AT&T shuffles Wireline stats--a perplexing headline from Light Reading...

Wireline carriers must look outside traditional markets for growth: S&P study--Networking Pipeline

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Our daily look at telecom news around the Web:

Nokia product blitz targets VoIP, converged networks--Networking Pipeline

Lafayette vs. Bellsouth: City asks company to drop lawsuit--Broadband Reports rounds it up.

Cingular adds RIM smart phone --Mobile Pipeline

Wi-Fi comes to Blackberry--Wi-Fi Planet

FCC rejects broadcasters' request that cable companies be ordered to carry multiple digital broadcast signals--Wall Street Journal (subscription site)

Netgear launches MIMO gear in Japan--Mobile Pipeline

Cisco wobbles on WLAN--Light Reading

Japanese broadband provider testing advanced 3G--Mobile Pipeline

Swiss study: Spam plague hits 80 percent of mobiles--TechNewsWorld

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