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Verizon wins MCI's heart

And the final rose goes to??.Verizon Communications. After a month of offers and counter offers from Qwest Communications, MCI's board of directors has finally accepted a new and improved bid from Verizon, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The paper said that Verizon sweetened its previous offer by raising the cash portion of its bid and including protection for MCI shareholders in case Verizon's shares decline.

Just like the reality dating television show The Bachelor, there was relatively little drama at the end. Even though Qwest's offer was higher than Verizon's, most analysts expected Verizon … Read more

Broadband Surf Report: Where's that iTunes phone?

Our daily look at telecom news around the Web:

Major hangups over the iPod phone, Business Week reports, with the Associated Press chiming in, too. Indexing for surfeit of cell phone data--TechNewsWorld Bellsouth celebrates annoying 8000 customers: FCC decision--Broadband Reports pulls no punches... Gorillas in the mesh (big players pursue new technology)--Unstrung Speaking of enmeshed gorillas: SBC to build wireless mesh network in Arkansas--Mobile Pipeline VeriLAN builds Portland city cloud--Daily Wireless has this and a mesh networking report.

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Broadband Surf Report: Vonage CEO on 'weird' states

Our daily look at telecom news around the Web:

Citron: Some bills are 'weirdly weird'--Light Reading Texas: Vonage 911 is a joke--Light Reading Pro-municipal broadband bill in West Virginia--Muni Wireless T-Mobile confirms HP Pocket PC phone problems--Information Week Tachyon rolls out expanded satellite VoIP service--Networking Pipeline Major mobile virus attack called 'a matter of time'--Mobile Pipeline

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Broadband Surf Report: Porn anywhere!

Our daily look at telecom news around the Web:

Adult entertainment on a cell phone near you, promises TechNewsWorld Cisco releases wireless networks geared for schools--Networking Pipeline Ericsson sues British mobile phone company--TechNewsWorld California city launches citywide wireless broadband network--Muni Wireless AT&T tests WiMax gear--Wi-Fi Planet

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Broadband Surf Report: Evil twins & dead discs

Our daily look at telecom news around the Web:

Combating Wi-Fi's evil twin--NewsFactor Broadband will kill disc formats--Wired Samsung plans Wi-Fi smart phone--Daily Wireless Companies push security for mobile devices--Ziff Davis Wireless security is top concern for financial companies--TechWeb Skype's Plastic Problems--Light Reading Wireless VoIP threatens cell carriers--Networking Pipeline WiMAX at competitive crossroads--researcher--Mobile Pipeline MCI adds thousands of wireless hotspots--Infoworld

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Broadband Surf Report: Baseball on your handset

Sex, baseball, and children at play. Our daily look at telecom news around the Web finds that spring has definitely sprung:

Poor man's cellular spins wireless gold--Information Week MobiTV: Watch baseball on cell phone--The San Jose Mercury News (free signup required) New line on mobile sex--commentary at Wired Mobile phones for kids raise concerns--Associated Press Japan's cell-phone users read novels on handsets--Associated Press Supreme Court takes up future of broadband Internet access--The Los Angeles Times details the "Brand X" case.

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Broadband Surf Report: March 18

Our daily look at telecom news around the Web:

Adult content market faces wireless struggle--TechNewsWorld Quarter of cell customers use messaging--Associated Press FCC extends set-top box deadline--Slashdot IEEE settles on high-speed Wi-Fi standard, claims eWeek, yet Mobile Pipeline maintains that the IEEE vote on next-gen Wi-Fi is inconclusive. Go figure. France Telecom trials WiMax--Light Reading

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Broadband Surf Report: St. Patrick's Day

Our St. Patrick's day look at telecom news around the Web:

Muncipal Report: Verizon, SBC Chiefs play dumb--Broadband Reports

Municipal broadband situation report--A nice roundup from Daily Wireless

TiVo shares zoom up on Comcast deal--San Francisco Chronicle

Does your Wi-Fi hotspot have an evil twin?--PC World puts the fear of hackers into you.

Cingular, Verizon to share picture messages--Ziff Davis

Motorola Delayed iTunes Phone Due to Apple's Concerns--TechNewsWorld

And, just because ... Irish broadband roundup--Daily Wireless

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SEC nabs Nacchio

It's now official. The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against Joseph Nacchio, the former CEO of Qwest Communications International alleging fraud and other securities violations.

The SEC alleges that under the leadership of Nacchio, Qwest engaged in a complex scheme to improperly record more than $3 billion in revenue and exclude some $17.3 million in expenses in its quarterly reports from 1999 to 2002. The agency wants Nacchio and the other top executives named in the suit to return any fraudulently obtained profits, with interest.

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