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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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Broadband Surf Report: March 16

Our daily look at telecom news around the Web:

Wireless carriers post rapid growth in ring-tone, game revenues--Techweb

California city to test wireless on buses--Mobile Pipeline

RIM, NTP settle patent suit for $450 million--eWeek

Motorola moves on mesh networking--Unstrung reports, and Daily Wireless gets technical.

A call to mobilize biz apps--eWeek

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Martin to be named FCC head

The White House is expected to name Kevin Martin as the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, according to a report on the Wall Street Journal's website.

Many folks, including New.com's own Declan McCullagh, expected Martin to take over the position after Michael Powell said he would resign.

Martin has had close ties with the Bush administration, working on President Bush's election campaign and his transition team. Martin became a commissioner to the FCC in 2001.

Lessons from Bernie Ebbers

The verdict is finally in.

Bernard Ebbers, the former WorldCom CEO, was convicted on nine counts of fraud on Tuesday, including securities fraud, filing false reports, and conspiracy.

After more than a week of deliberations, the jury handed down its verdict, which could land Ebbers in a federal prison for the rest of his life. The convictions collectively carry a maximum penalty of 85 years in prison. Sentencing is set for June 13.

The New York Times wrote that Ebbers' conviction was a "major victory for the government." Journalists and pundits say the verdict will serve as a … Read more

Broadband Surf Report: March 15

On the Ides of March, our daily look at telecom news around the Web:

Skype enjoys the hype--Infoworld

AT&T exec: WiMax is the 4G wireless technology--Infoworld

Businesses bullish on VoIP, but consumers remain leery: survey--Networking Pipeline

Vendors pushing beyond 3G for faster speeds--Mobile Pipeline

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Broadband Surf Report: March 14

As the CTIA Wireless show kicks off in New Orleans, we take our daily look at telecom news around the Web:

VoIP spam storm looms--Broadband Reports

Phone company mergers win on Capitol Hill--eWeek

AOL helps usher in VoIP's growth spurt--Telephony Online

Nextel launches GPS-based 'find-me' service--Mobile Pipeline

Companies start WiMax compatibility testing--Daily Wireless

Russian communists turn to text messaging--Associated Press

Sprint offers wireless data guarantees to enterprises--Networking Pipeline

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It's good to be Dave Dorman

Anyway you look at it, AT&T's CEO Dave Dorman will make out like a bandit after the proposed merger between AT&T and SBC Communications is finalized. On Friday, AT&T and SBC filed their proxy statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing details of Dorman's contract with the company.

When the $16 billion merger was announced in January, SBC and AT&T said Dorman would stay on as president of the newly combined company. But if he doesn't become CEO after SBC's current CEO Edward Whitacre Jr. retires, which … Read more