VoIP Can't Wait for Telecom Reform

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EarthLink: Telecom Reform Unnecessary

EarthLink: Telecom Reform Unnecessary 05/13/2004 12:46 AM
Internet.com May 13 2004 4:55AM GMT

New FCC chair may be force in telecom
reform

New FCC chair may be force in telecom
reform 02/01/2005 09:41 PM
WASHINGTON - The new chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), whoever that may turn out to be, could have significant power to shape the future of telecommunications regulation as the U.S. Congress looks to tackle telecom reform this year.

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New RBOC Ally Jumps into Telecom-Reform
Fray

New RBOC Ally Jumps into Telecom-Reform
Fray 04/18/2005 11:23 AM
The regional bell operating companies won a major ally in their effort to clear out regulations governing the telephone industry.

Ascent Telecom Bags VoIP Billing Order
from NCTel

Ascent Telecom Bags VoIP Billing Order
from NCTel 01/05/2005 03:43 AM
Ascent Telecom, a VoIP based turnkey software provider of Integrated Telecom solutions has bagged an offer with NCTel , an upcoming Telecom Service Provider headquartered in Quebec, Canada and shall be deploying its customized VoIP Billing Solution in an effort to streamline NCTel's operations. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]

INGATE® DELIVERS THE SKINNY ON VOIP AT
ABP’S “VOIP SIZZLES!” EVENT IN
DALLASEvent Educates Resellers on
Turning Today’s Heightened VoIP Interest
into Sales

INGATE® DELIVERS THE SKINNY ON VOIP AT
ABP’S “VOIP SIZZLES!” EVENT IN
DALLASEvent Educates Resellers on
Turning Today’s Heightened VoIP Interest
into Sales 07/10/2004 03:16 AM
Ingate® Systems (www.ingate.com), which produces and sells the world’s only fully Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-capable enterprise firewalls, will be participating in “VoIP Sizzles,” held in Dallas from July 22-23, 2004. Hosted by ABP Technology, this event for resellers will focus on the specific opportunities and challenges for traditional data VARs and telecom dealers who are moving into the Voice over IP (VoIP) market. [PRWEB Jul 10, 2004]

Norson Telecom Consulting Today
Released: "Mainland Telecom Investment &
Vendor Performance, 2004-2005" Norson
Analysis Report

Norson Telecom Consulting Today
Released: "Mainland Telecom Investment &
Vendor Performance, 2004-2005" Norson
Analysis Report 03/17/2005 04:13 AM
This Norson report analyzes fixed line and wireless equipment investments in China from 2004 to 2005, and discusses the effects of the pending 3G launch, maturing PHS networks, and new investments in NGN and IPTV technology. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]

3WTel’s Superior VoIP - Lightyears Ahead
in VoIP Security and Dial-Up Capability

3WTel’s Superior VoIP - Lightyears Ahead
in VoIP Security and Dial-Up Capability 02/01/2005 08:48 PM
Hackers can easily access confidential information from customers of VoIP services that utilize open and interpretable industry standard codec and industry standard protocol. VoIP services offering secure lines hosted on proprietary patented technology are reaping the benefits because of the optimal security it creates. [PRWEB Jan 31, 2005]

HBF Group, Inc. Announces I-911™ Voice
Over IP (VoIP) Solution for VoIP
Providers and the Emergency Services
Industry

HBF Group, Inc. Announces I-911™ Voice
Over IP (VoIP) Solution for VoIP
Providers and the Emergency Services
Industry 06/14/2004 02:24 AM
i-911 addresses the deficiencies in other commercially VoIP 911 available solutions by providing a 911 emergency calling service that is deployable immediately , requires little or no change to the public safety answering points (PSAPs). i-911 offers a significant improvement over other VoIP solutions as it delivers accurate call back and location information from a 9-1-1 call in real-time. [PRWEB Jun 14, 2004]

VoIP Signs Agreement with VOIP-4U;
Lucent Announces Contract with Verizon
Wireless and AT&T to Launch Internet

VoIP Signs Agreement with VOIP-4U;
Lucent Announces Contract with Verizon
Wireless and AT&T to Launch Internet 07/16/2004 03:44 PM
Financial News USA Jul 16 2004 5:58PM GMT

Pure VoIP Won't Be Regulated, Phone-Like
VoIP Might Be

Pure VoIP Won't Be Regulated, Phone-Like
VoIP Might Be 02/12/2004 02:16 PM
As expected, the FCC ruled on the Pulver VoIP petition today, and gave something of a split decision. They claim that "pure" VoIP systems shouldn't be regulated, since they're just like email or any other internet application. However, they're reserving judgment on VoIP systems that more resemble regular phone service, such as Vonage that touch on the PSTN. This seems like something of a cop out, and may be difficult to sustain over time. Most of the "pure" VoIP systems are offering (or planning to offer) gateways that let them connect to the telephone system. Where do they fall along the regulatory spectrum? This would take away the incentive of VoIP providers to connect to regular phone service, creating two different levels of phone service, rather than connecting the two and leading to a more orderly migration. Of course, it still remains to be seen what sorts of regulations they will include for PSTN-connected VoIP. Chances are, they're talking about adding in 911 service and phone-tapping abilities.

3WTel’s Superior VoIP Adds Newest
Features Including Call Transfer to Cell
Phones/Telephones Plus Accessibility to
Personal VoIP Account Anywhere in World
When Travelling

3WTel’s Superior VoIP Adds Newest
Features Including Call Transfer to Cell
Phones/Telephones Plus Accessibility to
Personal VoIP Account Anywhere in World
When Travelling 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
Lightyears ahead in VoIP security and ability to be used on dial-up, broadband, wireless or satellite connections, 3WTel’s Superior VoIP now rocks the VoIP industry by offering its customers additional free features such as call transfer, worldwide login capability, group folders, audio devices, and proxy support. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

Concerned about VoIP security? VoIP
Security Alliance wants to hear from you

Concerned about VoIP security? VoIP
Security Alliance wants to hear from you 03/28/2005 06:17 PM
ZDNet Mar 28 2005 9:25PM GMT

How to reform the FCC

How to reform the FCC 06/21/2004 07:26 AM
Economist Randolph May says the time is ripe to move the FCC to the executive branch, where there will be more political accountability for its actions.

reform-0.1

reform-0.1 09/13/2004 04:55 PM

This Is Reform? (washingtonpost.com)

This Is Reform? (washingtonpost.com) 08/14/2004 02:53 PM

Patent Reform?

Patent Reform? 06/05/2005 11:19 PM

I was reading Business Week and they had a little commercial section with ads from law firms. A couple of them were intellectual-property specialists and I snarled internally; whatever you think about patent law, as a longtime businessman I’m pretty convinced that the IP law profession, while it contains many good and intelligent people, is collectively a giant leech sucking money and time out of the community of innovators. Having said that, two of the lawyers’ blurbs jumped out at me; both about proposed US legislation which would institute a new process, within the PTO as opposed to the courts, for a quick challenge to the validity of a patent. This is important, because today, defending yourself against patent-infringement litigation is insanely expensive, $1M and up, way up. This is why most companies, in particular small companies, roll over and settle quickly when they get hit with this kind of lawsuit, no matter how dopey the patent is. Here are the two reports: Defending Against Patent Greenmail (which begins Patent “trolls” are currently the subject of much discussion...; most IP specialists don’t like to admit that patent trolls exist, but they do) and New USPTO Post-Grant Patent Opposition Legislation on Horizon. I think the high-tech business community ought to get behind this legislation, big-time. Everyone except the patent trolls.

The Register wants reform

The Register wants reform 06/24/2005 07:26 PM
According to Cathy Kirkman of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati, the Register of Coyprights has decided to propose abolishing the compulsory right granted by section 115 of the Copyright Act. This is the provision that gives recording artists the right to record "covers," so long as they pay a specified fee. Remember this quote from a 1967 House Judiciary Report, considering a modification to the law as it existed then:

[T]he record producers argued vigorously that the compulsory license system must be retained. They asserted that the record industry is a half-billion-dollar business of great economic importance in the United States and throughout the world; records today are the principal means of disseminating music, and this creates special problems, since performers need unhampered access to musical material on nondiscriminatory terms. Historically, the record producers pointed out, there were no recording rights before 1909 and the 1909 statute adopted the compulsory license as a deliberate anti-monopoly condition on the grant of these rights. They argue that the result has been an outpouring of recorded music, with the public being given lower prices, improved quality, and a greater choice.

Copyright Law Revision, Committee on the Judiciary, 90th Cong. 1st, Sess., Rep. No. 83 66 (March 8, 1967). Apparently the Registrer believes performers no longer "need unhampered access to musical material on nondiscriminatory terms." What progress.

X.org and XFree86 Reform

X.org and XFree86 Reform 01/23/2004 02:20 PM

UN must reform or die, says Rice

UN must reform or die, says Rice 04/16/2005 02:42 AM
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United Nations must reform to survive as a "vital force".

Patent Reform

Patent Reform 04/11/2005 08:52 AM
Steve Lohr: I.B.M. Hopes to Profit by Making Patents Available Free

Rockefeller Reform

Rockefeller Reform 05/26/2004 07:51 PM
AlterNet-28 minutes ago ... them on the phone. To learn more, she scanned The New York Times and typed "Rockefeller drug laws" into Google. Then she sent letters ...

Don't Wait

Don't Wait 04/09/2004 03:58 PM
Michael Harrison, an English poet, was once asked how to become a good writer. He replied, "If you want to be a good writer, write. You don't wait for inspiration."

Don Box, co-author of SOAP, gives similar advice in the above link:

• Read fewer specifications,
• write more applications,
• write less code by using tools that generate code automatically,
• and remember that humans matter, so if you must write a specification, make it legible.

And John's advice is: "You can be hasty, but keep a backup!"

A New Hope for Patent Reform

A New Hope for Patent Reform 09/20/2004 07:05 PM
Electronic Frontier Foundations Sep 20 2004 11:35PM GMT

Op-Ed Columnist: Running on Reform

Op-Ed Columnist: Running on Reform 01/04/2004 06:13 AM
GOP is going to have to do .. David Brooks .. Link:

nytimes.com/2004/01/03/opinion/03BROO.html
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Will copyright reform chill use of Web?

Will copyright reform chill use of Web? 06/01/2004 06:07 AM
CanadaIT.com Jun 1 2004 9:35AM GMT

Intel bureaus up for reform

Intel bureaus up for reform 07/11/2004 01:48 AM
Washington Times Jul 11 2004 5:35AM GMT

Iran dissident says reform at end

Iran dissident says reform at end 02/15/2004 11:55 AM
A leading Iranian dissident writes from jail to urge people to adopt a policy of passive resistance.

IBM calls for patent reform

IBM calls for patent reform 04/10/2005 09:52 PM
ZDNet Australia Apr 11 2005 12:54AM GMT

India calls for reform of the UN

India calls for reform of the UN 09/23/2004 01:22 PM
India's prime minister calls for urgent reform of the UN Security Council to make it a more effective global voice.

No need for sweeping CRTC reform

No need for sweeping CRTC reform 06/18/2004 05:31 PM
National Post Jun 18 2004 9:50PM GMT

NHS reform 'to cut waiting times'

NHS reform 'to cut waiting times' 06/27/2004 07:50 AM
Radical moves are being considered to cut the number of people waiting for NHS treatment, it emerges.

More Calls For Patent Reform

More Calls For Patent Reform 04/28/2004 01:12 PM
Yet another study has come out pointing out all of the well known problems with the patent system and suggesting it's about time something was done to fix it. They suggest that there need to be more patent examiners, there needs to be a better process for contesting patents, and examiners need to reject more "obvious" patents. Of course, as another article about the patent system makes clear, the government sees the patent office more as a revenue generator rather than as a force for innovation. As such, they're not that interested in either spending more on it or making it harder to receive patents. As far as they're concerned, the more patents granted means more people will apply, and more funds will go into the patent office coffers - which can then be raided to pay off other government bills.

FTC calls for US patent reform

FTC calls for US patent reform 10/30/2003 12:36 PM
More hurdles, less backlog

Concern for 14-19 learning reform

Concern for 14-19 learning reform 09/27/2004 07:07 AM
A head teachers' leader is alarmed by a suggestion that reform of 14-19 learning in England might be toned down.

Protest due over probation reform

Protest due over probation reform 05/11/2004 12:52 AM
More than a 1,000 probation staff are due to protest against a shake-up of the system of supervising offenders.

Welfare Reform and Education

Welfare Reform and Education 12/17/2004 06:40 PM
Robert's Story; the Problem of Poverty in America Robert is in the third grade. He likes school, and he's pretty good at it. He started reading chapter books this year, and he likes that. He wishes he could go to school today, but he can't. He lives with his mom in their 1985 Mazda GLC. They get in trouble if they stay in one place for more than a few nights, so he can't take the school bus. This morning Robert's mom can't take him to school. She's too busy. This happens to Robert a lot. It makes him really sad. He remembers when he was in first grade he and his mom lived in an apartment. It wasn't a nice apartment, it kinda smelled funny, the carpet was a weird orange color, and the people who lived downstairs scared him. He didn't like it there, but now he just wishes they could go back. He doesn't understand why he and his mom have to be poor. One time he asked his mom, and she started crying. He doesn't ask her questions like that anymore. This is not an uncommon story. In 2003 there were 35.9 million people living below the poverty line in the United States of America, 1.3 million more than in 2002. In addition, there were millions living within the penumbra that surrounds 'official poverty', with incomes that fell above the poverty line but bellow the threshold for a decent standard of living.

Reform needed for A-level best

Reform needed for A-level best 08/17/2004 11:40 AM
Universities and businesses need more information to select the best candidates, the government has admitted.

Populism+reform= PC mantra

Populism+reform= PC mantra 07/09/2004 03:12 AM
Times of India Jul 9 2004 7:09AM GMT

NI water reform in pipeline

NI water reform in pipeline 08/10/2004 12:37 PM
A new company, likely to be funded by water charges, is to take over the duties of the water service in NI.
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