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Vermont Telephone upgrades broadband capabilities

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US telco Vermont Telephone has selected a range of solutions from Alcatel-Lucent as it prepares to increase the availability of super-fast broadband and deliver IP video services in its service territory in Southern Vermont

US denies Huawei bid due to fears over national security

Huawei was denied an opportunity to bid for a US government contract

Chinese network vendor Huawei has been refused permission by the US government to bid for a contract to work on the nationwide emergency network. A government spokesperson said that permission was refused due to national security concerns. The firm as now asked the government to elaborate on its reasons.

US politicians ask Obama to approve AT&T/T-Mobile merger

15 US politicians have sent a letter to Obama urging him to approve merger

US President Barack Obama has received a letter from 15 lawmakers calling for his administration to approve the merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. The letter, put forward by member of congress Heath Shuler and 14 other Democrats, said that the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA would help solve America’s jobs crisis by reducing unemployment, encourage private investment and promote new and innovative technologies that will drive job creation.

US DoJ moves to block AT&T/T-Mobile deal

The Department of Justice argued that T-Mobile's independence is vital for competition in the US mobiel market

The US department of Justice has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in a bid to block AT&T’s proposed $39bn acquisition of T-Mobile’s US operation, claiming that the deal would “substantially lessen competition” in the US wireless sector. If successful, said Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole, the move would result in higher prices and lower quality for consumers.

Barbarian at the gate: Verizon’s disruptive CloudSwitch buy

The cloud sector remains in a nascent state and service differentiation is poor

Verizon’s buy of innovative startup CloudSwitch is a nasty surprise to those who deny the growing power of telcos in the cloud.

Spotify embraces the land of the free..sort of

Spotify makes it onto Symbian

Spotify has finally got its prize. News of a US launch today brings to a close a two-year affair, blighted with delays, speculation and a healthy dollop of the now infamous “ongoing negotiations with labels”.

Verizon taps Payfone for payments network

The m-payments bandwagon is gathering pace

US carrier Verizon is the latest to jump on the mobile payments bandwagon, announcing on Tuesday a partnership with mobile transaction firm Payfone to bring carrier billing to Verizon Wireless users.

AT&T and T-Mobile USA grilled over proposed merger

The CEO's of AT&T and Deutsche Telekom have faced questions over the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA

US lawmakers have given AT&T and T-Mobile executives a hard time at a competition hearing, as they debate whether to allow the $39bn merger of the two telcos to go ahead.

Obermann pulls an ace from his sleeve

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Rene Obermann has pulled off one of the most spectacular bluffs in recent history by engineering the sale of Deutsche Telekom’s US subsidiary to AT&T, a move predicted by few, but one that will dramatically alter the structure of the US mobile industry if approved.

Apps can now be classified as ‘medical device’

Certain software and hardware products used with medical devices as low-risk

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a final rule that reclassifies certain software and hardware products used with medical devices as Class I or low-risk products. Until now, these devices were considered to be either Class III (high-risk) devices requiring pre-market approval or accessories to an existing medical device.