FCC Fires Back at AT&T Over T-Mobile Job Cuts

The federal agency took umbrage at AT&T’s suggestion that T-Mobile’s plans to cut jobs prove that the country would have been better off had the two companies been allowed to combine.
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Cisco Appeals Europe’s Approval of Microsoft’s $8.5 Billion Skype Acquisition

The networking giant wants European regulators to reconsider the deal and require Microsoft to make Skype compatible with other video calling services.
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Privacy Less Controversial Than Piracy? For Now, Web Giants Don’t Sound the Alarm on EU Data Protection.

Though Internet companies seemed to have found their political voices during the U.S. SOPA/PIPA debate over Internet piracy last week, they’re less up in arms about another proposed bill.
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Comcast and Verizon Merge Without Merging

Two huge pipe players agree to work together — by staying out of each other’s businesses.
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Google, Private-Equity Firms Mull Bid for Yahoo

Google has talked to at least two private-equity firms about potentially helping them finance a deal to buy Yahoo Inc.’s core business, according to a person familiar with the matter.

President Obama’s LinkedIn Town Hall: The Other Silicon Valley Jobs Event

Here’s an idea to get more jobs for the citizens of the U.S.of A.: Fantastic high-speed wireless access!
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AT&T May Have to Go All or Nothing With T-Mobile Deal

Finding concessions to appease regulators could be tough, meaning that AT&T and T-Mobile will have to decide if a prolonged fight is worth it to allow their merger to proceed.
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Deutsche Telekom Vows to Fight to Keep AT&T-T-Mobile Deal Alive

T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom said on Friday it is prepared to do battle to keep alive its deal to sell its U.S. arm to AT&T.
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FCC Proposes Giving Signal Boosters a Boost to Dismay of Cellular Industry

Regulators are proposing rules that would allow the sale of cellular repeaters that can boost cell phone coverage despite objections from carriers that the devices can cause interference.

Seven Questions for Ric Telford, IBM’s VP of Cloud Services

When you think about cloud computing, do you think of IBM? If not, you should. Here, Big Blue’s cloud chief talks about how its customers are putting cloud services to work, and hints at acquisitions.

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