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No deal is imminent, but the blogosphere is all abuzz this morning about the possibility that Cisco may try to buy Skype before Skype’s pending IPO. The rumored valuation is somewhere around $5 billion for the global IP ...

The Federal Communications Commission could be doing a better job of monitoring wireless competition by gathering a wider variety of market data, according to a report released yesterday from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report authors identified ...

The Red Cross has published a study which examines the use of social media in emergencies.  Nearly 75% of survey respondents participate in at least one online community or social network, Facebook, with 58% of respondents, far ...

Netflix launched an iPhone and iPod Touch app today that enables customers to watch streaming movies and TV episodes.  Netflix customers subscribing to plans starting at $8.99 per month will have access to "a broad array of movie and TV ...

Google yesterday confirmed speculation that it would offer web-based calling from its Gmail electronic mail offering. In a blog post  the company said the new service would be available to all Gmail users “over the next few days.” Calls to the US ...

Government entities provide over $15 billion in farm and agriculture subsidies every year. Among other goals, these controversial payments are designed to help stabilize food prices and keep American crops competitive in the global economy. Some call these subsidies a ‘sacred cow’ because they are very politically charged and are ...

Internet-based video has gained a strong following, but consumer spending does not yet reflect this shift, according to new research from Ericsson’s ConsumerLab. Half of respondents in a recent Ericsson Consumer Lab study called “Multi Screen Media Consumption 2010” said they use Internet-based on-demand television or video every ...

Our Industry Insight series brings insight and analysis from industry thought leaders on important issues facing the telecom industry. This latest insight comes from industry veteran L. Marie Guillory, who provides analysis on the implications of the current open Internet debate. The ...

Shareholders of both companies have approved the acquisition of Qwest by CenturyLink. Shareholder meetings were held today in both Monroe, La (CenturyLink) and Denver, Co (Qwest). Interestingly enough, exactly 97% of the votes cast by both (but separate) shareholder groups approved the ...

African- and Hispanic-Americans talk and text the most, women talk on their cellphones more than men, teens, by far, text more than any other group, and residents of the South talk more on their cellphones than people in other regions of the US.  All this ...