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BusinessWeek November 1, 2004 Catherine Yang	Cable vs. Fiber In the long-running contest for the digital future, cable has been hitting home runs while the telecoms are just coming to bat. Now, the Bells are fighting back by offering video via phone lines.
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InternetNews May 31, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Texas Slows Bells' TV Plans In a blow to SBC and Verizon, Texas lawmakers this weekend adjourned without passing a bill designed to accelerate TV-over-fiber rollouts.
InternetNews September 8, 2005 Jim Wagner	IPTV Franchises Waived on in Texas Gov. Rick Perry puts pen to paper on a bill that frees the Bells to provide IPTV in the state more quickly. If the bill become law, it will likely be challenged in the courts.
InternetNews February 15, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Tunes in IPTV The Baby Bells converge on Capitol Hill today to sell a Senate panel on clearing the regulatory decks for a rollout of IPTV.
BusinessWeek June 28, 2004 Catherine Yang	Telecom: The Day After Will unleashing the Baby Bells serve to heighten competition -- or stifle it?
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Yang et al.	The Shifting Telecom Landscape With AT&T and MCI going, the Bells will compete with cable and tech companies.
InternetNews June 10, 2004 Colin C. Haley	VoIP All Smiles on FCC's Line-Sharing Move Will voice over IP benefit from the government's decision to forgo a Supreme Court appeal of telephone line-sharing rules?
PC World August 2005 Tom Spring	ISPs Attempt to Stop Public Broadband Cable and DSL providers battle cities that want to offer access to residents.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2004 Bill Mann	Don't Make the Babies Cry The telecom industry has endured some tough times, but there is a long, long way in between "not failing" and providing an attractive equity investment.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2004 Rich Smith	Talk America Rings Up the FCC SBC plays hardball in negotiating, so Talk America calls in the feds.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2005 Rich Duprey	Controlling Interest in Net Access Supreme Court hears the case of opening cable Internet access to competition and regulation. The decision will have important consequences that may become irrelevant if satellites, power lines or other means of transmission become more prevalent. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek April 17, 2006 Spencer E. Ante	Thinking Globally, Stuck Locally Weary of going town to town to get into the TV biz, the Bells want Washington's help.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Bill Mann	Fiber to the Home. Eventually. Do you want phone, Internet, and cable TV service from the same company? It's possible, thanks to the billions spent by companies like Cox, Comcast, and others to upgrade their networks and the wiring going into millions of homes.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2004 Ben McClure	Baby Bells' Silver Lining While these might be gloomy days for telecommunications stocks, it's too early to count Verizon, BellSouth, and SBC Communications out.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Steve Rosenbush	Verizon: Take That, Cable The nation's largest telecom provider is preparing to seek cable-TV franchises in parts of Texas and eight other states so that it can offer video in head-to-head competition with cable companies.
InternetNews June 7, 2005 Jim Wagner	Verizon Calls For Telecom Reform The rules should to be changed so telecoms can better compete with cable operators, says Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg.
InternetNews December 20, 2006 Roy Mark	Telcos Granted Video Franchising Relief Divided FCC votes to streamline telephone companies' marketplace entry into triple play race.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Bells' TV Bill Gets New Life A bill to help speed TV-over-fiber rollouts has cleared the Texas Senate, but the window is closing on the legislative session.
InternetNews September 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	Video on Demand Taking Its Share IPTV and free movies are key factors in VoD's growing popularity.
InternetNews December 18, 2006 Roy Mark	FCC Turns Focus to Video Franchising Rules AT&T and Verizon now want the FCC to streamline the process for companies to enter the local video market.
InternetNews June 28, 2005 Roy Mark	Brand X Reactions Split up The Middle Did the Supreme Court add regulatory certainty to the broadband market or confuse the situation even more?
InternetNews May 21, 2004 Colin C. Haley	VZ's FTTP Foray Forces Hard Look at Technology Verizon takes the fiber-to-the-premises from test to rollout, potentially shaking up the broadband business.
InternetNews October 27, 2005 Roy Mark	Bell Mergers Sealed on DoJ Approval The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday afternoon approved the SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI mergers, requiring only that Verizon and SBC divest portions of certain local fiber-optic network facilities.
InternetNews May 5, 2005 Colin C. Haley	SBC Taps Amdocs For IP Services Billing The carrier moves a step closer to widespread rollout of broadband, TV and voice service over fiber. New deal will unify billing systems to make paying easier for customers.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2005 Rich Duprey	No Jams on Info Freeway The Supreme Court says cable Internet operations are information providers, not telecoms. Information services will inevitably evolve over time, and this ruling will help foster new developments.
InternetNews January 31, 2005 Jim Wagner	SBC, AT&T Seen as Prototype For Telecom's Future SBC to Acquire AT&T For $16 Billion. Executives say the industry needs a combination like a Baby Bell with Ma Bell to survive competition.
InternetNews April 1, 2004 Roy Mark	Court Refuses to Review FCC Modem Rule Ninth Circuit upholds decision saying cable broadband is subject to common carrier rules.
Knowledge@Wharton March 12, 2003	The FCC's Latest Telecom Ruling: Far-Reaching, Yes, But Also Far From Clear A recent vote on deregulation by the Federal Communications Commission left many questions unanswered and none of the players in the telecommunications industry entirely satisfied.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2004 Ben McClure	SBC Down, Not Out Is the telecom company really down for the count? DSL sales are offsetting local phone losses. Competition will continue to be fierce, prompting more price wars and putting loads of pressure on margins.
InternetNews October 25, 2005 Jim Wagner	Cable in Talks With Sprint Nextel? Cox Communications, Comcast and Time Warner are reportedly weeks away from signing a wireless phone agreement with Nextel.
InternetNews May 12, 2004 Roy Mark	EarthLink: Telecom Reform Unnecessary Nation's third largest ISP tells Congress it should focus on enforcing current law, while broadband providers Verizon and Comcast argue for new ones.
InternetNews May 19, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Vonage Strikes Two More E911 Deals The VoIP leader will have access to two more Baby Bells in the event of an emergency.
InternetNews December 22, 2003 Colin Haley	Verizon Weaves Fiber-to-Home Plan The telecom's effort to eliminate the last-mile slowdown advances with the selection of four more equipment vendors. Fiber-to-the-premises technology can transfer data at speeds up to 622 megabits per second to the user and 155 megabits per second to the network -- far faster than cable modems or today's DSL.
InternetNews August 5, 2005 Roy Mark	Bells Free From DSL Obligations In a significant policy victory for the incumbent carriers, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously voted today to eliminate DSL line-sharing rules. The FCC imposes a one-year transition period for ISPs to renegotiate.
InternetNews February 10, 2006 Roy Mark	Video Competition Boosting Broadband Penetration High-speed Internet service is riding on the battle between Bells and cable companies.
CIO April 1, 2006 Susannah Patton	Wi-Fight A growing number of cities and towns want to develop their own public Wi-Fi networks. But they face stiff opposition from telecom and cable providers.
InternetNews November 16, 2004 Colin C. Haley	SBC to Launch VoIP Over DSL The carrier also readies a more ambitious fiber-based offering.
InternetNews August 19, 2004 Roy Mark	Copper Remains Golden for Legacy Networks Baby Bells, others agree to call a truce and produce an industry consensus rate reform solution to the FCC.
InternetNews August 1, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Chief Pushing For DSL Deregulation New FCC chairman circulating proposal to give telcos' broadband the same status as cable modems.
InternetNews September 6, 2005 Jim Wagner	Telco TV Expected to Surge Worldwide adoption of IP-based TV is expected to grow significantly in coming years, though the U.S. will only be a bit player in the market, according to researchers.
InternetNews March 16, 2007 Roy Mark	ISPs Challenge FCC Broadband Rules A group of Internet service providers including EarthLink and Time Warner Telecom, went to court Friday to challenge Federal Communications Commission rules that free wireline telecom carriers from line-sharing obligations.
BusinessWeek November 7, 2005	At SBC, It's All About "Scale and Scope" SBC Telecommunications' CEO Edward Whitacre talks about the AT&T Wireless acquisition and how he's moving to keep abreast of cable competitors.
InternetNews December 6, 2004 Roy Mark	Supreme Court to Hear Broadband Access Case Justices will review the 9th Circuit decision that overturned the FCC on cable modem providers sharing their fiber optic lines with ISPs.
InternetNews October 21, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Baby Bells Advance Fiber Plans Verizon today announced the next six states in its aggressive fiber-to-the-premises rollout... SBC Communications is testing video through fiber...
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BusinessWeek March 20, 2006 Mark Morrison	Battling For The Eyes Of Texas Verizon's TV service is winning fans in a Fort Worth suburb. Will it sell nationwide?
InternetNews November 2, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Sprint Turns 'Quadruple Play' With Cable The nation's largest cable companies are forming a joint venture with Sprint Nextel to better compete against Baby Bells and satellite companies.
InternetNews March 5, 2006	AT&T, BellSouth Join Forces in $67B Merger AT&T announced Sunday it would merge with BellSouth in a $67 billion stock deal, a merger that creates a telecommunications giant with more than 70 million customers across 22 states.