FCC Auction Hits $8.7 Billion after 16 Rounds of Bidding
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) completed the 16th round of bidding in the auction of advanced wireless services (AWS) with bids totaling a little less than $8.7 billion USD. The leading bidder at this time is T-Mobile USA with the possible winning bids for 45 licenses, totaling $2.6 billion. The partnership of satellite TV providers, bidding under the name Wireless DBS and the leader after six rounds of bidding on Friday, has been quiet in this week's bidding, placing no bids in the last five rounds, and allowing its eligibility to lapse in a number of markets. There are 147 eligible bidders remaining out of a total of 168 that began the auctions. The cable partnership with Sprint Nextel, bidding as SpectrumCo, placed the leading bids for 47 licenses, totaling $550 million.
Study: VoIP Shipments Grow 30.4 Percent in 2nd Qtr, Cisco Takes Number 1 Spot
According to a recently published report by Synergy Research Group, the worldwide Enterprise VoIP market increased 13.7 percent sequentially and 30.4 over last year's quarter, driven strongly by IP Phone sales in the quarter. For the first time, the Asia-Pacific region outperformed the US and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) regions. Second quarter 2006 sales were dominated by Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, Avaya, and Alcatel. They experienced the most substantial growth worldwide--each growing their shipments by double digits. Cisco had a huge quarter allowing it to take the number one market share ranking. Worldwide, Cisco was number one, followed by Avaya, Nortel, Alcatel, and Mitel.
...and, speaking of being "overly promotional"...
FTC Reaches Settlement for Do-Not-Call Violations
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) entered into a court settlement with Nomrah Records and its president, Mark Harmon–two of the named defendants in the recent DIRECTV telemarketing case. Under the settlement filed by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) on the FTC’s behalf, Harmon will pay a $75,000 civil penalty. and both he and the company will be barred from violating the Do Not Call (DNC) Rule and Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) in the future. In December 2005, the FTC charged DIRECTV and other defendants that telemarketed on DIRECTV’s behalf with violating the DNC and the TSR by calling consumers, despite the fact that their numbers were on the National DNC Registry. In settling the charges, DIRECTV paid $5.3 million, representing at the time the largest-ever DNC penalty obtained by the Commission. The stipulated final judgment and order against Nomrah and Harmon contains injunctive relief, barring Nomrah and Harmon from calling consumers on the DNC Registry, as well as from violating any other provisions of the TSR in the future. The FTC continues to pursue other telemarketers involved in the case.
from Telecom Daily
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