Smart, UAE firm in remit tie-up.
Byline: EMMIE V. ABADILLA Leading United Arab Emirates (UAE.) telecommunications operator Etisalat is jointly developing a mobile international transfer service with Smart Communications Inc., headed by Napoleon L. Nazareno, President and CEO. Etisalat offers both fixed and mobile phone services to over 4.5 million subscribers,...

P/$ rate closes at P47.365/$ 1.
The peso rate closed higher at P47.365 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing Exchange from P47.46 last Friday. The weighted average rate appreciated to P47.371 from P47.523. Total volume amounted $ 682.23 million. NPC buys Indonesian coal State-run National Power Corporation (NPC)...

NEON sold to RCN; Westboro company goes for $260M.
Byline: Bob Kievra WESTBORO - Fiber-optic network service provider NEON Communications Group Inc. said yesterday it will be acquired by cable television and telephone giant RCN Corp. in a cash deal worth about $260 million. The deal, expected to close in the fourth quarter, valued...

JG Summit sets up to P25 B for expansion.
Byline: JAMES A. LOYOLA JG Summit Holdings Inc., the investment holding company of the Gokongwei group, is allotting P20 billion to P25 billion for its capital expenditures this year as it ramps up its telecommunications and real estate businesses. At the sidelines of the firm's...

Taxing the superhighway.
The new Telecommunications Act is presenting state legislators and tax officials with some extra-knotty problems. With the passage of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the accelerated pace of innovation in the industry, the next few years may see a revolution in your work, homelife and entertainment. ...

Virginia cellular and highland cellular: the FCC establishes a framework for eligible telecommunications carrier designation in rural study areas.
I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND III. CONTROVERSY AND SIGNIFICANCE IV. ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DESIGNATION FRAMEWORK A. 1996 Telecommunications Act B. FCC Regulations and Decisions 1. Early FCC Decision: Western Wireless Wyoming Decision 2. Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel v. FCC V. VIRGINIA CELLULAR AND HIGHLAND CELLULAR DESIGNATIONS A. Offer and...

Costs and consequences of federal telecommunications regulations.
I. INTRODUCTION II. THE BASICS: EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC REGULATION A. Below Competitive Prices B. Above Competitive Prices C. Inflated Costs D. Stifled Innovation and Entrepreneurship E. Expenditures to Acquire or Maintain Wealth Transfers III. CLASSIFYING REGULATORY COSTS AND REGULATORY OUTCOMES A. Costs B. Outcomes IV. ANALYSIS OF COSTS AND...

PLDT core earnings up but net income down in 1st half.
Byline: EMMIE V. ABADILLA Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT)'s consolidated core earnings went up 11 percent to P15.2 billion for the first half of 2006 from P13.7 billion in the same period last year, before the effects of foreign exchange, deferred tax assets and additional depreciation....

BRIEFLY.
Byline: The Register-Guard REGION Linn County loses 911 emergency service Emergency telephone service was out for almost five hours in Lebanon, Brownsville, Sweet Home and Shedd on Monday, but no major incidents resulted from the failure, the Linn County Sheriff's Office...

Breaking up the bottleneck: the new affordability of ultra-high-speed networks is relieving K-12 schools of insufficient bandwidth and opening them up to a world of digital education.
THOUSANDS OF AMERICA'S K-12 schools are struggling to meet the demands of the digital era. Standards for student curricula, teacher credentials, and in-school security are rising rapidly. To keep pace, school districts are doing an admirable job of installing the internal high-speed computer networks and basic internet service needed...