Fri, February 27, 2009 - Buried in U.S. President Barack Obama's budget blueprint for 2009 is a new-but-undefined spectrum license user fee that would increase from US$50 million in 2009 to $550 million four years later.

Fri, February 27, 2009 - Verizon Business said Friday it has received security approval from the Indian government to set up its own communications gateways in the country.

Thu, February 26, 2009 - Voice recognition developer Nuance announced plans to acquire Zi, a company that offers a variety of text input technologies designed for mobile users.

Thu, February 26, 2009 - Even though she has constituents in her congressional district who want broadband but can't get it, Representative Marsha Blackburn suggested Thursday that government should have little to no role in stimulating broadband deployment.

Thu, February 26, 2009 - The modularity and licensing of Linux makes it well suited as the platform of choice for the burgeoning software appliance market, a Novell executive said at the VMworld conference in Cannes.

Wed, February 25, 2009 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission may fine 600 operators for failing to properly file annual reports proving that they protect customer data.

Wed, February 25, 2009 - People who bought an unlocked version of the Android G1 phone are no longer allowed to download new paid applications from the Market, after a change Google made late last week.

Wed, February 25, 2009 - The Indian government said on Wednesday that it has decided to allow MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) to offer mobile services in the country, accepting the recommendations in August by the country's telecommunications regulator.

Wed, February 25, 2009 - A startup that offers a free unified communications platform has added Ubuntu to the list of Linux OSes on which users can run its software.