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Judge poses compromise question in Verizon-Vonage spat
One of the three judges hearing Vonage Holdings' appeals in the patent dispute between the company and Verizon Communications on Monday asked if a compromise would be possible, which would allow Vonage to continue to sign up customers while it modified its technologies. Vonage has not requested a compromise, according to Verizon. Los Angeles Times/Associated Press (free registration) (6/26)

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Telus executive calls for timely review of Bell Canada bid
Telus Chief Executive Officer Darren Entwistle has asked Canadian regulators to review his firm's merger proposal with Bell Canada as quickly as they would if it were a private-equity deal. The Competition Bureau says its review could take up to 10 weeks. National Post (Canada) (6/26)

• Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to bid for Bell Canada: The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announced Monday that it would place a bid to acquire Bell Canada. The union is working with U.S. private-equity firm Providence Equity Partners. The Edmonton Journal (Canada)/Reuters (6/25)

AT&T sets prices for iPhone service plans
AT&T has announced that its iPhone service plans will start at $60 a month, which will include 450 minutes of talk time and unlimited data access. The company also will offer $80- and $100-a-month plans that will feature more voice minutes. American City Business Journals/San Jose, Calif. (6/26)

EarthLink hires Huff as president, CEO
EarthLink announced Monday the addition of Rolla P. Huff as its new president and chief executive officer. Will he bring big changes to the company? Huff tells Forbes that "at the end of the day, I've got to be convinced that every line of business is on a path to create cash flow." Forbes (6/26)

Nokia Siemens announces new center in Lisbon
Nokia Siemens Networks intends to build a Global Network Solutions Center in Lisbon, Portugal. The center will handle a range of services for the company, including the provisioning of back-office services. Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.) (6/25)

Other News

• Report: Singapore Telecommunications may buy Warid stake
  Financial Times (6/26)

Technology Trends

Analysis: Wi-MAX will bolster Sprint's business model
Sprint Nextel will start rolling out its $3 billion mobile Wi-MAX network later this year, which according to this article will help the carrier improve its business model. "Cellular carriers tend to be a walled garden. Wi-MAX will give us the capacity to completely open the Internet," said Barry West, president of Sprint's mobile-broadband business. CNNMoney.com/Business 2.0 Magazine (6/26)

Wi-Fi Alliance tests products for second draft of 802.11n
The final version of the IEEE 802.11n standard isn't expected until 2008, but the Wi-Fi Alliance has started testing products against the second draft version of the standard, which recently became available. The Wi-Fi Alliance anticipates certified 802.11n draft 2.0 products to hit the shelves as early as September. The Register (U.K.) (6/26)

Infineon purchases DSL-chip business
Infineon Technologies has announced that it will buy Texas Instruments' DSL-terminal-chipset business. The deal, which is expected to close later this summer, is expected to bolster Infineon's established portfolio of DSL products, which include ADSL/2/2+ and VDSL2 chips. Electronics Weekly (U.K.) (6/26)

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Internet-TV network Revision3 secures funds
Internet-TV network Revision3, created by the founders of Digg.com, announced that it had received $8 million in second-round venture-capital funding. Revision3 said it would leverage the funds to expand its programming. C21 Media (6/26)

Regulatory & Legislative

U.K. wireless firms lose tax case from spectrum licenses
The European Court of Justice has ruled against mobile-phone firms in a legal battle to reclaim taxes the companies said they paid for U.K. spectrum licenses in 2000. The high court ruled that the companies did not pay VAT and that they were not entitled to refunds. BBC (6/26)

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