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AskCALEA NewsWeekly May 8, 2008

• Sprint, Clearwire Make it Official
  The long-rumored national mobile WiMAX partnership between Sprint and Clearwire is finally official, both companies said today.
• Lab test: VoIP phone systems walk the talk
  The five IP PBX appliances reviewed here are reasonably priced and easy to administer and use. Some can be installed without the need for expert help. And their telephony features -- typically configured and accessed from a browser or lightweight desktop application -- are all remarkably sophisticated.
• Google Seeks Open-Access Pledge From Verizon
  Google has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to obtain a pledge from Verizon Wireless that it will honor the open-access conditions on a band of 700MHz spectrum before selling the spectrum to the carrier.
• FCC votes to cap universal service fund payments
  A divided Federal Communications Commission voted to impose an interim cap on high-cost universal service fund payments to competitive eligible telecommunications carriers, a blow to some smaller mobile-phone carriers that rely on subsidies to bring competitive services to underserved rural areas of the country.
• Court tells FCC to revisit BPL rules
  FCC commissioners need to do a better job justifying the agency’s rules governing broadband-over-power-line (BPL) emission levels, according to a federal appeals court.
• Leap expands Texas presence
  Leap Wireless International Inc. will be launching its Cricket unlimited wireless services across areas of Texas bordering the Rio Grande and the Gulf of Mexico beginning tomorrow.
• MetroPCS launches in northern Florida
  MetroPCS has turned up its service in Jacksonville, Fla., transitioning the former PTA and Cleartalk PCS networks into its own footprint. MetroPCS bought 10 MHz of PCS spectrum from PTA, along with PTA and Cleartalk’s infrastructure and customers in January, allowing it to expand its growing Florida footprint.