In just the last few weeks, Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, has signed legislation to require voters to show photo identification cards at the polls and to deregulate elements of the telecommunications industry.
By persuading a Federal judge to strike down vital elements of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 last week and by agreeing on Monday to acquire Connecticut's main telephone company for $4.4 billion, SBC Communications Inc. is clearly emerging as the iconoclast of the telecommunications industry.
As an element of the telecommunications meltdown that has come to light only recently, the market for fiber network access seems to have been an important common ingredient in the epidemic of accounting fiascos bursting out all over.
If the court rules against the cable companies, agreeing with the 9th Circuit that cable contains elements of a telecommunications service, it could give new life to small ISPs like Brand X, allowing them access to cable networks and providing a new stream of revenue.
the failure to provide access to such network elements would impair the ability of the telecommunications carrier seeking access to provide the services that it seeks to offer.
Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected] talk?SIR – Rather than "voice over internet protocol", the disruptive element in the telecommunications business right now is the spread of broadband connectivity ("How the internet killed the phone business", September 17th).
A convergence is also happening in the health care field where hybrid companies are mixing and matching elements of the biotech, health care, computer, electronics and telecommunications industries.
This is not the case in Chatsworth where you find many elements of the industry, such as computer technology, laser technology, aerospace, telecommunications and magnetic memories--along with an expansion-within mentality.
The Revolutionary Guard and the ruling mullahs control strategic elements of the Iranian economy — the largest construction company, much of its telecommunications sector and a large portion of the Tehran stock exchange.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling in October that vacated the F.C.C.'s determination that cable Internet services were entirely information services, and said they had elements of telecommunications services.
To the collective chortle of the telecommunications industry, DoJ asserts that in any event telecommunications equipment does not include telephones.
