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Apple, China Unicom sign agreement for sale of iPhone

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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China, USA
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September 4 2009

Apple, Inc. will gain entry into the lucrative Chinese market through an agreement signed this week with China Unicom that will enable Unicom to market Apple’s coveted iPhone to customers starting this fall

Investor group to acquire majority stake in Skype

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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September 4 2009

Four months after announcing plans to spin-off its Skype Internet phone business, eBay agreed this week to sell a 65 stake in the unit to an investment group led by private equity firm Silver Lake Partners for $2.75 billion in cash and bonds

2,200 entities apply for first-round broadband grants

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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September 4 2009

The Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) and the Broadband Initiative Program (BIP), administered respectively by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), drew a tidal wave of applications last week from nearly 2,200 grant seekers that have asked for more than $28 billion in first-round funding

Wireless, cable, satellite groups weigh in on definition of broadband

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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September 4 2009

On Monday, providers of broadband services across wireless, cable and satellite platforms offered their views to the FCC on the definition of broadband, with the filing of comments that respond to an August 20 public notice soliciting public input on that topic

Globalstar loses appeal of L-band sharing order

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 8 2009

Efforts by Globalstar to overturn a 2007 FCC order requiring the company to share a swath of Big LEO mobile satellite service (MSS) spectrum that was once reserved exclusively for Globalstar’s use came up empty last Friday, as the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the FCC’s ruling as “a product of reasoned decision-making that survives the narrow scope of review under the arbitrary and capricious standard.”

Injunction upheld in Nebraska VoIP case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 8 2009

To the applause of Vonage Holdings, a three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court upheld a federal district court injunction that prohibits the Nebraska Public Service Commission (NPSC) from requiring the collection of universal service fund (USF) customer surcharges by interconnected voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) operators

Court allows amended suit over Sprint-Clearwire venture to move forward

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 8 2009

IPCS, Inc.an affiliate of Sprint-Nextel that succeeded in blocking Nextel iDEN network operations in certain Midwestern territorieswon another key legal victory, as a circuit court in Cook County, Illinois turned down Sprint-Nextel’s motion for dismissal of an amended iPCS lawsuit that seeks to bar Sprint from receiving benefits accruing from the Clearwire WiMax venture

NTIA, CTO nominees pledge support for broadband at confirmation hearing

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 22 2009

Testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee, Lawrence Strickling and Aneesh Chopranominees for the posts of National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Director and White House Chief Technology Officer (CTO), respectivelypledged their efforts towards fulfilling the Obama Administration’s goal of making broadband services more accessible

Judge invalidates AT&T arbitration clause, allows class action suit to proceed

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 29 2009

Customers of AT&T Mobility who claim they were forced to pay additional fees following AT&T’s 2004 merger with Cingular will be allowed to proceed with a class action suit against the company as a result of a federal district court ruling that invalidated arbitration provisions written into the AT&T subscriber contract

FCC issues report on rural broadband strategy

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 29 2009

Complying with Congressional directives, the FCC on Wednesday released a report on rural broadband strategy that is expected to serve as a springboard to FCC development of an overarching nationwide broadband strategy that fulfills the dictates of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

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