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Google Says It Will Scale Back Call Blocking
phonescoop.com - 10/29/2009
Google Says It Will Scale Back Call Blocking
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Today Google sent the FCC a letter wherein it disclosed that it will limit the types of calls it blocks with its Google Voice product. Google said, "We told the FCC today that Google Voice now restricts calls to ... (follow link to read)
online.wsj.com - 10/28/2009
FCC May Take Back TV Airwaves
— online.wsj.com — AMY SCHATZ WASHINGTON—Federal regulators are considering taking back some airwaves from television broadcasters and auctioning them off... to wireless companies to increase the availability of wireless broadband services. Federal Communications ... (more) FCC May Take Back TV Airwaves

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businessweek.com - 10/30/2009
How Google Voice Is Growing
— businessweek.com — BusinessWeek 's review of information handed over to regulators shows the call-management service has more than 1... million users. It may be expanded abroad By Arik Hesseldahl In response to questions by U.S. regulators, Google ( GOOG ) handed over ... (more) How Google Voice Is Growing

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googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com - 10/29/2009
Our response to the FCC on Google Voice
— googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com — Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel In our response today to the FCC's inquiry... about Google Voice, we announced that our engineers have developed a tailored solution for restricting calls to specific numbers engaged in what ... (more) Our response to the FCC on Google Voice

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Engadget:  Google says it's now blocking 'fewer than 100' numbers in Google Voice

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Google says it's now blocking 'fewer than 100' numbers in Google Voice
Engadget — ... Google complains that calls to the top ten exchanges accounted for 26 percent of its entire connection fee outlay -- but yeah, that's pretty much what telcos have been dealing with since time immemorial, so the bellyaching's likely to fall on a lot of deaf ears. For what it's worth, the company is still asking the FCC to make sweeping changes to connection fee policy, but whether this ends up getting them out of AT&T's more immediate concerns remains to be seen. [Via Phone Scoop] Filed under: Cellphones Google says it's now blocking 'fewer ...

Google Voice to limit number of blocked phone numbers
MobileBurn.com — ... , as we reported . The regulator has not issued a statement on the letter and it isn't known how the changes will affect the probe. [via Phone Scoop ]

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