Two major cable operators, Rogers in Canada and Adelphia in the U.S., announced they'll use Nortel as their primary softswitch vendor as they roll out VoIP. Nortel previously signed agreements with Cox and Charter in the U.S. as cable operators move to offer phone service as part of a triple package along with video and broadband. With Wed.’s announcements, the top 5 U.S. MSOs have made at least preliminary decisions on who will supply their switches.

Regulatory issues and a potentially much faster approval process were cited prominently by Qwest in a letter to MCI as reasons, along with a higher dollar offer, MCI should accept Qwest’s offer over Verizon’s. But analysts told us Fri. the regulatory argument in particular may prove spurious, since regulatory review is a black box. A key factor could instead be increasingly vocal opposition to the Verizon-MCI deal by major stockholders.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet, and strip from India for the period of December 21, 2001 through June 30, 2003.

GENEVA -- Two key issues remain unresolved from the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and will be central to the 2nd session beginning here today (Thurs.), said Yoshio Utsumi, secy. gen. of the ITU and of WSIS: “That is whether we should have a so- called digital solidarity fund or not, and the so-called issue of Internet governance.” The first phase ended in Dec. 2003 in Geneva with the adoption of the WSIS Action Plan endorsed by 175 countries.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of small diameter circular seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Brazil for the period of August 1, 2002 through July 31, 2003.

GENEVA -- Several developing countries fervently asked the U.N. Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) to focus on domain name-, IP- and root server management. They also again proposed an inter-governmental, multilateral, multi-stakeholder international body to manage these issues.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Italy for the period of July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain in-shell raw pistachios from Iran for the period of July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003.

State regulators on a NARUC panel on broadband over power lines (BPL) Tues. said there are many regulatory tools available to discipline the infant technology should it become unruly -- but the best approach now is to “spare the rod” and keep regulatory hands off BPL.

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang and CFO Marvin Burkett received bonuses of $480,000 and $180,000, respectively, as a result of the company having achieved revenue and gross margin targets in fiscal 2005 ended Jan. 30, SEC filings disclosed. Other executives awarded bonuses included Worldwide Sales Vp Jeffrey Fisher, $150,000; Vp- Gen. Counsel David Shannon, $120,000. Nvidia, which is scheduled to release earnings on Thurs., reported preliminary 4th-quarter results earlier this month of $560-$570 million in revenue, beating a forecast of $516 million. Gross margin were expected to be 33.5-34.5%, surpassing a forecast of 33.3%.