April 2008 InfoTech & Technology News

The April 2008 issue of Infotech & Telecom News features a special report on the wireless industry, which is critically important to consumers and the U.S. economy but nevertheless bears an unusually high tax burden.

Also on page 1:

• The Arizona Legislature is considering a "bill of rights" for cell phone users, proposing stiff new regulations on the wireless industry.

• New technologies could boost Internet traffic in the United States more than 50-fold within the next decade.

• Los Angeles voters have imposed a 9 percent tax on VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone calls.

Also in this issue: cloud computing, video games, net neutrality, broadband, laptops, the media marketplace, Universal Service Fund reform, digital television, antitrust, the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo! merger, and public safety communications.