ALSO NOTED: EU OKs Alcatel/Lucent; Vail goes wireless, maybe; and much more...

> Regulators in the European Union have OK'ed the $13.4 billion merger of Alcatel and Lucent Technologies. Article

> The tiny ski resort Vail could have a wireless network by the time the slopes open--if they can hide the antennas well enough. Article

> Sonus Networks says 32 percent of all long-distance VoIP traffic moves over its IMS-based network. Article

And Finally... How to insult people and survive. Way beyond your mom and her lovely army boots. Article