The victory lifted Murdoch's team into joint third place, alongside Switzerland, with fifth-placed Sweden the only other team who could qualify for the last four.
General PETER PACE (Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff): It is not Victory in Europe Day, it is not Victory in Japan Day, it is not something where there'll be a signing ceremony.
The joint endorsement of exempting wireless services from net neutrality is a significant victory for cellular broadband providers such as Verizon, which have said that excessive regulation of those services would stifle their investments.
And the company racked up one more victory in November, settling a months-long dispute over wireless spectrum with Verizon Wireless , a joint venture of Verizon Communications (nyse: VZ - news - people ) and Vodafone Group (nyse: VOD - news - people ).