Sprint Nextel Integration Ahead of Track, CAPEX to Increase

Sprint Nextel said that its post-merger integration efforts are ahead of prior expectations. The company increased the net present value of expected synergies from the merger to $14.5 billion. Sprint Nextel also announced plans to increase it wireless CAPEX as it accelerates the rollout of EVDO and EV-DO Revision A.The updated synergy estimate has a net present value of $14.5 billion, inclusive of taxes and approximately $1 billion in integration costs. Synergy components include:$1.6 billion in revenue and subscriber synergies driven by cross-selling...

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openreach to Operate BT's Local Access Network

BT and Ofcom, the telecom regulatory authority in the UK, formally accepted a new regulatory framework for the local access network infrastructure operated by BT in the UK.BT unveiled openreach, a separate operating company, that will ensure that all service providers have transparent and equal access to the local BT network. openreach, which will be operational from January 2006, will be responsible for operating and maintaining the "first mile" infrastructure that connects homes and business to BT exchanges across the UK.BT welcomed the landmark...

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SunRocket Raises $25 Million to Fuel Consumer VoIP Rollout

SunRocket, a provider of consumer Internet phone service, secured $25 million in its second round of institutional financing. Mayfield Fund led the round, joined by DCM - Doll Capital Management and existing investors BlueRun Ventures and Anthem Capital Management. To date, SunRocket has raised $34 million in venture financing.A year after launching its first services, SunRocket said it has emerged as the second fastest growing independent provider of residential Internet phone service.SunRocket offers an all-inclusive Internet phone service with...

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Cox High Speed Internet Ranked Highest for Customer Satisfaction

Cox Communications, the third-largest U.S. cable television provider, received the highest ranking among U.S. high-speed Internet service providers in the J.D. Power and Associates' 2005 Internet Service Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. This marks the first time that Cox's high-speed Internet service ranked the highest in overall customer satisfaction in the nation.J.D. Power and Associates surveyed over 6,000 dial-up, cable and DSL high-speed Internet customers who answered questions about their service provider's performance...

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VeriSign Develops Wireless IP Connect Service Bridging Mobile and WiFi Networks

VeriSign is introducing a "Wireless IP Connect Service" providing a single, cellular-WiFi interconnection point that resolves interoperability issues between disparate networks and facilitates the delivery of end-to-end, next-generation features. The service allows cellular handsets to register as IP devices when near a Wi-Fi signal, thus enabling consumer to make and receive cost-effective VoIP calls.Net2Phone is launching a trial of the service that is expected to run through the end of the year. http://www.verisign....

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Level 3 Signs Network Agreement With Renater

Renater, a Paris-based operator of academic research networks, awarded a three-year agreement to Level 3's European operating subsidiaries to provide intercity dark fibre and colocation services. The Level 3 network will support the Renater 4 project, an upgrade to Renater's existing network infrastructure. The Level 3 fibre will connect the markets of Paris, Nancy and Strasbourg. Financial terms were not disclosed.Founded in 1991, Renater is the French national network for research, education and technology. Its network backbone links regional...

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Ikanos Announces Pricing of Pending IPO

Ikanos Communications, a developer of VDSL2 silicon, priced its initial public offering of 6,400,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $12.00 per share, which will result in estimated net proceeds to Ikanos Communications of approximately $69 million. http://www.ikanos.c...

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MergeOptics Announces 10 Gbps Ethernet XPAK Modules

MergeOptics GmbH announced the availability of the XPAK SR and XPAK LR small form factor modules. The new 10 Gbps Ethernet modules are capable of supporting new levels of port density in high volume server-to-switch and storage-to-switch links. Both products are in production and readily available.The 10Gbps XPAK SR and LR modules follow the multi-source agreement (MSA) for XPAK, which was initially introduced in 2002. The XPAK design is a small form factor, power efficient module that easily integrates into network equipment enabling standards...

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CLECs Call for Merger Conditions on SBC/AT&T and Verizon/MCI

Eight competitive telecom service providers submitted a petition calling on the FCC to impose strict conditions on the pending mergers of SBC/AT&T and Verizon/MCI in order to safeguard competition. The companies said the divestitures of AT&T's and MCI's local network assets would not be enough to alleviate the harms to the local wholesale market.Companies endorsing the comprehensive remedies were Broadview, BridgeCom, Conversent, Eschelon Telecom, NuVox, TDS Metrocom, Xspedius and XO Communications. The companies proposed the following...

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Verizon FiOS TV Announces its Channel Line-Up

The Verizon FiOS TV service, which is being introduced in the town of Keller, Texas, features more than 330 total channels at launch -- including 20 HD channels theater-quality sound. Verizon initially has 600 video-on-demand titles in its content library and expects to have 1,800 by year-end. http://www.verizon....

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Vonage Provides TCS VoIP Verify Feature

Vonage is the first VoIP service provider to use TCS' recently introduced "VoIP Verify" service, which allows subscribers to check the availability and extent of emergency services coverage from the caller's current registered location. When Vonage customers dial 9-3-3 from their Vonage service, VoIP Verify informs the user how his or her distress call will be routed, and what information the Vonage user should be prepared to provide to the emergency services call taker. http://www.vonage....

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PanAmSat Forms Emergency Response Team

PanAmSat has formed an Emergency Response Team (ERT) focused on quickly restoring lifeline telecommunication services to government agencies and private industry affected by natural and man-made disasters. Using PanAmSat's extensive satellite fleet and a range of on-the-ground transmission and support systems, PanAmSat can quickly restore crucial communication services even when terrestrial network alternatives are unavailable.PanAmSat's Emergency Response Team will deliver everything from satellite telephones to transportable and fixed transmission...

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Intel Launches Asian WiMAX Campaign

Intel is launching a WiMAX deployment campaign in Southeast Asian. The company will work will work with governments, telecommunications regulators, education, health and agriculture public sector agencies and carriers, True Corporation in Thailand and Telekom Malaysia among them, to help them prepare for and conduct WiMAX trials. The trials will test connectivity among key public and private sector groups.As part of Intel's Digital ASEAN (d-ASEAN) vision of an integrated region of connected villages, provinces, cities and countries, Intel is helping...

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