AT&T's Strategy Seeks Scale, New Services

The key to success in this industry is achieving scale, saidRandall Stephenson, AT&T's Chief Operating Officer, speaking at the Goldman Sachs' Communicopia conference. AT&T's plan is to achieve the No. 1 market position in all of the sectors it serves: enterprise, wireless, broadband and, soon, IP video. The large scale achieved through its mergers will help the company achieve the greatest efficiency and lowest cost structure. Providing the No.1 customer experience is the operational goal of the company.AT&T's IPTV launch in multiple...

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Emap to provide Music Videos for BT Visio

BT announced an exclusive deal with leading publisher and broadcaster Emap plc to provide Emap-branded music video services and programming for its next-generation TV-via-broadband service, BT Vision, launching in autumn 2006. The deal will enable BT Vision customers to enjoy thousands of music videos on-demand, as playlists, or individually on a one-off or subscription basis.At launch, BT Vision customers will be able to enjoy a vast range of film, music and television programming all available on-demand, as well as all the Freeview channels,...

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SoonR Raises $6 Million for Mobile-to-Desktop Application

SoonR, a start-up based in Campbell, California raised $6 million in Series A funding for its mobile-to-desktop applications.SoonR lets mobile users tap into the power of their computers from any Internet-connected mobile handset. The SoonR service is built on a secure and extensible, open standards based mobile application platform, linking mobile phones to applications and data on any Internet connected Windows or Mac computer. People can use...

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Telco Systems Acquires Critical Telecom for IP-DSLAMs

Telco Systems has acquired the assets of Critical Telecom Corp., a developer of broadband enabling platforms for IP-based access networks. Financial terms were not disclosed.Critical Telecom offers a remote, environmentally-hardened, DSLAM featuring an integrated two-port GigE backhaul. The compact unit, which is designed for deployment very close to the customer, offers non-blocking ADSL2+ capabilities. The unit can be installed without the need for local power or for building out a new cabinet or pedestal. A single units offers 24 ports of non-blocking...

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Thomson Ships Wireless Handset for Skype

Thomson will begin shipping its GE DECT 6.0 (Digital Enhanced Cordless Technology) Wireless Handset, Thomson's first product with integrated Skype capabilities. The Skype Certified DECT Wireless Handset for Skype, which will be available this fall at a suggested retail price of $149, offers a color LCD screen for viewing colorful Skype messaging as well as regular caller IDs. The handset comes with a 100 name capacity address book, including separate...

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Qwest Boosts is Business VoIP Services

Qwest Communications has expanded its suite of Internet telephony products available to business customers with the launch of its Qwest OneFlex IP Long Distance and Qwest OneFlex IP Toll Free services. The products enable business customers to receive toll-free calls and make domestic and international calls with their IP service.Qwest OneFlex IP Long Distance allows the termination of IP voice traffic to the PSTN. Qwest OneFlex IP Toll Free takes inbound 8XX PSTN-originated calls, routes them to the customer and hands them off in Session Initiation...

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Intel Supplies WiMAX in the Amazon

Intel has supplied a wireless, high-speed Internet network in Parintins, Brazil -- a town on an island in the Amazon River. The project is part of the Intel World Ahead Program, an initiative in which Intel plans to invest more than US$1 billion globally over the next 5 years. Working with the Brazilian government and business and education officials, Intel and its collaborators installed a WiMAX network for a primary healthcare center, two public...

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Verizon Business Wins $100 Million Deal with Johnson Controls

Verizon Business was awarded a new five-year, $100 million agreement by Johnson Controls to provide a wide range of managed IP services. Verizon Business is extending its nine-year relationship with Johnson Controls to deliver and completely manage an integrated global IP networking solution comprising Private IP, IP VPN, Internet and voice services. To accommodate Johnson Controls' continued growth, Verizon Business will expand the company's Private IP network in the Asia-Pacific region.http://www.verizon....

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Comcast Reaches One Million VoIP, Ten Million Broadband Customers

Comcast has added more than one million Comcast Digital Voice customers in less than two years. Comcast also recently became the first broadband provider to cross the 10 million high-speed Internet customer threshold, following several high-growth quarters and the close of the Adelphia transaction, and is the nation's largest video provider with 23.3 million cable customers.Comcast said the milestone underscores the record growth it continues to experience across all cable products as it aggressively rolls out its $33 per product first-year bundle...

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CounterPath and Intrado to Develop Softphone Supporting E9-1-1

CounterPath Solutions and Intrado are working together to develop a new functionality within CounterPath's softphone to support automatic location identification on mobile VoIP 9-1-1 calls.The technology will enable the softphone to integrate directly with Intrado's systems in order to detect and send location information automatically when a 9-1-1 call is made from a wireless VoIP end-user device. This would allow calls made from a softphone on a laptop or smartphone to be directed to the appropriate public safety answering point (PSAP). Emergency...

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PCCW Launch Mobile TV Trial in Hong Kong

PCCW will conduct a six-month technical trial using Motorola's end-to-end Mobile TV system in Hong Kong. The trial will run from September 2006 to March 2007 within Hong Kong's Quarry Bay district and will include Motorola DVB-H enabled mobile devices, network solutions and interactive services platform. During the course of the trial, PCCW will evaluate the technical capabilities and the operational performance of DVB-H in Hong Kong.http://www.motorola....

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Motorola to Sell via Robo-Kiosks

Motorola will begin to offer its products to consumers through robotic retail stores in a pilot program providing automated, on-demand retail solutions in key markets. These robotic stores will be branded "INSTANTMOTO", and are expected to be deployed in approximately 20 locations nationwide from airports to malls by November 2006. The stores will house more than 25 Motorola products including carrier-ready MOTORAZR handsets, Bluetooth-enabled...

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