Public Meetings Planned for Broadband Initiatives Under Obama Stimulus Bill

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Rural Development arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold a public meeting on March 10, 2009 to discuss the Broadband Initiatives funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration in Washington, D.C. The Broadband Initiatives funded in the Act are intended to accelerate broadband deployment...

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Open-Plug Announces Telephony Capabilities for Intel "Moorestown"

Open-Plug, a company that specializes in software development environments for portable devices, is working with Intel to integrate its ELIPS Linux Telephony Stack to the Moblin Linux software stack for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) based on Intel's next generation "Moorestown" platform. Open-Plug is now bringing its advanced cellular telephony and messaging features to this new class of MIDs. http://www.open-plug....

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Verizon Business Receives Security Clearance in India

Verizon Business has received approval from the government of India's Department of Telecommunications to operate the company's two international gateways in Mumbai and Chennai, under its international long-distance license. The approval allows Verizon Business to offer its suite of private line services to multinational customers and to activate the company's wholly owned submarine cable capacity to India, providing direct connections to Verizon's global network, one of the largest such networks in the world.Verizon Business noted that is has...

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Deutsche Telekom Narrows Loss in Q4, Sees Stable Performance

Overall, Deutsche Telekom exceeded its financial targets in the 2008 financial year. The net loss narrowed in Q4 2008 to EUR 730 million compared to EUR 750 million a year earlier as revenue rose 2% to EUR 16.11 billion. "Our 2008 financial year is characterized by stable performance and sound financial figures," said Chairman of the Board of Management, René Obermann, at the annual press conference in Bonn. The development of earnings in the past...

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India's BSNL Rolls Out 3G with Ericsson

BSNL, India's second largest telecom operator, has launched 3G services in 11 cities across the northern and eastern parts of the country. As part of its roll-out strategy, BSNL plans to launch 3G services using WCDMA/HSPA technology across more than 700 cities in the first phase. Ericsson is BSNL's strategic partner for 3G roll-out in over 400 of these cities. This roll-out is part of the contract announced by the companies September 7, 2007."The...

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Alcatel-Lucent Wins 100 Mbps Fiber Access Project in Munich

M-net, a Munich-based regional network operator, has awarded a multi-million Euro contract to Alcatel-Lucent to deploy the first extensive fiber access network in Munich. In the future, additional Bavarian cities will be connected to M-net's high-speed access network that consists of a mixed fiber-to-the-building (FTTB)/fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) architecture. The network will support data rates of up to 100 Mbps and possibly higher in the future.Alcatel-Lucent...

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ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009 to Focus on Solutions for Economic Recovery

ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009, which will take place in Geneva, 5-9 October, will include a global leadership summit to address the role of ICTs in economic recovery from the worldwide crisis and stimulating future investment and growth. ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré said, "ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009 this October will be the right time to bring together all the key players in government and the ICT industry. We will be in a better position to assess...

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Obama Budget Adds Spectrum License Fee

A single line item in the new U.S. federal government budget proposes to raises $200 million in FY 2009, $300 million in FY 2010 and $425 million in FY 2011 for unspecified spectrum licensing conducted by the FCC. The budget does not mention which bands of spectrum are contemplated for licensing fees nor for which services. This item is posted on page 126 of the budget, which is online.The FY 2010 Budget also includes $1.3 billion in USDA loans and grants for the Department of Agriculture to increase broadband capacity and improve telecommunication...

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