Jobs4America: 4,000 New Call Center Jobs Per Month Enabled by Broadband

Widespread broadband deployment makes it economically feasible to bring back many call center jobs from foreign countries, according to Jobs4America – a coalition of call center operators that aims to create 100,000 new broadband-enabled, call center jobs in the United States over the next two years. The group estimates that an average of 4,000 call center jobs are already being created each month in the U.S. By their count, over 18,000 new call...

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Deutsche Telekom Reports Decline in Revenue & Profitability

Citing a persistently tough economic environment, especially for its T-Mobile USA operation, Deutsche Telekom reported Q2 revenue of EUR 14.5 billion, a decline of 6.8 percent year-on-year. Revenue for continuing operations, excluding T-Mobile USA, fell by 3.3 percent. On a like-for-like basis (i.e., excluding T-Mobile UK), the drop in revenue back in the first quarter amounted to 3.7 percent. Adjusted EBITDA for the Group as a whole fell by 6.5...

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T-Mobile USA Sees Net Customer Loss, Higher Data ARPU

T-Mobile USA reported a net loss of 50,000 mobile subscribers in Q2 along with slightly higher ARPU for data services, leading to service revenues of $4.6 billion, consistent with service revenues in the first quarter of 2011."The United States remains a difficult market for Deutsche Telekom, but we see improvements compared to the first quarter of 2011. T-Mobile USA will continue its strategy with the extended HSPA+ 42 coverage and continued data...

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University of Illinois UC2B Project Picks ADTRAN

The University of Illinois and the cities of Champaign and Urbana have selected ADTRAN for the Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband (UC2B) Broadband Stimulus project, which will bring FTTP services to local K-12 schools, low-income and underserved communities, business customers and Community Anchor Institutions. This is the first phase of the project and is planned to extend services to more than 10,000 residents in the area. ADTRAN will supply its Total Access 5000.UC2Bis made possible by a $22.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's...

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Level 3 and Global Crossing Stockholders Approve Merger

Shareholders in both Level 3 and Global Crossing have voted to approve Level 3's proposed acquisition of Global Crossing. The companies expected the deal to close before the end of the year. http://www.level3.com http://www.globalcrossing.comIn April 2011, Level 3 Communications will acquire Global Crossing in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at approximately $3.0 billi...

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Sierra Wireless Sees Q2 Drop from Clearwire, Barnes & Noble

Sierra Wireless reported Q2 revenue of $139.9 million, a decrease of 12% compared to $159.1 million in the second quarter of 2010, and a decrease of 3% compared to $144.3 million in the first quarter of 2011. On a GAAP basis, gross margin was $39.1 million, or 28.0% of revenue, in the second quarter of 2011 compared to $46.2 million, or 29.0% of revenue, in the second quarter of 2010. The company said its year-over-year revenue decrease was principally driven by the loss of revenue from Barnes & Noble and Clearwire, which together accounted...

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Telecom Fiji Deploys Aviat for All-IP Microwave Trunking

Telecom Fiji Limited (TFL), the island nation's sole provider of local and national telephony services, is deploying Aviat Networks' WTM 6000 all-IP trunking microwave radios to link the main islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. Aviat Networks will design radio paths and install the high-capacity network for TFL, replacing an aging PDH radio network.The network must overcome two very demanding paths of approximately 80km of mountainous terrain and...

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LightSquared Signs PowerNet Global for Wholesale LTE

LightSquared announced another customer for its forthcoming, wholesale LTE service: PowerNet Global, which provides voice, data, SIP, and managed solutions to commercial and residential customers nationwide. PowerNet is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.Under this multiyear agreement, PowerNet Global will become a wholesale customer on LightSquared's 4G-LTE network and will develop its own branded voice and high-speed mobile data services for its...

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SK Telecom Sees Q2 Revenue Rise 5.7%, Income up 2.0%

SK Telecom reported Q2 2011 revenue of KRW 4.041 trillion, operating income of KRW 659.7 billion and net income of KRW 465.4 billion (IFRS consolidated). On a year-on-year basis, revenue, operating income and net income increased by 5.7%, 2.0% and 3.7%, respectively.The company was serving 7.5 million smartphone subscribers as of the end of June and expects to exceed its 10 million smartphone subscriber target by year-end.SK Telecom was serving...

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Verizon's SF Application Innovation Center Opens Next Week

Verizon will open an Application Innovation Center in San Francisco next Wednesday. The Verizon Application Innovation Center is a place for developers, network engineers, entrepreneurs and others to work together on innovative applications that take advantage of Verizon Wireless' leading 3G and 4G LTE mobile networks. The San Francisco facility is connected to Verizon's LTE Innovation Center, located in Waltham, Mass., to optimize synergies between development activities at each location. The new space includes several collaboration labs and...

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Australia's NBN Goes Live in Melbourne

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard MP officially switched on the National Broadband Network at a ceremony in a suburb of Melbourne, marking the third NBN site on the mainland.The fibre network in Brunswick covers approximately 2,689 premises and the first 14 homes are now connected. The trial phase is due to run until late September, after which residents in the Brunswick fibre coverage area are expected to be able to order broadband services...

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HSPA Ecosystem Now Well Entrenched

The latest survey by the GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) finds 3,227 HSPA user devices have been announced in the market, 25% higher than a year ago. The number of manufacturers increased by 29 to 264 in the same period. Two-thirds of user devices support peak downlink speeds of 7.2 Mbps or more, compared to just over 50% a year ago.The survey also finds that HSPA+ networks are mainstream and being deployed by 1 in 3 HSPA operators. A total...

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