September 11, 2007 - Embarq shares outperform former parent

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September 11, 2007 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Embarq shares outperform former parent Embarq's stock price is up 36% since it spun off from Sprint 15 months ago, making it one of the top-performing telecom companies. CEO Dan Hesse credits the company's innovation in integrating wireline and wireless services. USA TODAY (9/10)   Business & Industry Watch  AT&T goes hip, orange in new advertising campaign AT&T has jettisoned its old corporate image with a new advertising campaign aimed at on-the-go, young mobile professionals under the tagline "Your Seamless World." While the AT&T corporate logo will remain blue, the orange of the former Cingular will now become the company's primary marketing-identity color for mobile. MediaPost Communications (9/11) , USA TODAY (9/11) Verizon's FiOS tops customer-satisfaction survey Verizon Communications' FiOS received the top marks in a new ChangeWave Research survey of customer-satisfaction rates for satellite and cable television services. Ninety-six percent of FiOS customers said they were very or somewhat satisfied with their service, compared with 89% for DirecTV, 82% for Echostar Communications' Dish Network and 73% for Comcast. The Hollywood Reporter (9/11) Europe offers lessons for IP telephony The wide range of markets and telecom environments in Central Europe has led businesses to adopt different approaches in IP telephony. A new report from Current Analysis looks at European business telecom services and offers insight for U.S. companies trying to decide between IP PBX, a hosted solution or a mixed approach. Network World (9/10) The battle for unified collaboration: telecoms vs software companies This industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the air freight industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.   Technology Trends  BT supports small business with new tools BT Group has rolled out BT Business Builder, a suite of tools designed to help small businesses manage administrative tasks, such as bookkeeping, invoicing, sales, planning and payroll. BT also offers BT Tradespace and BT Workspace. ZDNet (9/11) Clearwire partners with ICO for mobile "triple play" Mobile-broadband provider Clearwire and ICO Global Communications have partnered to implement a "triple play" aimed at mobile users. "Mobile two-way video, advanced interactive navigation, plus emergency calling and messaging becomes an even more compelling value proposition when integrated with a wireless broadband network such as Clearwire's," ICO CEO Tim Bryan said. Multichannel News (9/10) UPC, Sling Media take Slingbox to Netherlands UPC Broadband and Sling Media have announced that they will provide the Slingbox device to customers of UPC Digital TV in the Netherlands. World Screen News (9/10) TerraNet tests free mobile peer-to-peer calling Swedish mobile company TerraNet is testing a peer-to-peer technology that will allow its mobile customers to communicate with one another without the use of a base station. The system uses other TerraNet handsets to create a mini-network that routes calls to their target and is expected to be valuable in outlying areas of some emerging markets. BBC (9/11) Other News Texas Instruments trims staff by 191 workers Forbes/Associated Press (9/10) The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Incorporating Passive CWDM Technology vs. Deploying Additional Optical Fiber Adding additional fiber to existing networks can be very costly to service providers. In most cases, a far better – and less costly – option is found in coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) technology. So what is CWDM? CWDM can be viewed as… Register for ADC's Next Gen white paper series. Want to sell Mid-Band Ethernet services to industries as diverse as health care, finance or education? Visit www.hatterasnetworks.com to download the latest, FREE executive handbook "Selling Mid-Band Ethernet Services". Hatteras' executive handbooks can help you learn how to generate new revenue opportunities with Mid-Band Ethernet service offerings. 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Telephony Online (9/10)   Regulatory & Legislative  Broadcast coalition forms to fight "white space" use A new coalition of television broadcasters, TV makers and sports leagues has teamed up to fight against the use of "white space" spectrum. The group says white-space devices do not work and will interfere with broadcast services. The FCC says it plans to announce rules regarding white-space use this fall. 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