September 21, 2007 - Senators call for permanent ban on Internet taxes

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September 21, 2007 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day  Senators call for permanent ban on Internet taxes Several Republican senators have called for action to permanently ban taxes on Internet access before the current moratorium on Internet taxes expires Nov. 1. Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., said: "It makes no sense to have a national and global communications and business network to be subject to taxes by every state, city and county in the country." Yahoo!/PC World/IDG News Service (9/20) , American City Business Journals/Portland, Ore. (9/20) Make USTelecom dailyLead part of your 2008 marketing plan! USTelecom dailyLead is a cost-effective way to reach over 45,000 telecommunications industry executives. To learn more, click here or contact Eric Hoffman at ehoffman@smartbrief.com or (773) 549-3868.   Business & Industry Watch  Verizon gets green light to bundle services Verizon Communications plans to begin offering bundled services, including its Freedom Essentials package, to customers in Washington state, after officials there gave the telecom the approval to do so. OneTRAK (9/20) SK Telecom plans investments SK Telecom will invest $200 million in the U.S-based Helio venture, which it co-owns with EarthLink. SK Telecom also announced that it will spend $110 million to launch an Internet business in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (9/21) AT&T cuts U-verse installation time AT&T has trimmed its U-verse installation time on average by one hour in the last month, according to Ralph de la Vega, the telecom's group president of regional telecommunications and entertainment, who said he believed 10,000 installations a week were possible. Telephony Online (9/20) Apple in iPhone talks with two Nordic operators Nordic mobile operators TeliaSonera and Telenor are in discussions with Apple regarding distribution rights to the company's iPhone. "We have seen immense interest in the iPhone from our customers," said Anders Krokan, Telenor spokesman. "We are still in talks, but I doubt we would be able to offer the iPhone this year." The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (9/21) USTelecom Spotlight Engineering Summit call for presentations: Due date extended to Sept. 28 Whether it's for IPTV, broadband or wireless, proposals for technical presentations are being accepted for USTelecom's Second Annual Engineering Summit to be held Nov. 14 and 15 in Washington. Presentations, not sales pitches, should target engineering and technical employees from carrier/network operator companies. Presentations are due next Friday. See requirements and submission details here. Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  Bookstore  |  Webinars   Technology Trends  Alcatel-Lucent helps enterprises plan communications A new set of user-centric solutions from Alcatel-Lucent is designed to help large enterprises determine the communication requirements of their employees. The Alcatel-Lucent Corporate Communications Solutions for Large Enterprise is designed to increase employee productivity, optimize costs and improve customer loyalty. TMC Internet Telephony (9/21) BT Global Services helps IT departments go green BT Global Services is adding environmental consultant to its service portfolio, launching a new service called the Carbon Impact Assessment. The five-week assessment examines how much carbon dioxide emissions are produced by corporate IT departments. Telephony Online (9/20) AT&T sees a future in virtual security Edward Amoroso, chief security officer for AT&T's services division, says he believes the wave of the future when it comes to network security is virtual. "We think that security at the perimeter should be virtual, which is a somewhat controversial concept ... but we think a lot of existing technologies there are running out of legs, and simply running firewalls at the gateway is no longer a valuable proposition," Amoroso said. Yahoo!/InfoWorld (9/20) Some citywide Wi-Fi plans suffer from poor design Poor design and appeal have been cited as possible causes for the struggle many cities have undergone with citywide Wi-Fi projects, according to this article. TechNewsWorld (9/21) The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Want to sell Mid-Band Ethernet services to industries as diverse as health care, finance or education? 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