November 26, 2007 - Mueller hints of 'vision' for Qwest

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November 26, 2007 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Mueller hints of "vision" for Qwest Qwest Communications International CEO Ed Mueller has outlined his broad scheme for the future of the company he inherited in August with an emphasis on staying the course instead of making drastic change. In an interview, he said the company would neither look to buy a mobile-phone company nor pursue a broad video play, although it might partner with a third party to leverage its higher broadband speeds. The Denver Post (11/24) Eliminate weak links in your optical backbone NSN optical solution offers best-in-class bandwidth capacity and scalability. Our ROADM is designed for superior ROI - remote configurability and automated management to ensure low operational cost. NSN is the clear global market share leader in Long-Haul/ Ultra-Long Haul ROADM 2 years running. Learn more.   Business & Industry Watch    Embarq gives text a voice Embarq has unveiled a service that translates text messages into voice messages for its wireless phone users. The two-way service -- recipients can replay via voice or text -- can read certain common acronyms so that if someone types in "LOL," it will come across in voice as "laugh out loud" on the other end. WRAL-TV (N.C.) (11/26) Bernabe, Galateri to lead Telecom Italia Telecom Italia's new parents have named Franco Bernabe as CEO and Gabriele Galateri as chairman after a meeting of the nominations committee for Mediobanca, one of company's new controlling shareholders. Galateri is the former chairman at Mediobanca, and Bernabe was CEO at Eni and Telecom Italia. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (11/26) , Financial Times (free content) (11/26) Alcatel-Lucent in $1.1 billion China deals Alcatel-Lucent has signed a series of deals with China Mobile and China Unicom to provide up to $1.1 billion worth of mobile-telecom services and equipment, according to the French maker of telecom equipment. MarketWatch (11/26) Other News Report: TalkTalk broadband service experiences some service issues The Independent (London) (11/25) Nokia Siemens tussles with BSNL over GSM network contract Business Standard (India) (11/24) Winning the US Bundled Pricing Game Communications providers' bundled pricing offerings are becoming commoditized - so how do you differentiate? To learn more about segment-based pricing that can improve incremental operating income and provide greater value to the customer, read Accenture's point of view, "Innovative Approaches to Win the US Bundled Pricing Game".   Hot Topics    Top five news stories selected by USTelecom dailyLead readers in the past week. Verizon broadens free HDTV offer (Multichannel News) AT&T may push EchoStar bid soon (Reuters) Verizon FiOS ramps up speed (The Washington Times) Report: Google, Skype in marriage talks (InformationWeek) Houston FTTH provider turns out lights (Telephony Online) Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers. Who's getting one? The Plum Card. The first everything, everywhere trade terms card from American Express OPEN.™ Up to 2% early pay discount or up to 2 months defer pay, interest free.*Terms and conditions apply Application available now at PlumCard.com   Technology Trends  AT&T looked to "Shine" on Black Friday AT&T used the official launch of the holiday shopping season, Black Friday, to unveil its Shine by LG, which features video, music, Bluetooth and a 2-megapixel camera. American City Business Journals/San Antonio (11/26) Enum could change face of Web telephony nets U.K.'s Nominet is embarking on a project designed to make searching for Internet phone numbers as easy as finding a Web site, using the national Enum directory. Work has begun to unite the Web and telephone networks, which could eventually give Enum the same role that the Domain Name System has in connection with the World Wide Web, according to this article. BBC (11/26) Vodafone will double network speeds Vodafone will double the speeds on its New Zealand mobile-broadband networks under a technology upgrade to begin in April 2008 so that customers could download at average speeds of 2 to 5 megabits per second. The move follows rival Telecom's recent completion of an upgrade to its mobile-phone network. The New Zealand Herald (11/24) Cisco goes mobile to reach SMBs in India Cisco Systems is rolling out its "Network on Wheels" in an attempt to demonstrate its service capabilities to small and medium-size businesses in India. Business Standard (India) (11/24) Other News Telecom, cable, satellite providers work for compressed HDTV signals Multichannel News (11/26) The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Mid-Band Ethernet is one of the fastest growing segments in the telecommunications market today. Visit www.hatterasnetworks.com to get expert insight from top industry analysts to learn what the key business drivers and market opportunities are that are making Mid-Band Ethernet so popular with business customers today. Interested in learning more about advertising in the USTelecom dailyLead? Contact Eric Hoffman at 773-549-3868 or ehoffman@smartbrief.com.   IP Download  Rise of VoIP services offers new options Consumers looking to lower their telephone costs can take advantage of a fast-rising number of VoIP services, but they should be aware of the drawbacks as well as the advantages, according to this article. Los Angeles Times (free registration) (11/25) Other News TinselVision VOD service delivers Bollywood movies via IPTV, mobile Variety (11/25) Top executives, quantifiable results Smart marketing professionals rely on USTelecom dailyLead to reach their target audience and deliver highly measurable results. For information on advertising to more than 45,000 telecommunications executives, click here or contact Eric Hoffman at 773-549-3868 or ehoffman@smartbrief.com.   Regulatory & Legislative  Policymakers float USF allocation idea The Universal Service Fund would be best used if it were doled out in three specific parts: one part to fund building the broadband infrastructure; a second for subsidizing wireless services; and a fund for land-line phone companies, according to the Joint Federal-State Board on Universal service. The Wall Street Journal (free content)/Dow Jones Newswires (11/24) Chinese regulators mull wireless-market changes China Mobile's dominance in China's wireless market has some regulators contemplating the need to open up the mobile market to fixed-line operators and maybe to foreign competitors, according to this article. MarketWatch (11/25)   Editor's Note  Poll: What will be the hot technology in telecom in 2008? Check your inbox for USTelecom Year-End Report Dec. 11 and 13. View the results of this poll in Part 2 on Dec. 13. WiMAX. Fiber deployment. Fixed-mobile convergence. Broadband video. Femtocells.   LeadQuote  I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it." --Harry S. 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