November 30, 2007 - Zander resigns as Motorola chief

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November 30, 2007 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Zander resigns as Motorola chief Motorola has announced that Ed Zander is resigning his post as chief executive officer Jan. 1. Greg Brown, the company's president and chief operating officer, will step up as Zander's replacement. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (11/30) , The Denver Post/Associated Press (11/30) 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    Google confirms it will bid for wireless spectrum Google said today that it would apply to enter January's FCC auction for wireless spectrum, confirming intentions it had only hinted at recently. If Google is successful in its bid, the company will have the option to become a direct provider, partner with another company or even lease the spectrum. The Wall Street Journal (free content) (11/30) Report: Sprint rejects SK Telecom investment bid Sources report that Sprint Nextel turned aside a bid from SK Telecom and private-equity firm Providence Equity Partners to invest $5 billion in the company and install its former chairman Tim Donahue as CEO. Sprint is in the process of searching for a CEO. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (11/30) , Yahoo!/Reuters (11/30) , Financial Times (subscription required) (11/30) Canada's Telus bids $762 million for Emergis Telus Corp., Canada's second-largest telecom company, has bid $762 million for Emergis, an offer that has won board approval from both companies. Telus would pay a 19% premium over Emergis' closing stock price on Wednesday. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (11/29) 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  Cisco boosts lead in enterprise wireless LANs With the market set to explode in the next few years, Cisco Systems has ratcheted up its lead in selling Wi-Fi infrastructure to businesses. The company's share of revenue increased in the third quarter from under 62% to 63.4% as the global wireless LAN market grew 8% to $390.9 million. But No. 2 Aruba Networks slumped slightly to an 8% market share, according to the Dell'Oro Group. InformationWeek (11/29) TeliaSonera unveils new wireless-broadband service TeliaSonera officials have announced that the company will launch wireless-broadband services in Digita's 450 broadband network. TeliaSonera expects the launch to further its foray into introducing wireless services in sparsely populated areas. Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.) (11/2007) Sandvine puts search guide on product portfolio Canada's Sandvine has added a search guide to its lineup of products for providers of broadband services, after gaining the technology in its purchase of Simplicita Software in June. The company said that its solution steered browsers away from known phishing sites and that a North American DSL provider with more than 1 million users had deployed the guide. Mediacaster (11/29) 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.   IP Download  Time spent watching TV rising faster than that of Web Amid all the talk of television viewers flocking to the Web, a new report predicts time spent in front of the TV will rise faster than time devoted to the Internet through 2012. Consultancy Bain & Co. cited growth in video-on-demand, digital video recorders and telecoms' push into video as fueling the surge, saying it will take time for use of Internet video to catch on with TV viewers. Reuters (11/29)   Regulatory & Legislative  Ofcom lets users switch networks in two hours U.K.'s Ofcom will allow consumers to switch their mobile network in a two-hour period, without changing their mobile number. "Consumers should feel like they own their phone number, that it is their property, so they can take advantage of the best deals in the market," an Ofcom representative said. The Independent (London) (11/30) EU: Let market decide mobile-TV standard European Union ministers rejected calls Thursday to set a Nokia-backed mobile-TV standard for the continent in asking the EU to maintain "technology neutrality" on the matter. The European Commission wanted the 27 EU nations to support the DVB-H standard in order to prevent the format wars that have plagued the DVD high-definition industry. But EU ministers said the Nokia technology should act as a "non-mandatory" standard. 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