December 10, 2007 - AT&T taps Cisco for network expansion

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December 10, 2007 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    AT&T taps Cisco for network expansion AT&T plans to use solutions from Cisco Systems to extend the capabilities of its national network, which will support IP-based residential services and Internet access for the carrier's DSL and video subscribers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. American City Business Journals/San Antonio (12/10)   Business & Industry Watch    SureWest to double sub base with deal in K.C. market SureWest Communications will double its triple-play subscriber base with an agreement to buy closely held Everest Broadband and its Kansas City, Mo., assets for $173 million in cash. SureWest, which has told investors and analysts it wants to expand, will now pass about 281,000 customers in two markets, including Sacramento, Calif. Telephony Online (12/7) Egypt's Orascom denies reports of sale talks Orascom Telecom's CEO has denied a report in the Sunday Times of London that the company is on the block. The newspaper reported that Orascom -- the fourth-largest Arab mobile operator -- had tapped a team of bankers to study alternatives for its future, including an auction that could value the company at about $17 billion. International Herald Tribune/Reuters (12/9) Vodafone-led group wins Qatar mobile bidding Qatar has awarded its second mobile license to a consortium led by Vodafone Group, the government said, without disclosing the price. Vodafone's party beat out four other companies in the bidding. Reuters (12/10) Other News Löscher brings bits of GE, Hoechst to Siemens Financial Times (12/9) OSS Solutions Voice, data and video services are key to the success and growth of your business. 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Get IBM's point of view on how to leverage the power of collaboration in a Web 2.0 environment now!   Technology Trends  Vodafone outsources IT operations to IBM India Vodafone has inked an IT-outsourcing agreement with IBM that continues the company's cost-cutting initiatives. "We are confident this will deliver cost efficiency as well as an enhanced service to our customers," said Asim Ghosh, managing director of Vodafone Essar, about the plan which will transfer Vodafone's IT operations to IBM India. International Herald Tribune/Reuters (12/10) , The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (12/10) Verizon's FiOS TV expands in Massachusetts Verizon Communications has added two more Massachusetts towns, with a total of 20,000 potential customers, to its service area in the Bay State. With the additions of Waltham and Sherborn, the company's fiber-optic-television service has access to 60 localities in the state. EngadgetHD (12/9) AT&T begins U-Verse rollout in St. Louis area AT&T will unveil its U-verse video service today in the St. Louis area. Among other features, the new offering will allow users to record up to four channels at once and set programs to record via cell phones. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (12/10) Nortel: New suite saves on conference-call fees Nortel has unveiled a new communications suite, the latest fruits of its Microsoft partnership: a desktop audio and video system that it says will do away with fees from third-party conference operators. The Multimedia Conferencing 5.0 works with Nortel's Communication Server 1000, Microsoft's Live Communications Server 2005 and Office Communicator 2005. Techworld/Network World (12/10) Microsoft makes mobile-ad push Microsoft Corp. moved into the mobile-phone-ad business today when it started selling ads for three U.S. companies. The software giant, which has expressed intentions to add features to its MSN Mobile page, wants to give advertisers the chance to reach consumers across a wide range of platforms, including the Internet and its Xbox Live gaming service. Reuters (12/10) The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Make it a Double-Courtesy of Juniper Networks Double density, double capacity, half the space and power consumption: the new T1600 routing platform from Juniper Networks-it's like pouring two shots of espresso into your network's coffee cup. Learn about the T1600 then take a quick, fun online quiz to receive a Starbucks® gift card from Juniper Networks! Interested in learning more about advertising in the USTelecom dailyLead? Contact Eric Hoffman at 773-549-3868 or ehoffman@smartbrief.com.   IP Download  Study: Consumers gravitating toward watching TV on Internet, mobiles A new ChoiceStream-commissioned study shows that 55% of consumers who watch TV also watch video via the Web and mobile devices. Traditional made-for-TV programming ranked the most popular video viewed online and on mobile TV at 65%. About 20% of those polled said they planned to watch more TV programs on devices other than their TV sets over the next six months. Multichannel News (12/10) 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.   Regulatory & Legislative  Federal Court favors Verizon over broadband rules The U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday declined to review rate relief granted Verizon Communications last year that gives the company more pricing flexibility in its broadband service. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (12/10) Spitzer moves to extend broadband across New York Stating that "Internet access is no longer a luxury," New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has appointed a panel to find ways to bring affordable broadband service to the entire state, with special attention to remote and underserved areas. The move differs from recent schemes by cities to build universal Wi-Fi networks, according to a consultant who advises governments on wireless issues. 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