December 12, 2007 - For Nokia Siemens, U.S. is land of opportunity

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December 12, 2007 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    For Nokia Siemens, U.S. is land of opportunity Encouraging prospects for the fourth generation of wireless services and close relationships with T-Mobile signal a "good growth opportunity" in the U.S. for Nokia Siemens Networks, said Simon Beresford-Wylie, the head of the joint venture. He said, however, that adverse market conditions would mean that it would take longer for the company to reach double-digit operating margins. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (12/12)   Business & Industry Watch    AT&T predicts 1 million IPTV subs by end of 2008 AT&T confirmed its commitment to its U-verse service Tuesday, telling Wall Street analysts that it will reach 1 million video customers by the end of next year. U-verse is averaging more than 10,000 new subscribers a week. The company also announced a share-buyback plan and a 12.7% increase in its dividend. The Tennessean (Nashville)/Associated Press (12/11) , Broadcasting & Cable (12/11) Alcatel-Lucent broadband deal will connect Kenya, UAE Alcatel-Lucent will connect Kenya's port city of Mombasa with the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates under a new $79 million deal with The East Africa Marine System consortium to build an underwater cable network. The network will bring broadband services to the areas and, Kenya hopes, position the country as a new communications hub. Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.) (12/2007) Report: U.K. best value for "triple play" bundle British consumers paid less for "triple play" bundles of phone, TV and broadband than those in France, Germany, Italy and the U.S. -- as least as of 2006 -- U.K.'s telecom regulator reported today. Ofcom said its survey also showed that an increasing number of households were subscribing to those packages. Financial Times (subscription required) (12/12) AT&T to cut ties with DirecTV early next year AT&T, which has satellite-TV partnerships with DirecTV and EchoStar in various markets, said that it would stop marketing DirecTV services in the first quarter of 2008. AT&T's current deal with EchoStar runs until the end of next year. Yahoo!/Reuters (12/11) From Collaboration to Innovation: Leveraging Web 2.0 to Accelerate New Service Ideas. Learn how telecoms can harness Web 2.0 technologies to help visualize, develop and roll out new services. Get IBM's point of view on how to leverage the power of collaboration in a Web 2.0 environment now! USTelecom Spotlight Webinar: Revitalize Your Network with IP Services Thursday, Dec. 13, 1 p.m. EST Register today for this free webinar, presented by MetaSwitch, explaining how layering easy-to-deploy advanced services onto your existing network allows you to offer new applications that retain subscribers and generate revenue. 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The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (12/11) Study: Mobile phones drive telecom-industry growth An estimated 53% of the revenue in the telecommunications market in 2006 can be attributed to mobile phones, according to the Ofcom International Communications Report. China topped other countries in text messaging, with nearly 429 billion SMS messages sent last year. India's new mobile subscriptions doubled to 150 million in 2006, growing more than the total number of subscribers in Britain. International Herald Tribune/Reuters (12/12) Optelian specializes in carrier grade optical transport systems for Networks that include: WDM, CWDM, DWDM, Amplification, Reach Extension, Path Protection Switching, 1xN Splitters, FWDM, Connectivity and Test and Turn up tools. Our portfolio supports up to 10Gbps and 40 Channel DWDM. 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