December 4, 2007 - Verizon Wireless gets behind Google's Android

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December 4, 2007 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Verizon Wireless gets behind Google's Android Verizon Wireless has decided to back Google's Android cell phone platform, a decision that comes on the heels of the wireless carrier's announcing plans to open its network. CEO Lowell McAdam championed the move to open access as the best way to grow the company and keep costs in check. BusinessWeek (12/3)   Business & Industry Watch    Sprint considers WiMAX sale, may seek partners A spinoff of its WiMAX network is one of the options Sprint Nextel is considering for the high-speed wireless service. Acting CEO Paul Saleh told investors Monday that it might then buy and resell service from the new owner, adding that the company might also seek investors to subsidize its wireless network's construction costs. The Washington Post/Bloomberg (12/4) , Financial Times (subscription required) (12/4) AT&T snaps up remainder of Edge Wireless AT&T is buying the 64.3% of Edge Wireless Holding Co. that it does not own, the company said Monday. The regional operator, which formed with AT&T backing in 2000, has 172,000 subscribers in the Pacific Northwest. Forbes/Associated Press (12/3) Windstream completes Yellow Pages sale Windstream Corp. has completed the spinoff of its Yellow Pages directory-publishing business with plans to use the $40 million in cash proceeds to repurchase stock. After the deal's closing, Windstream bought back almost 20 million of the shares from its buyers. TMC Internet Telephony (12/3) Motorola CTO Warrior follows CEO out the door One week after announcing the resignation of its CEO, Motorola said Monday that its chief technology officer, Padmasree Warrior, was also leaving, with strategy chief Rich Nottenburg taking on her duties. The company, which has been losing market share to its rivals, said Warrior planned to pursue new opportunities. Yahoo!/Reuters (12/3) Want to Gain First Mover Advantage in 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 poing of view, "Innovative Approaches to Win the US Bundled Pricing Game".   Technology Trends  XO turns to Cisco to expand network capacity Cisco Systems will support XO Communications' push to one day have a multiterabit network by helping the company double its national IP network's capacity. XO will make use of Cisco's CRS-1 carrier routing system, which will facilitate the delivery of services at speeds up to 10 Gbps. Telephony Online (12/3) Vongo, Brookstone forge marketing pact Starz Entertainment's Vongo broadband service will be offered free for 30 days to online and catalog customers of Brookstone. Multichannel News (12/3) Nokia predicts 10% mobile growth in 2008 Nokia predicts the global mobile market will expand by more than 10% in 2008, to more than 1.2 billion. Asia-Pacific, China, the Middle East and Africa are all expected to outpace other regions in market growth, according to Nokia. Forbes/Associated Press (12/4) The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Considerations for FTTX Splitter Modules Extreme-Environment Performance Optical splitter modules used in FTTX networks contain the splitters that make passive optical networks possible. Learn more. Register for ADC's Next Gen white paper series. Electro-Wire, Inc. is a leading provider of interconnect wire, cable, and cable assemblies to the Telecom industry for 20 years. 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BBC (12/4) TiVo partners with Photobucket, Picasa to help share photos TiVo has unveiled a new service for its high-definition DVR users that enables them to view and share their digital pictures through their TV sets. Users will also be able to view public images via download and create slide shows. TheRetailBRIDGE.com (12/4) 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   Regulatory & Legislative  Hong Kong sets auction to spark wireless broadband Hong Kong authorities will auction off more radio spectrum this year to bring advanced high-speed wireless broadband services to the city. The Telecom Authority will auction frequencies in the 2.3-GHz and 2.5-GHz bands. Xinhuanet.com (China) (12/4) Ofcom offers details for U.K. spectrum auction The U.K.'s telecom office released details of its upcoming auction of radio spectrum licenses in the range of 10 GHz to 40 GHz. Potential uses for the bandwidth from the online auction include such services as high-capacity broadband or sharing wireless Internet connections between buildings. PublicTechnology.net (12/4) 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.   LeadQuote  Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. 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