USTelecom dailyLead Year-End Report: Part 1

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News for telecom industry leaders | December 11, 2007   Editor's Viewpoint Susan Rush, USTelecom dailyLead Lead Editor   Looking back at 2007 Over the course of 2007, I have been pleased to deliver the industry news that matters to your business. Part I of this USTelecom dailyLead special year-end report rounds up the most important trends, stories and events of the past year. Part II, which will hit your inbox Thursday, will provide a glimpse into what's in store for 2008. Video played a major part in shaping 2007 for the industry, with many telecom companies making serious inroads into the genre, while others began investigating the possible benefits of such a rollout. Companies explored ways to leverage their broadband, mobile and global IP networks to deliver rich, and often interactive, media experiences to consumers. On Capitol Hill, Congress -- in the eleventh hour -- agreed to extend the moratorium on taxes on Internet access for another seven years. This year's conferences took USTelecom members to Chicago for NXTcomm; San Jose, Calif., for the Executive Business Forum; and Washington for the tax and engineering summits. These highly successful forums allowed you to network with your peers and keep your finger on the pulse of industry developments and issues. And now, here's the top stories from 2007.   Best of 2007  Verizon FiOS ramps up speed (11/21) Judge orders permanent Vonage injunction (3/26) Verizon outlines FTTH plans (2/7) Supreme Court sides with telecoms (5/22) Dobson, AT&T merger the end of an era (10/14) Analysis: Private-equity firms see possibilities in telecom (4/13) Startup goes after rural broadband space (8/30) Apple hopes to sell 10 million iPhones in 2008 (1/10) New AT&T CEO sets sights on the world (9/28) Google outlines mobile plans (11/6) New Yankee Group Report Affirms Strategic Value of Policy Management Based on interviews with service provider network planners, this new Yankee Group report commissioned by Juniper Networks examines policy management as one of the critical building blocks of next-generation service creation, delivery, and control. Read the report.   Your Favorite LeadQuotes  Here are the quotes you shared with colleagues most often during 2007: The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." --Winston Churchill, British prime minister A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worthwhile." --Herm Albright, writer When you step into a turnaround situation, you can safely assume four things: morale is low; fear is high; the good people are halfway out the door; and the slackers are hiding." --Nina Disesa, as chairwoman of McCann-Erickson Worldwide If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?" --Steven Wright, comedian, actor The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense." --Thomas Edison, inventor and businessman One of the hardest tasks of leadership is understanding that you are not what you are, but what you're perceived to be by others." --Edward L. Flom, CEO of Florida Steel Do what you feel in your heart to be right -- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't." --Eleanor Roosevelt, former first lady and American political leader The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're OK, then it's you." --Rita Mae Brown, writer and activist People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone." --Audrey Hepburn, Academy Award-winning actress, humanitarian Rule No. 1: Use your own good judgment in all situations. There will be no additional rules." --Bruce, Jim and John Nordstrom, co-presidents of Nordstrom department store, in the employee handbook     Product announcements appearing in the dailyLead are paid advertisements and do not reflect actual USTelecom endorsements. 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