January 14, 2008 - In video, Qwest looks to power of the Web

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January 14, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    In video, Qwest looks to power of the Web In the race to deliver video services, Qwest Communications is going in a different direction than its fellow telecom companies by forgoing an IPTV solution in favor of building a fat broadband pipe and offering high-definition video-on-demand on the Internet. Qwest expects to deliver a Web connection of speeds up to 38 Mbps, using VDSL 2 technology and pair-bonding, and offering much faster upstream bandwidth than Internet services do today. ipTVnews (1/14) , Telephony Online (1/11)   Business & Industry Watch    Alcatel-Lucent preps Taiwanese WiMAX center Alcatel-Lucent is close to opening its WiMAX Application and Interoperability Testing center in Taiwan, the company said. Local companies will use the center to test their WiMAX customer-premises equipment. TeleGeography Research (1/14) AT&T brings Internet telephony to Detroit AT&T has introduced Internet telephony on its U-verse service in Detroit, charging $45 for unlimited calling and offering discounts for TV and data bundles. The VoIP service allows users to see their call histories on their TVs and provides a TV click-to-call feature. OneTRAK (1/11) Small Vermont towns seek own broadband route An increasing number of residents living along a group of rural Vermont towns are trying to find ways of building their own fiber-optic network to hasten the arrival of broadband services. Rather than wait for commercial or municipal entities, residents are exploring ways to build a regional network to connect their communities. The Burlington Free Press (Vt.) (1/14) Alltel offers more My Circle options Alltel is looking to open its My Circle calling plan to more subscribers by offering customers the ability to preselect 5, 10 or 20 numbers for unlimited free calling. Before this expansion, Alltel offered one My Circle option for customers to preselect 10 numbers. MobileBurn (1/13) Other News Hawaiian Telcom introduces early-retirement options American City Business Journals/Honolulu (1/11) OSS Solutions Voice, data and video services are key to the success and growth of your business. SaskTel International can completely automate your provisioning, provide instant service-on-demand capability, and integrate your service assurance processes. To find out how we can give your company the competitive advantage, visit www.sasktelinternational.com   Hot Topics    Top five news stories selected by USTelecom dailyLead readers in the past week. Samsung bullish on femtocells for 2008 (Telephony Online) FairPoint, Vermont come to terms on Verizon sale (Reuters) Verizon doubling DSL connection speeds (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Verizon COO: We're "in good shape" (Forbes) FCC approves Verizon asset sale to FairPoint (The Washington Post) Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers. Henkels & McCoy NetWorks, formerly the Network Systems and Solutions Division, is now "open for business" at its new head­quarters in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Download our PDF to learn more! Infrastructure for the New Century.   Technology Trends  MegaPath brings ADSL 2+ to market MegaPath is adding ADSL 2+ to its service portfolio to better serve and attract customers in the small and medium-size business space. The ADSL 2+ supports download speeds as fast as 24 Mbps. Telephony Online (1/14) Cisco gains landmark for videoconference system Cisco Systems has acquired its first customer in the Philippines for Telepresence, its two-year-old high-end videoconferencing system, priced between $80,000 and $300,000. Cisco, which declined to identify the client, has touted the system for its potential to save on travel costs. INQUIRER (U.K.), the (1/12) Startup plans to show Android phone demo A La Mobile will demonstrate a mobile device loaded with a suite of applications based on Google's new Android operating system. The San Ramon, Calif., startup wants to prove that Android can make it easier and cheaper for cell phone users to access features on their handsets. USA TODAY (1/13) 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. Interested in learning more about advertising in the USTelecom dailyLead? Contact Eric Hoffman at 773-549-3868 or ehoffman@smartbrief.com.   IP Download  In Asia, bundles will boost VoIP Bundling strategies will boost the spread of VoIP services in the Asia Pacific region, according to a new report from research firm Ovum. The report says small telecoms will turn to "triple-play" bundles of voice, video and data by using VoIP technology instead of having to rely on buying and reselling services. ZDNet (1/14) Vonage strategy focuses on retaining customers With an eye to a 3% leakage per month in subscribers during the third quarter, Vonage Holdings last week introduced its "MyVonage" initiative, which it hopes will make the VoIP service simpler to use and to customize. Among the new services is the V-Portal, which the company designed to aid with troubleshooting and serve as a hub for features that had previously been found only online. E-Commerce Times/BusinessWeek Online (1/13)   Regulatory & Legislative  Undersea cable aims to shake up Aussie broadband market The $229 million Pipe Networks underwater cable that is expected to start operations in June will bring lower prices and faster downloading speeds to the Australian broadband market, the country's communications minister said today. The PPC-1 cable will link Sydney to Guam and provide a third international broadband link to Australia's east coast. The New Zealand Herald (1/14) Virginia, other states mull text bans on drivers Virginia, which has failed to ban cell phone use among drivers, is considering a law that would prohibit the writing and reading of text messages on the road. Lawmakers are considering a similar ban in four other states. 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