January 17, 2008 - Embarq accelerates data highway to 10 Mbps

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January 17, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Embarq accelerates data highway to 10 Mbps Embarq launched a new tier of high-speed DSL Internet service across much of its service area this week that offers speeds that max out at 10 Mbps. The company is charging $64.95 a month for the service, which is based on ADSL2+ technology. BroadbandReports.com (1/16) Volt Telecom Group provides wireless network design, engineering, construction, installation, network integration, maintenance and program and project management nationwide. Our turnkey solutions are deployable in multiple markets throughout the U.S. and include customization for each metro area. For more information, visit us online!   Business & Industry Watch    McLeodUSA expands telecom services in Texas McLeodUSA has introduced voice and data services to small and medium-size businesses in a handful of North Texas towns, including Plano and Irving in suburban Dallas. The company is being sold to Paetec Holding Corp. in a deal that is expected to close this quarter. The Dallas Morning News (1/16) AT&T expands Mid-Atlantic broadband-mobile reach Technology upgrades at 250 cell sites have allowed AT&T to expand its wireless-broadband network in the region that stretches from Philadelphia to Northern Virginia, including large parts of the Baltimore metropolitan area, the company said Wednesday. American City Business Journals/Baltimore (1/16) Moscow broadband base almost doubles for Comstar Comstar-United TeleSystems JSC saw its broadband Internet subscriber base nearly double last year as it reached 695,000 customers by the end of December, the telecom company said. CEO Sergey Pridantsev said that in 2008, Comstar would emphasize last-mile improvements to its network and the introduction of HD services in Moscow. Forbes/AFX News Limited/Thomson Financial (1/16) Other News Speculation rises over Tellabs buyout Telephony Online (1/16) NGN 2.0: The IMS Upgrade The current NGN architecture has no core-signaling infrastructure, causing a host of operational issues – scalability, IOT, billing, IMS upgrade, etc. With a capable SIP signaling & control layer, the NGN can grow systematically in response to increasing demand for VoIP, as well as multimedia services. NGN Upgrade Whitepaper   Video Upload  Velocity bets $10 million on online video ad company Velocity Interactive Group will inject $10 million into Broadband Enterprises, an online video ad company. Velocity, which is headed by former News Corp. and AOL executives, also said it was looking to back talent and online video production companies. The Hollywood Reporter (1/17) Deal brings "Terminator" video to Verizon Wireless Subscribers to Verizon Wireless' V Cast service will get exclusive video from Fox's new "Terminator" television series as part of an integrated marketing campaign that also involves Warner Bros. Television Group. The multicity traveling campaign features a Verizon Wireless-branded bus on which fans can film a "Terminator" action scene and have the video sent to their e-mail, Verizon Wireless phone or a social-networking site. TVWeek.com (1/16) Apple, Fox unveil iTunes Digital Copy Apple and 20th Century Fox movie studios have penned a new deal that will allow a purchaser of Fox DVDs to transfer the movies into his or her iTunes library for playback on video-capable iPods, iPhones and Apple TVs. "We're thrilled to offer such an incredibly simple way for our customers to get even more out of their DVD purchase, and we look forward to releasing many more DVDs this year with iTunes Digital Copy," Fox Filmed Entertainment Chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos said. Digital Trends (1/16) The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Innovation on the Islands – Learn how IT&E optimized its tandem network and brought real voice competition to Guam through white label offering to island's cable provider. Download a free case study from MetaSwitch. Interested in learning more about advertising in the USTelecom dailyLead? Contact Eric Hoffman at 773-549-3868 or ehoffman@smartbrief.com.   Technology Trends  Cisco finds fix for Unified Comms flaw Cisco Systems issued a security advisory Wednesday warning of a bug in its Unified Communications Manager software that could allow access to hackers, but it said users could download a fix. Cisco described the problem as a "heap overflow vulnerability" in a port used to verify the proper identity of incoming signals. ZDNet (1/17) Roaming costs drop in EU countries Mobile roaming charges throughout the European Union fell more than 10% in the third quarter after the introduction of new regulations, according to the European Regulators Group. Charges for receiving a mobile call while abroad also dropped, but ERG President Daniel Pataki said the full impact of the new rules would not be known until fourth-quarter results were compiled. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (1/17) FCC ready to renew tests of unlicensed signals The FCC will likely begin new tests on unlicensed frequencies by the end of the month, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told reporters Tuesday. The agency is deciding whether to approve petitions from technology companies that would allow unlicensed portable devices to use so-called white spaces, or unused frequencies, between digital-TV channels. Broadcasting & Cable (1/15)   IP Download  XO sets new price policy for enterprise VoIP XO Communications has introduced a VoIP pricing model that charges small and mid-size companies by their bandwidth use instead of the number of lines they rent. XO announced the new policies Wednesday, saying it made little sense to use different pricing models for voice and data channels. Yahoo!/PCWorld/IDG News Service (1/16) VoIP popularity grows among U.K. companies Nearly 60% of U.K. businesses with more than 500 employees run IP telephony on a local area network, according to a new survey, which also found that 88% of those were pleased with the service. IP video deployment was more limited, according to the report from Extreme Networks and Data Integration, which also found that 27% of the respondents had plans to install VoIP services by 2011. vnunet.com (1/17)   LeadQuote  It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously." --Peter Ustinov, British actor and writer       This dailyLead was created for webmaster@freeraovat.com Subscriber Tools       Update account information |  Change e-mail address |  Unsubscribe |  Print friendly format |  Web version |  Search past news |  Privacy policy Advertise Sales Account Director:  Amy Abbey (202) 737-5500 x250 Download Media Kit   Read more at dailyLead.com A powerful Web site for dailyLead readers including: Breaking News Industry Home Competitor News Readers' Choice Press Releases Search Archive       Recent USTelecom dailyLead Issues: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Monday, January 14, 2008 Friday, January 11, 2008 Thursday, January 10, 2008     Lead Editor:  Susan Rush       Mailing Address: SmartBrief, Inc.®, 1100 H ST NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005     © 1999-2007 SmartBrief, Inc.® Legal Information