January 18, 2008 - Brazil deal may bring $1 billion to Alcatel-Lucent

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January 18, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day  Brazil deal may bring $1 billion to Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent has landed a two-year contract with Brasil Telecom to maintain the Brazilian outfit's network, the company said Thursday, but it declined to issue more details. Press reports tagged the value of the deal at $1.1 billion. Forbes (1/17) Meyer resigns as Alcatel-Lucent's services chief: John Meyer, the head of Alcatel-Lucent's services bureau, has left the company to become CEO of U.S.-based Acxiom Corp. His departure was the first under the Franco-American company's new management committee. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (1/18) IPTV: challenges and opportunities Developing a successful value-added service is key to future success; IPTV currently offers the most significant opportunity here and is a much discussed topic. By 2011 Ovum estimates that there will be 55 million IPTV subscribers; a significant percentage of the total market. This report highlights the major trends shaping the future of the IPTV market.   Business & Industry Watch  Sprint Nextel to trim 4,000 jobs Sprint Nextel has confirmed that it plans to reduce its workforce by 4,000, including management and non-management positions. The plan also includes closing 125 retail locations. The carrier experienced post-paid churn of 2.3% in the fourth quarter. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (1/18) , Forbes/AFX News Limited/Thomson Financial (1/18) , cellular-news (U.K.) (1/18) California panel advises rural broadband push A California task force issued a report Thursday calling for aggressive development of broadband services in rural areas as it compared the project's importance to the state's economy to building roads or power supplies. Some areas remain isolated from the broadband world even as some centers, such as large parts of Sacramento, enjoy the nation's speediest Internet service. SureWest Communications has laid fiber-optic cable to more than 108,000 homes in the area, enabling customers to buy service at 10, 20 and even 50 megabits per second. The Sacramento Bee (Calif.) (free registration) (1/18) , Reuters (1/17) Arbor Networks agrees to acquire Ellacoya Arbor Networks, a network-security company, has agreed to buy Ellacoya Networks, a provider of broadband-optimization products, the parties said Thursday. The companies are a good fit, Arbor said, because Ellacoya's solutions will meet the needs of broadband providers, who have been putting a greater focus on traffic and service management. InfoWorld/IDG News Service (1/17) Publish Press Releases in USTelecom dailyLead USTelecom dailyLead has joined with Business Wire to allow customers to post press releases. Push your release directly to your audience and afterwards you'll receive a click report to measure ROI. Releases will reach the audience you're looking for -- that industry's movers and shakers. Visit www.dailylead.com/businesswiread/ for more information!   Video Upload  Study: Video download market poised for major growth The number of video downloads will spike from 215 million this year to more than 2.4 billion in 2012, according to a study by technology market research firm ABI. ABI says rentals will make up about 50% of the video download market. The Hollywood Reporter (1/18) ITU moves forward on IPTV standards The International Telecommunications Union is playing host to more than 1,200 IPTV-oriented companies this week in Seoul, South Korea, as a global consensus has emerged on the need to establish standards to develop greater product interoperability. The ITU says it believes the introduction of standards will cut expenses for companies that have to integrate conflicting devices. Telephony Online (1/17) Higher expectations for makers of embedded devices The advent of digital video in everyday devices has posed challenges for designers of embedded technology who need to meet the even greater demands of consumers for more sophisticated user interfaces on products such as cell phones and music players. EDN (1/17)   Technology Trends  Poland's TP Group to test fiber-to-the-home network TP Group, a Polish land-line telecom operator, is rolling out its fiber-to-the-home network with a test, designed to last through November, at a newly built Warsaw apartment building. The network will provide speeds of up 50 Mbps for Internet, on-demand TV, video rentals and IP telephony services. TeleGeography Research (1/17) Laptop pub gives Wi-Fi award to new Netgear kit Laptop Magazine has cited Netgear's new Wi-Fi networking kit, geared for streaming HD signals and lag-free gaming, as the best Wi-Fi/home-networking device of the year. TheRetailBRIDGE.com (1/17) Microsoft offers new test for unlicensed wireless Microsoft, which is seeking FCC approval to operate unlicensed wireless devices over broadcast spectrum, submitted a testing device to the FCC that, the company said, will prove that such devices do not interfere with over-the-air broadcasts. The plan to allow such unlicensed wireless devices is opposed by major broadcasters and mobile-phone operators. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (1/17) Other News T-Mobile, Yahoo! agree to targeted-ad deal CNET/Reuters (1/17)   IP Download  Centillium to focus on VoIP Chip maker Centillium Communications has agreed to sell its DSL unit to Ikanos Communications for $12 million, the companies announced. Centillium said it wanted to concentrate on its optical and VoIP businesses, which it believes have more growth potential. TMC Internet Telephony (1/17) Broadband expands in rural Canada Canada's telecom regulators approved plans Thursday to bring high-speed Internet service to 350 small areas in five provinces. The country's largest telecom companies are underwriting the network as half of a $650 million fund collected from penalties for overcharging customers will go toward the project. The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (1/18)   LeadQuote  I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. 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