January 29, 2008 - Cisco's Chambers sees decade-long upgrade

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January 29, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day  Cisco's Chambers sees decade-long upgrade Service providers will spend the next 10 years building out their networks, predicted Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers, who spoke at a news conference today in Tel Aviv, Israel. "Video loads are what is driving this and it isn't just video entertainment or You-Tube type activities or the ability to do very sophisticated video conferencing," he said. Reuters (1/29)   Business & Industry Watch  Deutsche Telekom reports broadband, wireless customer adds T-Mobile USA grew by 951,000 mobile customers during the fourth quarter to finish the year with 28.7 million subscribers as the U.S. and Eastern Europe remained parent company Deutsche Telekom's largest growth areas. In Europe, T-Mobile posted a 9% uptick in customers over 2006, and in the U.K. -- its third-largest market -- net subscribers rose 2.4% to 17.3 million, the company reported. In Germany, DT attracted 526,000 broadband customers to bring its in-country total to 12.5 million. MarketWatch (1/29) Bids in spectrum auction surpass $6 billion After eight rounds of bidding, the U.S. government has raised more than $6 billion in the auction for five highly coveted blocks in the 700-megahertz spectrum. After three days of bidding, the government is already halfway to its goal of raising $10 billion. CNNMoney.com/Dow Jones Newswires (1/28) , Broadcasting & Cable (1/28) 3Com shareholders will vote Feb. 29 on $2.2 billion bid Network-equipment maker 3Com has set a shareholder vote for Feb. 29 on a $2.2 billion buyout offer from private-equity firm Bain Capital Advisors and China's Huawei Technologies. But while the move by the company's board signals confidence that it can overcome potential antitrust and national-security issues, some attorneys warned that Huawei's role could complicate the security review at some federal agencies. BusinessWeek (1/28) New phones, services drive NTT DoCoMo profit Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo reported a 38% rise in profit in its latest quarter as the introduction of more cost-effective handsets and new subscription models buoyed the company for the period ended Dec. 31. The rollout of popular high-tech phones also spurred growth, the company said. International Herald Tribune/Associated Press (1/29)   Video Upload    Verizon makes video gains Verizon Communications' FiOS TV has reached the 1-million-subscriber milestone and now ranks as the 10th-biggest video provider in the U.S., according to this article. "Some experts doubted that we could come this far this fast," said Virginia Ruesterholz, president of Verizon Telecom. Mediaweek (1/28) AT&T's U-verse TV blows into Chicago suburbs AT&T has begun marketing its U-verse TV service to 175 communities outside Chicago in what the company says marks its largest introduction of the IPTV service to date. AT&T, which is fighting Comcast in the Chicago area, said last week that U-verse had grown 83% in the last three months of 2007. Multichannel News (1/28) Startup aims to outdo Google with video A team of three former Google staffers has parlayed an initial injection of $10 million into Ooyala, a startup that has already won notice as a next-generation platform for video delivery and advertising. Telephony Online (1/28) Optelian specializes in carrier grade optical transport systems for Networks that include: WDM, CWDM, DWDM, Amplification, Reach Extension, Path Protection Switching, 1xN Splitters, FWDM, Connectivity and Test and Turn up tools. Our portfolio supports up to 10Gbps and 40 Channel DWDM. Optelian can support your optical transport requirements.   Technology Trends  Malaysian firm gives Alcatel-Lucent $71 million order Alcatel-Lucent will deploy and manage the Malaysian WiMAX network of acket One Networks under a new $71 million contract, the French company said. Officials said that the network should reach 60% of the country's population within five years. Forbes/AFX News Limited/Thomson Financial (1/29)   IP Download  Ribbit puts phone services on Web, other platforms Startup Ribbit introduced its maiden product Monday, a service that allows developers to put telephony features across a wide array of platforms, including Internet sites and computers. The service, dubbed Amphibian, uses Flash and Flex design software from Adobe Systems to develop the "virtual phones," which allow consumers, among other things, to forward calls to voice mail for transcription and take part in two-way phone calls via Web pages. Canada.com (CanWest News Service)/Reuters (1/28) Virgin raises broadband speed limits Virgin Media will upgrade the speed of its residential broadband networks to 10 Mbps for customers of its "L" tier package, the company said. The free upgrade will improve maximum speeds over Virgin's cable network from 4 to 10 Mbps. ZDNet/Silicon.com (1/29) NBC buys broadband TV network LX.tv NBC's Local Media Division has bought startup broadband TV network LX.tv for an undisclosed sum. LX.tv, in conjunction with NBC's Everywhere division, will make multiplatform content "with a particular focus on lifestyle and cultural programming" for the network's local outlets. LX.tv was founded in 2006 by former MTV Networks executives Morgan Hertzan and Joseph Varet. The Hollywood Reporter (1/28) , Variety (1/28)   LeadQuote  Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid." --G.K. 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