January 4, 2008 - Verizon's FiOS readies first urban push

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January 4, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Verizon's FiOS readies first urban push Verizon Communications expects to earn at least two big-city franchises for its FiOS video service this year, a change from its current strategy of launching in mainly suburban areas. "One of our strategies for '08 is clearly to focus more on the MDU market and some of the bigger cities," said Virginia Ruesterholz, president of Verizon Telecom and head of the FiOS project. Ruesterholz said the telecom was working on franchise deals in several large cities, including New York and Washington. Yahoo!/Investor's Business Daily (1/3) Verizon expands FiOS TV in Rowley, Mass.: Verizon Communications has expanded its FiOS television service to Rowley, Mass. The telecom was granted a video franchise in the town in December. 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American City Business Journals/Charlotte, N.C. (1/2)   Technology Trends  ISPs get into ad targeting Some Internet Service Providers are getting into behavioral targeting, a move that could provide a fuller account of online user behavior. ISPs have a potential advantage over other targeting networks in collecting user data because they have access to every move a user makes online. ClickZ (1/3) Fiber outlook: North America strong North America will be fertile ground for growth of fiber-to-the-home over the next five years while the Asia-Pacific market will have deployment issues, according to reports from RVA LLC Market Research and Consulting and ABI Research. RVA expects fiber connections to reach 15 million homes in North America by 2012 compared with 2.1 million today. 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