February 6, 2008 - Mobile fuels France Telecom

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February 6, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Mobile fuels France Telecom France Telecom, whose Orange division is the sole French distributor of Apple's iPhone, reported a 52% net profit last year, due largely to strong results in its mobile phone unit. The company did not break out sales by division but said solid growth in Europe, the Middle East and Africa -- along with strong holiday sales for the iPhone -- was a major driver of revenue for the company. Forbes/Associated Press (2/6) Volt Telecom Group's newest business unit - Integrated Technologies - Global Solutions (ITGS) is your single-source solution for Data, Security and Voice Systems. ITGS provides the full spectrum of design, engineering, installation and maintenance for data, security, voice and video infrastructure. Contact us today to see how ITGS can make it all happen for your business. E-mail salesinfo@volt-telecom.com.   Business & Industry Watch  Yahoo! looks to avoid Microsoft takeover Yahoo! is hoping to avoid a takeover by Microsoft, which has made an unsolicited $44.6 billion bid for the Web portal. However, to spurn the Microsoft offer, Yahoo! is going to have to find another bidder or perhaps establish a strategic partnership with rival Google. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (2/6) "C" block draws no new bidders Bids have stalled for the "C" block spectrum at $4.74 billion, according to the FCC, which had set a $4.6 billion benchmark for the creation of a broadband network open to any device or application. Now that an open network is assured, some analysts are speculating Google will not be the one to fork over billions for the spectrum, although others believe the search giant still is in the running. Forbes (2/6) , Reuters (2/5) Virgin Media gets OK for "Truth, lies and broadband" campaign Despite complaints from rivals, Virgin Media can continue with its "Truth, lies and broadband" campaign, the U.K.'s advertising regulator said. BSkyB and TalkTalk have argued Virgin Media's "last mile" into a house runs through copper wires. The Guardian (London) (2/6)   Video Upload  IPTV offers benefits, challenges IPTV has become the major challenger to cable and satellite companies, with telecom companies playing a major role in its push toward consumer adoption. Telecoms have the ability to attract consumers through a combination of switched-video technology using Internet Protocol, an updated infrastructure and convergence of services. Electronic House (2/5) Startup video site tries sales-commission model Startup iAmplify is a new kind of video site in which users pay $1.99 to as much as $299 to download clips, many in the how-to genre, on a range of topics. Bloggers or third-party site operators who refer buyers to iAmplify get a 20% cut of each sale. CNNMoney.com/Fortune (2/4) Comcast enhances VOD offering Following on the heels of a similar move by Cablevision Systems, Comcast said Monday that it would begin offering such theatricals as "Michael Clayton," "Invasion" and "The Brave One" to video-on-demand customers on the same day they are released on DVD. Comcast also announced that it would serve up Showtime's "The Tudors" on VOD before the program's second-season premiere March 30. Multichannel News (2/4) The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Looking for ways to get more out of your network? Accelerate the pace of innovation with JUNOS! JUNOS software from Juniper Networks leads the industry in advanced capabilities that increase the availability and efficiency of today's services. JUNOS offers a rich set of service features and open interfaces for developing new solutions. Learn more>> Mobile Security Webinar: Malicious attacks are just around the corner. Are you protected? Mobile SMS spam, spoofing and other SMS-related scams are a global problem. Operators are demanding spam control and anti-spoofing capabilities to protect their SMS network and subscribers. Learn more by registering for Tekelec's Mobile Security Webinar. 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  Intel's WiMAX net brings broadband to Vietnam Intel wants to expand to other Asian countries a five-month-old pilot program in which it installed a WiMAX network to deliver broadband services to a remote Vietnamese village. "With something like Wi-MAX, you can aggregate demand over a wide area from multiple stakeholders, which makes the operating cost a lot more manageable. We are now finally down to the level where this is affordable," Intel executive Andrew Allison said. Financial Times (subscription required) (2/5) China relaxes some Web video restrictions Under new rules announced Tuesday, China will allow Internet video-sharing by private companies which already had been operating online, but new operations still must comply with regulations that took effect last Thursday limiting video-sharing to state-owned companies. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (2/6)   IP Download  Analysis: Partners a better bet for IMS-based VoIP services Network service providers are better off finding third parties to develop applications and content for their IMS-based VoIP services, according to a pair of industry analysts. They said AT&T has teamed with IBM and other application developers and added AT&T's IMS-based network is ideal for a cooperative effort. Network World (2/6) CounterPath buys BridgePort in mobile VoIP play CounterPath has agreed to buy BridgePort Networks, a fixed-mobile convergence technology company, a few days after the mobile VoIP services provider bought FirstHand Technologies, another FMC solutions company. Observers say the acquisitions will improve CounterPath's ability to deliver seamless two-way hand-offs between mobile phone calls to fixed-line services. 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