March 26, 2008 - Verizon petitions FCC for video-switching aid

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March 26, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Verizon petitions FCC for video-switching aid Verizon Communications has asked the FCC to make it easier for consumers to replace cable operators as their video-service providers with telecom companies, Verizon said today. Many cable companies refuse to accept switch-out orders from the telecoms, a situation that places an undue burden on consumers, Verizon said. Reuters (3/26) Enjoy crunching numbers and spotting trends? Then click here to check out the QlikView MusiQ Tracker - a cool way to explore radio data. And, if you like that, just imagine what QlikView can do for your business. We specialize in helping companies analyze massive amounts of data and display it in intuitive dashboards which put information at your fingertips.   Business & Industry Watch  SureWest introduces home-monitoring service SureWest Communications entered the competitive home-monitoring field Tuesday with a service that lets customers see live, recorded or still images and obtain information on motion, door and window activity, water leakage and temperature change among others. Customers monitor their homes via a high-speed Web connection, and SureWest is charging $200 -- plus $10 a month -- for a starter package. The Sacramento Bee (Calif.) (free registration) (3/26) , Telephony Online (3/26) Motorola's solution: Make handsets separate company Motorola will try to fix its struggling handset business by splitting that division into a publicly traded company, which will operate separately from its broadband and mobility-solutions businesses, the company announced today. The move -- expected to be completed next year in the form of a tax-free distribution to shareholders -- should satisfy Motorola investor Carl Icahn, who has been aggressively seeking a split-off. ClipSyndicate/Bloomberg (3/26) , CNNMoney.com/Dow Jones Newswires (3/26) , Reuters (3/26) , Google/Agence France-Presse (3/26) Cable firms in talks on wireless collaboration, sources say Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks are in early talks with Sprint Nextel and Clearwire Corp. about creating a wireless company that would promote WiMAX technologies that would give super-high-speed access to computers, cell phones and other mobile devices, according to this report. Sources said that Comcast would be the lead cable investor, followed by Time Warner Cable and Bright House. The Washington Post/Reuters (3/25) , The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (3/26) Occam likely to end Tellabs alliance Occam Networks, an equipment supplier to telecoms, will end its three-year partnership with network-solutions provider Tellabs this month, saying it feels it can now fend for itself in marketing to larger incumbent local-exchange carriers. Telephony Online (3/25) USTelecom Spotlight NXTcomm08 show floor to feature Broadband Wireless World For service providers, carriers, operators and other NXTcomm08 attendees involved in broadband wireless, the Broadband Wireless World Product Pavilion at NXTcomm08 is the ultimate wireless destination. Service providers, ILECs, CLECs, independent telephone companies and wireless Internet service providers can learn the latest technologies and trends from exhibitors and take part in a two-day conference program organized by Heavy Reading. Learn more here. Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  Bookstore  |  Webinars   Video Upload  Mexico's Televisa seeks partner for "triple play" Televisa, the giant Mexican TV company, is reportedly trying to lure Telefonica into an alliance to compete against the dominant telecom Telmex to provide voice, video and data services. Telefonica, which has 11 million cell phone subscribers in Mexico, may be interested in entering the country's pay-TV market, but may fear reprisals from Telex in Spain. Variety (3/25) AT&T's U-verse links with new San Antonio development AT&T has signed a deal with developers of a high-rise condominium complex under construction in San Antonio as part of the company's Connected Communities initiative in which AT&T works with real estate companies to provide communications and entertainment products to neighborhoods. The telecom also expanded its U-verse reach in Austin. American City Business Journals/San Antonio (3/25) , OneTRAK (3/25) LIN TV signs new retransmission-consent deal with Suddenlink LIN TV Corp. and Suddenlink Communications have reached a retransmission-consent deal that would make NBC affiliate KXAN-TV Austin, Texas, and CBS affiliate KBIM-TV Albuquerque, N.M., accessible once again to 30,000 Suddenlink subscribers. TVNEWSDAY (free registration) (3/25)   Technology Trends  RIO Networks will deploy ZyXEL line for Web access ZyXEL Communications will supply services provider RIO Networks with its Multi-Service Access Node line, which RIO will deploy as an end-to-end solution for offering high-speed Internet service. EMBARQ Logistics will help RIO in the order-fulfillment process. TMC Internet Telephony (3/25) Sales of Wi-Fi equipment grew 20% in 2007 Sales of equipment related to wireless LANs rose 20% last year to $1.9 billion, and the market for enterprise single-mode Wi-Fi phones jumped 61%, according to Infonetics Research's latest quarterly report. The firm predicts wireless LAN revenue will reach $3.4 billion by 2011. cellular-news (U.K.) (3/26)   IP Download  Report: Businesses fall short on VoIP security Many companies that operate their own VoIP systems are neglecting network security, a step that will become increasingly important as enterprise users extend IP deployments beyond their LANs, according to an In-Stat survey. "No mechanisms for securing VoIP had more than 50% penetration across all sizes of business," said In-Stat analyst Victoria Fodale. TMC Internet Telephony (3/25) Google adds Yahoo! to OpenSocial platform drive Yahoo! has signed on to Google's OpenSocial platform, a uniform coding standard for a range of social-networking applications that could be used on hundreds of sites. The development effort is being brought under the umbrella of the nonprofit OpenSocial Foundation, which was formed by Google, News Corp.'s MySpace and Yahoo! to keep the platform "neutral and viable," according to this article. 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