March 31, 2008 - Verizon, FairPoint close land-line deal

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March 31, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Verizon, FairPoint close land-line deal Vermont's Public Service Board has given FairPoint Communications final approval to buy Verizon Communications' land-line and Internet services in northern New England, which enabled the companies to officially complete the deal. The $2.3 billion agreement covers assets in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire. The Boston Globe/Associated Press (3/31) , American City Business Journals/Charlotte, N.C. (3/31) , The Washington Post/Associated Press (3/30)   Business & Industry Watch    China Telecom: Nonvoice to generate half of revenue in 2010 China's largest fixed-service telecom said today that revenue from broadband, data and other nontraditional telephone services would make up half of its total sales in two years, compared with the 36.5% current figure. China Telecom reported a larger-than-expected decline in earnings because of customers' defecting to mobile services. Reuters (3/31) Oil company awards $1.6 billion contract to AT&T AT&T has won a $1.6 billion, five-year contract from Royal Dutch Shell to provide advanced telecom services globally, its largest deal ever with a European-based company, AT&T said today. CNNMoney.com/Dow Jones Newswires (3/31) Africa's Telkom snubs Oger's buyout offer Telkom, the leading land-line carrier in Africa, has turned down a sale to Dubai's Oger Telecoms, a unit of a Saudi Arabian construction company, saying the offer was not in the best interests of shareholders. Telkom also said in a statement that it would build fixed-wireless and mobile data networks. cellular-news (U.K.) (3/31) Brasil Telecom seeks sale, end to litigation Brazil's third-largest telecom is holding sale talks with Telemar Participacoes, Brasil Telecom Participacoes revealed in a statement Sunday night. As part of those efforts, the company said it had taken steps to resolve existing litigation, both domestically and abroad. Bloomberg (3/31) Ethernet Mobile Backhaul Scores a Perfect 10 – 10x the bandwidth at 1/10th the cost. Service providers worldwide are tapping into a better way to backhaul the rising tide of mobile data with resilient, reliable and flexible Ethernet backhaul solutions from Hatteras Networks. Don't settle for less than perfect, visit www.hatterasnetworks.com. USTelecom Spotlight TelecomTV Named NXTcomm08's Official Online TV Partner TelecomTV will shoot, produce and distribute all news and newsmakers at NXTcomm08 (June 16 to 19, Las Vegas) and create a dedicated online TV channel for NXTcomm called "NXT TV" that will show on demand executive interviews, panel discussions with key industry leaders and features from the show floor. Programming will be accessible at TelecomTV's dedicated online NXTcomm event channel at www.telecomtv.com/nxt. Learn more here. Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  Bookstore  |  Webinars   Hot Topics    Top five news stories selected by USTelecom dailyLead readers in the past week. Verizon petitions FCC for video-switching aid (Reuters) Verizon's FiOS makes push into Manhattan (Google) Technology advancements boost FTTP rollouts (Telephony Online) Newest demand from younger employees: Unified communications (ZDNet) SureWest introduces home-monitoring service (The Sacramento Bee (Calif.)) Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers. 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.   Video Upload  Historical drama looks to grow using online tools The second season of Showtime's popular series "The Tudors" kicked off Sunday night, and the network celebrated the event by serving up the episode for free via online video services such as YouTube, iTunes and Amazon Unbox. The channel is also looking to drive subscriptions by beefing up its involvement in social-networking sites such as Gather.com and Facebook, which offers a game called "Bed, Wed, Behead." Variety (3/30) ESPN, Verizon Wireless expand V-CAST service deal ESPN has reached a new deal with Verizon Wireless to debut a mobile simulcast of ESPN Radio on Verizon's V-CAST Mobile TV. The agreement allows listeners to access ESPN Radio's sports programs via their mobile phones. Radio Online (3/28) Starring on AT&T Mobile TV: A movie channel AT&T is calling "Ghostbusters" for its newest mobile programming under a deal with Sony Pictures Television to launch what is said to be the premiere movie network over cell phones in the U.S. The 1984 blockbuster would be among several movies that would run on "Pix," one of two linear services planned for the AT&T Mobile TV with FLO service in May. The Hollywood Reporter (3/30) Microsoft turns to Hollywood for Xbox original shows Microsoft Corp. has teamed up with producer Peter Safran to develop original scripted programming for its Xbox 360 consoles. "The Xbox is unique. It operates at a level outside of what we generally consider Web entertainment," Safran said. 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Contact Amy Abbey at 202-737-5500 ext 250 or aabbey@smartbrief.com.   Technology Trends  Singapore names 11 firms for phase of FTTH project Singapore regulators have developed a short list of 11 bidders to build the network infrastructure for the state's ambitious plan to hook up the entire country to fiber by 2015. The Infocomm Development Authority named the firms eligible for the "OpenCo" segment of the three-part project, whose costs have been projected to reach $2 billion. Light Reading (3/28)   IP Download  CIOs should gravitate toward IP communications Unified communications have the potential to enable enterprises to increase their spend per user as much as 70%, according to Gartner Research's Steve Blood, but, he says, chief information officers still must process the true potential the technologies have to offer. "A shift in people's mind-set is necessary," Blood said. TechCentral.ie (3/31) Aastra introduces open-source IP voice software Aastra Telecom has released the Aastra 5000, a package of IP telephony software designed for large businesses with multisite networks. The open-sourced ware can scale from 500 to 150,000 users and has the ability to cover 2,000 sites, according to the company. 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