March 6, 2008 - Cincinnati Bell mulls expansion

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March 6, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Cincinnati Bell mulls expansion Cincinnati Bell is considering extending its service reach in Indiana, according to CEO Jack Cassidy, pointing to the strength of the company's out-of-territory operations. The telecom closed 2007 with 9,000 DSL subscribers. OneTRAK (3/5) Telecom switches emphasis: Preliminary analysis of the 2007 Telecom Industry Survey. To remain competitive as industry boundaries blur, telecom providers will require new sets of capabilities beyond the traditional strengths that telecom executives continue to emphasize. Learn more by downloading this IBM white paper.   Business & Industry Watch  AOL introduces no-contract broadband service AOL Broadband said Wednesday that it was offering a $30 monthly broadband service in the U.K. Dubbing it a "Flexi" service, AOL said the package carried no contract and no cancellation fees after the first month. Pocket-lint.co.uk (3/5) Icahn ups Motorola stake to 6.3% The investor Carl Icahn, who has put up his own proposed group of directors for the Motorola board, has raised his stake in the company from 5% to 6.3%, according to a filing with the SEC. Icahn has pressured the company to spin off or break up its struggling mobile-phone division. Financial Times (subscription required) (3/6) Qwest, AT&T discuss wireless partnership AT&T is the latest telecom carrier to hold discussions with Qwest Communications, said Qwest CEO Edward Mueller, who has indicated a preference for replacing Sprint Nextel as his company's wireless partner. Several companies have talked to Qwest, including Verizon Communications, and Mueller is considering deals that would give Qwest customers access to new mobile devices that can surf the Internet at higher speeds. Bloomberg (3/5) T-Systems finds Cognizant as integration partner Deutsche Telekom's T-Systems unit has found the partner it has been looking for: The company said it would team up with New Jersey-based Cognizant Technology Solutions for systems integrations. DT expects the partnership to help advance T-Systems' restructuring efforts. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (3/6) Publish Press Releases in USTelecom dailyLead USTelecom dailyLead has joined with Business Wire to allow customers to post press releases. Push your release directly to your audience and afterwards you'll receive a click report to measure ROI. Releases will reach the audience you're looking for -- that industry's movers and shakers. Visit www.dailylead.com/businesswiread/ for more information!   Video Upload  Microsoft inks deal for video-streaming technology Microsoft Corp. has teamed up with Move Networks to integrate the video firm's encoding technology with the software giant's Silverlight browser plug-in. Move currently provides streaming video for ABC, ESPN, Discovery and Fox, while Silverlight counts the NBA and CBS among its users. Broadcasting & Cable (3/5) ABI: Expect 90 million IPTV users globally by 2013 Worldwide use of IPTV services will expand from 13.5 million at the end of 2007 to 90 million by year-end 2013, ABI Research predicted in a new report. The study cites North America and emerging markets as key areas for growth while specifically pointing to Verizon Communications and AT&T's aggressive fiber rollouts. ipTVnews (3/5) Media executives: VOD's ad prospects bright, but hurdles remain The integration of ads into video on demand is still more theoretical than practical, but the increase of VOD programming makes its ad potential that much more likely, according to panelists at an advertising-focused conference in Orlando, Fla. The main obstacle to using ads in VOD programming is cablers' conflicting standards, which prevent wide deployment of ad campaigns, panelists said. Advertising Age (3/5) The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Juniper Networks Advances the Economics of Networking The industry's first high-performance Control Plane Scaling Platform, the Juniper Networks JCS 1200 helps maximize service growth, operational efficiency, and control. Learn more about the JCS 1200 and download a free Yankee Group report on router virtualization. Interested in learning more about advertising in the USTelecom dailyLead? Contact Amy Abbey at 202-737-5500 ext 250 or aabbey@smartbrief.com. Gary Fry Announced as New Member of COMPTEL Board of Directors   Technology Trends  Verizon Business tests options to end final manual CO job Verizon Business is looking to a small group of equipment vendors for ways to automate patch panels, which is said to be the only central-office job that cannot be configured remotely. Automating this task will enable the telecom to offer "localized maintenance." Telephony Online (3/5) Microsoft to offer businesses online-hosted software Microsoft will start a service later this year in which businesses can buy software that is hosted online, a step already taken by rivals Google and Amazon.com. In its cloud computing service, Microsoft will initially sell its Exchange e-mail server as well as hosted services for sharing applications using Sharepoint, Office Communications and Office Live Meeting, either individually or in suites. ComputerWeekly.com (3/5)   IP Download  Ericsson gets Vodafone broadband order Down Under Vodafone has tapped Ericsson to deliver hardware and software to upgrade the carrier's 3G wireless network in Australia, Ericsson said today. Reuters (3/6) Grant to help teach children Internet, mobile safety Web Wise Kids, a nonprofit online-resource program that teaches children about safety when navigating the Internet, has received a $300,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation aimed at teaching children about responsible use of mobile phones. The group, which formed in 2000, said it would use the money to create and distribute an Internet safety game aimed at teaching them about predators, hackers and thieves as well as instructing them on appropriate behavior online and using cell phones. 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