March 7, 2008 - Qwest may enter home-security sector

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March 7, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Qwest may enter home-security sector In a move to retain more subscribers, Qwest Communications is considering offering security services that would include allowing customers to keep an eye on their homes over the Internet, CEO Ed Mueller said. The Denver Post/Bloomberg (3/6)   Business & Industry Watch    Analyst prediction: Deutsche Telekom could bid for Sprint Merrill Lynch analysts say they believe that Sprint Nextel is a potential takeover target and that T-Mobile USA's parent Deutsche Telekom could be a likely acquirer to thwart a price war in the mobile-phone industry. "In such a price war scenario, we think T-Mobile would face the most pressure, and Deutsche Telekom would see the increased urgency to drive market repair," said the Merrill Lynch report. The Kansas City Star (Mo.) (3/6) Vodafone, Telefonica eye Chinese telecom overhaul Spain's Telefonica and U.K.-based Vodafone are eagerly awaiting the results of China's long-planned restructuring of its telecom industry. The carriers have huge stakes in the outcome because of Telefonica's recent increase in its investment in China Netcom Group and Vodafone's 3.3% piece of China Mobile, this article says. Yahoo!/Investor's Business Daily (3/6) 3Com postpones shareholder vote on sale -- again 3Com Corp. has put off for two weeks a shareholder vote that was scheduled for today on approving the sale of the company to Bain Capital Partners LLC and China's Huawei Technologies Co. 3Com has been negotiating with the potential buyers ever since a U.S. regulatory body nixed the deal, citing unspecified national-security concerns. MarketWatch (3/6) Marketing chief exits Motorola Motorola CMO Kenneth Keller Jr. has departed the company following a management reorganization, the mobile handset manufacturer said in a statement. Keller joined Motorola in 2006; the company in its statement said the CMO position will not be filled. Advertising Age (3/6) 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.   Video Upload  AT&T expands U-verse base in Sacramento, Calif., area The potential subscriber base for U-verse TV has expanded to 160,000 homes in the Sacramento, Calif., region, including almost a dozen suburban towns, the company said Thursday. The Sacramento Bee (Calif.) (free registration) (3/7) Cablevision spices up VOD menu Cablevision Systems and Scripps Networks announced a deal in which the cable company will begin offering shows such as "30 Minute Meals With Rachael Ray" and "House Hunters" from Scripps-owned cable channels Food Network and HGTV. The series will be offered free to subscribers of Cablevision's iO: Interactive Optimum digital-cable service. Broadcasting & Cable (3/6) Analysis: The arena for media extenders has more than one player Apple TV isn't the only game in town when it comes to media extenders that allow people to download a growing array of on-demand choices, including movies, TV shows, podcasts and more. Also making great technological strides, according to this roundup, are Vudu set-top solutions and Microsoft's Xbox 360 Elite. 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Contact Amy Abbey at 202-737-5500 ext 250 or aabbey@smartbrief.com.   Technology Trends  Apple releases iPhone beta aimed at businesses Source: WSJ Apple on Thursday unveiled steps to pursue business customers and third-party developers for its iPhone as the company prepares to take on Research in Motion's BlackBerry and expand the number of applications it can provide to users. Apple released a beta version of the software upgrade with the final version set to be completed in June. The Wall Street Journal (free content) (3/7) , The Wall Street Journal (free content) (3/7) , MSNBC/Associated Press (3/6) , Macworld (3/6) Video, mobile results improve at Hong Kong's PCCW PCCW has reported a higher profit as it managed to stem losses at its mobile-phone and pay-TV divisions. The Hong Kong telecom outfit said it would continue its efforts to invest in foreign markets after the awarding of a fixed-line license in Saudi Arabia last week to a consortium that included PCCW. Financial Times (subscription required) (3/7)   IP Download  U.K. team touts 100-times faster broadband device British engineers say they are ready to build a prototype of a device that could deliver broadband speeds 100 times faster at only 25% of the cost. The Bangor University team's machine -- which would resemble a DVD player -- uses the U.K.'s existing network, but in a much more efficient manner so that 15 full-length movies could be downloaded in about a minute, the engineers said. Google/The Press Association (3/6) Preparing businesses for intro of IP technologies The number of businesses switching to IP-based systems has snowballed in recent months, but many companies have retained their legacy telephony platforms. For those business owners, the basic question -- whether they should switch their businesses to VoIP -- remains at the top of their minds. 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