April 11, 2008 - Telecom infrastructure market posts gains

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April 11, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day  Telecom infrastructure market posts gains Telecom infrastructure market suppliers experienced an 8% year-over-year increase in revenue, according to Technology Business Research. More than 100 managed service contracts were announced last year, which helped boost the market value to $70 billion. cellular-news (U.K.) (4/11) Transformation, growth and convergence in the telecom operators The telecom industry is one of great transformation. This report from Business Insights profiles the world's largest telecom operators, examining the strategies that have driven growth. Understand how the leading players are expanding their business and achieving higher profitability with this report.   Business & Industry Watch  Outotec outsources global network build to Verizon Verizon Business will supply and support Finland's Outotec global communications needs. The agreement provides that the telecom will supply the metal and mining technology services company with Verizon Private IP. Verizon has agreed to link 30 of Outotec's key locations on six continents with high-speed connectivity, provide the company with a dedicated Internet connection and e-mail security solutions, as well as co-locate key business applications at a Verizon host site in the U.S. TMC Internet Telephony (4/10) BT extends videoconferencing reach BT Group's BT Conferencing has snapped up Denver-based Wire One Holdings. But the CEO is calling it a "reverse takeover" because the plan is to incorporate BT's conferencing unit into Wire One. xchange (4/10) , American City Business Journals/Mass High Tech (4/11) Brazil wants to unite telecom rivals A merger between Brazilian telecom companies Telemar Participacoes and Brazil Telecom appears to be edging closer as the government pushes the rivals to unite against competitors from Spain and Mexico in the local phone market. But observers say obstacles remain over price and other issues, including a major dispute among Brazil Telecom shareholders. Investor's Business Daily (4/10) Survey: Asian companies SK Telecom, Samsung held in high regard Wall Street Journal Asia readers named South Korea's SK Telecom as the top company on the continent for being "Innovative in Responding to Customer Needs," even as they voted Samsung as the most admired company for the eighth straight year in the publication's annual Asia 200 survey. 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Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  NextGenWeb  |  Webinars   Video Upload  Starz, Vongo play with new IPTV offering Starz Entertainment is rolling out a new service called Starz Play that is targeted to broadband customers. Subscribers get access to 2,500 films and videos via corporate cousin Vongo as well as a live stream of the Starz channel. Light Reading/Cable Digital News (4/10) Verizon expands FiOS reach in New Jersey Verizon Communications has extended its FiOS TV service to parts of an additional six communities in New Jersey. The move brings Verizon's FiOS reach to more than 280 New Jersey communities. Multichannel News (4/9) Blockbuster may join Apple in TV streaming Blockbuster is expected to unveil this month a set-top device enabling viewers to stream movies to their TVs, a move that would give competition to Apple TV. The company declined to comment on the report, which suggests Blockbuster's service would be an offshoot of Movielink, a PC-based film streaming service that the company acquired in 2007. The Hollywood Reporter (4/9)   Technology Trends  Level 3: New service helps "long tail" content providers Level 3 has introduced a service it says can help providers of large libraries of "long tail" content -- which carries higher infrastructure costs because of the lack of economies of scale in its distribution -- serve customers more efficiently, faster and at reduced costs. The service, called Content Delivery for Extended Libraries, enables content providers to move those large digital content libraries onto Level 3's infrastructure. Light Reading (4/10)   IP Download  Converting to UC, from planning to installation Companies planning to implement a unified communications system need to do so cautiously and at the most opportune time, writes an Accenture consultant, who offers advice for enterprise users on the conversion process. eWEEK.com (4/10)   LeadQuote  Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit." --E.E. 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