April 22, 2008 - AT&T sees video, broadband and wireless gains

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April 22, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    AT&T sees video, broadband and wireless gains Profit at AT&T rose from $2.85 billion to $3.46 billion in the first quarter on the strength of adding 1.3 million net wireless customers. High-speed Internet connections rose 14%, and its U-verse TV service grew 148,000 subscribers in the quarter, as AT&T maintained its target of reaching 1 million U-verse customers by year-end. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (4/22) , Reuters (4/22) Deliver Ethernet in the first mile, with our MEF-certified 10/100 and 10/100/1000 - NID/CPE products. With features such as link monitoring, OAM, loopback, bandwidth allocation, VLAN/QoS management, and segment redundancy; Transition's NID and switching products offer complete management capabilities from the CO to the CPE. Get Free White Paper.   Business & Industry Watch  SureWest taps Cloudmark to stop outgoing spam SureWest Communications has hired Cloudmark Authority to filter its outbound e-mail messages on the telecom-service provider's Apache SpamAssassin platform, SureWest said. Cloudmark will help the telecom pinpoint spam that originates from internal "botnets." TMC Internet Telephony (4/21) Samsung chief steps down Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee is relinquishing his post after being indicted on charges of tax evasion and breach of trust. Lee took the helm at Samsung in 1987; no replacement candidates have been named. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (4/23) , MSNBC/Associated Press (4/21) Vodafone targets 50% cut in CO2 emissions Vodafone has said it will cut its CO2 emissions in half by 2020 by improving energy efficiency and seeking more ways to use renewable energy, the company said, adding that it will use its 2006-07 baseline for its measuring stick. The world's largest wireless carrier also said that it would help customers curtail their carbon footprint by developing products for that purpose. cellular-news (U.K.) (4/21) Qwest prices heftiest DSL service Qwest Communications will price its new DSL service from a low of $50 for speeds up to 1.5 Mbps to $120 for high-end 20 Mbps connectivity, according to the telecom carrier's Web site. The company, which will introduce broadband DSL this year in 23 markets, indicates on its site that it is marketing the "Beyond Fast" speeds in all of its DSL areas. OneTRAK (4/21) Other News LMDSXchange offers wireless broadband spectrum via Web TMC Internet Telephony (4/22) 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. USTelecom Spotlight NXTcomm to review IPTV business applications In "Business IPTV: Training and Communications Made Easy," on June 18 at NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas, attendees will learn how the supermarket chain Safeway is using its business IPTV to deliver programming directly to the local stores, allowing managers to effectively train employees, maximize employee productivity and lower costs. For complimentary keynote and exhibit-floor access, use the "USTE8" code and click here. Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  NextGenWeb  |  Webinars   Video Upload    AT&T brings full U-verse package to western Michigan AT&T is introducing its full U-verse package to western Michigan, marking the first time the company has debuted TV, broadband and telephony service at once in a market. MLive.com (Mich.) (free registration) (4/21) New IA Net broadband channel outlines ambitious plans IA Net, a new broadband TV service with content geared to Italian-Americans, said it was not satisfied with its online status. Company founder Tony Ceglio said IA Net had plans to reach its audience via mobile TV as well as on linear HDTV, video-on-demand channels, publishing and home-entertainment platforms. C21 Media (4/21) LightGAIN is Optelian's complete DWDM, CWDM and hybrid solution, supporting 1 to 40 wavelengths of 10Mbps to 10Gbps traffic, SNMP managed and path protected. SFP and XFP transponders, tunable optics, and in-house manufacturing provide customers with short lead times, low cost, and customized solutions to fit their exact requirements.   Technology Trends  Nortel goes green to win tech business   Source: CNBC Offering customers routers that use 50% less energy than their competitors is just one of the ways Nortel Networks is applying green principles to the tech industry. "We think it is smart business on the one hand, but also very good for the environment as well," says Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski. CNBC (4/21) Sonus seeks provisioning wares in Atreus purchase Sonus Networks has bought Atreus Systems, the Ontario developer of IP service provisioning software, Sonus said Monday, without disclosing the terms. Sonus, which makes IP infrastructure, has worked closely with Atreus for five years. xchange (4/21) , American City Business Journals/Boston (4/21) Intel eyes WiMAX with $500 million Taiwan injection Intel will pump $500 million into Taiwan over the next five years, with a good chunk of the funds earmarked for development of the island's WiMAX network, the company said Monday. Executives conceded that the high-speed wireless service is not quite ready for prime time, but said they had been encouraged by progress made over the last two years in overcoming the network's technical issues. Reuters (4/21)   IP Download  Avaya tries to tailor UC system to small companies Avaya said it tinkered with its new Unified Communications for Small Business solution after talking to a number of companies with 20 to 80 employees and discovering their major problem was losing productivity due to absences. Executives said the discussions led Avaya to alter its UC product to make it easier for employees to remain connected with their office's telecom systems. ITBusiness.ca (Canada) (4/21) Startup signs carriers for "desktop as a service" Desktone has reached deals with Verizon Business along with European and Asian carriers to act as hosters for its new platform that provides desktop-virtualization services to businesses that cannot afford to invest in the infrastructure required to install their own virtual-desktop systems. 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