April 25, 2008 - Consumers open to 'quad-play' bundles from telecoms

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April 25, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day  Consumers open to "quad-play" bundles from telecoms Interest among consumers in a telecom bundle that includes wireless service jumped 55% in eight months, according to a survey from research firm Compete, which found 43% of respondents expressing strong interest in subscribing to a "quad-play" package. Telephony Online (4/24) NXTcomm08 is coming... Advertise in the USTelecom dailyLead while subscribers set their sights on Las Vegas. With 49,000 highly engaged subscribers, USTelecom dailyLead offers the perfect opportunity to reach telecom industry decision-makers. To learn more, click here or contact Amy Abbey at (202) 737-5500 ext. 250.   Business & Industry Watch  Fiber builds push up Qwest broadband speeds Qwest Communications is raising the speed limits on its broadband service in 23 U.S. cities, the company said Thursday. Qwest is rolling out fiber-to-the-home service that will enable the telecom carrier to boost download speeds to consumers and small businesses to 20 megabits per second. PCWorld/IDG News Service (4/24) TeliaSonera results cheer analysts; no word on bid Solid results from emerging markets fueled first-quarter earnings at Sweden-based TeliaSonera that exceeded analysts' predictions, but the telecom operator gave no clues on its future in the wake of France Telecom's mid-April disclosure that it was mulling a bid for the company. TeliaSonera, which operates in 18 countries, also performed well in Sweden and Finland, analysts said. Reuters (4/25) Slovenian operator chooses Nokia Siemens Nokia Siemens Networks will supply 400 base stations and install a mobile switching solution under a new contract with Tusmobil, a wireless operator in Slovenia, the companies said. The upgrade will allow Tusmobil to migrate toward a fully convergent core architecture, they added. cellular-news (U.K.) (4/24) USTelecom Spotlight OSS/BSS Corridor among five product pavilions at NXTcomm08 NXTcomm08's OSS/BSS Corridor -- one of five product pavilions at the communications-industry trade show this year -- will be geared toward communications operators looking for software and services solutions for their business and operations-support systems. NXTcomm08 comes to the Las Vegas Convention Center June 16 to 19. Learn more about the OSS/BSS Corridor and NXTcomm08's other pavilions by taking the interactive show-floor tour. Register today! Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  NextGenWeb  |  Webinars   Video Upload  With Alcatel, Dish sets trials of mobile streaming Satellite carrier Dish Network has joined with Alcatel-Lucent to test a system this summer to stream TV signals to mobile devices. The companies will try out the technology -- an offshoot of the Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld standard -- at Dish's Atlanta facilities. Light Reading (4/24) , The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (4/24) The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Integrated Technologies – Global Solutions, a Volt Telecom Group division, (ITGS) delivers products and comprehensive, design, engineering and installation services to improve the security of public, private and government facilities nationwide. Contact us today for a FREE brochure on our turnkey voice, data, security, access and video systems. salesinfo@volt-telecom.com. Interested in learning more about advertising in the USTelecom dailyLead? Contact Amy Abbey at 202-737-5500 ext 250 or aabbey@smartbrief.com.   Technology Trends  Analysis: More telecoms embrace mesh topology In the name of self-healing networks and availability, more than 30 carriers have turned to mesh optical networks. "Eventually, mesh networks will be ubiquitous -- from metro to regional to continental, intercontinental and global, they all will use the mesh topology," said Ronald Kline, research director for optical networks at Ovum (Boston). EE Times (4/25) Speculation grows on Cisco's femtocell future Analysts at an investment-banking research firm say they believe Cisco Systems may have its eye on a company that makes femtocells that has reportedly won a $500 million contract to deliver wireless cellular-access-point technology. A bulletin from ThinkPanmure said the company, ip.access, might arouse Cisco's interest much the way the company expanded its wireless portfolio with its purchases of Linksys, Scientific-Atlanta and Navini. Network World (4/24) Vodafone, partners to seek mobile-Internet answers Vodafone will partner with China Mobile and Japan's Softbank to find ways to quicken commercial deployment of mobile-Internet services, Vodafone said Thursday. Reuters (4/24) , mocoNews.net (4/24) , Forbes/Thomson Financial News (4/24)   IP Download  Demands in four key areas drive Microsoft's plans In a briefing this week, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner outlined how trends among enterprise users in four key areas have shaped the company's strategic direction and planned product releases. Turner detailed how Microsoft will spend $7 billion in R&D in these categories, which included virtualization, software as a service, unified communications and online collaboration. CIO (4/24) Vonage close to sealing a funding deal Vonage has reached a tentative deal that would bring the VoIP provider $215 million in private funding, and in turn help spur its recovery, according to this article. Vonage has $253 million in debt, which is mostly attributed to legal costs. Light Reading (4/25)   LeadQuote  Only I can change my life. 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