April 29, 2008 - Windstream lets out throttle on broadband net

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April 29, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Windstream lets out throttle on broadband net Windstream has doubled its peak downloading speed in parts of its 16-state coverage area to 12Mbps and expanded the options for less expensive, slower services to more locations, the company said Monday. An executive said Internet usage grew fourfold in the last year as its subscriber base increased 28%. TeleGeography Research (4/29) , RTT News (4/29) Improve Margins, Operational Efficiency and Customer Experience Aricent is a global leader in OSS/BSS consulting and solutions for the telecommunications industry. Our extensive experience comes from consulting, managed service, systems integration and development engagements with large service providers worldwide. We offer products and services for IMS, WiMAX, 2G/3G, Femtocell and Fixed Mobile Convergence.   Business & Industry Watch  Legal, economic changes open MDUs for telecoms Buoyed by an FCC ruling and new fiber-cabling technology, telecom carriers are now finding it economically viable to provide service bundles to multidwelling units, a market that historically has been out of reach for most telecoms. Earlier this year, the FCC struck down the legality of exclusive cable contracts for MDUs, an act that helped pave the way for companies in the telecom space to move more aggressively into the market. Telephony Online (4/28) Report: Telecom Italia gives "Alice" bidders more time Bidders for Telecom Italia's French broadband service, Alice, will get 10 more days to firm up their proposals, according to published reports. The telecom postponed the deadline for binding offers, which it had originally set for today. Forbes/Thomson Financial News (4/29) Tellabs' Pullen talks new products, future endeavors Despite pulling out of its exclusive deal to provide Gigabit-PON technology to Verizon Communications, Tellabs will remain in the PON market, newly installed President and CEO Rob Pullen said in an interview. Pullen discussed Tellabs' direction, new products in the pipeline and how it was dealing with the economy. xchange (4/28) Search, banner ads part of AT&T's digital-music strategy AT&T will use search ads and marketing to link up with digital-music enthusiasts for a series of "blue room" webcasts that present live and recorded concerts. The carrier will deploy a mix of banner ads and keyword purchases to drive traffic to the promotional webcasts, which are targeted at mobile users. MediaPost Communications (4/28) FCC's top cop finds no problems with public-safety block auction There was no wrongdoing in the handling of the broadcast-spectrum auction that led to there being just one bidder to develop a public-private network for emergency communications, the FCC's inspector general has found. The investigation was prompted by groups including Media Access Project that wanted to make sure the Public Safety Spectrum Trust, which would supervise the network, and its consultant, Cyren Call, had acted properly in their dealings with potential bidders in the run-up to the auction. Broadcasting & Cable (4/28) Other News Temporary cap on Universal Service Fund under consideration The Wall Street Journal (4/29) 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 Interoperability takes center stage at NXTcomm The IMS/NGN Forum will announce results of its global service interoperability and certification at NXTComm08, in Las Vegas on June 18. IMS/NGN is inviting participants to present results during four hours of speaking sessions on IMS/NGN and showcase solutions at the IMS Forum Booth at NXTComm08. Get Plugfest 5 participation and sponsorship information here. Register today! For complimentary keynote and exhibit-floor access, use the code "USTE8". Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  NextGenWeb  |  Webinars   Video Upload    Blockbuster weighs interest in new pay-TV channel Blockbuster is reportedly considering taking an ownership role in a new pay-TV service being developed by Paramount Pictures, MGM and Lions Gate that would compete against entrenched cable networks such as HBO, Showtime and Starz, according to this article. Executives for the joint venture, expected to launch in fall 2009, also are in talks with cable companies about distributing the still-unnamed channel. The Wall Street Journal (free content) (4/29) Verizon expands high-speed DSL service in Md. Verizon Communications has opened up its 7 Mbps DSL broadband service to 105,000 homes in Maryland, the company said, bringing the number of businesses and homes passed to 1.6 million. OneTRAK (4/28) 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  IMS a part, not core, of SureWest's VoIP plans SureWest Communications says IP Multimedia Subsystem services will be integral to its new Digital Phone VoIP platform. Executives said IMS would create a framework for blending in more Internet-based applications down the road and enable the telecom to work more closely with wireless companies on providing services to customers. Telecommunications Online (4/28) Cisco brings new "tuning adapter" to market Cisco Systems reportedly is developing a so-called "tuning adapter" named the STA-1520 that allows one-way digital TVs and some TiVo recorders to serve up programming that is being offered on switched-programming tiers. Light Reading (4/25)   IP Download  Foundry pulls in Microsoft, Sun for UC system Foundry Networks will work with Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Mitel to integrate their technologies into a unified-communications program, the hardware company said Monday. The partners did not disclose financial terms of their agreement. CNN/Dow Jones Newswires (4/28) , TMC Internet Telephony (4/29) Avaya picks Nuance for UC speech recognition Avaya said it would incorporate Nuance's speech-recognition technology -- branded as Avaya one-X Speech -- as a standard part of Avaya Modular Messaging 4.0 for its unified-communications product. Executives praised Nuance's solution as being acutely attuned to natural speech and easy to use. 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