May 13, 2008 - AT&T takes U-verse service to businesses

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May 13, 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 takes U-verse service to businesses AT&T is expanding U-verse Internet access beyond the living room with a new edition designed for businesses. The service, which can support up to 32 Internet connections on existing wiring, offers download speeds up to 10 Mbps and access to more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hot spots in the U.S. American City Business Journals/San Antonio (5/13) 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    Tiscali fields offers Tiscali has created a short list of potential suitors after receiving nonbinding offers from a handful of operators. Carphone Warehouse reportedly was not on the list. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (5/12) China quake hits wireline, cell networks Wireline and mobile-phone services were knocked off line by Monday's powerful earthquake in southwest China that damaged the power supplies for local telecoms. China Mobile said repairs were under way, noting that a significant surge in cell phone use after the quakes could also have affected service. Xinhuanet.com (China) (5/12) Vodafone to add 3 million to U.K. broadband service Vodafone said it would invest millions to expand its mobile-broadband service to an additional 3 million people in the U.K. this summer. The world's biggest mobile carrier introduced its 7.2 Mbps service to London and U.K. airports last year. ZDNet/Silicon.com (5/13) , Pocket-lint.co.uk (5/12) Clearwire sees subscriber, revenue gains Clearwire posted a 76% gain in revenue and a 3% gain in revenue per subscriber during the first quarter of 2008, but its push to expand led to a wider net loss: $176.4 million compared with $92.6 million a year earlier. The company ended the period with 443,000 customers. SmartMoney.com/Dow Jones Newswires (5/12) 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. USTelecom Spotlight NXTcomm08 powers up solutions for next-generation networks As active equipment and advanced network communications elements continue to evolve, managing power has become more critical than ever. In the June 19 "Power Solutions for Next Generation Networks" Panel Session at NXTcomm08, experts will review the current and upcoming needs of leading-edge networks, how these needs are addressed by current technology and the power solutions available for next-generation telecom networks. Register today! Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  NextGenWeb  |  Webinars   Video Upload  Differentiation key to IPTV success IPTV has arrived, but telecoms would be best served to offer the service in a way that separates it from other pay-TV offerings, according to ABI Research. "From a technology perspective, all the tools are there," said ABI senior analyst Cesar Bachelet. "However, operators must tread carefully in order not to overwhelm subscribers with too many new features at once, and business models still need to be defined for some of the new value-added services." ipTVnews (5/13) Surveillance system makers come together on standards In an industry first, security system makers Axis, Bosch and Sony will work together to develop an open set of standards to determine how IP-based network video devices will communicate. "An open standard will make it even easier for integrators and end users to benefit from the many possibilities offered by IP-based video surveillance technology," said Ray Mauritsson, the president of Axis. CE Pro (5/12) New Microsoft player mixes IM with video downloads Microsoft has released Messenger TV, a player designed to help the company reap more Internet advertising by combining its Windows Live instant-messaging functions with those of a video player. Set for an initial launch in Europe, the new service will allow users to view and share clips from among such outlets as MTV Networks, U.K.'s Channel Four and music companies EMI Group and Sony BMG. Bloomberg (5/12) , Reuters (5/12)   Smart Advertising for Smart People ATA SmartBrief is a cost effective way to reach over 40,000 commercial aviation executives. To learn more, click here or contact Eric Hoffman at ehoffman@smartbrief.com or 773.549.3868.   ADVERTISEMENT   Technology Trends  Alcatel to control Reliance joint venture in India Alcatel-Lucent and Reliance Communications -- India's second-largest mobile carrier -- have joined up to deploy managed-network-telecom services in India, with an eye on expanding globally. Alcatel will control 67% of the new company, which will serve fixed and mobile operators as well as large businesses. Light Reading (5/12)   IP Download  Walls that separate social Nets may be coming down MySpace, Facebook and Google's separate plans to open up the social-networking space to third-party applications could signal a shift in which users will have the ability to tap the entire Web for social-networking purposes, instead of having to access individual sites, according to this article. "I believe that in the future, social networks will be like air," said Forrester's Charlene Li. "They will be anywhere and everywhere we need and want them to be." Advertising Age (5/12) Stream Communications makes broadband buy in Poland Stream Communications Network & Media has snapped up a broadband network in Poland that covers 16,000 homes and supports triple-play services. The purchase is designed to extend the reach of Stream Poland. 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