May 21, 2008 - AT&T courts streaming customers

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May 21, 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 courts streaming customers AT&T is courting businesses of all sizes for its recent expansion into the streaming Content Delivery Network area, in part by highlighting satisfied customers such as Forbes.com, which provides 2,500 video stories a day from its three video centers. "For us, improved speed equals improved response time for site users, which then correlates to an increase in visitors but also means page-view stickiness due to ease of use," said Michael Smith, vice president and general manager of operations for Forbes.com. StreamingMedia.com (5/20)   Business & Industry Watch    Hesse: Sprint in "third inning" of rebuild Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse says the company has made strides in overcoming its operational and financial problems, telling an interviewer that Sprint was "in the third inning" of its overhaul. One example of improvement he pointed to was making employees more personally responsible for how customers are treated. The Washington Post (5/21) ITC rules in favor of Alcatel in UC-patent case The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled in favor of Alcatel-Lucent this week in a patent suit related to unified communications brought by Microsoft. The ITC overturned its earlier decision in which it ruled against Alcatel, saying that Microsoft's claims were invalid. PCWorld/IDG News Service (5/21) AT&T opens 17,000 hotspots to 3G wireless subs AT&T will allow its 3G data-service customers to access the Internet free via its Wi-Fi network at its 17,000 U.S. hotspots, the company announced Tuesday. It opened the offer to Laptop Connect subscribers, who pay at least $60 a month for data over its HSDPA and EDGE networks. CNET (5/20) Telecom switches emphasis: Preliminary analysis of the 2007 Telecom Executive Survey. To remain competitive as industry boundaries blur, telecom providers recognize the need for new business models and other capabilities beyond their traditional strengths. Learn more by downloading this IBM white paper. USTelecom Spotlight Webinar: Content Acquisition Strategies & Alternatives Tomorrow, May 22, 1 p.m. Eastern time Video content is taking multiple forms, as broadband and video technologies continue explosive growth all over the world. Join USTelecom as Ken Pyle from Viodi.com and an expert panel cover the current state of video-content acquisition, and explore various ways for service providers to secure new content. A must for any service provider offering broadband capacity and video services. Register now. NXTcomm08 to review packet optical networking On June 18 in "Packet Optical Networking: Market Dynamics, Applications and Enabling Technologies," at NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas, experts from the entire communications supply chain will review packet optical networking -- the next evolution in optical networking and an emerging industry trend for constructing Ethernet and IP-centric metro aggregation and transport infrastructure networks. Receive complimentary registration to NXTcomm08 using the code USTE8. Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  NextGenWeb  |  Webinars   Video Upload  Disney to supply VOD content for Taiwan IPTV service Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom has reached a deal with Disney-ABC International Television that for the first time will provide the island's viewers with Disney movies and TV series on demand via the company's IPTV service. The wide-ranging agreement gives a home on Chunghwa's VOD platform access to such series as "Grey's Anatomy," "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost," as well as to current features and library movie titles from Walt Disney Pictures, Disney/Pixar, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films. World Screen News (5/20) Verizon assures New York regulator on FiOS buildout Verizon Communications told New York regulators Tuesday that it had begun widespread deployment of fiber-optic lines for its FiOS TV service in the city. Before launching the service, the company must get Franchise and Review Commission approval on an agreement it signed with city officials earlier this year in which Verizon laid out a schedule to launch FiOS across the entire city within six years. CNNMoney.com/Dow Jones Newswires (5/20) Chip maker: Euro carriers may be shut out of mobile TV European mobile carriers could potentially be cut out of the mobile-TV market because of the development of cell phones that tap into network-TV broadcasts, said the head of DiBcom, a French chip maker of mobile-TV devices. On Tuesday, CEO Yannick Levy pointed to LG Electronics' recent introduction of such a phone in Germany in saying, "We think this is going to be a trend in Europe. We think this is going to be a big thing." Reuters (5/20) The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Juniper Networks Advances the Economics of Networking The Juniper Networks JCS 1200 is the industry's first high-performance Control Plane Scaling Platform that enables you to maximize service growth, operational efficiency, and control. Learn more and download your free Yankee Group report on router virtualization>> 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    Chambers: Collaborative tools key to Cisco future Development of such Web 2.0 applications as TelePresence videoconferencing are critical to Cisco Systems' survival, CEO John Chambers said Tuesday as he described how collaborative efforts inside the company almost failed. Chambers said that Web 2.0 voice and video tools like unified-communications services were the most important elements of intra-company collaborative efforts. Network World (5/21) Alcatel reveals upgrades for small-business service Alcatel-Lucent has introduced a wide array of new features added to its Office Communication Solutions 2008, a product for the small and mid-size business market. Alcatel introduced enhancements Tuesday for services covering such areas as IP infrastructure, communication, mobility, collaboration and knowledge sharing. InformationWeek (5/20) EAccess predicts LTE will win the 4G race Sachio Semmoto, founder of Japanese broadband Internet and wireless company eAccess Ltd., sees a bright future for Long Term Evolution, especially since large carriers, including Vodafone, Verizon Wireless, China Mobile and NTT DoCoMo, are embracing it. Reuters (5/21) Ethernet Mobile Backhaul Scores a Perfect 10 – 10x the bandwidth at 1/10th the cost. Service providers worldwide are tapping into a better way to backhaul the rising tide of mobile data with resilient, reliable and flexible Ethernet backhaul solutions from Hatteras Networks. Don't settle for less than perfect, visit www.hatterasnetworks.com.   IP Download  360 sets sights on urban areas for wholesale VoIP VoIP wholesaler 360Networks continued its push to reach big-city markets this week by launching service in Los Angeles and San Francisco. It plans to expand into Dallas and Chicago this year as well, the company said. "We've been wanting to do California for quite a while," said Nick Reifschneider, product manager for 360's VoIP business. "There's just a lot of process work that has to take place, lighting up with AT&T." Telephony Online (5/20)   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.   ADVERTISEMENT   LeadQuote  Minds are like parachutes. 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