May 27, 2008 - Sarin to step down as Vodafone chief

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May 27, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Sarin to step down as Vodafone chief After five years at the helm, Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin will leave the telecom giant in July, the company announced today, on a day it is expected to announce record profit of almost $26 billion. Deputy CEO Vittorio Colao, who rejoined the company in 2006 as the head of Vodafone's European unit, will replace Sarin, who leaves with a legacy of having fueled the company's enormous growth primarily through expansion into emerging markets. ClipSyndicate/Bloomberg (5/27) , The Times (London) (5/27) , Network World/IDG News Service (5/27) Download the 2008 CFO Research Report. To see how other mid-sized companies are using corporate cards and other strategies to control expenses, register to download the Sixth Annual CFO Research Report, prepared by CFO Research Services, in collaboration with American Express.   Business & Industry Watch    U.S. regulators could stymie MTN deal with Reliance MTN Group's potential alliance with India's Reliance Communications could stumble into problems because the South African telecom will almost surely need financing from U.S. banks, which U.S. regulators could bar from participating because of MTN's growing presence in Iran. The companies said Monday they were in exclusive talks for Reliance to replace India's Bharti Airtel, which dropped out of the deal over the weekend. International Herald Tribune (5/26) , Forbes (5/26) Deutsche Telekom admits tracking calls to find leaks Deutsche Telekom, the German parent of T-Mobile USA, disclosed Monday that a company retained by its security department had tracked thousands of phone calls while investigating possible internal leaks to the media in 2005 and 2006. With a government inquiry a real possibility, a DT spokesman said: "By handing over information to the prosecutor, we're using the sharpest knife we have to solve the problem. We're not in any way trying to hide anything." The New York Times (5/27) Verizon moves toward resolution on wireless fees Verizon Wireless is moving toward a deal that would give the FCC, rather than state regulators, oversight of rules governing fees assessed consumers for breaking their cell phone contracts, while also imposing more limits on those charges, according to the company and Kevin Martin, the FCC chairman. Martin said Verizon, consumer groups and the agency had made "substantial progress" in reaching an agreement on a new framework to regulate wireless companies, which say the fees compensate them for upfront costs, as well as losses for subsidizing handset prices and offering consumers rate discounts. Scientific American/Reuters (5/23) Dubai Internet City sees telecom growth Dubai Internet City sees its telecom business booming, the company said. "Reflecting the growth and a liberal market environment, the ICT cluster continues to attract a significant number of telecom companies," said Al Malek, the executive director of Dubai Internet City. The company partner list includes Verizon Business, Qualcomm and British Telecom. 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Mediaweek (5/26) The home of the future is starting to materialize Comcast introduced a new service in Massachusetts this week that enables viewers to begin a movie or show in one room, stop it and then watch the rest of it in another part of the house. The new offering is part of a wider trend that, according to this article, is slowly but surely turning houses into "connected" media centers. The Boston Globe (5/26) Other News NYC committee expected to approve Verizon FiOS franchise request The New York Times (5/27) The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Call for free 45-day equipment trial and let ZyXEL make your transition to next generation IP Network painless. With complete IP broadband access solutions from COE to CPE for copper and fiber deployments, ZyXEL enables service providers to quickly deploy rich, value added voice, data and video services. Call 800.255.4101 or click here for more information. MOTOROLA presents FREE Seminar, The Dynamics of IPTV, June 17 in Las Vegas. 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Pricing for the service, which is set to launch this summer, was not disclosed. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (5/26) PhoneFactor aims for more secure online banking JanRain and Positive Networks have developed a phone call-back system, dubbed "PhoneFactor," designed to make online banking more secure, according to the companies. The system works with both wireline and wireless phones. MarketWatch (5/26) Canadian telecoms vie for wireless spectrum Canada will auction off a portion of its wireless spectrum in a process set to begin today involving a number of companies that want to provide cell phone and e-mail service in competition with incumbents Bell Canada, Rogers Communications and Telus Corp. Shaw Communications and Globalive Communications are among those expected to bid for the initial piece of spectrum the government is offering. Mediacaster (5/26) Server virtualization key to future growth The continued movement toward virtualization -- particularly server virtualization -- will produce a sea change in the way IT infrastructure companies manage and monetize their offerings through 2012, according to research firm Gartner. Enhancements for servers will be key, the study says, because they will tap into much of the currently underutilized functions of server architectures. SYS-CON (5/25)   IP Download  Facebook to open its platform to other networking sites Popular social-networking site Facebook soon is expected to open up its Facebook Platform, allowing similar sites to develop compatible applications. The expected move is seen as a competitive response to Open Social, the offering backed by Google, MySpace and Yahoo! Web2journal.com (5/27) Connected homes still far from reality The truly connected home still is more myth than reality, writes Boston Globe writer Carolyn Y. Johnson, noting companies are "inching toward the most basic level of connection." Telecom and cable companies are racing to seamlessly deliver new content to multiple TVs, while some smaller companies such as ZeeVee and Sling Media are betting consumers care more about a connected Internet experience instead of a "closed network" such as cable. 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