May 6, 2008 - Qwest attracts new broadband, video customers; sticks with outlook

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May 6, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Qwest attracts new broadband, video customers; sticks with outlook Qwest Communications added 90,000 broadband customers and 50,000 video customers through its partnership with DirecTV Group during the first quarter. The telecom said it was sticking with its full-year profit forecast, despite uncertainties surrounding the economy. "We're comfortable with our guidance even with that challenging environment we're operating in," Chief Financial Officer John Richardson said. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (5/6) Qwest broadens wireless menu with Verizon deal: Qwest Communications will sever its wireless relationship with Sprint Nextel next February in favor of a new five-year deal with Verizon Wireless that will kick off in September, Qwest said. The Verizon alliance gives Qwest a more robust wireless offering as it allows its wireline customers access to the full range of Verizon's mobile services as a bundle and expands Qwest's ability to sell a broadband services to businesses and governments. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (5/6) , InfoWorld/IDG News Service (5/5) , Unstrung (5/5)   Business & Industry Watch  WSJ: Sprint holds internal talks on Nextel's future Sprint Nextel reportedly is holding internal strategic talks over whether to sell or spin off its Nextel division, the red-ink-plagued carrier that Sprint bought for $35 billion in 2005. Among the options Sprint is said to be weighing: selling Nextel to a group led by Nextel founder Morgan O'Brien, or to other private-equity firms; or spin the unit off into a separate company. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (5/6) Shareholders call for more action at Motorola Greg Brown looked to reassure investors that the company would benefit from cost-saving measures that include divesting itself of its mobile-phone division, but several shareholders left a Monday night meeting frustrated, calling on the board to do a better job and improve its marketing tactics. Chicago Tribune (free registration) (5/6) , The Sydney Morning Herald (5/6) , Chicago Sun-Times (5/6) USTelecom chief named top advocate for business The Hill newspaper recently honored USTelecom President and CEO Walter McCormick for being one of the best representatives for America's business sectors. McCormick is working to promote broadband expansion, the paper said. The Hill (5/1) The winner in the Yahoo!-Microsoft affair? Google Google appears to be the true winner of Yahoo!'s efforts to stave off an acquisition bid by software giant Microsoft, which was looking to expand its online advertising presence to challenge Google's dominance. Jackson Securities director of research Brian Bolan wrote: "In the end, Google is the clear winner from the failed Microsoft bid to buy Yahoo!. They retain their lead against the number two and three competitors and continue to make them fight for the scraps that they do not want." The Washington Post (5/6) , Los Angeles Times (free registration) (5/6) , The New York Times (5/6)   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. 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TMC Internet Telephony (5/5)   IP Download  European operators tussle with broadcasters over spectrum Vodafone, Telefonica and Orange commissioned a report to show the value to companies and consumers if 25% of the spectrum made available during the analog-to-digital switch was made available to mobile-broadband providers. European broadcasters, however, say that allocation is too high for them to effectively meet consumer demand, including high-definition services. Financial Times (5/4) Pharmaceutical company taps Cypress for hosted VoIP Cypress Communications will deliver its C4 IP hosted VoIP to global pharmaceutical company Octapharma. TMC Internet Telephony (5/6) Internet defies wider market as e-commerce grows Online sales in electronic commerce were up 17% in the first quarter of this year from the same period in 2007, according to the Electronic Retailing Association. 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