June 13, 2008 - Standoff between TeliaSonera, France Telecom?

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June 13, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    Standoff between TeliaSonera, France Telecom? France Telecom's talks to buy Sweden's TeliaSonera will go nowhere until the company sweetens its $40.7 billion cash and stock offer, according to reports. It is not clear whether France Telecom will hold off on increasing its bid until TeliaSonera agrees to hold talks, all of this one week after the Scandinavian company rejected the informal offer. ClipSyndicate/Bloomberg (6/13) , Financial Times (free content) (6/12) , Bloomberg (6/13)   Business & Industry Watch    Embarq turns to NSN to run voice-network operations center Embarq will outsource its voice-network operations center to Nokia Siemens Networks beginning in the fourth quarter under a seven-year contract. The deal is said to be NSN's first such deal in the North American market. Telephony Online (6/12) EC puts brakes on bid for Euro telecom czar European telecom ministers have retreated -- at least for now -- from a plan to appoint an industry overseer for the continent, deciding at a Thursday meeting that they lacked enough support from European Union member countries. Viviane Reding, the European Commission member charged with telecom oversight, said her proposal for appointing a telecom regulator would have to be modified, although the EC will proceed with plans to replace the patchwork network of national regulators with a single agency. International Herald Tribune (6/12) Belgium private equity buys Nokia Siemens' OTN unit Nokia Siemens Networks has sold is Open Transport Network unit to GIMV, a Belgian private-equity group. Terms were not disclosed, but the deal includes the transfer of roughly 80 employees to GIMV. cellular-news (U.K.) (6/11) Motorola to restructure research unit, cut jobs Motorola plans to cut about 150 jobs at its research unit in Schaumburg, Ill. Hundreds of other employees will be shifted from Motorola Labs to work directly with business lines they support. "As we make this transition, we have the opportunity to realize efficiencies by streamlining the number of projects and prioritizing those that deliver the most value to our individual businesses and to Motorola overall," spokesman Chuck Kaiser said. Daily Herald (Chicago) (6/12) Yahoo! makes ad deal with Google After the latest round of talks with Microsoft failed to yield any kind of agreement, Yahoo! has signed a nonexclusive deal with Google for the search leader to deliver ads next to some of Yahoo!'s search results and supply ads on certain of its sites in the U.S. and Canada. Bryan Wiener, chief executive of search agency 360i, said, "Out in the cold, is where this leaves Microsoft." According to one report, Yahoo! said it expects the deal to add between $250 million and $450 million in cash during its first year. The New York Times (6/13) , The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (6/13) 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 Monday at NXTcomm08: Yankee Group and Telephony Summits NXTcomm kicks off its 2008 show in Las Vegas on Monday with two summits: Telephony & The Independent's INSIGHTS for Next-Generation ILECs, tailored for Independent telephone companies looking for new revenue and service opportunities, and the Yankee Group Enterprise Executive Summit, a forum for executives involved in the future of enterprise communications. NXTcomm08 is co-locating with InfoComm 08. Learn more at www.NXTcommShow.com Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  NextGenWeb  |  Webinars   Video Upload  Existing wiring might not provide best HD picture As consumer demand increases for multiroom, high-def video streaming, solutions focus on repurposing existing wires to allow for ease of installation and better quality than wireless options typically provide. But this article questions whether a home's existing coax can truly offer high-end picture quality for HD content. TheRetailBRIDGE.com (6/12) Other News U-verse reaches 625,000 homes in Michigan Crain's Detroit Business (6/12) The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Integrated Technologies – Global Solutions, a Volt Telecom Group division, (ITGS) delivers products and comprehensive, design, engineering and installation services to improve the security of public, private and government facilities nationwide. Contact us today for a FREE brochure on our turnkey voice, data, security, access and video systems. salesinfo@volt-telecom.com. LightGAIN RGN-3GSF Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) The Optelian RGN-3GSF supports bandwidth provisioning, reach extension, and interface conversion applications, from 10 Mbps to 2.7Gbps, using SFP modules. The unit can operate stand alone or under network management. Visit Optelian at NxtComm2008, booth SL10411 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    Tellabs claims patent infringement, sues Fujitsu Tellabs has filed an infringement case against Fujitsu surrounding a patent for an optical-networking system. The suit comes on the heels of a similar lawsuit filed against Tellabs by Fujitsu. Chicago Tribune (free registration) (6/13) , Reuters (6/13) , Light Reading (6/12) Clearwire sets bar high for new 4G venture Clearwire CEO Benjamin Wolf is predicting that the 4G wireless-broadband startup would grow rapidly over the next two years, reaching 4.6 million customers by 2010 and bringing in $17.5 billion in sales by 2017. Wolf outlined those expectations Thursday in a meeting with investors, the first time he has done so since Clearwire agreed to team up with Sprint Nextel on the WiMAX-powered venture last month. Financial Times (6/13) , The Washington Post/mocoNews.net (6/13) , InformationWeek (6/12) Prediction: LTE will reach 32 million subs by 2013 The emerging Long Term Evolution technology for 4G wireless networks will draw 32 million customers by 2013, according to an ABI Research report, because most of the major mobile carriers have either committed to LTE or are likely to follow the lead of Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Alltel. InformationWeek (6/12) Other News FCC's Copps muses on what new presidential leadership means for broadband Broadcasting & Cable (6/12)   IP Download  IP phones becoming standard in hotel industry IP telephony is gaining widespread adoption in the hotel industry and is "the norm, rather than the exception" in the important Las Vegas market. Because analog cable and hardware is expensive to maintain, observers believe hotels in less-competitive markets will continue to adopt VoIP as the cost of the technology comes down. Network World (6/11) VoIP Supply looks to promote Sangoma Cards VoIP Supply has launched a new free-shipping initiative involving at least eight models of its Sangoma Cards. The cards support either the PCI or PCI Express formats. TMC Internet Telephony (6/12) Other News FCC shelves as premature Skype's open-networks plea CNNMoney.com/Dow Jones Newswires (6/12)   LeadQuote  When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. 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