June 2, 2008 - China overhaul continues with two big telecom deals

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June 2, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders Search recent stories:       News of the Day    China overhaul continues with two big telecom deals China Unicom swung two megadeals today, buying the fixed-line operator China Netcom for about $24 billion and selling its CDMA network and business to China Telecom for just under $16 billion. China Telecom said the deal would allow the company to expand into the wireless business as part of the government's recently announced overhaul of the telecom industry. Reuters (6/2) , The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (6/2)   Business & Industry Watch    Alcatel investors make it easier to replace executives Alcatel-Lucent shareholders agreed Friday to a proposal that will allow the company's board of directors to remove its top executives with a simple majority rather than by the previously required two-thirds margin. At the company's annual meeting, Chairman Serge Tchuruk made a case for retaining him and CEO Patricia Russo after months of repeated poor results in the wake of the Alcatel-Lucent merger in late 2006. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (5/31) , Light Reading (5/30) SK Telecom takes former Hanaro shareholders to court SK Telecom is suing former stakeholders of Hanarotelecom, which is being accused of leaking personal information of its customers. SK Telecom says it was not properly informed about the leakage before its 38.9% stake purchase in the company. CNNMoney.com/Dow Jones Newswires (6/2) , The Korea Times (6/2) Report: NTT DoCoMo buys 30% stake in family Web business NTT DoCoMo will invest about $95 million in NTT Resonant as the Japanese cell phone giant tries to expand its menu of fixed-line Internet services -- such as viewing high-quality videos or downloading games from PCs -- that wireless customers can access, according to a published report. Forbes/Thomson Financial News (6/1) Vodafone defends 2005 inquiries after leaks Vodafone issued a statement Sunday saying it never "deliberately or knowingly" violated any laws in conducting its December 2005 search for the source of leaks concerning sensitive company information. Financial Times (6/1) Other News AT&T wins ruling in Delaware high court delawareonline/Bloomberg (6/1) USTelecom Spotlight Free webinar: Six secrets to successful SMB services Thursday, June 5, at 1 p.m. Eastern time Register for this free webinar brought to you by MetaSwitch. Get valuable guidance on developing, marketing, deploying and managing a successful suite of SMB product solutions. Hear real-world experience of what works -- and what doesn't -- distilled into six core elements that you must get right to be successful. 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Citizens looks to next frontier in customer service (OneTRAK) Sarin to step down as Vodafone chief (ClipSyndicate) Embarq chief details strategies for growth (OneTRAK) Analysis: Windstream well-positioned to make a buy (The Morning News) Investors likely to grill Alcatel executives (Financial Times) Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers. Join Henkels & McCoy at NXTComm 2008! Booth # SL 9321 - June 16-19, 2008, Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. We have been a trusted resource for operating telephone companies. Our capabilities include design, engineering, installation of local loop infrastructure and equipment, route design and placement of long-haul fiber optic cable. Click here for more.   Video Upload  Onstream buys IPTV service provider Digital media communications and applications provider Onstream purchased Narrowstep, which offers Internet TV and IPTV services. 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Contact Amy Abbey at 202-737-5500 ext 250 or aabbey@smartbrief.com.   Technology Trends    Health care opens wallet for telecom services The health care industry is expected to boost the telecommunications sector 8.4% by 2013, according to Insight Research Corp. Over the next five years, health care is expected to spend $55 billion on services provided by the telecom sector, the study found. TMC Internet Telephony (5/30) Sorrento makes optical-network-provider buy Sorrento Networks has purchased Redfern Broadband Networks for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes RBN's GigaEdge Optical Services Provisioning Platforms, as well as its customer contracts, channel-partner relationships and test equipment. iTWire (Australia) (6/2) Cisco offers single-vendor approach to unified communications There are nearly 30 proprietary infrastructure products in Cisco Systems' unified-communications portfolio, which some analysts say they believe provides reliability, control and security to customers. Others, however, say that approach can have a few drawbacks, according to this report. Network World (6/2) 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. 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