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| Business & Industry Watch |  |  | | |  | - Home networks surpass 50% among broadband users
A new report from ABI Research finds more than half of all broadband users in the U.S. have some type of home network. "Our research shows that more than a quarter of home-network owners have a games console on their home network, while another 8% have connected their mobile phone," ABI research director Mike Wolf said. Other popular network applications include streaming music (15% of network owners) and streaming video (10%). vnunet.com (6/2)   - AT&T settles content-fee suit
AT&T will provide refunds to customers who claim unwanted charges from third-party content companies on their cell phones, under a settlement of a series of class-action lawsuits that was disclosed Monday. "AT&T has taken aggressive action to put industry-leading safeguards in place to protect our customers from unauthorized changes from third parties. We believe this settlement is consistent with that approach," an AT&T representative said. The agreement marked the first known settlement on such cases in the U.S. The Washington Post/mocoNews.net (6/3) , Los Angeles Times/Associated Press (free registration) (6/3) - Unitech gets ready for telecom debut in India
Indian real estate firm Unitech, which won nationwide telecom licenses earlier this year, is working toward opening a dedicated unit for the new venture. Step one is personnel development: The company just hired Rohit Chandra away from regional carrier Aircel to be CEO of the business, and Ashok Sud, formerly with Tata Teleservices, will be president of corporate affairs. Unstrung (6/2) - Report: Microsoft's higher offer spurned by Yahoo! in 2007
Microsoft in early 2007 made a takeover offer of $40 a share to Yahoo!, which refused the deal, according to previously sealed papers that have been released by court order as part of a shareholder lawsuit against Yahoo! Microsoft this year offered $33 a share for Yahoo!, and backed out of negotiations after the Web portal tried to increase the terms to $37 a share, according to this article. The Hollywood Reporter (6/2)   | USTelecom Spotlight | - NXTcomm looks at IP drivers of convergence
The pervasive migration to NGN technology, particularly in IP platforms, has changed the competitive and regulatory environment and corporate focus of traditional communications companies. In "IP Drivers of Convergence: Next Key Step" on June 18 in Las Vegas, NXTcomm08 will look at the new competitors, technologies pushing convergence, partnerships, mergers, joint ventures and successes and failures to date in guessing at the right strategy. Register today!
- AT&T responds to "rights of way" ruling in Connecticut
While AT&T intends to comply with the Connecticut's Department of Public Utility Control ruling for its U-verse rollout in the state, the telecom disputes the notion that it needs retroactive consent from property owners living near installed U-verse equipment. "Some aspects of the department's ruling, however, are unclear and, based on media reports last week, are being interpreted by some in a way that could impede AT&T's ability to continue to roll out U-verse video service to consumers across Connecticut," AT&T Connecticut President Ramona Carlow said. Multichannel News (6/2)  | LightGAIN is Optelian's complete DWDM, CWDM and hybrid solution, supporting 1 to 40 wavelengths of 10Mbps to 10Gbps traffic, SNMP managed and path protected. SFP and XFP transponders, tunable optics, and in-house manufacturing provide customers with short lead times, low cost, and customized solutions to fit their exact requirements. |  |  |  | | The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS)
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- More businesses turn to unified communications
 Vendor collaboration and technology advancements have made unified communications a viable answer for enterprises. "The urge to consolidate is visible among the enterprises and more and more companies are looking to combine all the features into a single software," said Frost & Sullivan Technical Insights Research Analyst Gaurav Sundararaman. cellular-news (U.K.) (6/3) - Zayo extends reach of fiber-optic network
Zayo Group has snapped up Northwest Telephone in a move that increases the reach of its fiber-optic network to 20 states. Although terms were not disclosed, NTI will operate as part of Zayo Bandwidth. xchange (6/2) - Sprint selects Bridgewater for WiMAX work
Bridgewater Systems has been hired to handle the company's WiMAX network. Douglas Smith, Sprint Nextel's chief technical operations officer, said Bridgewater "has provided extremely reliable services to us for the CDMA network over the years. Their ability to extend the existing platform to meet our current and planned needs for WiMAX, while still also servicing our CDMA network, is extremely cost-beneficial." cellular-news (U.K.) (6/2)  | Whitepaper: Migration Strategies for Success
Given the slow adoption rate of IMS, how should carriers consider transforming their networks in order to support SIP, VoIP and multimedia services? This paper, jointly prepared with Frost & Sullivan, provides an overview of industry trends and issues impacting the evolution of wireless and wireline networks. Tekelec Whitepaper | | IP Download | | | | - Italy will receive femtocell service via Vodafone
Vodafone wants to persuade its Italian customers to buy both fixed and cell phone services, so it will introduce femtocell service this summer with a box it has dubbed the "Vodafone Station." The Huawei device transmits both Wi-Fi and 3G signals by hooking into a home's DSL connection while also providing customers the ability to sign up for immediate service simply by plugging into the DSL link. mocoNews.net (6/2) | LeadQuote | | | |  | We must always have old memories and young hopes."
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