July 22, 2008 - AT&T debuts new broadband-packaging plans

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July 22, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders       News of the Day    AT&T debuts new broadband-packaging plans AT&T, which has 14.6 million Internet users, plans to begin offering customers broadband plans that offer minimum and maximum broadband speeds, rather than "up to" transmission speeds. "When we provide broadband services based on speed, we will do so in discrete tiers that are disclosed to our end-user customers," said AT&T Senior Vice President Robert Quinn during a digital-broadband hearing held in Pittsburgh. Reuters (7/22) FCC holds hearing on the digital future: FCC members held a hearing, "Broadband and the Digital Future," in Pittsburgh on Monday, hoping to raise the discussion about the future use and control of broadband applications on the Internet. American City Business Journals/Pittsburgh (7/21) , Broadcasting & Cable (7/21) FREE CASE STUDY: Operator increases new customer sales by 5% with an automated re-marketing solution. Free download of results, compliments of TARGUSinfo.   Business & Industry Watch  China Telecom sees broadband bump China Telecom attracted 4.3 million new broadband customer for the first six months of this year, bringing its DSL customer base to 39.95 million. Broken down by monthly additions, the operator, on average, is bringing 710,000 DSL subscribers on board each month. Light Reading (7/21) Verizon discounts more online bundle orders Verizon Communications is extending its monthly discount offer to those who order services online to customer who bundle voice, data and video, rather than limiting it to FiOS customers. xchange (7/22) Vodafone expects to experience economic pinch Vodafone cited the economy and delayed consumer purchases as reasoning to trim its revenue forecast. "The economic slowdown is starting to happen, and when Europe slows down, that's going to cause their overall top line to slow," said Andrew Lynch, a money manager at Schroders Investment Management. ClipSyndicate/Bloomberg (7/22) , Bloomberg (7/22) , Reuters (7/22) Viacom's fountain of youth Sumner Redstone, the chairman of Viacom and CBS, recently turned 85, which means he probably has only about 20 more years as an active executive. "People make a mistake when they judge people by their chronological age," Redstone said in this interview. "They should judge them by the way they look, by the way they act, by their achievements, by the way they travel all over the world. That's me." MSNBC/CNBC (7/21) Other News Verizon Wireless nears 69 million subscribers CNNMoney.com/Associated Press (7/22) USTelecom Spotlight Navigating Disruptive Change at High-Speed? Join your peers at the USTelecom Executive Business Forum, Oct. 1 to 3, for dynamic sessions, networking opportunities and technical insights to help your company ride the next wave of the broadband future. Hear perspectives from across the industry landscape on new business models, IPTV, disruptive apps, broadband wireless and more. Leave with fresh ideas and insights to grow customers and increase revenue. View the agenda. Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  NextGenWeb  |  Webinars   Video Upload    TiVo hooks up with Amazon for remote-control shopping TiVo and Amazon.com may be getting one step closer to the marketing dream of using a TV remote control to order products being advertised or promoted on a talk show or commercial, The New York Times reports. TiVo today will unveil a "product purchase" option that will link to products being pitched by guests on a handful of popular talk shows. The New York Times (7/22) Home 3-D standards looking to come into focus The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers says it believes a standard is essential to propel the 3-D home-entertainment industry. "If the studios have to make different (types of) discs for these home entertainment systems, it's not going to happen. And consumers, I think, will not want to read the box to see what will work on their sets," said SMPTE Engineering Vice President Wendy Aylsworth. The Hollywood Reporter (7/21) 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.   Technology Trends  Report: BT turns to Tellabs BT is looking to further its new "21st Century Network-enabled Ethernet service" initiative by reportedly relying on Tellabs for an Ethernet backhaul solution. Neither BT nor Tellabs would comment on the report. Unstrung (7/21) Other News Solar-powered radio tower may extend telecoms' reach The Wall Street Journal (7/22)   IP Download  Brocade forges $2 billion pact to buy Foundry Networks Brocade Communications Systems is looking to extend its networks business by purchasing Ethernet networking company Foundry Networks for $2 billion. The deal, which is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter, will likely put pressure on Brocade rival Cisco Systems. San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) 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