September 9, 2008 - AT&T expands DVR whole-house service

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September 9, 2008 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders       News of the Day  AT&T expands DVR whole-house service Subscribers of AT&T's U-verse video service will be able to use the providers' DVR service with as many as eight TVs under a new policy designed to compete with rivals. AT&T, which already offers multiroom, or whole-house, service in the San Francisco area, said it would expand that policy to the rest of the country by year-end. The Wall Street Journal (free content) (9/9) Support for device management in mobile handsets Mobile device management technologies offer mobile service providers increased control over their device fleet. The report details Ovum's predictions for future market developments and provides exclusive current market data -- click here for more information.   Business & Industry Watch    Digital TV continues global push Half the homes in the world will have digital television by 2013, according to an Informa Telecoms and Media forecast. At the end of this year, 343 million homes will have DTV, Informa said. The Hollywood Reporter (9/8) Report: Juniper looking to make a buy Juniper Networks reportedly may move to increase its reach in the enterprise-networks market by purchasing either Aruba Networks or Meru Networks, both of which have a wireless LAN offering. No company involved in the report provided comment on either of the possible deals. Network World (9/8) Motorola's newest RIM shot: stealing employees With patent litigation already pending against Research in Motion, Motorola has sued the BlackBerry maker for allegedly violating a nonsolicitation pact signed after Motorola said it would split its handset division into a new company. The suit, which seeks a token $50,000 in damages, alleges that RIM has targeted 40 of Motorola's employees since the start of the year. Chicago Tribune/Bloomberg (free registration) (9/9) Other News Panel backs Vodafone in dispute with Indian partner Financial Times (9/8) Bharti Airtel grows at a stunning pace by keeping its focus on the customer. IBM helped Bharti Airtel - India's fastest-growing telecom company - discover ways to launch new products in days instead of weeks. Find out more by reading this IBM case study. USTelecom Spotlight USTelecom Webinar: The Carrier Ethernet Opportunity Tomorrow, Sept. 10, 1 p.m. Eastern time Register today. Carriers and broadband-service providers alike are increasingly extending local-network services to their customers by deploying carrier Ethernet in their networks and opening the door for wholesale services such as wireless-backhaul and video-transport services. Register now for this free webinar and hear an overview of today's carrier Ethernet technologies, the state of the carrier Ethernet marketplace and opportunities for service providers. Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  NextGenWeb  |  Webinars   Video Upload    BigBand strikes up new SDV-delivery system BigBand Networks will introduce a new switched-digital-video delivery system today that is centered on Internet-protocol technology, according to this article. The new system, dubbed BigBand Media Services Platform MSP2000, is designed to deliver interactive services such as IPTV, addressable advertising and higher-quality video to existing clients, such as Verizon Communications and Cablevision Systems. xchange (9/9) , Broadcasting & Cable (9/9) Networks roll online video for content, marketing The five broadcast TV networks have "matured" in their approach to online video, taking advantage of the platform to air their shows and to market them, according to this article. "Video online has become a really important part of what we do -- and what consumers want," said Michael Benson, executive vice president of ABC Entertainment. "But it has also become an incredibly important part of our marketing program." Mediaweek (9/8) 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  ParaScale will test software for "cloud" storage A startup launched its second beta trial Monday for software that the company says gives businesses the tools to store data on internal "cloud" networks and allows vendors to compete with Amazon's S3 cloud-storage service. ParaScale, of Cupertino, Calif., said it hoped to attract businesses that preferred to store information on private Intranet clouds rather than online as a typical cloud works. Network World (9/8) Report: Femtocells may drive WiMAX in cities An increasing number of WiMAX service providers are interested in using femtocells to help them build out their broadband networks in urban areas and save on backhaul costs, but hardware companies are taking a more cautious attitude toward the home-base-station technology, according to a new study. Unstrung (9/8) O3b Networks wants to beam broadband to rural areas O3b Networks, which is being backed by Google, Liberty Global and HSBC Holdings, is undertaking a project to bring broadband services to remote and rural countries via a satellite network. "This is about opening the Internet up to the other three billion people," O3b Networks founder Greg Wyler said. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (9/9) , Bloomberg (9/9)   IP Download  NTT to upgrade global IP Net NTT America will install Juniper Network's T1600 core multi-terabit routers to expand capacity on its IP network saying that customer demand for such services as IPTV fueled the need for the backhaul upgrade. NTT's network, one of the world's largest, serves the U.S., Europe, Oceania, Japan and Asia. TMCnet.com (9/9) Nokia: We will buy more Web-based services Nokia will pursue Internet-content companies to escalate the launch of new services, according to a top company executive who will introduce The Files on Ovi service today, a file-storage application based on Nokia's purchase of Avvenu last year. 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