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1. AT&T CEO: Consumers are spending but businesses are not
USTelecom dailyLead® | May 15, 2012
The economy is sending mixed signals, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said, making it tougher than usual to figure out which direction it is heading -- a puzzling situation in which consumers are eager to spend on telecom but businesses remains wary. "Hiring and putting people on payroll -- that's when our business catches leverage and starts to take off. We're still not seeing that," he said in an interview with Bloomberg last week. Bloomberg Businessweek (05/14)
2. U-verse signs new Univision nets, suspends Xbox hookup
USTelecom dailyLead® | May 14, 2012
AT&T's U-verse video service will carry Univision's three new Spanish-language services covering novelas, sports and news under a deal that will allow AT&T customers a chance to watch them on streaming services across the carrier's wireless and online platforms as well. Also at U-verse TV, AT&T has suspended its service under which subscribers can convert an Xbox 360 into an IPTV set-top box. In a note on its website, AT&T said the move is designed "to improve and enhance this functionality." Multichannel News (05/13) Multichannel News (05/11)
3. Verizon to expand 100-Gbps metro service with Ciena gear
USTelecom dailyLead® | May 11, 2012
With plans to expand its 100-gigabits-per-second deployments in metro networks around the globe in 2013, Verizon Communications will employ Ciena's 5430 Reconfigurable Switching System for easier network management. The wider worldwide rollout will include Europe, the company said, without elaborating on specific markets. Light Reading (05/11)
4. Feds to defend broadband policies before Congress
USTelecom dailyLead® | May 16, 2012
A pair of federal agencies will defend their roles in expanding broadband service when their officials testify before a pair of congressional committees today. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will focus almost entirely on broadband during a Senate Commerce Committee oversight hearing on the FCC. Officials from The National Telecommunications & Information Administration will explain how its broadband loan and grant program has created jobs and boosted broadband's role in everyday life in testimony before a House Communications subcommittee. Broadcasting & Cable (05/15) Multichannel News (05/14) Telecompetitor.com (05/15)
5. Burlington struggles to keep muni-owned telecom afloat
USTelecom dailyLead® | May 14, 2012
Attorneys for Burlington, Vt., have found a way to keep the city-owned video and voice provider going even though Burlington Telecom teeters on the edge of bankruptcy after admissions of mismanagement on the part of municipal officials. City Council leaders blamed the prior mayoral administration for keeping the service's financial woes secret. BT has nearly defaulted on its $33 million lease-purchase deal with Citibank. Burlington Free Press (Vt.), The (05/13)
6. AT&T picked as a prime vendor for $3B DHS program
USTelecom dailyLead® | May 16, 2012
AT&T will serve as a prime vendor under the Tactical Communications Equipment and Services contract administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, competing with other vendors to provide products and services used by emergency responders to the federal government. The two-year contract, valued at up to $3 billion, may be renewed on an annual basis for three more years. Telecom Lead (India) (05/15) CNBC (05/15)
7. Verizon cites privacy issues in fighting publisher's subpoena
USTelecom dailyLead® | May 14, 2012
Verizon is contesting a subpoena by John Wiley & Sons, saying the publisher's request for the identities of 10 Internet service customers should be denied under constitutional protections. U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest is scheduled to hear oral arguments on a conference call today. PCWorld (05/13)
8. FiOS reaches record high on satisfaction survey
USTelecom dailyLead® | May 15, 2012
Verizon Communications' FiOS TV service scored an all-time high mark for pay-TV providers on the American Customer Satisfaction Index's annual survey in which the telecom scored a 74 -- on a 100-point index -- a slight increase from a year ago. As a whole, pay-TV companies averaged a 66 for the third year running. AT&T's U-verse also scored an above-average grade to finish in third place ahead of all of the cable companies. Multichannel News (05/15)
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USTelecom dailyLead® | May 14, 2012
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10. SureWest buyer selling notes to fund purchase
USTelecom dailyLead® | May 15, 2012
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