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|  | BenQ gets control of Siemens' mobile phone unit
Siemens said it is ceding control of its mobile
phone business to Taiwanese handset maker BenQ. Under the deal, BenQ will be allowed to use Siemens
name for five years, an arrangement that should boost BenQ's profile. The Washington Post/Reuters (6/7), The Wall Street Journal (6/7)
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| | Qwest eyes XO, source says
Qwest Communications has begun due diligence with XO Communications, a
report by NetworkWorld says. Neither company commented on the report. Network World (6/6), The Denver Post (6/7)
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| | Adelphia, ML Media sell cable venture in Puerto Rico
Adelphia Communications and ML Media Partners LP have agreed to sell their joint venture in Puerto Rico for $520 million. The Puerto Rico cable properties were not part of a previously announced agreement by bankrupt Adelphia to sell its assets to Comcast and Time Warner for about $17.6 billion. The Wall Street Journal (6/7)
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| | Analysis: AOL's content strategy
America Online CEO Jonathan Miller is blunt when discussing the ISP's new content plan, saying, "There's no return to the walled garden whatsoever." But can a retooled AOL compete with rival free portals Yahoo! and MSN while still retaining subscription revenue from broadband and dial-up customers? Bloomberg Businessweek (6/7)
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|  | TV, WiMAX get buzz at SUPERCOMM: Phone companies' plans to roll out TV CNET (6/6) |
| | VoIP has a long way to go: Time Warner Telecom VoIP executive Earl Turner said the hurdles to building Light Reading (6/6), InternetNews.com (6/6) |
| | BellSouth to offer WiMAX: BellSouth said it plans to offer a WiMAX service in Athens, Ga., and some cities in Florida in the coming months. CNET/Reuters (6/7) |
| | Spirent rolls out IPTV quality test strategy: Test vendor Spirent Communications yesterday unveiled a new IPTV test Light Reading (6/6) |
| | China ripe for IPTV: Vendors speaking at the ChinaTel Forum at Telephony Online (6/6) |
| | Verizon, SBC urge changes to TV franchise rules: Verizon Communications and SBC Communications said current TV franchise Yahoo!/Reuters (6/6) |
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| SUPERCOMM® Exhibits Open Today in Chicago
There's still time to register onsite for SUPERCOMM®'s exhibit floor, an evolving map of our changing industry, with technologies representing every aspect of the connectivity marketplace: Broadband, Enterprise Networks, Converged Wireless, IP, and the entire Global Infrastructure. Exhibits are open Tuesday, June 7, 9-5; Wed, June 8, 9-5; and Thursday, June 9, 9-3.
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| | Seattle claims "unwired" top spot
The Seattle metropolitan area has more Wi-Fi areas than any other city
in the U.S., according to a national study that listed McAllen, Texas,
and Scranton, Pa., at the bottom of its rankings. The study, sponsored by Intel, found 24.7 Wi-Fi hotspots per 100,000 people in Seattle, many of which exist in hotels, bookstores and coffee shops, particularly Starbucks. SeattlePI.com (6/7)
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Pannaway Technologies, Inc. has architected its Service Convergence Network (SCNTM) solution to meet and exceed telco requirements for delivering a primary line VoIP service with full E 911 support. To learn more, visit: www.pannaway.com/whitepapers
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| | | Control the bandwidth and QoS of your Broadband IP services with the Redback SmartEdge® Service Gateway platform. With its high density Ethernet aggregation and carrier class reliability, the SmartEdge Service Gateway can scale for future demands of high definition television, personal video, IP telephony, next-generation gaming, video calls, video email, and other applications. www.redback.com
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| | | Broadband Service Providers --
The game is on. Is your network equipped to win? Ensure your subscribers' quality of experience (QoE) with Sandvine Intelligent broadband networks. Visit Sandvine at SUPERCOMM: Booth #29059 or join us at Exploration Theatre.
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| | | To compete, telcos need to Go Beyond the standard offering. The price of parity is set: 150 digital channels, DVR/VOD and bundled offerings of HSD and phone. Parity doesn't win market share. To win market share, telcos need to Go Beyond. Telcos need to distinguish the service through next-generation applications. Telcos need to think about what television can become - not where it is. Telcos need to Go Beyond. Read more...
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| | | Win new subscribers and convert analog voice systems into state-of-the-art converged voice-and-data systems for 12 to 32 calls with Patton's SmartNodeTM VoIP FXS IpChannelBank. Patton is giving away FREE VoIP Routers (click to register). Meet Patton at SUPERCOMM, booth 13049.
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| | FCC makes E911 order official
The FCC officially released its E911 order for VoIP providers. Companies have 120 days to comply. Telephony Online (6/6)
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