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|  | Alcatel's COO to resign
Alcatel said COO and president Philippe Germond will resign April 19. The announcement comes one week after the equipment maker proposed to split the CEO and chairman roles. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones (4/8)
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 | | Paradyne announces new VoIP solution to connect traditional phone lines to new IP networks. Paradyne's POTS-enabled BLC allows carriers to converge their access networks without intermediate IP/TDM gateways, resulting in reduced operating expenses, while at the same time enabling high speed DSL and video services over the same infrastructure. www.paradyne.com |
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| | Adelphia creditors agree to Time Warner, Comcast bid
Time Warner and Comcast have reached an agreement with the creditors of Adelphia Communications to buy the assets of the bankrupt cable carrier for $17.6 billion. Representatives of the two cable giants and Adelphia met yesterday with a bankruptcy court judge to discuss the asset transfer. NYTimes.com (4/8), Los Angeles Times (4/8), The Wall Street Journal (4/8)
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| | Rural phone carriers team up to offer video
Rural phone companies, legendary for their independence, increasingly are teaming up with others to be able to offer video, Telecommunications magazine reports. For instance, the Heart of Iowa Communications Cooperative is able to provide more than 100 video channels to its rural customers as a member of the Iowa Network Services group. Telecommunications (4/1)
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| | Report: Network, telecom gear market up 13% in '04
The global networking and telecom equipment market grew 13% in 2004 over 2003, according to a report by Synergy Research Group. Sales of IP-based equipment drove growth, the report said. TechWeb Network (4/8)
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| | Cablevision tells feds it will close Voom
Cablevision Systems told federal regulators it plans to close satellite-TV unit Voom by April 30. Voom has been at the center of a dispute between Cablevision chairman and founder Charles Dolan, who wants to keep the service, and his son, Cablevision president James Dolan, who wants to end it. Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) (4/7), Reuters (4/8), The Wall Street Journal (4/8)
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| | Group formed to promote FTTH in Asia
A group of top-tier telecom, networking, infrastructure and communications companies have formed a group to promote FTTH in Asia, a region where the FTTH market is expected to boom in coming years. The group, called the Fiber-to-the-Home Council Asia-Pacific, is affiliated with the FTTH Council organization, which promotes the technology in North America and Europe. InternetNews.com (4/7)
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This comprehensive reference for softswitch applications, protocols and platforms offers an inside look at the available VoIP software. Frank Ohrtman investigates the technology, the marketplace and the players so you can anticipate how softswitches will affect your systems, services and vendors. To order, click here or visit www.telecom-bookstore.com.
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| | Broadband over power line: big opportunities, hurdles
BPL, the technology that allows high-speed Internet services via the electric power outlet, is starting to gain serious interest among consumers and potential providers. While some see this as a big opportunity for electric utilities to snatch Internet provider business from cable, telcos and other companies, CED magazine notes that the hurdles to widespread deployment remain high. CED Magazine (4/2005)
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| | Pornography goes wireless
Wired magazine talks to Clinton Fayling, president of Brickhouse Media, a company that is trying to bring pornography to mobile phones. Fayling discusses Brickhouse's recent deal with adult film production house Wicked Pictures and the prospects for the wireless pornography business. The mobile adult-content business could be worth $2.1 billion by 2009, predicts Juniper Research. Wired (4/2005)
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| | Convenience seen as crucial to VoIP's future
Convenience is the most important factor in getting customers to embrace VoIP, experts say. The technology behind the growing communications tool makes little difference unless consumers perceives the end result as pleasing to use, said panelists at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's show in San Francisco this week. InformationWeek (4/7)
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| | Interactive Intelligence unveils new VoIP server
Interactive Intelligence said it is releasing a new version of its session initiation protocol proxy server, to be used for VoIP. The Interaction SIP Proxy 3.0 server allows for greater VoIP security and more VoIP devices, the company said. TechWeb Network (4/7)
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| | Siemens, Integra5 team up to bolster cable VoIP
Siemens and Integra5 Communications have joined forces to make available on-screen caller ID and voice mail services for cable companies offering VoIP; Siemens already provides VoIP services to cable giant Cablevision Systems. Telephony Online (4/5)
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| | Philly announces Wi-Fi plan
Philadelphia yesterday unveiled its plan to offer Wi-Fi services to its residents. Under the plan, the city would build the network and then sell wholesale access to private ISPs, which would handle everything from billing to deploying routers. CNET (4/8), Philly.com (Philadelphia)/Associated Press (4/7)
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| | U.S. broadband adoption falling behind
U.S. broadband usage may be increasing, but penetration falls way short of that in nations like South Korea, Japan and Canada, BusinessWeek reports. Bloomberg Businessweek (4/6)
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