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|  | MCI takes revised Verizon offer
After considering a raised offer from Qwest Communications, MCI reportedly has accepted a revised bid from Verizon Communications that values MCI at about $7.6 billion. MCI said Verizon's good financial health was a major factor in choosing its offer over Qwest's. TheStreet.com (3/29), Bloomberg (3/29), CNET (3/29), The Wall Street Journal (3/29)
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| | Cablevision may join investment firms in bid for Adelphia
Cablevision Systems may join in the bidding for bankrupt Adelphia Communications, teaming with private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Providence Equity Partners. That would pit Cablevision against an alliance of Time Warner and Comcast in the fight to take control of Adelphia. NYTimes.com (3/29)
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| | Kuwaiti telco enters fast-growing African market with buy
Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications said it is buying Celtel International, an Amsterdam-based telco that operates in Africa, for $3.4 billion in cash. The combined company will serve about 8 million subscribers in the Middle East and Africa. Los Angeles Times/Associated Press (3/29)
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| | Alltel launches EV-DO in three new markets
Alltel said it has launched EV-DO wireless service in Tampa, Fla., Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. The service will offer subscribers average speeds Internet speeds of 300 to 500 kbs. Telephony Online (3/28)
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| | Comcast looks to telephony, VOD to power growth
Comcast Corp. is facing increasing pressure to grow, according to Steve Burke, the company's COO and president of its cable business. So the Philadelphia-based cable carrier is looking at wireless telephone service and video phones, and is planning to offer at least 10,000 hours of movies, sports and entertainment programming through VOD services. The Denver Post (3/29), Denver Rocky Mountain News (3/29)
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| | VeriSign likely to maintain .net domain control
VeriSign, which operates the .com and .net Internet domains, has effectively prevailed in a competitive bidding process to control .net, the fourth largest Internet domain and a ubiquitous part of Web culture. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which oversees Internet address designations, announced it would begin negotiating a new contract with VeriSign, and will look to runner-up NeuStar to operate the .net domain only if a deal cannot be reached with VeriSign. The Washington Post (3/29)
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| | New chip merges electronics, fiber optics
California startup Luxtera says it has developed a chip that combines the functions of electronic computing and fiber-optic networking. The chip expected to have a significant effect on both the computing and communications industries by paring costs for computer networks while at the same time making FTTH more commercially viable. NYTimes.com (3/28), Light Reading (3/28)
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| | Public comments as regulators consider lifting cell phone ban
Travelers across the country are commenting about the in-flight ban on cell phones, the Sacramento Bee reports. The FCC is considering lifting the ban and is seeking comments from the public, and it has already received 1,200 comments from individuals. The FAA is also studying the issue. The Sacramento Bee (Calif.) (free registration) (3/28)
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| | | Parks Associates & CEA announce the preliminary agenda for CONNECTIONS: The Digital Home Conference and Showcase, to be held May 11-12, 2005 at the Hyatt San Francisco in Burlingame, CA. Keynote speakers from Intel, Motorola and Cisco. Learn more about developments in "digital living" - view the agenda and download Parks Associates' research from www.connectionsconference.com
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