News of the Day

• Vonage gets temporary reprieve
  Vonage Holdings will be allowed to continue to seek out new customers, at least until its appeal can be heard, an appeals court ruled. "This is no surprise. It is the next procedural step," a Verizon Communications spokesman said, noting the stay expires Friday. PC Magazine/Reuters (4/9)

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Business & Industry Watch

• SK Telecom sees positive future for Helio
  SK Telecom expects its Helio venture to net between 200,000 and 250,000 subscribers in 2007 and at least $140 million in sales. SK has also announced that it expects free cash flow to turn positive for its U.S. operations by 2009. Forbes/AFX News Limited (4/9)

• BT unveils broadband price cuts
  BT Group will release details regarding its final reductions for wholesale broadband prices aimed at helping broadband providers better compete in the high-speed Internet market. The company also announced plans to roll out higher broadband speeds next year, offering speeds of up to 24 megabits per second. Financial Times (free content) (4/9)

• NextWave snaps up IPWireless
  NextWave Wireless is putting up $100 million in cash and stock to acquire IPWireless, a TD-CDMA vendor. NextWave plans to leverage IPWireless' portfolio to meet the demand for mobile broadband. cellular-news (U.K.) (4/9)

• Cable & Wireless racks up Virgin Media broadband deal
  Virgin Media will extend its broadband reach to areas it doesn't currently serve with its cable infrastructure thanks to a pending deal with Cable & Wireless. Cable & Wireless will supply Virgin Media with a broadband service that will allow Virgin to sell to millions of U.K. customers. Forbes/AFX News Limited/Thomson Financial (4/8)

• Will Frontline emerge the winner for digital spectrum?
  Frontline Wireless, which is among the companies vying to gain control of spectrum that will become available after TV's transition to digital, claims its plan offers more flexibility, including better access to public-safety agencies, than rival bids from mobile carriers and cable and satellite companies. Frontline's proposal now counts among its backers Silicon Valley venture capitalists L. John Doerr and James L. Barksdale. The New York Times (4/8)

• Other News

• Sprint to focus on future, will not appeal GSA contract
  American City Business Journals/Kansas City (4/9)

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Hot Topics

Top five news stories selected by USTelecom dailyLead readers in the past week.

• Vonage barred from adding new customers (USA TODAY)

• AT&T offers free HD programming (Telephony Online)

• Level 3 buys select AT&T assets (National Post (Canada))

• FCC adopts new pretexting rules (CNET)

• Verizon supports DSL customers with new PC service (Telephony Online)

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Technology Trends

• Akimbo takes VOD service to PCs
  While some companies are working on sending Internet-based videos from PCs to TVs, Akimbo is traveling in a different direction. Currently, Akimbo sends video to TVs through its set-top boxes, but later this month it will launch a PC version of its TV and movies on-demand service for Windows XP and Windows Vista users. Video Business Online (free registration) (4/9)

• WiMAX broadband technology a boost for music industry
  WiMAX will become an important distribution channel for the music industry. The benefits include a cheaper cost to transmit data over a WiMAX connection versus a traditional cell network and the ability to transfer content faster in bigger packets. The Washington Post/Reuters (4/8)

• Analysis: Cisco, Microsoft becoming competitors
  Recent buys have moved Cisco Systems closer to becoming a direct Microsoft competitor in the unified communications services market, analysts say. Despite the increased competition in this sector, the two companies continue to work together in other areas, Cisco's chief development officer said. MSNBC/FT.com (4/8)

• Review: Enterprises yet to embrace open-source VoIP
  While the SMB market is gravitating toward open-source VoIP, large enterprises have shied away from the technology for fear of creating issues with their phone systems, according to one writer, who notes that Digium's Asterisk is designed to tie analog phones to a central switch. Scalability remains an issue, he said. TechNewsWorld/InfoWorld (4/8)

Regulatory & Legislative

• Telecoms say new FCC privacy rules are bad for consumers
  Consumer privacy rules, especially the opt-in clause, adopted by the FCC last week are expected to weigh on telecom providers, especially smaller companies, and hurt competition, according to the telecom industry. "This is an extremely anti-consumer outcome," said Walter B. McCormick Jr., USTelecom president and chief executive officer. The Washington Post (4/7)

• Martin takes an open approach
  With media-ownership rules under review once again, FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin has tried to take an open approach by holding more public hearings and taking a measured approach to the hot-button topic. Los Angeles Times (4/8)

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