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Alltel completes spinoff of local phone assets

Alltel on Monday is expected to announce that the spinoff of its local phone business is complete. The telecom is merging the business with Valor Communications to create a new company called Windstream, which will have about 3.4 million phone lines in 16 states. Alltel plans to focus on its wireless assets.   NYTimes.com (7/17)

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Juniper bows new edge router

Juniper Networks took the wraps off its M120 multiservice edge router, which at 120 Gbps has three times the capacity of its M40e product. Juniper will make the new router commercially available in October.   IT Week (U.K.) (7/21)

Analysis: KPN to feel pressure following Casema deal

Dutch telecom KPN is likely to feel the heat following a deal in which private equity firms bought cable rival Casema for $2.7 billion. KPN already is feuding with regulators about what it believes are unfair competition rules, and the Casema deal makes it even more likely that Kabelcom, another cable competitor, will be bought.   Financial Times (free content) (7/16)

Comcast to enlarge marketing deal with Wal-Mart

Comcast plans to expand its deal with Wal-Mart Stores in which the retailer sells digital cable and Internet service at its stores. Other cable operators are also said to be in talks with Wal-Mart.   Multichannel News (7/15)

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Interest grows in fast wireless networks

Wireless data services from large and small providers are becoming commonplace, and in the process are changing the way companies operate. With 3G and other technologies, workers are no longer tethered to fixed-line broadband connections and are able to get online wherever there's network coverage.   Chicago Tribune (7/17)

Bluetooth headsets lack cool quotient

It remains to be seen whether Bluetooth headsets made by Motorola and others will take off with young, hip consumers after being adopted with glee by the "Golf Course Guy" segment, a group that traditionally does not lead social trends.   NYTimes.com (7/16)

Discovery looks to crack mobile video market

Discovery Communications, parent of Discovery Channel, TLC and other cable networks, is gearing up to launch mobile video services in the U.S. While the market here is still developing, Discovery is betting that its experience in Asia, Europe and Latin America will help guide it to success. The company plans to start out by showing short videos, with an eye on eventually expanding to longer-form content.   The Washington Post (7/17)

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