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March 1, 2007 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at SmartBrief.com News for telecom industry leaders       News of the Day    Verizon makes a bold move with FiOS Verizon Communications has enlisted an army of workers to upgrade its copper phone lines with super-fast optical fiber that will run directly to consumers' homes and offer data-delivery speeds of 100 Mbps or more. Verizon expects FiOS to reach 18 million homes by 2010. USA TODAY (3/1) Ethernet Solutions for all your Access Needs -- Looking to converge multiple services over a single transport network? Need to deploy services to out-of-footprint customers? Trying to optimize cellular backhaul traffic? RAD has an Ethernet Access solution for you.   Business & Industry Watch  Deutsche Telekom eyes acquisitions Deutsche Telekom wants to expand its reach in the wireless and broadband sectors by growing organically, snapping up new assets and shedding some others, including eight of its smaller units. DT also is looking for a strategic partner for its T-Systems unit. Financial Times (free content) (3/1) , cellular-news (U.K.)/Dow Jones Newswires (3/1) T-Mobile USA boosts postpaid base: T-Mobile USA ended the fourth quarter with more than 25 million customers, 85% of which are postpaid subscribers, thanks in large part to two-year service agreements, according to the carrier. T-Mobile customers sent nearly 13 billion SMS and MMS messages during the quarter. cellular-news (U.K.) (3/1) Icahn files to buy Motorola shares Motorola shares were bumped higher after news that financier Carl Icahn plans to buy as much as $500 million in Motorola shares. Earlier this year, Icahn said Motorola could increase shareholder value by instituting a share-buyback plan. Bloomberg (3/1) , CNNMoney.com (2/28) Siemens taps Verizon Business Verizon Business has signed on to deliver global-networking services to Siemens. Siemens plans to make use of the Verizon Private IP to support its corporate network. DigitalMediaAsia.com (3/1) AT&T sets Lightspeed target at 8 million homes AT&T expects its Lightspeed broadband network to reach 8 million homes by the end of 2007. AT&T expects the network's reach to total 19 million home by year-end 2008. USA TODAY (3/1) XO ready to compete in VPN space While XO Communications is not the first company to offer network-based Layer 3 MPLS IP VPN service for enterprises, the company believes the timing of its market introduction is on target. The company is offering the flat-rate service in 75 metropolitan markets. Network World (2/28) MTV Networks overhauls ad-sales division MTV Networks announced a major revision to its ad-sales division by splitting its network units into three demo-specific sales clusters. Instead of selling to targeted demographics, MTV Networks will focus on measured behaviors and psychographics in its ad sales. Mediaweek (3/1) Dual-mode phones to alter telecoms' VoIP approach BusinessWeek writes that the availability of dual-mode handsets will help fuel the wireless VoIP market, which will infuse more competition for voice services. Wireless VoIP is expected to reach $82 billion by 2012, according to Juniper Research. BusinessWeek (2/28)   Exhibiting at NXTcomm 2007? NXTcomm attendees are also USTelecom dailyLead subscribers. Drive readers to your booth by taking advantage of pre-show advertising opportunities. Click here or contact Eric Hoffman at 773.549.3868 or ehoffman@smartbrief.com.   ADVERTISEMENT   Technology Trends  Verizon launches V CAST Mobile TV Verizon Wireless introduced its MediaFLO-powered live mobile-TV service Thursday in 20 select markets. The V Cast Mobile TV includes simulcast, time-shifted and rerun programming. Wireless Week (3/1) World's digital divide tackled at UN-Silicon Valley meeting United Nations officials, technology executives and venture capitalists met in Silicon Valley Wednesday to discuss how to best narrow the growing gap around the world between Internet haves and have-nots. Participants at the meeting -- organized by the UN's Global Alliance for Information and Communications Technology and Intel Corp. -- discussed, for instance, the building of computer centers in poor countries and how Africa can get inexpensive broadband Internet services. San Diego Union-Tribune/Associated Press (2/28) Ads undergo transformation as they head overseas A growing number of ad campaigns are undergoing some fine-tuning as they prepare to hit overseas markets. America's popular Mac vs. PC commercials were reworked for their Japanese debut, with a more reserved approach to the differences between the two operating systems. 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