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May 9, 2007 Sign up Forward Archive Advertise Read more at dailyLead.com News for telecom industry leaders       News of the Day    Alltel pursued by private-equity suitors Providence Equity Partners and The Blackstone Group are reportedly partnered in a bid to acquire rural wireless company Alltel Corp. Other bidders paired up for the firm include TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs as well as Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. The company could fetch $30 billion. The Washington Post/Reuters (5/9) , The Wall Street Journal (5/9) Maximum DHCP reliability is business-critical. To ensure immediate subscriber activation, broadband operators need carrier-grade DHCP systems with 5-nines uptime. Incognito Software's DHCP system is designed to provide the highest availability and efficiencies for revenue assurance. Download a DHCP white paper.   Business & Industry Watch    Verizon sets sights on federal contracts Verizon Communications has announced its hopes to win several federal telecommunications service contracts worth billions of dollars. If awarded the contracts, Verizon would be responsible for overhauling the U.S. government's telecommunications services. Reuters (5/8) Telnor acquires Denmark-based Tele2 operations Swedish telecom company Tele2 has announced the sale of its Denmark operations to Norway's Telnor for a reported $151.4 million. The sale, which is expected to conclude by June, will bring fixed, broadband and mobile businesses to Telnor. Reuters (5/9) Soaring Asian telecom prices bad timing for expansion High prices are prompting China Mobile Communications Corp. to stand still on acquisitions for the time being, The Wall Street Journal reported. The company has no timeline for resuming buying; but when it does, the "priority is for neighboring countries," said China Mobile's CEO. Forbes/AFX News Limited (5/8)   Online Roundtable: The Shifting Sands of the Communications Industry. How do companies gain customers in today's dynamic telecom marketplace? How can carriers and equipment providers work together to win business? Get answers in this live online roundtable with Motorola and Savvion. Wednesday May 23, 2007 1:00 PM Eastern. Register now.   ADVERTISEMENT USTelecom Spotlight NXTcomm All-Star keynotes set stage for can't-miss show NXTcomm 2007 -- the global forum where the business and technology of communications, information and entertainment meet -- presents a lineup of luminaries delivering must-see keynote addresses. Visionary speakers include AT&T Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre, Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers, GE Vice Chairman and Executive Officer and NBC Universal Chairman Bob Wright and Verizon Communications Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg. Register today! Learn more about USTelecom -> NXTcomm  |  News  |  Join USTelecom  |  NextGenWeb  |  Webinars   Technology Trends    BlackBerry links with other phone systems expanded Links between BlackBerry handsets and enterprise phone systems are being tightened as Research in Motion launches software to ease connections. The BlackBerry Mobile Voice System expands on software from Ascendent Systems, allowing any cell phone to act as an office phone. Computerworld/IDG News Service (5/8)   IP Download    BT expresses interest in EU WiMAX spectrums BT Group has requested WiMAX information and plans to bid for U.K. spectrum use sometime this year. Industry analysts expect BT to continue its pursuit of WiMAX spectrums in other European markets as they continue to become available. Light Reading Mobile (5/8) HughesNet, WildBlue add satellites to serve remote locales As many as 10% of U.S. households are in remote areas where satellite is the source for receiving broadband Internet. HughesNet and its main competitor, WildBlue Communications, have a lock on the market and are more than doubling their capacity this year with two new satellites. The Washington Post/Associated Press (5/8) The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS) Volt Telecom Group is the premier, full-service provider of turnkey solutions to the wireless, telecommunications and cable industries. We design, engineer, construct, install and maintain all voice, data and video infrastructures for government and private sectors. For more information, visit our Website at www.volt-telecom.com. Interested in learning more about advertising in the USTelecom dailyLead? 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