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|  | Verizon to carry Starz movie channels
Verizon Communications has signed a deal with Starz Entertainment Group, as well as the content providers of roughly 100 television channels, as the telco prepares to enter the TV industry. Under the terms of the latest deal, Liberty Media's Starz will provide 13 movie channels to Verizon's new network. CNN/Dow Jones (4/15), The Wall Street Journal (4/15)
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 | | Paradyne announces new VoIP solution to connect traditional phone lines to new IP networks. Paradyne's POTS-enabled BLC allows carriers to converge their access networks without intermediate IP/TDM gateways, resulting in reduced operating expenses, while at the same time enabling high speed DSL and video services over the same infrastructure. www.paradyne.com |
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| | P. Diddy sees gold in mobile phone music
In an interview with BusinessWeek, Hip-hop mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs talks about why he believes there's big money in ring tones and music downloads for mobile phones. Bloomberg Businessweek (4/25)
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|  | Samsung puts music front and center: Samsung has made music a cornerstone of its growth strategy for the next few years. Later in 2005 the company expects to launch a host of handsets with advanced music features that will make them full-fledged digital music players. Bloomberg Businessweek (4/25) |
| | Music industry bullish on mobile music market: After being stung by the speedy emergence of peer-to-peer file-sharing, the music industry is aggressively targeting the emerging market for mobile phone ring tones and song downloads. Bloomberg Businessweek (4/25) |
| | Comcast's Internet service experiences technical problems
Comcast confirmed that its high-speed Internet access service has been experiencing problems this week, saying connections have been slow or nonexistent for three to five hours in the early evening. "We have been spending a lot of time upgrading our network, with new speeds and a host of new features. In the process, we encountered some intermittent issues with our DNS (domain name server) system," Comcast said in a written statement. The Denver Post (4/15), San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) (free registration) (4/15)
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| SUPERCOMM: TIA's and USTA's premiere event
Mark your calendar for SUPERCOMM June 6 to 9, 2005 -- McCormick Place, Chicago. Don't miss these USTA conferences:
-- IP Video @ SUPERCOMM, June 6: It's all about content. Leave better prepared to incorporate video into your voice, high-speed Internet and wireless offerings.
-- Telecom Engineering Conference: June 8 to 9: This two-day conference is The IP White Paper event for the telecom industry.
Visit www.usta.org for more.
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| | Sorting out the Wi-Fi shuffle
Rapid innovation of new high-tech products and services such as wireless networking can come with a big dose of confusion. Here, CNET attempts to shed light on the Wi-Fi area by explaining, among other things, how various Wi-Fi standards compare on speed and whether products can be combined based on different standards. CNET (4/14)
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| | MSOs embrace faster modem technology
Cable operators for a few years now have pondered a new technology option called channel bonding or wideband to beef up their cable modem services. Now that technology is gaining priority at CableLabs and other MSOs. CED Magazine (4/2005)
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 | | Pannaway designs and develops converged broadband voice, video and data IP solutions, enabling telecommunications service providers worldwide to optimize the existing "pipeline to the premise" for a profitable Triple Play delivery. The Pannaway solution for IP-based service delivery: Service Convergence Network (SCNTM) |
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| | VeriSign targets financial companies with new VoIP service
VeriSign is testing a new VoIP service targeting financial services companies. The PBX IP Connect service lets users, among other things, join different VoIP and data networks in one infrastructure. TechWeb Network/Networking Pipeline (4/12)
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| | VoIP challenges regulators
VoIP, which straddles phone and data services, is creating a whole new set of challenges for regulators. Issues to ponder include whether VoIP providers should be required to offer 911 service and whether to force them to subsidize rural phone services. So far, new FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has not indicated he will change the hands-off approach to VoIP embraced by his predecessor, Michael Powell. Denver Rocky Mountain News/Associated Press (4/14)
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| | VoIP facilitates recording phone calls
Recording phone calls is expected to become easier and more common as VoIP services expand, Forbes reports.
Archiving phone conversations may be especially attractive for corporations, the magazine writes. Forbes (4/12)
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| | Vonage in marketing deal to sell VoIP to college students
Campus TeleVideo, a reseller of phone services, has agreed to sell Vonage's VoIP service at more than 120
U.S. colleges and universities. CED Magazine (4/2005)
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| | California PUC backs off VoIP appeal
The California state Public Utilities Commission last week voted to drop its appeal of an FCC ruling classifying VoIP as an interstate information service. "That's a loser issue," said commission President Michael R. Peevey. "VOIP is obviously an interstate service. Technology is constantly changing, and we can put our resources to better use." Los Angeles Times (4/15)
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| | Florida Senate OKs municipal telecom networks
The Florida State Senate has adopted a compromise bill that would let municipalities build advanced telecom networks if they satisfy certain requirements. Under the plan, municipalities must provide notice of their network requirements to private operators and seek to have the requirements satisfied by those operators. Telephony Online (4/14)
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