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|  | Ethernet services market poised for boom, report says
The global Ethernet services market hit $2.5 billion last year and is expected to jump to $22.2 billion by 2009, a report by Infonetics Research predicts. The growth will be driven by strong demand in Asia and by companies increasingly seeking out Ethernet services to boost bandwidth capacity as well as trim WAN costs. TechWeb Network (5/9)
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| | Verizon launches marketing campaign for TV service
Verizon Communications is deploying Hummers adorned with marketing messages promoting its new FiOS TV service in some markets it serves. The company also is putting up billboards along highways. CNET (5/10)
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| | Symbian phone shipments jump 180%
Symbian said 6.75 million phones equipped with its software were shipped in the first quarter of 2005, up 180% from the same quarter last year. TechWeb Network (5/10)
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| | Report: For telecom, more subscribers aren't growing revenue
The number of customers signing up for telecom services is rising, but overall revenues aren't keeping pace, a new report from Insight Research says. The report also says customers increasingly are interested in wireless technologies. Telephony Online (5/9)
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| | Qwest offers VoIP
Qwest Communications now offers VoIP service to better compete against rivals already providing the service. The telco is charging $30 a month for local calls plus five cents a minute for domestic long-distance calls, making the overall price significantly higher than competitors'. The service will use Qwest's own fiber-optic network. Denver Rocky Mountain News (5/10)
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Missed one of the USTA's VoIP Webinars? Want to take a closer look? You're in luck, the Webinars are now available to view on demand! The series covered: How to Understand and Compete with Cable; How to Rapidly Roll Out VoIP; How to Deploy IPTV; and How to Integrate Wi-Fi and VoIP. To view any or all of these at your convenience, visit www.usta.org/webinars.
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| | The mobile phone revolution
In just a short time, the mobile phone has morphed from its original iteration as a voice-only device into a dynamic multimedia platform. Today's handsets are capable of performing myriad functions ranging from photography to gambling, and it appears that full-fledged mobile phone TV is just around the corner. This Forbes report takes a look at the global wireless boom and examines emerging technologies that are pushing the market in new directions. Forbes (5/23)
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| | Reality-TV czar Mark Burnett stages online-only bout
Mark Burnett Productions and Yahoo! are producing a live, online-only boxing match between rivals featured on the TV show "The Contender," to be webcast on the show's site. So far, Toyota Motor Sales USA and Intel have signed on as sponsors. Advertising Age (tiered subscription model) (5/9)
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| | Cisco code theft part of broader hacker attack
A piece of Cisco Systems software posted on a Russian Web site was part of a broader hacker attack on thousands of computer systems including those serving NASA and the U.S. military, reports say. Cisco said it does not believe its customers were put at risk by the breach. The Wall Street Journal (5/10)
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| | MCI settles Mississippi tax claims
MCI has agreed to pay $100 million in back taxes to Mississippi to settle a lawsuit. The company also is in talks with 18 other states that allege the telco owes them approximately $750 million in back taxes. NYTimes.com/Associated Press (5/10), The Wall Street Journal (5/10)
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| | Advocacy groups form coalition to urge Telecom Act rewrite
A collection of public interest groups has formed an alliance called The Media and Democracy Coalition to push for seat at the table during the rewrite of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Mediaweek (5/9), Multichannel News (5/9)
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