USTelecom dailyLead®Designed specifically for telecommunications executives like you, USTelecom dailyLead&#174; is a FREE daily e-mail newsletter. It provides the latest need-to-know news and industry information that maximizes your time, giving you an edge over your competition.&nbsp;Click&nbsp; <a href='http://www.dailylead.com/ustelecom/index.jsp?sb_code=rss'>here</a> to subscribe.http://www.dailylead.com/news/ustelecom?sb_code=rsshttp://www.dailylead.com/images/xml/generic/logos/logo_dl.jpgUSTelecom dailyLead®http://www.dailylead.com/news/ustelecom?sb_code=rssen-us07 Sep 2010 13:00:20 CDTQwest CIO connects IT to valuehttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DCFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0%26copyid%3D41C35305-AE26-4C52-9E9B-2D1220FC1AF5%26brief%3Dustelecom%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=CFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0IT pros should strive to use technology to produce value and efficiency for their business, Qwest Communications Chief Inform -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DCFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0%26copyid%3D41C35305-AE26-4C52-9E9B-2D1220FC1AF5%26brief%3Dustelecom%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=CFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD007 Sep 2010 13:00:20 CDTNews of the DaySingTel's reported interest in C&W spurs shareshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DCFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0%26copyid%3DC9AFF352-F63E-492A-ACC8-C7D11E216AC0%26brief%3Dustelecom%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=CFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0Investors sent Cable & Wireless Worldwide's shares up 4.5% Monday after a media report that the U.K.-based telecom had attrac -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DCFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0%26copyid%3DC9AFF352-F63E-492A-ACC8-C7D11E216AC0%26brief%3Dustelecom%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=CFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD007 Sep 2010 13:00:20 CDTBusiness & Industry WatchVerizon Business: CIOs are flooding us with IPv6 querieshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DCFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0%26copyid%3D461E4FF4-F858-4AF8-9231-9D677FC544A2%26brief%3Dustelecom%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=CFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0Corporate clients have begun to flood Verizon Business with questions about how the transition to IPv6 will affect their netw -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DCFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0%26copyid%3D461E4FF4-F858-4AF8-9231-9D677FC544A2%26brief%3Dustelecom%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=CFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD007 Sep 2010 13:00:20 CDTBusiness & Industry WatchSarasota will have a fiber glut, but not for businesseshttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DCFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0%26copyid%3D80068D7C-D824-45AC-97AC-BB1C8E642F5B%26brief%3Dustelecom%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=CFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0Sarasota County, Fla., has plans to install a state-of-the-art fiber network at a cost of about $1,000 a mile, but none of it -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DCFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0%26copyid%3D80068D7C-D824-45AC-97AC-BB1C8E642F5B%26brief%3Dustelecom%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=CFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD007 Sep 2010 13:00:20 CDTBusiness & Industry WatchFormer Qwest chief reaches an SEC settlementhttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DCFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0%26copyid%3DA1F85658-FD42-4E66-A999-73C5F8B3B1F5%26brief%3Dustelecom%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=CFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0 -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DCFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0%26copyid%3DA1F85658-FD42-4E66-A999-73C5F8B3B1F5%26brief%3Dustelecom%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=CFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD007 Sep 2010 13:00:20 CDTBusiness & Industry WatchBroadband Insight: We have a summit for that. 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Clearwirehttp://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DCFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0%26copyid%3D788635DF-9D11-4656-B46A-D2AFC3091B3A%26brief%3Dustelecom%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=CFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0LightSquared will begin its attempted assault on Clearwire and other 4G services next year, with plans to enter up to nine U. -More- ]]>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DCFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD0%26copyid%3D788635DF-9D11-4656-B46A-D2AFC3091B3A%26brief%3Dustelecom%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss&i=CFE09173-B2B3-4C43-AA40-F2498D2F6AD007 Sep 2010 13:00:20 CDTHot TopicsTelecoms: Time to move, albeit slowly, to 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