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| February 7, 2007 |
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Cisco posts profit, forecasts better-than-expected sales
Cisco Systems reported net income of $1.92 billion in the second quarter, up from $1.38 billion a year earlier and expects third-quarter sales to increase as much as 20%. The networking company attributes its results to demand from ISPs for equipment that can support video downloads. 
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TiVo, Amazon plan video download service
TiVo and Amazon.com are partnering to deliver Amazon Unbox on TiVo, a digital-video-download service featuring content from Fox, CBS and movie studios. The companies are rolling out a test version of the service Wednesday, but no commercial launch date has been revealed. AP-T/ClipSyndicate (2/7) Forbes/Associated Press (2/7) The Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (2/8)
Podcast: Telecoms face marketing challenges
Telephony Online presents findings surrounding a survey of marketing issues and goals of the telecoms sector. Telephony Online (2/6)
MySpace wants to have its eBay and Google deals, too
A $900 million ad deal between Google and MySpace is still not signed, held up by MySpace's negotiations with Google rival eBay over a possible "peer commerce" deal. While the six-month-old Google-MySpace deal isn't in doubt, the delay in the final paperwork underscores the rivalry between eBay and Google over the search giant's e-commerce expansion. The Wall Street Journal (free content) (2/7)
Vodafone accesses MySpace
Vodafone customers will be able to use their cell phones to access News Corp.'s popular Web-based social network MySpace, under a deal announced by the two companies today. BBC (2/7) NYTimes.com/Reuters (2/7)
Ericcson, LG ink licensing deal
LG Electronics has signed on to use Ericsson's U360 mobile HSDPA solution in a variety of small handsets aimed at the global market. The deal extends an existing relationship between the two companies. www.3G.co.uk (2/7)
Comcast and Facebook team up on reality series
Users can submit videos they create in Facebook or Comcast's Ziddio.com for a new reality-TV series, under a partnership between the two companies. Filmmaker R.J. Cutler, whose credits include "The War Room" and "American High," will sift through the video submissions to create the series, called "Facebook Diaries." The Wall Street Journal (2/7) Multichannel News (2/7) The Philadelphia Inquirer (2/6)
Big guns back media-research startup
A coalition of media companies and advertisers led by Spark Capital will infuse media startup erinMedia with $25 million to take on Nielsen Media Research. ErinMedia says it has come up with a better way to measure TV audiences. Bloomberg Businessweek (2/6)
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Europe attracts telecom investors
The Wall Street Journal reports financiers from emerging markets are looking to break into Europe by buying stakes in established European telecoms. The Wall Street Journal (2/7)
Motorola backs wireless-technology provider
Motorola's venture-capital arm has invested an undisclosed sum in Tango Networks, which enables companies to integrate PBX systems with cell phones used by employees. Chicago Tribune (2/6)
Growth in satellite TV slows
Goldman Sachs forecasts that DirecTV added a net 210,000 subscribers in the last three months of 2006 with 1.6% churn and that smaller EchoStar netted 260,000 additional subscribers with 1.6% churn. The Washington Post/Reuters (2/6)
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Intel invests in VoIP startup
Intel Capital led a $7 million funding round for telephone-switchboard provider Fonality, which serves companies with less than 100 employees. Intel's investment illustrates the company's support for VoIP. Yahoo!/Reuters (2/7) Bloomberg Businessweek (2/7)
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