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| January 25, 2007 |
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AT&T reports 17% increase in fourth-quarter profit
AT&T cited cost efficiencies, an increase in DSL subscribers and growth in its mobile services as reasons for its strong fourth-quarter performance. MSNBC/Financial Times (1/25)
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Verizon rolls FiOS to New Jersey customers
Verizon is rolling out FiOS television services to New Jersey residents, with linear channels and on-demand as well as content channels including Internet video, games and music. ScreenPlays (1/2007)
Judge OKs request to delay Adelphia's plan to exit bankruptcy
A judge has granted a request from bondholders of Adelphia Communications that they be allowed to appeal the bankrupt carrier's reorganization plan. The judge said that although delaying the reorganization "threatens grave harm to thousands of parties," the bondholders have a "substantial possibility" of winning their case. Los Angeles Times/Associated Press (1/25) NYTimes.com/Reuters (1/25)
Cable industry moves to address bandwidth crunch
Cable operators and equipment suppliers are taking steps to head off a possible crisis in bandwidth by "splitting fiber nodes in half, converting systems over to more efficient switched digital video delivery, testing pre-Docsis 3.0 channel-bonding technologies, and expanding their systems' RF capacity to 860 MHz or 1 GHz." Light Reading (1/24)
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Murdoch's big plans for the Web
Rupert Murdoch and his top News Corp. executives, having spent about $1.3 billion on Web acquisitions in the last few years, now are looking for ways to make the investments pay off. Among the challenges are to help marketers tap MySpace's 105 million users, improve the fortunes of its portfolio of lad-mag sites and develop its own version of YouTube. Forbes (1/24)
Basic cell phones can take on PDA tasks
Several ordinary cell phones can achieve the capabilities of Treos, Sidekicks and BlackBerrys through add-on software and their built-in features. The New York Times offers options for turning a regular cell phone into the "poor man's BlackBerry -- minus the keyboard." NYTimes.com (1/25)
SMS novel published in Finland
A new novel in Finland is composed of nothing but text messages -- complete with grammatical errors and commonly used SMS abbreviations. "The Last Messages" compiles about 1,000 text messages strung together by the main character and his loved ones as he travels throughout Europe and India. The Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.)/Associated Press (1/24)
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FiOS, satellite trigger cable deregulation
FCC orders issued Wednesday uncapped basic cable fees in two New York communities serviced by Cablevision, in anticipation of competition from fiber-optic video services from Verizon. The FCC also issued orders deregulating communities in Michigan and California based on satellite competition. Multichannel News (1/24)
Statewide cable franchise on Ga. House agenda
The Georgia House of Representatives may consider a bill Thursday that would create a statewide cable-franchise system. Journal and Constitution (Atlanta) (free registration) (1/25)
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