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| February 1, 2007 |
Alcatel-Lucent to still develop IPTV platform
Alcatel-Lucent announced its plans to continue its development work on the Imagenio IPTV platform for Telefonica, despite a deal between the operator and Microsoft. Forbes/AFX News Limited (2/1)
AT&T offers pay-per-use PTT
AT&T's Cingular Wireless brand is adding a pay-per-use feature to its push-to-talk offering that enables users to access the service as needed at a rate of 15 cents per minute. Customers also have access to updated features including availability icons, a convert-to-cellular option and voice messaging. Telecommunications (1/31)
Sprint delivers Revision A to three new markets
Sprint launched its upgraded EV-DO Revision A network in Miami; Portland, Ore.; and Puerto Rico. The carrier expects to have its entire high-speed network upgraded to Rev. A by the close of the third quarter. Wireless Review (Chicago) (1/31)
ADC finds BigBand Networks buyer
ADC has sold BigBand Networks for $59 million. The company reportedly sold the entity to Redpoint Ventures. Globes (Israel) (2/1)
Motorola makes investment in DARTdevices
Motorola's investment arm Motorola Ventures has invested an undisclosed sum in DARTdevices, which helps disparate devices interact. DARTdevices software enables wireless and wired distribution of games, applications and information. cellular-news (U.K.) (2/1)
Apple, Cisco extend iPhone talks
Cisco Systems has extended the deadline for Apple to respond to its iPhone lawsuit to enable the companies to talk about trademark rights and interoperability issues. Forbes/Associated Press (2/1)
Distributive Networks settles unwanted-text-message suit
Distributive Networks agreed to pay individual cell-phone customers who received unwanted text messages about its Web sites as part of a federal court settlement. Carriers are working to keep a handle on unwanted messages as more companies look for ways to legitimately communicate via text messaging with willing consumers. Chicago Tribune (2/1)
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USTelecom applauds bill to ban Internet tax
Yesterday, U.S. Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., introduced legislation that would make permanent the Internet-tax moratorium, set to expire Nov. 1, 2007. "If Congress were to let this important moratorium expire, the likely resulting increase in state and local taxes on Internet access would limit consumer choice, force some customers to pay more for high-speed service and could discourage broadband adoption," said USTelecom CEO Walter B. McCormick Jr.
Sybase 365 nearly doubles SMS deliveries
Sybase 365 delivered 25 billion SMS and MMS messages worldwide during 2006. In December, the most MMS messages were sent on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the company said. cellular-news (U.K.) (2/1)
Video-sharing sites look to escape YouTube's shadow
The once red-hot market for video-sharing sites has cooled considerably since Google's purchase of YouTube. Top executives have departed Revver and Guba; speculation is rife that Metacafe is for sale, and Guba's co-founder has openly courted buyers. The survivors are looking for an edge -- some feature or niche that will let them stand out in a YouTube-dominated world. BusinessWeek (2/1)
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