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FTTP aims to speed entertainment delivery
Optical Entertainment Network is among the companies in Houston taking advantage of new community builds to increase entertainment and communications delivery speeds by bringing fiber to the premises. Houston Chronicle (3/12)

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AT&T opens wireless megastore
AT&T opened its first of 11 planned AT&T Experience stores, which are designed to let consumers interact with products and technologies. The stores are part of AT&T's rebranding effort as it melds the Cingular brand under its corporate moniker. The New York Times (3/13)

Verizon rolls out E-VPLS service nationwide
Verizon Business has launched a national Ethernet Virtual Private Line Service for enterprise customers. The E-VPLS offering is a Layer 2 service, which, according to the company, enables customers to maintain routing control. Telephony Online (3/12)

Apple aims to bridge the gap between the Internet and TV
Analysts view the first incarnation of Apple TV as a glimpse into the future of programming viewing, but do not expect the technology to change the industry overnight. Apple has touted its Apple TV as the type of device that can replace a DVD player. CNET (3/12)

Swisscom makes a play for FastWeb
Swisscom made a $4.9 billion offer to snap up Italian broadband company FastWeb. SwissCom is attracted to FastWeb for its technology in delivering voice and video over the Internet. MarketWatch (3/12) Forbes/AFX News Limited (3/12)

Yahoo!, AT&T continue to chat up their partnership
Fending off reports that their partnership may be in jeopardy, AT&T and Yahoo! issued a statement saying they are negotiating an extension to their broadband contract. The companies also are looking for ways to extend their partnership to the mobile space, a Yahoo! spokesman said. Yahoo!/Reuters (3/9)

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Hot Topics

Top five news stories selected by USTelecom dailyLead readers in the past week.

• Clearwire IPO brings in $600 million (Bloomberg1)

• AT&T, Verizon customers to use cell phones to program DVRs (Yahoo!)

• Verizon gets favorable ruling in Vonage case (Bloomberg1)

• FCC's video-franchising order eases market entry (The Wall Street Journal)

• Telecoms, cable compete in on demand (The Sun (Baltimore))

Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.

Technology Trends

SK Telecom, KTF tout video-telephony capabilities
SK Telecom and KTF are looking to get the word out to consumers about their high-speed video services as they compete for subscribers. KTF recently launched a HSDPA network in South Korea, while SK Telecom is gearing up for its 3G+ rollout. The Korea Times (3/12)

Technology "shreds" personal data in record-sharing
An IBM engineer has developed technology called anonymization, which "shreds" information so that companies can share personal information without compromising personal data. In an interview, the engineer, Jeff Jonas, describes the system and how it works. Yahoo!/InfoWorld/IDG News Service (3/9)

Carriers look to limit types of operating systems
Too many choices for operating systems are hampering service innovation in the cell-phone sector, industry executives say. Several wireless operators, including Vodafone and NTT DoCoMo, have already limited the number of operating systems they will use in an effort to ease content delivery. The New York Times (3/11)

Other News

• Sports fans flock to Internet for more information
  Multichannel News (3/12)

Regulatory & Legislative

Is the ownership debate still relevant?
The debate over the consolidation of broadcast properties appears to many media insiders to be increasingly irrelevant in the digital age. Susan Fox, The Walt Disney Co.'s VP of government relations, said that the FCC might "soon find itself considering ways to incent, rather than restrict, ownership of over-the-air broadcast stations." Broadcasting & Cable (3/12)

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