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June 1, 2007

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Qwest in discussions with movie studios
While Qwest Communications is largely taking a "wait and see" attitude to the video rollouts by AT&T and Verizon Communications, it still has designs on delivering video to its customers. Qwest CEO Richard Notebaert said his company was talking with movie studios in regards to delivering their movies to Qwest customers via the Internet. Denver Rocky Mountain News/Bloomberg (5/31)

Covad makes good on ADSL2+ promise to businesses
Covad said last year that it would offer ADSL2+ to small businesses, and it has followed through by rolling it out in 11 metropolitan markets. The data service features speeds of up to 15 Mbps downstream. Telephony Online (5/31)

Converged optical Ethernet networks boost Ciena
Ciena experienced a sales surge in its most recent fiscal quarter thanks to a growing market for converged optical Ethernet networks. Ciena sees the beginning of a market shift toward compression of layers, which combines switching, transport and Ethernet. Telephony Online (5/31) Forbes (5/31)

Google outlines mobile strategy, mum on handsets rumors
Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said Google was committed to wireless through application and platform development, but he remained mum on rumors that the search engine giant was looking into offering its own branded handsets that run on its own operating system. Schmidt said Google was concentrating on a person-to-person application that enabled people to exchange videos and other forms of data. The Wall Street Journal (6/1)

Other News

Nacchio may have to forfeit $52 million
Denver Rocky Mountain News (6/1)

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Technology Trends

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Avaya buyout speculation reflects unrest in VoIP world
Some analysts and other industry observers say they think the speculation about the sale of Avaya to a private-equity firm or a rival network-gear company should serve as a warning shot across the bow of IP telephony buyers. The sale of Avaya would affect its installed base and send a ripple throughout the VoIP market. Network World (5/31)

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Regulatory & Legislative

FCC to wireless: Improve emergency-call standards
The FCC ruled Thursday that the telecom industry must improve the standards used for testing the location accuracy of wireless handsets. The wireless industry opposes a proposed community-level testing mandate, saying it may not be "technically feasible." The ruling also tentatively applies to VoIP carriers when the service is used in multiple locations. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (5/31)

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