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Windstream agrees to acquire smaller NuVox for $463M
The wave of consolidation among rural telecoms continued to flow Tuesday when Windstream said it had bought closely held NuVox for $463 million, the telecom's third such deal since May. NuVox claims about 90,000 business customers and operates in 16 states. "We've been talking about focusing on the business and broadband space," Windstream CEO Jeff Gardner said. "After the deal, over 50% of our mix will be in business and broadband. That goes a long way toward our strategy." The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (11/3)
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Verizon eyes commercial customers for new fiber service
Verizon has started offering a fiber-to-the-desktop service dubbed Optical LAN Solutions to the federal government and is expected to extend the program to commercial customers soon. OLS uses single-mode fiber and basic GPON gear to build a local area network that can deliver up to 25 terahertz of capacity over 12 miles. Light Reading (11/3)
Telstra warns of $1B bill under Aussie breakup plan
Australian telecom incumbent Telstra warned today that it was taking a hard line in its negotiations with the government over the breakup of the company's fixed-line assets into a proposed $39 billion national broadband network. Telstra insisted that it could cost more than $1 billion to split up the company's assets. Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.)/Dow Jones Newswires (11/4) The Australian (11/4)
Skype suit settlement may be close
The parties involved in a battle over control of the VoIP service Skype may have reached a settlement, according to a published report that predicted an announcement could come this week. The proposed settlement would give the plaintiffs -- Skype's founders -- a stake in the new company formed as a result of eBay's pending sale of the company to a group of private-equity investors. NYTimes.com (11/3)
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U-verse TV to offer free health videos on-demand
AT&T's U-verse TV customers will be able to access free videos on-demand courtesy of HealthiNation under a deal between the telecom and the video producer, the companies announced. Multichannel News (11/3)
Report: Tablet could be prime platform to launch Apple TV
Apple apparently is developing a TV service that would allow users to watch all they want for just $30 a month. According to this report, the service could be a major add-on to the company's plans for a tablet computer, which, like the TV offering, is scheduled to be launched in 2010. Yahoo!/PC World/Computerworld (11/3)
MBO Video to launch first cloud-based IPTV service
A new cloud-based IPTV platform will target hotels and other hospitality companies under a partnership between carrier Ethernet service MBO Video and IPTV operational-support firm 180Squared, which will offer real-time billing and segmentation, they said. The partners will share IPTV middleware installations at client sites while maintaining separate back-end systems. Telephony Online (11/3)
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Telecoms eye M2M potential in energy management
Telecom-service providers are among a large, diverse group of companies that are exploring ways to offer in-home energy-management services using mobile phones, PCs and TVs before the eventual introduction of smart meters by utility companies, according to industry observers. The government's dispensing of federal stimulus funds for smart meters last week sparked telecoms and the others to start seeking out potential partners. Telephony Online (11/2)
Cisco, EMC, VMware team up for cloud computing
Cisco, EMC and VMware have introduced the Virtual Computing Environment, a joint initiative that will integrate technology from each partner to develop cloud-computing systems. The deal illustrates how the major IT vendors are obtaining the means to sell end-to-end data-center services and equipment, industry analysts noted. eWeek.com (11/3) Network World/Computerworld (11/4)
Flexibility takes center stage at cloud-computing event
Presenters this week at a cloud-computing event in Santa Clara, Calif., offered their perspectives on how cloud services are helping maximize resources for a wide range of users. The Rackspace Cloud founder Jonathan Bryce said cloud architecture stretched and shrank like a pair of elastic pants to provide as much or as little service as needed without forcing users to commit to physical hardware. eWeek.com (11/3)
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