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- Qwest sets steady capex, but more fiber spending
Qwest will earmark a greater share of its capital budget for building fiber networks even as it keeps overall spending steady, Chief Technology Officer Pieter Poll said Tuesday. Poll said the telecom needed to lay more fiber to support its mobile-backhaul network in response to greater demand for wireline broadband connections. Reuters
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- At SUPERCOMM, Seidenberg takes issue with regulating the Web
Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg kicked off SUPERCOMM 2009 this morning addressing the FCC's proposed rules for regulating Internet content with a warning that they could have unintended consequences for telecom providers. "If we can't earn a return on the investment we make in broadband our progress will be delayed," Seidenberg said, noting that the proposals would unfairly regulate carriers and content companies in different ways. Also, House Energy and Commerce Ranking Republican Joe Barton called on the FCC to put its net-regulations vote, scheduled for Thursday, on hold. Reuters
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- For independents, wireless margins remain slim
The independent telecoms that offer wireless services have failed to earn hefty margins from the business, according to a new study from Telergee Alliance, a consortium of public accounting firms that studied 196 such companies. "Smaller rural carriers aren't necessarily going to jump into the bleeding edge of new data services. They will wait until the market stabilizes, then make a prudent decision," said Telergee partner Bruce Hoehne, who added that as the independent telecoms introduce more advanced technology, their margins would likely rise. Telephony Online
(10/20)
- AT&T brings price-fixing claims against Samsung, LG, others
AT&T filed suit in federal court Tuesday against a group of LCD makers -- including Samsung Electronics and LG Display -- alleging that they colluded to form "an international cartel illegally to restrict competition in the U.S. in the market for LCD panels." Hitachi Displays, which was not cited in the complaint, pleaded guilty in March as part of a global U.S. probe into LCD price-fixing, the fourth such company to do so. Bloomberg
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- Cloud leads in Gartner top 10
Gartner revealed its list of the top 10 technologies for 2010 and predicted cloud computing will be the No. 1 trend for enterprise users in the coming year. The list also highlighted the growth potential of virtualization, green computing and mobile tools among business users. Computerworld
(10/20), CNET/DeepTech
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SUPERCOMM 2009 opening day
Today is the opening day for SUPERCOMM 2009 in Chicago. If you missed today's exhibiting keynote sessions, educational programs and exhibit floor, be sure to attend tomorrow. Keynotes include: AT&T, Cox Communications and Nokia Siemens Networks as well as Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. and Associate Director for Technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
- Disney readies technology for multiplatform access
Walt Disney Co. next month will introduce a technology that enables people to buy lifelong, on-demand access to movies and TV shows so that they can be played back on a variety of platforms, including TVs, PCs and mobile devices. The technology is dubbed Keychest, and, according to this report, it is reasonable to infer that Apple will be a partner with Disney on the initiative, although Disney remains mum on which companies will participate in the initiative. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model)
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 | New Muxponder Packs More onto Fiber
Optelian's new muxponder aggregates up to four 2.5 Gb/s OC-48/STM-16/OTU-1 signals onto a single 10.7 Gb/s OTU-2 wavelength. With an XFP pluggable transceiver, the output can plug into a DWDM or CWDM to further increase fiber bandwidth. Read more |
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- Homeland Security puts citizens on front line in cyber battle
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano commented this week that cooperation among government, businesses and citizens will be necessary to ensure the nation's cybersecurity. Napolitano urged home PC users to begin by securing their systems, which could be infiltrated and used to power cyberattacks on IT infrastructure. eWeek.com
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TransUnion turns to clouds as Zetta launches platform: Startup Zetta began offering the cloud-storage platform it designed to enterprises after months of testing and field trials, the Sunnyvale, Calif., company said.
In another forward move for cloud computing,
credit-reporting firm TransUnion, which has long developed custom software for banks and other businesses, is turning to the platform as a more efficient way to serve its customers. Clients can gain access to TransUnion's credit data and develop their own applications to put it to use, TransUnion said. CIO.com
(10/12), Network World/IDG News Service
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