News of the Day

• Auditors rate Cisco bid for Tandberg as fair one
  Consultants retained by videoconferencing-equipment maker Tandberg have issued a report terming Cisco Systems' $3 billion takeover bid a fair one, a view that contrasts with those of some Tandberg shareholders. Bloomberg reported Friday that Cisco might drop its bid because of opposition from the Tandberg shareholders that own a 24% share of the Norwegian company. Forbes/Reuters (11/2) , Bloomberg (10/30)

Business & Industry Watch

• UAE's Du eyes $680M network upgrade
  The United Arab Emirates' second-largest telecom said it would invest $680 million to expand its network after more than doubling its quarterly profit compared with a year earlier on a 51% increase in subscribers, said the Dubai-based Emirates Integrated Telecommunications, also known as Du. The telecom, which markets mobile, fixed-line and broadband services, said it wanted to attract more customers who spent heavily on services such as high-speed Internet. Bloomberg (11/1)

• The fall of Nortel, an 8-part series
  Canwest News Service kicked off an eight-part series today chronicling the downfall of former industry heavyweight Nortel Networks. In the first installment, Nortel's board of directors agonize over whether to file for bankruptcy protection, knowing that it could lead to the breakup of the telecom-equipment maker. Canada.com/Canwest News Service (11/2)

• Comcast, GE reportedly forge tentative agreement on NBCU
  Comcast is closing in on a deal with General Electric that would give the country's largest cable provider majority control of NBC Universal. According to unnamed executives, the two sides arrived at a tentative agreement Friday and the deal could be signed in the next week. The New York Times (11/1) , Reuters (11/2)

• Other News

• ISP blasts Digital Britain broadband-tax proposal
  The Guardian (London) (11/2)

Hot Topics

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

• FairPoint turns to Chapter 11 to fuel restructuring effort (Reuters)

• Clearwire's WiMAX rollout: 80 markets, 120M customers by end of 2010 (Cable Digital News)

• Verizon beats the Street, posts wireless, FiOS gains (Bloomberg)

• Alcatel-Lucent has worse Q3 than expected (Bloomberg)

• Qwest, Level 3 eye potential of fiber-based wireless backhaul (Telephony Online)

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

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Video Upload

• Verizon rolls out Mac version of Media Manager
  Verizon Communications has introduced a Mac version of its Media Manager software that FiOS TV subscribers can use to stream a multimedia array of content from their PCs to their TV sets, the company said. The Mac product enables users to sync iTunes-based music and photos from iPhoto. Network World/Macworld (10/30)

• More signs point to rise of online video providers
  Comcast's top operating executive Steve Burke warned Sunday that content providers and distributors had better move more aggressively to prepare for viewers' migration to online video and other platforms, which he termed "one of the biggest movements or social phenomena that I have ever seen." Last week, online video companies reported increasing success in diversifying their distribution outlets to such platforms as TV networks and established Web sites such as YouTube. InternetNews.com (10/30) , Multichannel News (11/2)

• Study: Viewership of HD programming on the rise
  A new study by Knowledge Network reports that 43% of HD-enabled viewers between the ages of 13 and 54 watch high-definition programming every day. That's a 65% increase over just two years ago, when 26% of viewers said they watched HD shows daily. MediaPost Communications/Media Daily News (10/30)

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Technology Trends

• Companies look to the cloud for Wi-Fi opportunities
  Three companies -- Meraki, Aerohive and AirWave -- recently announced that they had moved enterprise Wi-Fi functions into the increasingly popular realm of cloud computing. According to this report, one reason for the move is to attract integrators, resellers and carriers to the platforms so that they can pitch Wi-Fi services to enterprises, hotels, campuses and multitenant units. Network World (10/30)

IP Download

• Web addresses to go global, with Internationalized Domain Names
  ICANN's decision to allow non-Latin characters to be used in Internet domain names will make the Web more approachable to international users, but it may also present some security concerns. Applications for the international domains will be accepted as of Nov. 16. The New York Times/IDG News Service (10/30)

• 8x8's move to large enterprises, feds pays off
  VoIP service provider 8x8 reported revenue growth for the first time in a year in its second quarter, attributing the sales and profit gains to a market promotion as well as a move to direct sales to larger businesses. 8x8 may be riding the crest of a wave: VoIP services grossed nearly $21 billion in sales over the first half of the year, according to a Infonetics Research report. Telephony Online (10/30) , Seeking Alpha (11/1)

Editor's Note

• What technology will exhibit the most gains in 2010?
  Look for the USTelecom dailyLead Year-End Report on Dec. 8 and 15. The results of this poll will appear in Part 2 on Dec. 15.

	FTTH/FTTP.
	Broadband video.
	Wireless broadband.
	Business services.
	Over-the-Internet video.

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